With
Douglas Merriam
When
September 20 - 25, 2020
Category
Digital Printing, Nature & Landscape, Beyond the Basics
Package Price
1575.00
$1,575 includes tuition, opening group dinner in Farmington and two lunches while in Santa Fe. Transportation, lodging, and additional meals are extra. For the first four nights, it is suggested that participants stay at Courtyard by Marriott in Farmington (505-325-5111). Mention that you are part of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops group when you call. While in Santa Fe, on-campus housing may be available. Please call the IHM Retreat Center directly for details: 505-988-1975.
Registration Info
The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is an otherworldly landscape tucked into the northwest corner of New Mexico. What was once an ocean of rolling waves millions of years ago is now a desert with steeply eroded badlands, colorful layers of rock, and precariously perched boulders, all within a terrain that sometimes resembles a bubbling cauldron.
Join Doug Merriam on a photographic adventure through this magical area, which spans roughly 40,000 acres. While we can’t possibly cover all of it in three days, we are certainly able to photograph some pretty incredible landscapes. From our base in Farmington, we travel together to the Bisti Wilderness, heading out early for sunrise sessions and later capturing sunset light as the afternoon fades.
During our time in the field, Doug shares technical information and creative methods for improving your landscape photography, as well as daily critiques of participants' work. After three days in the Bisti, we pack up and make our way to The Workshops state-of-the-art-digital lab in Santa Fe, where we bring our images to life in the printed form.
Don't miss the chance to turn your lens toward spectacularly surreal formations that offer endless opportunities for creative expression through landscape photography.
Get an inside look at the Bisti workshop experience! Read this article from New Mexico Magazine.
Additional Information
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Amateurs, Advanced Amateurs, Professionals
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:
Working knowledge of digital workflow and manual mode on your digital SLR or mirrorless camera. Participants must be able to download, select, and transfer images to their own jump drive for class each day.
SPECIAL NOTES:
This workshop will include hikes of up to two miles round-trip. Computer workstations are provided in the digital lab during the final two days.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Refer to Package Price description for details on lodging and meals.
PACKAGE PRICE INFO:
$1,575 includes tuition, opening group dinner in Farmington and two lunches while in Santa Fe. Transportation, lodging, and additional meals are extra. For the first four nights, it is suggested that participants stay at Courtyard by Marriott in Farmington (505-325-5111). Mention that you are part of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops group when you call. While in Santa Fe, on-campus housing may be available. Please call the IHM Retreat Center directly for details: 505-988-1975.
Douglas Merriam is a travel, food, and lifestyle photographer based in Santa Fe. His commercial and editorial photography career has taken him on extensive travel assignments, which always include photographing people and their culture, as well as landscapes and food. Doug was one of the founding members of The Workshops, and in 1990 he became its operations director, helping to make the organization what it is today. He has taught workshops on a plethora of subjects, including studio lighting, travel, food, and capture to print. Doug is also the author of Farm Fresh Journey, a cookbook inspired by the Santa Fe Farmers Market.
Website: www.douglasmerriam.com
Instagram: @douglasmerriam
Doug was an awesome instructor. I loved his style and sense of humor.
Noah Daly