Travel Photography Workshops | Africa, Cuba, California and beyond

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Dates	Location and Description
Multiple Dates	Cuba Havana’s romantic atmosphere and infectious energy are the stuff of legend. Amid the warm crystalline waters of the sparkling Caribbean, over 500 years of roller-coaster history have conspired to create one of Latin America’s most electric and culturally unique societies. At the forefront of modern Latino culture, Havana has spawned salsa and mambo, Havana Club rum and Cohiba cigars, mural painting and Che Guevara iconography. Nowhere else but in the streets of Havana is the Spanish colonial architecture so abundant everywhere you look there is an unique image waiting to be recorded. -Havana & Trinidad-12 days: More info... -Havana-7 days: More info...
May 19-22, 2011	Yosemite National Park Ansel Adams loved the area around Yosemite National Park so much that he called it “the great earth gesture,” as if Mother Nature had rewarded humanity with a prize. The Yosemite Valley is often considered the birthplace of modern landscape photography. It unfolds before one’s viewfinder in a never-ending wonderland of awe-inspiring micro and macro scenery. Located at the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, it is home to grandiose waterfalls, gigantic cliffs of exposed granite and deep forests of tall majestic trees. Yosemite National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site - a creation of the last Ice Age when glaciers shaped the valley as they forced out vast quantities of ice and rock, splitting mountains in the process. More info...
August 24-28, 2011	Monument Valley & Slot Canyons Monument Valley provides perhaps the most enduring and definitive images of the American West. The isolated red mesas and redrock buttes and spires rising hundreds of feet into a boundless blue sky surrounded by empty, sandy desert have been filmed and photographed countless times over the years. It looks just like it does in the countless movies, photographs and television commercials. As a result, Monument Valley became an icon of the Old West. More info...
September 13-24, 2011	Africa: Kenya - Wildlife Migration Safari The very word safari was invented in Kenya where in Kiswahili it means "journey." The boundless wilderness and big game of this region has long attracted adventure seekers from all over the globe. Few countries even come close to the range of landscapes, unique geographical features and amazing species that you'll find in Kenya. At the heart of these lands is the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, widely considered to be Africa’s greatest wildlife reserve. Contiguous with the plains of the Serengeti, the Mara is home to an astounding array of life. The first sight of this natural wonderland is breathtaking. Here the great herds of shuffling elephants browse among the rich tree-studded grasslands with an occasional sighting of a solitary rhino. More info...
December 7-20, 2011	Antarctica No place on earth compares to this vast white wilderness distilled to an elemental haiku: snow, ice, water, rock. Antarctica is simply stunning. The enormity of its ice shelves and mountain ranges invariably heightens feelings of humanity’s insignificance and nature’s grandeur. Antarctica’s peculiar beauty may haunt you for the rest of your days. The Antarctic Peninsula is flanked by sea ice, deep fjords, ice falls, steep glaciers, and myriad offshore islands, the peninsula is a rich breeding ground for seabirds, seals, and penguins. During the summer, orca, humpback, and sperm whales come to feast on krill and the animals it attracts. More info...
by appointment	Custom workshop/trip. Receive personalized, one-on-one attention and feedback during custom workshops, which are an ideal way to meet your needs for specific schedule and destination requirements, as well as any other needs you might have that are not addressed by the regular workshops. Custom workshops can be a gentle, encouraging introduction to self-expression through photography if you are a beginner, or they can offer the perceptive and insightful revelations needed to hone your personal voice, vision and artistic signature if you are an advanced or pro photographer. More info...

Join Travel Photographer of the Year Award winner Lorne Resnick as he guides you in creating compelling and unique images. This limited selection of digital photography workshops will provide you with an exceptional learning experience in some of the most beautiful places on Earth. Whether you are looking for a travel photography workshop or one on shooting landscapes, nature or people, Lorne can guide you.

Lorne’s teaching is based on the belief that you can define almost every image into on of two categories: Lyrical vs. literal (or interpretation vs. documentation). It's the difference between “I was there and saw this” and “I was there and felt this.” Lorne has developed a specific structured system to produce emotionally impactful images. This system is geared towards communicating emotion from any subject and is not based on right or wrong “rules." Lorne’s 10-step system is framed not in terms of learning (or breaking) rules, but in terms of using available elements and skills to powerfully convey emotion to the viewer. Using such elements as moment, frame, light, gesture, technique, etc., - is not a question of being right/wrong or good/bad. Rather, do they successfully communicate the emotion you are trying to convey? Lorne will show you how to create and craft each image to generate maximum impact that ultimately leads to being able to create images with your own personal unique vision and voice.

Resnick’s workshops are geared toward every participant level. Whether you're a novice or pro, Lorne will not only have you generating more powerful images, but will also give you the structure and understanding to enable you to continue refining your skills once the workshop is over. The theme of each workshop is to have you creating images with a greater sense of purpose, in essence, finding and refining your true vision. He will look at how you approach your image making and what the basic elements of a successful image are. Also touched on will be other vital aspects of photography, including correct digital exposure, workflow, processing digital images, manipulating images, what photographic equipment to buy, backing up your work, etc.

Below are Lorne's remaining workshops for the year. Click any image to see details on the workshop and register. Contact Lorne directly if you have any questions.