Samy’s Camera is proud to host this event.

• Date: Friday- Sunday, May 14th – 16th, 2010
• Time: 8:00am – 8:00pm.
• Workshop Fee: $795.00 (Not Including Hotel and Transportation)
• Location: Yosemite National Park

For 120 years Yosemite National Park has been one of America’s greatest National Parks, visited and photographed by millions of people the world over. Its iconic images, as captured by Ansel Adams, were essential to the environmental movement’s need to bring the issue to the very forefront of public attention and concern – contributing to the creation of the National Park System. Samy’s Camera, Manfrotto, Gitzo, and Canon are proud to host a photo workshop in the park with our team of highly experienced Photographers to guide you through capturing the magic of the Yosemite Valley. Days will be filled with photo walks where attendees will have amazing opportunities to learn techniques from our esteemed guides in a variety of spots throughout the park during various photographically opportune times of the day. In the evenings we will meet to discuss other aspects of Landscape Photography and to share in our experiences from the day’s adventures. Highlights of the weekend will include: Thursday evening meet & greet, Sunset and Sunrise photo ops, dinner at the historical and beautiful Ahwahnee Hotel, and a Sunday Morning Print Making breakfast where Canon will provide printers and print technicians to create a 13X19 print of your favorite image from the weekend to take home with you.

Accommodations: All meals (including the marvelous dinner at the Ahwahnee Hotel) and transportation daily to and from the hotel, as well as within the park, will be provided. Details of the special room rates and hotel booking contact info will be provided to attendees when they call to register for the workshop.

• There will be a Pre-departure Seminar at our Samy’s Los Angeles location approximately two weeks prior to the workshop. More details to follow.

 

The Yosemite National Park Photo Workshop will include:

All Meals and Transportation in the Park including a gourmet dinner at the Historical Ahwahnee Hotel.

Special Rate on Lodging- Savings of up to $100 (Each participant is responsible for their own hotel reservations)

Six Dedicated Photo Instructors available at all times- to insure all your questions will be answered and your images will be outstanding.

Free-Pre Departure Seminar to learn how to prepare for the trip and introduction to special techniques for the Yosemite Valley

A Free Special Commemorative Manfrotto Monopod and Kata Backpack-a $250 Value

TWO FREE Camera Check and Clean Coupons $130 value

$100 Samy’s Gift Card to be used at any Samy’s Camera Store or on line at Samys.com

Free Loaner Lenses from Canon while in the park.

A free 13x19 Color Enlargement for Each Participant of their Favorite Image to take home- made right at the Sunday breakfast by Canon.

Exclusive Entry into the Samy’s Camera Yosemite Valley Photo Contest-just for the trip participants. More Great Prizes for the winners and all the entrants. Images submitted will be posted on Samy’s international Website with photo credits so all images may be viewed by the world.

A FREE PHOTO BOOK of each Participant’s images printed by Samy’s Lab Value $100

 

Instructors Bio:

Dan Warsinger - Dan is the staff photographer for The Delaware North Company, Parks and Resorts at Yosemite. His position takes him into all aspects of photography: from leading the Yosemite Sunrise Photo workshops, to books, postcards, calendars, photojournalism, and family portraits. He has more than 35 years as a professional photographer and has been a long standing resident of Yosemite National Park and Mariposa County. For over 22 years, Dan has started many mornings by leading the “Yosemite Photo Workshops” as well as photographed over 2200 weddings in and around Yosemite.

Dan is experienced in all formats of photography, and can provide all services, including small and medium format film, and the latest in digital photography.
Among the many awards and publications, Dan has been called “One of Americas Top 50 Photographers” (Collins Publishers San Francisco).

A collection of Dan Warsinger Yosemite Images is for sale at most of the gift shops and Galleries in the Yosemite area, as well as El Portal, Fish Camp, and Mariposa.
In addition, his landscape images can be found in most National Parks from Colorado to California on everything from calendars, key chains, coffee mugs, postcards, and just about any gift item found in the stores.

