Southern Utah workshop with Lynn Radeka and Jerry Sheridan
By: Lynn Radeka
Date: 2023-10-09 - 2023-10-13
Location: Southern Utah
Please join us for our 2023 Southern Utah photography workshop! Lynn Radeka and Jerry Sheridan will be hosting this popular photographic workshop again, open to all photographers, traditional and digital, of any experience level. This year we will be returning to the canyons of Southern Utah in the autumn season when cottonwood trees are at their peak fall foliage colors. This is truly a unique American West experience and photographer's paradise.
Our exact itinerary has not yet been established but the first 2 or 3 days of this workshop will be in Capitol Reef National Park and the vicinity of Hanksville, UT where motels and camping (with showers) are available. The last 2 or 3 days we will be exploring the San Rafael Swell where our motel base (and showers for campers) will be Green River, UT, about 30 minutes from our destinations in the San Rafael Swell. We will visit some true highlights and less-frequently travelled areas including highly photogenic canyons, petroglyphs and pictographs. Long distance hiking and dangerous, steep jeep roads will NOT be planned for this workshop.
Please check back frequently for updates to our itinerary and feel free to email Lynn Radeka if you have location preferences.
https://www.radekaphotography.com/utah_workshop_2023.htm
This workshop is open to all photographers whether shooting large or small format black and white or color, traditional or digital! Lunches and campground dinners will be graciously provided by Jerry and Stacie Sheridan making this workshop a week to remember! Each participant is expected to be self-sufficient with regards to campground breakfasts, and all indoor dining.
Please inquire about any concerns or limitations.
All participants are asked to bring samples of their work, whether it be in the form of finished prints, work prints or test strips. This is not a requirement as we realize the difficulty of transporting work when flying or travelling from great distances.
Lynn and Jerry will be reviewing each day's shoot on a laptop computer, when possible, and commenting on potential image manipulations and improvements. Contrast masking (for photographers shooting film) will be discussed as well as other traditional developing/printing methods. Digital photographers will enjoy the array of interesting software programs and techniques we may may discuss as well, including focus stacking for extreme depth of field, HDR for controlling extreme contrast and Panorama shooting. More importantly, the workshop flow will be largely determined by the needs and desires of the workshop participants, ensuring a very enjoyable experience for everyone.
As in all Radeka Photography workshops, Lynn will be handing out durable viewing cards (an aid in visualizing compositions) to everyone. He will be assisting attendees in obtaining the best exposures and white balance settings using RAW format for those photographers shooting digital, and zone system methods, previsualization, exposure, development, view camera controls and selection of filters to those photographers shooting traditional large format. All participants will be free to post any of their workshop images on our Facebook page for comments, critiques, or just display.
This photography workshop will also teach the use of contrast masking in your previsualization routine. This will help traditional photographers learn how to previsualize images with the intent of applying contrast masking or other specialized darkroom procedures to the final prints. Surprisingly, this often results in images being shot that otherwise might be passed up due to lack of local contrast on the scene or elements that aren't well separated from surrounding detail. The intended use of masking can alter the exposure and development given to the negative.
Tag-alongs are not allowed on this workshop except for spouses, which will be required to be self-sufficient. This workshop is limited to eight paid participants.
Please see the signup details below.
https://www.radekaphotography.com/utah_workshop_2023.htm
Our exact itinerary has not yet been established but the first 2 or 3 days of this workshop will be in Capitol Reef National Park and the vicinity of Hanksville, UT where motels and camping (with showers) are available. The last 2 or 3 days we will be exploring the San Rafael Swell where our motel base (and showers for campers) will be Green River, UT, about 30 minutes from our destinations in the San Rafael Swell. We will visit some true highlights and less-frequently travelled areas including highly photogenic canyons, petroglyphs and pictographs. Long distance hiking and dangerous, steep jeep roads will NOT be planned for this workshop.
Please check back frequently for updates to our itinerary and feel free to email Lynn Radeka if you have location preferences.
https://www.radekaphotography.com/utah_workshop_2023.htm
This workshop is open to all photographers whether shooting large or small format black and white or color, traditional or digital! Lunches and campground dinners will be graciously provided by Jerry and Stacie Sheridan making this workshop a week to remember! Each participant is expected to be self-sufficient with regards to campground breakfasts, and all indoor dining.
Please inquire about any concerns or limitations.
All participants are asked to bring samples of their work, whether it be in the form of finished prints, work prints or test strips. This is not a requirement as we realize the difficulty of transporting work when flying or travelling from great distances.
Lynn and Jerry will be reviewing each day's shoot on a laptop computer, when possible, and commenting on potential image manipulations and improvements. Contrast masking (for photographers shooting film) will be discussed as well as other traditional developing/printing methods. Digital photographers will enjoy the array of interesting software programs and techniques we may may discuss as well, including focus stacking for extreme depth of field, HDR for controlling extreme contrast and Panorama shooting. More importantly, the workshop flow will be largely determined by the needs and desires of the workshop participants, ensuring a very enjoyable experience for everyone.
As in all Radeka Photography workshops, Lynn will be handing out durable viewing cards (an aid in visualizing compositions) to everyone. He will be assisting attendees in obtaining the best exposures and white balance settings using RAW format for those photographers shooting digital, and zone system methods, previsualization, exposure, development, view camera controls and selection of filters to those photographers shooting traditional large format. All participants will be free to post any of their workshop images on our Facebook page for comments, critiques, or just display.
This photography workshop will also teach the use of contrast masking in your previsualization routine. This will help traditional photographers learn how to previsualize images with the intent of applying contrast masking or other specialized darkroom procedures to the final prints. Surprisingly, this often results in images being shot that otherwise might be passed up due to lack of local contrast on the scene or elements that aren't well separated from surrounding detail. The intended use of masking can alter the exposure and development given to the negative.
Tag-alongs are not allowed on this workshop except for spouses, which will be required to be self-sufficient. This workshop is limited to eight paid participants.
Please see the signup details below.
https://www.radekaphotography.com/utah_workshop_2023.htm