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Announcing “A TASTE OF FRANCE” Photo Workshop!
LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 15 STUDENTS
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW WITH A 50% DEPOSIT
OPEN TO ALL LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHERS
$3250, A 10-day, all-inclusive workshop in France (airfare excluded).
* Oct 15 – 24th, 2012
SKILL LEVEL: Open to ALL LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHERS but limited to only 15 participants. This will create an intimate setting and permit the instructor to give individual attention as needed.
Learn to capture the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of this magnificent country through the lens of your camera in this delightful 10-day workshop in the heart of the French Rivera –France’s most cherished landscape. This is about the total experience – amazing locations, magnificent accommodations, incredible food, good friends and the opportunity to create some of the best photographs of your lifetime with the help of award-winning photographer, author, photo mentor Elizabeth Etienne. This will be a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience. Hurry reservations are limited.
This workshop will take place in a beautiful town called Roquefort-Les-Pins in the Provence Alps-Cote-d’azur region approx 15 min. from the Mediterranean Sea, Nice, Cannes and Grasse. The region is dappled with historic chateaus, fragrant lavender fields, vineyards and medieval, cobblestone villages. Both locations are a photographer’s paradise. Many participants may option to attend both workshops and enjoy the diversity of both locations while further enhancing their photographic skills.
WORKSHOP INCLUDES:
• Accommodations:
• Meals
• Transportation (to and from the airport in Nice and all daily shoot locations)
• Gear demonstrations (cameras, lenses, flashes, reflectors)
• Private and group instruction while shooting along side Elizabeth Etienne!
• Models
• Group image review night (with popcorn and everything!)
AIR FARE NOT INCLUDED
* LOCATION & ACCOMMODATIONS: The main base for the workshop will be a charming, restored 17th century manor house, referred to as a ‘chambre d’hôte’. This estate home is owned by a lovely couple who will be providing family-style meals for us each day. The workshop rate is based on SHARED accommodations. The house offers three luxury apartments and five well-equipped single bedrooms rooms with an adjoining terrace. You will be randomly assigned an apartment suite or single room on a first-come-first-serve basis. Unless you request to be roommates with a specific friend or mate we will pair people together based on age and gender. Everyone will have their own bed. All rooms/apartments have air conditioning, WiFi, their own bathroom with bath/shower, toilet and washstand, a coffee/tea corner, a small fridge and a hairdryer and floor heating. The Manor house also offers a large swimming pool, a well-maintained large garden, outdoor bar and kitchen, a characteristic lounge with open fireplace and a fitness area.
* CUISINE: Naturally eating in France will be a treat but we are exceptionally fortunate to have a great chef, the owner of the manor house preparing most of our daily breakfasts and dinners. Lunches and occasional dinners will be spent at a special cafe or restaurant in one of the many charming villages we will be visiting. Rest-assured you will have the opportunity to indulge your palette in a number of traditional Mediterranean dishes unique to this region of the world.
* TRANSPORTATION: We have arranged a very comfortable n air-conditioned mini-bus for most of our daily excursions. We will be traveling to various destinations on shoot days so a rental car is not needed.
* WORKSHOPS SYNOPSIS: The workshop is open to ALL LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHERS but limited to no more than 15 students. This will create an intimate setting and permit the instructor to give individual attention to each individual as needed. 3-4 out of the 14 days will be spent resting on location, editing images or meeting for a late afternoon demo someplace on the grounds of the estate. The “shoot, rest, dine, mingle” atmosphere is intended for people to get to know one another in the group, bond over a glass of wine during dinner and share a few laughs.
* BEFORE THE WORKSHOP students will be given an extensive information kit. This kit will include the instructor’s recommendations for a choice of photo equipment and supplies and other important technical information and a suggestion to review and test your equipment before you arrive. They will also be given a questionnaire to enable the instructor to determine their skill level before the workshop. At this time the instructor may offer to schedule a brief telephone meeting or suggest your considering a private coaching session(s) at a special discounted rate. The information kit also includes detailed travel information including: airline flight recommendations, currency converting, attire, insurance, emergency medical, cel phones, contact phone numbers, internet, language, culture and other useful tips useful to prepare and help your trip run smoothly.
* AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORKSHOP will be a casual “meet and greet” orientation demo. During this time students will be given the workshop information kit that includes suggested shoot assignments and they will be encouraged to shoot a bit of everything during the course of the workshop. This may include: landscape, architecture, people (both candid journalistic style and editorial posed portraits), food, cuisine, and other details that encompass French life.
* DURING THE WORKSHOP each shoot day the instructor will focus on a different topic. Students will learn about light, composition, directing, timing and their gear. There is also rumor to be a few surprise shoot destinations and subject matter arranged to “WOW” the group (and test their spontaneous shoot skills . . . Ha! Ha!). Upon arrival at each destination students will be encouraged to meander and explore the areas with their cameras, shoot and then break for lunch. After lunch there will be either additional demonstrations or a chance to continue shooting or editing their images before departure at the end of the afternoon.
* AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP there may be an optional group image presentation. Students will be encouraged to share 10-20 of their favorite images in a fun-loving atmosphere. This will be the time to relax, enjoy your hard work, share a glass of wine and bid your farewells before departing for the airport the next morning. At the end of the presentation the instructor will give a brief demo on how to create a beautiful, hardbound presentation book with your images and the suggestion of a few companies that can print and bind the books. You will also be given a special farewell gift bag rumored to have some great goodies inside….
THIS WORKSHOP IS ABOUT THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE – amazing locations, magnificent accommodations, incredible food, good friends and the opportunity to create some of the best photographs of your lifetime with the help of an award-winning photographer! Could it get any better than that? This will truly be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
FOR SAMPLE IMAGES OF THE LOCATION, ACCOMMODATIONS AND CUISINE SEE BELOW.
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