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Jan,26

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China Photography Workshop

Jerod Foster

matt brandon

Photo adeventure workshoip

plateau photo tours

Storytellers Workshop

Tibet photography workshop

2012 Tour Schedule

Plateau Photo Tours 2012 Workshop Schedule

I’ve been getting quite a few emails asking if our Plateau Photo Tours 2012 tour schedule is finalized or not – I’m happy to say that we have finalized all our plans on two amazing trips that we are offering to the general public. I’m excited to be partnering with my good friend and fellow photographers Matt Brandon and Jerod Foster for two separate trips through some amazing parts of Tibet and western China.

The two trips are are offering in 2012 are below:

View the links for more information:

Lhasa, Everest, Nepal Overland Workshop
Storytellers Workshop

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
It gives me great pleasure to announce Plateau Photo Tours annual Lhasa, Everest, Nepal Overland Tour and workshop. Last years tour was a ton of fun. We continue to call this trip a ‘bucket-list’ trip because, well, you’re going to see some amazing things! If you are interested in what all the tour entails, please visit our Plateau Photo Tours website.

The overland route connecting Lhasa, Tibet with Kathmandu, Nepal is one of the most beautiful and and sought-out land routes in all of Asia. Covering a distance of 600 miles, this workshop will take us from the ancient Tibetan capital of Lhasa to pristine high altitude lakes, winding ancient rivers, beautiful farming valleys, Everest Base Camp and over the Himalaya Mountain passes to the ancient Nepali city of Bhaktapur. We will be visiting the most famous monasteries and temples in all of Tibet while spending 13 days immersed in the unique Himalayan culture. Join us on the Roof of the World to get up close and personal with Himalayan culture and the adventure of a lifetime!

We like to consider this workshop as a ‘photo tour with a strong teaching element‘. Most of the teaching will be done on the field in an organic fashion – we will have some specific teaching areas we will cover as well. Also, we will have reviews and teachings most evenings to cover events from the day and to prepare for the next. However, we understand that you will want to get lost in the endless alleyways of Lhasa and wander around monasteries to find your own adventures. Their will be no ‘flag-totting tour guide following‘ whatsoever. We’ve built time in for everyone and those who want one-on-one time with the instructors will get it. Those who want to simply shoot will get it. We’ve built the tour around flexibility, community, discussion, freedom and your ability to learn what you want from our instructors while also having the opportunity to shoot what you want.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Cultural and travel photography involves much more than catching a flight to a faraway destination and simply taking the camera out of the bag. Instead, it begs us to immerse ourselves in and tell the story of a place, a people, and a way of life with those tools we bring to the table. Story is what the entire world revolves around, it is the substance upon which societies are built, and it is the gateway to exploring and consciously learning about others.

During this culturally compelling photography tour, we’ll have the opportunity to establish a storytelling foundation and build upon our abilities as photographers to create meaning-filled images that truly speak about and to others. Throughout the tour, we’ll touch on photographic issues such as compelling composition, image dynamics, constructing and shooting along visual themes, and the role light plays in conveying emotions and visual subtleties to the viewer, as well as cultural entrée and engagement topics that will help facilitate photographing in a new place and among new people. All of this will be developed from a storytelling perspective, as opposed to a simply snapshot position. We’ll also develop storytelling technical workflows and use them to create visual narratives of one of the most beautiful and culturally rich areas of the world.

The tour will be both intensely photographic and educational, the field will serve as our learning environment, and organic discussions and critique sessions will be held as a coming-together of visual minds most evenings. The goal of the tour (and the tour hosts) is to provide each participant as much freedom as possible in their photography while also offering professional and constructive guidance from a travel and cultural photography perspective.