Dan has also recently been named the Official Photographer of the Yosemite Chapel.
“Now as I approach the 2500 mark in photographing weddings, I find, I still love weddings! Maybe even more now, as I am continually exploring new techniques. I feel privileged to be able to help couples create lasting memories of their special day.”

Jennifer Wu - Jennifer has been a professional photographer since 1992, specializing as a landscape and night photographer. She received a BA in Photography from California State University, Sacramento, where she previously taught photography courses. Jennifer was named by Canon USA to the elite group photographers, The Explorers of Light, a group comprised of the top professional photographers in the country.

Her images, featured in numerous magazines and books, have won a wide variety of prestigious awards. Whenever she is not on nature expeditions at some of the most beautiful locations in the world, she exhibits her images at nationally recognized galleries and art shows. She teaches photography workshops and courses for Sierra Club, Light Photographic Workshops, BetterPhoto, Canon U.S.A., and aFilm International Film Workshops Barcelona, Spain.

“I strive to create images that evoke a mood or a chord of recognition or even a sense of longing with the viewer. Some may sense tranquility and peacefulness or perhaps powerful and vivid qualities which lead the view to make discoveries, drawing them to the next images. These dramatic landscapes are at the edge of the light of night and day as I search for exquisite and unique places.”

Samy’s is also pleased to present contributing Photography Guides from within our family of employees who specialize in Landscape Photography:

Frank Schlegel – A large format film specialist with over thirty-five years experience in analogue photography practice. Frank has successfully embraced the digital photography age. Just as comfortable shooting with a 12x20 banquet camera as a Leica digilux.  Frank can demystify photographic conundrums such as lenses angle-of-view verses angle-of-coverage, or bit-depth verses mega pixels. His photographic oeuvre includes works in the documentary styles of Robert Frank, Walker Evans, Edward Weston, and William Eggelston.  When he gets out of the city Frank heads to Joshua Tree or Death Valley and in keeping with the tradition of landscape photography Frank can be found shooting with whatever camera he can get his hands on.  Take a close look at his work because some one you know has a Schlegel in their collection.  Check his website http://frank8x10.com for a sampling of his work.

Hernan Godoy – Hernan Godoy has been photographing nature and the landscape in California's Eastern Sierra for more than a decade and has been involved in the photographic industry for the past thirty years.  His photography has been used in ad campaigns in magazines such as Peterson’s Photographic and Photography Today for photo industry giants Kenko Optics, Agfa Film, and Toyo Optics. He honed his technical skills at Minolta where he was a Tech Rep for 5 years.  For the past several years this award-winning photographer has been leading workshops through the Eastern Sierras,  the San Juan Capistrano Mission, and other places of interest around Southern california.  Hernan truly enjoys cultivating the love of photography in those that attend his workshops and continues to nurture that passion well after the workshops are concluded.    

Registration:
Pre-registration is required for this class or workshop. To register, please use the "Add to Cart" link above or call 323-938-2420 and speak to the receptionist for registration. Please call or email us at edu@samys.com if you have any questions regarding this class.

Refunds & Cancellations:
Enrollment is limited, therefore your commitment is important to us. If you must withdraw from a workshop, we provide this refund policy: A $25 administrative fee will be charged on all cancellations. If you cancel 24-72 hours prior to the start of the workshop, we will retain 50% of the total workshop fee, unless we are able to fill your spot. If you cancel 24 hours or less prior to the start date of the workshop, we will retain 100% of the workshop fee unless we are able to fill your spot. No refunds are given once the workshop begins.

If you miss 1 - 2 classes of a workshop, you may sit in on those missed classes during the next session as long as space permits.

On occasion we may cancel a class because of low enrollment and/or unforeseen professional conflict on the part of the instructor. Should this be the case, al monies will be refunded in full. We do not take responsibility for non-refundable airline tickets, so please buy a refundable ticket if you are coming from outside of Los Angeles.