VisionaryWild Workshops
Date for 2020: April 13 - 17
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Visionary Wild Workshops will present a workshop with Tillman Crane and myself, April 13 -17, 2020.In April, Great Smoky Mountains National Park comes alive with the elegant rebirth of spring. Redbud and dogwood trees bloom, fragile new pale-green leaves emerge, and fog brings simplicity to the chaotic forest backdrop. This is one of the gems of the National Park System, and along with neighboring Blue Ridge Parkway it represents the highlight of Appalachia. Offering easy access to a wide range of opportunities from expansive landscapes to intimate designs, it’s one of our favorite outdoor photographic “classrooms”. Visiting midweek in spring means no crowds in this, the most visited park in the entire National Park System.
Your instructors are two of the most highly regarded – and down to earth – fine art photographers working today: Charlie Cramer and Tillman Crane. Working in digital color and black & white platinum-palladium processes respectively, both are renowned as master print makers and natural teachers.
The workshop will be based at Highland Manor Inn, in Townsend, Tennessee, the quietest of the three “gateway” communities accessing the Park with excellent access to field locations. Along with eight field sessions, Charlie and Tillman will present projected lectures and lead constructive critique sessions.
This workshop will benefit photographers of all skill levels.
Highlights
- The quiet of the park’s off-season, featuring the spectacular photographic potential of spring conditions
- Eight field photography sessions, maximizing opportunities to work in magic hour light, and atmospheric morning fog
- Generous expert instruction, focused on advancing participants’ photography
- Composition and creativity
- Working the scene through changing conditions and light
- Understanding and using various qualities of light to best effect
- Exposure and tonal control
- Essentials of digital image development
- Easy fly-in access from Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport, about thirty minutes away