Chicago Botanic Garden Macro Workshop 092

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Chicago Botanic Garden Macro Workshop 092

I will be at The Chicago Botanic Garden to offer a Friday evening lecture on The Joy of Photographing Flowers followed on Saturday and Sunday by a two-day workshop on Floral Close-Up Photography. The lecture presentation will take you on a visual journey that begins with my early attempts at flower photography and will trace the path I traveled learning the craft necessary to create dramatic floral close-ups. The intensive two-day workshop is scheduled at the height of the summer bloom. We will concentrate on close-up techniques using macro lenses, inexpensive extension tubes and close-up filters on lenses you already have, all to help you create dramatic and aesthetic images of flowers as you have rarely seen them.

For more information and to register go to the Chicago Botanic Garden Website. Click the Botanical Arts & Humanities link, then scroll down to find the workshop listing.

Or, look at some of my recent photos from the Chicago Botanic Garden on flickr.

This is a unique opportunity to improve your photography while aboard a 7-day cruise of The Great Lakes: A Voyage through America’s Magnificent Inland Seas. We will be sailing on the Clelia II, a luxurious small cruise ship that will be making daily stops at fascinating ports of call. I will be offering a series of photography-related lectures on the key elements of travel photography and instruction to help you create memorable photographs of your voyage using your digital camera.

For more information go to the Travel Dynamics website.

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I will be at The Chicago Botanic Garden to offer a Friday evening lecture on The Magical World of Floral Close-Ups followed on Saturday by a full day workshop on Floral Close-up Photography. The presentation will take you on a visual journey that begins with my early attempts at flower photography and will trace the path I traveled learning the craft necessary to create dramatic floral close-ups. The Saturday workshop will show you how to use macro lenses, as well as inexpensive extension tubes and close-up filters on lenses you already have, to help you create dramatic and aesthetic images of flowers as you have rarely seen them.

Click here for more information and to register.

Or, look at some of my recent photos from the Chicago Botanic Garden on flickr.

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For a chance to photograph one of the great floral spectacles in New York City, join me at The New York Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Show for Capturing the Beauty of Orchids. This full day Workshops@Adorama field workshop will offer on-site instruction to help you create stunning photographs of these magnificent flowers. There will also be an eveing review session at Adorama, the huge camera store on W. 18^th St. which is sponsoring this workshop. For details and to register, click here. Scroll down to the March listings.

You can see some of my photos from the New York Botanical Garden on flickr

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The Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden is sponsoring my intensive 3^1/2 day workshop on photographing Texas wildflowers. Every spring, the Texas hill country bursts into a spectacle of color as bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush and other wildflowers come into bloom. Located in the heart of this wildflower country is Brenham—a charming town in its own right and a perfect base for exploring wildflowers in the surrounding hills. For a taste of what’s in store, you can find a sampling of my Texas wildflower photographs on flickr.

To make sure you get the most from your visit, I will scout in advance to find the top wildflower locations and bring you there at the best light. We will go on two daily outings and you will have many opportunities to develop your skills in flower, landscape and travel photography. In addition to the on-location instructions you will receive, we will hold two critique sessions to evaluate and improve your photography and help you set goals for the next outing. You will also learn simple “after capture” techniques to increase the impact of your images.

Click here to register. Scroll down a bit to find the workshop.

For more information please do not hesitate to contact me at allen@allenrokach.com or call me at (646) 519 1751; or email Joy Ijams at the Dallas Arboretum: jijams@dallasarboretum.org

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I will be offering an intensive weekend Spring Photography Workshop at the magnificent estate and gardens at Winterthur in Wilmington, Delaware: Focus on Flowers: Creating Floral Close-Ups. This workshop for intermediate students of photography will give you the chance to discover the many approaches to shooting floral close-ups and meeting the challenges they present. A mix of classroom presentations, critique sessions and outings around Winterthur’s beautiful grounds will help you define your own aesthetic vision and master the techniques needed to serve that vision. For more information and to register, click here.

Take a look at some photos from Winterthur on my flickr page.

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Join me for a lecture on The Power of Natural Light on Friday, May 28, followed by a weekend workshop, Focus on Flowers: Discovering the Hidden Beauty of Floral Close-Ups at the United States Botanic Garden in the heart of Washington, D.C.

Registration Information:

• The Power of Natural Light
• Discovering the Hidden Beauty of Floral Close-Ups

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I will offer my workshop Focus on Flowers for the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, Maine. Designed for intermediate to advanced photographers, this workshop will explore innovative digital techniques in floral close-up photography during classroom presentations, critique sessions and field outings in the coastal Maine environment. For more information and to register click here.