Sponsored by the Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden

We’ll be returning to the Brenham area of Texas, a prime spring wildflowers destination, for this popular 4-day digital photography workshop. We will go to several locations, including private ranches, to find the best places for photographing the eye-popping array of bluebonnets, coreopsis, Indian paintbrush, Texas winecups and other colorful specimens which blanket wide swatches of the landscape here. We’ll be photographing at sunrise and late afternoon to sunset with time in between for instruction on the finer points of digital photography, including after-capture techniques; review sessions; and personal exploration of the local towns. This workshop sold out last year so register early. For details and to register, click here.

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia

This public lecture and audio-visual presentation will focus on helping you discover all the fascinating creative and technical opportunities that digital photography presents us with – not just in the camera but afterward, using some amazing and simple computer applications. You’ll see how these techniques will open new doors to your own creativity. For details and to register, click here.

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia

Digital imaging has revolutionized photography and liberated photographers. In this intensive two-day photography workshop, I will guide participants to the limitless possibilities of digital garden and flower photography, finding our subjects on the grounds of the beautiful Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. We will concentrate on creating images built around color, shape, line and texture, making strong visual statements using these abstract elements of design. We will also focus on portraying flowers in their garden setting, finding unusual perspectives for close-ups and groupings. Then, in our review sessions, we will explore ways to improve and fine-tune our images in creative ways using today’s amazing but simple after-capture applications. For details and to register, click here.

Following our very successful 2012 trip, this foreign travel digital photography workshop will focus on Holland’s amazing extravaganza of tulips and other bulbs at prime locations in the Dutch countryside, as well as visits to explore Holland’s charming and colorful villages.

Our itinerary includes everything from the acres of beautifully planted bulbs at the Kuekenhof Gardens and a countryside blanketed with tulip fields to the canals of Giethoorn and the iconic windmills around the town of Lekkerkirk. Visits to wonderful private gardens will complete your rare photo experience.

Our trip is geared to the needs and interests of photographers. Our group is limited to ten participants so you will get personal attention and one-on-one assistance throughout the workshop, whether you need advice on choosing the right lens, using the right settings, making the most of available light, adjusting to various kinds of weather or creating exciting compositions with color, texture and lines. Along the way, we will make time for review sessions to learn from each other’s images and develop our skills using easy after-capture techniques.

The price for this workshop is $4,000 per person with double occupancy; the single supplement is $800 per person. A $1,000 deposit to hold a space is due by March 10; the deposit is refundable less a $100 administrative fee until March 20 and the balance is due by April 1.

I invite you to join me on this spectacular photographic journey. For a detailed itinerary and additional information, please call me at (646) 519-1751 or email me at [email protected].

Sponsored by the Mt. Cuba Center in Wilmington, Delaware

Having photographed for many years in the mid-Atlantic area for Southern Living Magazine, I fell in love this area’s spectacular gardens. I created this unique 6-day flower and garden photography workshop to give you the chance to develop your creative and technical skills while exploring four of these amazing gardens: Chanticleer, Longwood Gardens, Winterthur and Mount Cuba Center, plus some wonderful nearby private gardens. We’ll have at least two field outings plus one review session each day. We have special permission to enter each park at sunrise and we’ll be able to stay in the gardens until sunset to make the most of the beautiful low light. Instruction will be geared to the special features of each garden and the needs and interests of all participants. The Mt. Cuba Center will host us for all instructional and review sessions To register, click here. Lodging arrangements can be made by contacting me at 646-519-1751 or [email protected].

Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage

This public lecture and audio-visual presentation will focus on helping you discover all the fascinating creative and technical opportunities that digital photography presents us with – not just in the camera but afterward, using some amazing and simple computer applications. You’ll see how these techniques will open new doors to your own creativity. Stay tuned for registration details.

Sponsored by the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage

June is the ideal month to see the unique and wonderful wildflowers of Alaska’s wilderness. We will take advantage of the long days and the help of local experts from the Alaska Botanical Garden to venture into a variety of environments to discover and photograph the spring bloom outside Anchorage. During two field trips each day, we’ll learn to work with every kind of light and weather; focus on composition using overviews, vignettes and details to show the wildflowers in their magnificent settings. We will also work on getting the best exposure and sharpness; plus practice creative techniques using your digital camera and after-capture software. If you need to make lodging arrangements, contact me at 646-519-1751 or [email protected].