One-Day Summer Photographic Workshop with Jeff Ripple

Location: Sleeping Bear Dunes and surrounding area

Time: Saturday and Sunday June 21-22 or 28-29, 2008.

Maximum number of participants: 6                        

Price: $200 (includes two field sessions, lunch, one-hour printing demonstration, and one-on-one PhotoShop print session (45 minutes each participant). $350 if you register for whole weekend. Must register by June 18.

Skill Level: Beginners and Intermediate. Participants must know how to operate their cameras because this workshop focuses on technique, not specific equipment.

Registration: Email jeffripple@earthlink.net, call 239-398-3375, or Ripple Effect Studio at 231-326-2047. A 50% deposit is required at registration, and a list of equipment to bring will be sent at that time. A list of nearby motels and B&Bs is available if needed. Deposit is non-refundable after June 18.

About the Workshop

Join award-winning large-format landscape photographer Jeff Ripple for a photographic adventure in the Sleeping Bear Dunes region of Leelanau County, Michigan, along the shores of Lake Michigan. Jeff will emphasize the fundamentals of composing and studying natural light, in addition to covering equipment basics and the importance of learning a place in order to artfully portray it.

This Saturday and/or Sunday workshop includes two field sessions (dawn and afternoon/evening), a short introduction to Jeffs printing process, and an individual 45 minute PhotoShop printing session with each student. Each student will walk away with a color or black & white 8x10 print of the image they have worked on with Jeff. Topics covered include the importance of getting a high-quality raw digital image or scan, screen calibration, color balancing and correction, dodging and burning, sharpening, and inkjet versus photographic paper output. Everyone then reconvenes in the early evening for a 2 hour walk/photo shoot to sunset.

All film and digital formats are welcome from point and shoot to large format. A full equipment and clothing list is supplied when you register.