The Beauty of Natural Light Photography

The theme of this workshop is learning to appreciate the natural, organic quality of light and color in the world around us.  As my mentor Jay Maisel once said “you can either photograph the evidence or create it”.  This workshop is about seeing natural light and color and taking time to submerse ourselves in our subject and environment. 

A primary goal of this workshop is learning to see the purity of natural light and color, its many vibrations, moods and manners.  We, as passionate photographers, should try to capture with our cameras the nuances of light and color around us and allow the viewer to see something they had not seen before.  That is the hallmark of a great photographer.

I will show some of my fine art work that touches on this theme before the participants are sent out on shooting assignments.  Please park Photoshop at the door.  This is not a class on photo manipulation.  I want you to be better photographers in-camera, not out.  At the end of the day participants will have a greater appreciation of light and color which will enhance their personal photographic journey.