Bodie: Ghost Town & Mono Lake - June 18th - 21st

[Abel]

Bodie: Ghost Town & Mono Lake - June 18th - 21st

Date:
June 18th - 21st, 2009


Location:
Bodie, California
calphotoworkshops@earthlink.net

Price: $295

More Info Located Here:
http://www.californiaphotographywork...odie_6_09.html

Announcing an exciting workshop to Bodie CA., Mono Lake, and Silver Lake.

This workshop will take you to one of the world’s most photogenic locations: the landscape of the Eastern Sierra Range. We will photograph places such as Bodie, Mono Lake, Silver Lake, and more. This workshop is open to of all levels of photography, using 35mm to large format, film and/or digital. June 2009

WORKSHOP GOALS

This workshop will mostly be about practicing and perfecting your craft. We will have daily discussions about "seeing", pre-visualization, and techniques. We will also present you a few exercises to help get your creativity flowing. These will be beneficial for all levels of photography experience. We will also spend some time reviewing digital work flow, Camera RAW, and processing digital pictures.

Besides the photography, just visiting this area is a joy. For those who have not been to this part of the Eastern Sierras you will be in for a big treat. It is one of the most scenic locations in the world.

Bodie California is one of the best preserved ghost towns in the United States. Bodie is a state park of California, and the exterior is open to the public. There is a minimal charge for admission.

Mono Lake (rhymes with "OH no") is the largest natural lake completely within the state of California. Once endangered when water feeding it was diverted toward the Los Angeles basin, it lost half its volume in the 40 years before an agreement was reached to save it. The best-known feature of Mono Lake are its dramatic tufa (TWO-fuh) towers.

[Killjoy]

With budget cuts (no, I'm not trying to turn this political) California is looking to close a LOT of it's state parks to save money.

Bodie is on the cut list.

When this is to take place, I am unsure. I would imagine it may be as of July 1 when the new budget is due.
So if I am correct on the date, it looks like that workshop may be a lot of folks last chance to shoot Bodie.