The idyllic setting of Cades Cove, a nearly 7000 acre valley near Townsend Tennessee, is a sampler of everything the Smoky Mountains has to offer. We will spend three full days exploring this unique environment as well as Roaring Forks, the Tremont area and Clingmans Dome. Shooting will include landscapes, mountain scenes, sunrises, sunsets, pioneer cabins, and conditions permitting, wildlife. We’ll meet Wednesday night to discuss shooting technique and what we’ll see and to lay out our itinerary. This will allow us to start shooting at first light Thursday morning. We’ll shoot all day Friday and Saturday. We’ll discuss and demonstrate, in the field, composition and exposure techniques for shooting landscapes, waterfalls and macro. There will be critique and review sessions after each day’s shooting.

Places we’ll visit: Cades Cove Tremont, Roaring Forks, The Chimneys recreation area
Newfound Gap and Clingmans Dome.
What we’ll learn: Techniques for capturing dramatic mountain landscapes, macro techniques
for flowers, capturing sunrises and sunsets, filter selection and more

Prerequisites: Students should possess a working knowledge of their cameras and should know how to select and set aperture and shutter speed. Having completed a basic photography course would be ideal.
Equipment: Digital SLR camera with interchangeable lenses. A good quality sturdy tripod and a cable release.
Date: July 14-17, 2010
Time:
Workshop fee: $300.00
Meals, Lodging and Transportation not included
We will be staying at the Valley View Lodge Townsend, TN 865-448-2237
Registration Deadline: July 7, 2010