Sep,13

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Dallas

Dallas Photography workshop

Foundations Workshop

Jerod Foster

Workshop

Nov 5th: Foundations Workshop

An Advanced Understanding of Photographic Foundations w/ Jerod Foster & Brian Hirschy

OVERVIEW

Foundations workshop is focused on strengthening your abilities to see and create images that utilize an advanced understanding of where we start out with our cameras and vision. The all-day workshop moves beyond just learning how to make your camera work, and into an area that emphasizes producing images that marry our abilities and technique in creating compelling, attractive, and interesting photographs. More importantly, Foundations workshop is geared toward hands-on instruction in how to create images that say something more than a snapshot.

Join Jerod and Brian November 5th in Dallas for one day of intense training on Foundations where we will work on gaining an advanced understanding of photographic foundations. In one day we will go into in-depth coverage of the following subjects:

Seeing Light 1: Color & Shadows
Storytelling using Composition and Depth
Competence with your camera
Assessing images
Seeing Light 2: Portraits
Engaging basic off-camera lighting setups
Getting comfortable with lightroom

Price: $325

The price for Foundations is $325.00 (catered lunch, model fee, and all the coffee you can drink included in the price), and you can register on the bottom of this page! You can also contact us (Brian, Jerod) (just put Foundations in the subject field).

Foundations is also sponsored by BlackRapid camera straps, and that means some free gear from arguably the best camera strap manufacturer out there!

If you really want to start moving beyond the basics and begin to build the way you see and achieve your images, Foundations workshop is purposed with that in mind: growing your photographic eye, deepening your understanding of light, and creating a workflow that complements your style of shooting.

WHEN, WHERE

Foundations workshop will be held at QuadPhoto Dallas, a large commercial and editorial studio managed by R.J. Hinkle. The address for the studio is:

16650 Westgrove Drive, Suite 175
Addison, Texas 75001

We’ll start at 8:30 a.m., on Saturday, November 5, and wrap up on or a little after 5:00 p.m. We might just squeeze in a TweetUp after the workshop as well!

Jul,15

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Guest Post: Jerod Foster – Connections

Jerod Foster talks about the importance, need, & satisfaction of making connections.

Before we jump into Jerod’s post, I wanted to write a quick note about “Connections.” This is something Jerod and I have discuss at length and something I’m happy to see he decided to write about. Why? Simply put, the gap between those trying to promote themselves only and those trying to truly connect seems to be growing larger. The big picture here should be that Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc have given us an amazing capacity to connect with people and that we should try to utilize those capacities. If we lose sight of the people, we are truly missing the point. The photography industry is filled with great people. I love connecting – it’s probably the most rewarding part of this job. Jerod’s post is an amazing illustration of the importance, need, and real satisfaction of connecting with people.

First off, I’d like to thank Brian for letting me spend a bit of time with you! It’s always encouraging when the community (industry) you work in offers up great minds, great experiences, and great people, and Brian’s one of them. Do yourself a favor and follow him at @bhirschyphoto.

In fact, what I really want to talk about here are those connections we make as people working in a creative world. For roughly seven years, I’ve been able to work in the photography industry and be a part of some fairly unique experiences that were in some part due to making connections. I’m not talking about the connections that the corporate, straight-laced, Networking 101, met-you-at-the-company’s-picnic-heard-you-had-a-job-available types of connections. I’m talking about the connections you make with others in a community (industry, if you will) of similar participants that continually and encouragingly convince you that you’re on the right path. Connections like the one that I made with Brian Hirschy in a barbecue joint just north of Austin, Texas—a connection that’s kept us in touch as photographers and friends for a couple years now.

There’s no good way of describing what these types of connections feel like, but you know it when you’ve made one. At the end of my undergraduate at Texas Tech University, I was heavily considering going to law school. I was already shooting a little at that point, but nothing too serious. I decided to take a two-week field course in color photography, and the connection I made with that small group of people in the Edge-of-the-World, Texas, and the experience we had while shooting the surrounding rivers, wildlife, and desert ocotillo, drove home my urge to work behind a camera. I decided against law school.