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Ron from Big D:
--- Quote from: Don Peterson on March 15, 2005, 03:15:19 PM ---Rod Planck is a photographer who resides in resides up in the U.P. of Michigan. I have tried for years to get into one of his seminars, but have never been able to fit it into my schedule. He is having one in Utah this year at Capitol Reef National Park and Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument May 1-7 and May 8-14 this year, which overlaps the Moab rally. His Web site URL is at http://www.rodplanck.com/. His workshop is generally focused on "conventional" 35mm SLRs and includes both film and digital techniques.
It's possible that the Utah workshop is full, but I think it would be worth a try to have a look. Sometimes there are cancellations. It might be good to contact Rod to arrange for something in the future.
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I have attended one of his seminars, b ut not a workshop. He is quite good.. Geoge Lepp is another. Actually, there are quite a few top notch photographers out there putting on seminars. We used to have Brent & Lorelle VanFossen on this site. Both are terrific photographers and used to do seminars. They went to Israel for several years and are back now living in Mississippi. They have a very educational web site that you should visit. Go to www.vanfossenpro.com and take a look. It is especially helpful for those without much experience. It is virtually a full seminar on their site.
Ron
Don Peterson:
I saw him too at a seminar in Kalamazoo, Michigan a while back, Ron. I liked his work a lot and he seemed real down-to-earth. To attend one of his workshops is still on my list of things to do.
DougJ:
Hi Ron,
Yes, my message about a rally in Pacifica at Johnson's studios was a bit long, but I thought I should lay out the topic in some broad strokes.
You wrote:
We also need to consider what the group really wants out of a workshop.
and later:
I am signed up for a half day seminar on Macro Photography on April 2nd. Hope to pick up something new. In fact, you always learn something new everytime you go to a workshop or seminar.
I approached the Johnson proposition from the perspective of your second statement. This guy is a good photographer and apparently a good workshop leader and so I'm going to learn a lot about picture taking through post-processing and on to printing regardless of what the core focus of the workshop is.
If it's to be Johnson, I see three possibilities:
1. We, as a group, attend one of his field workshops.
2. We, as a group, attend one of his workshops given at his studios in Pacifica.
3. We approach him to frame a workshop around our time / location availability.
But, as you point out "Outdoor Photographer" (George Lepp and others) advertise a host of seminars / tours for almost any month of the year.
Ciao,
Doug
Ron from Big D:
--- Quote from: DougJ on March 16, 2005, 01:33:33 AM ---
I approached the Johnson proposition from the perspective of your second statement. This guy is a good photographer and apparently a good workshop leader and so I'm going to learn a lot about picture taking through post-processing and on to printing regardless of what the core focus of the workshop is.
If it's to be Johnson, I see three possibilities:
1. We, as a group, attend one of his field workshops.
2. We, as a group, attend one of his workshops given at his studios in Pacifica.
3. We approach him to frame a workshop around our time / location availability.
But, as you point out "Outdoor Photographer" (George Lepp and others) advertise a host of seminars / tours for almost any month of the year.
Ciao,
Doug
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I would love to attend one of his seminars or workshops, especially if made available at a more central location. Point being: Many who would like to attend would have to travel a couple thousand miles to Pacifica. Great for those on the West Coast, but not for many others. I suggest you followup on his schedule and see what he is currently offering and then perhaps if nothing is good, we ask about something for next year that fits us. Also important is: who is really interested in attending from the Framily and what are they willing to pay to attend?
I will be off line for Thursday and maybe Friday, so I would be interested in your report.
DougJ:
Hi Ron,
Well, first let me say again that I do hope your "heart procedure" goes very well and that you're back here in short order (apologies to the censors) full of piss and vinegar :).
I suggest you follow up on his schedule and see what he is currently offering and then perhaps if nothing is good, we ask about something for next year that fits us.
Yes, I did have a look at the schedule of his workshops. However, taking your point that we also consider:
who is really interested in attending from the Framily and what are they willing to pay to attend?
my thinking is that the rally would need to be sometime between December 2005 as people arrive in the southern Arizona / CA area, through to mid-March 2006 when they start heading north and east.
If my assumption is valid, then the only thing posted on his web site that fits is the Death Valley field trip with the Magic
Bus at $1450, which field trip is already full, for Jan 14 / 17, 2006. The Pacifica workshops are announced only up to about August 2005.
For what it's worth, I think the field trips will be too expensive for most--certainly too expensive for me. But a one-day / half/day / evening workshop might fall within the discretionary spending of several people. Here, the rally could be three four days. We'd participate in the workshop and the rest of the time do our own field trips nearby, led by some one like your self--or gosh, there all kinds of foll who might volunteer to be a field trip leader.
And finally, if Pacifica is not a good location, then how about we approach Johnson to do a workshop in Brenda or Yuma or some other nearby place in early January before his DV field trip, or after that one--may be in QZ.
Ciao,
Doug
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