ROBB'S SCHEDULE of PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS

Daily Sessions with Robb are offered throughout the year. Please call for his availability.

Private Photo Session with Robb Hirsch:
Price: $325 per person

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HETCH HETCHY FALLS AND FLOWERS
with Robb Hirsch

Dates: Mid-May (Twin Valleys Waterfalls Workshops)

Price- $175 per person

With several striking waterfalls and colorful wildflower displays, Hetch Hetchy offers a multitude of potential subjects to photograph in a far less crowded setting than Yosemite Valley.  Emphasis for this workshop will be placed on creating strong compositions, teaching techniques for shooting waterfalls and wildflowers, the art of pre-visualizing images to be more productive, and reading light to best utilize the current conditions.  Learn how to become more creative with photography by manually choosing apertures and shutter speeds and shooting a scene in a variety of ways to isolate the subject or put it in the context of the surrounding environment. Come away with fine images of this intriguing landscape and more importantly the knowledge to better capture quality images of the natural world wherever you may be.

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PHOTOGRAPHY BACKPACK TOUR
YOUNG LAKES (3 Days/2 Night)

with Robb Hirsch

Dates: 9.19-21.2011

Price- $1050 - 1500 per person

Backpacking with photography gear is one of the most rewarding and productive means to shoot an area. The self sufficiency of carrying everything one needs to live is extremely empowering and strengthens the wilderness experience. Photographically, it allows the opportunity to shoot less visited areas, away from the crowds and pullouts that everyone sees; and by spending several days in a backcountry location, one becomes more in tune with the surroundings, submersed in the environment, which ultimately produces more evocative images.

Join professional photographer Robb Hirsch as he leads a small group, on a three day, two night backpack photography trip to Young Lakes in Yosemite. This is an ideal location for a backcountry workshop. The hike in to the designated base camp is moderate (about seven miles) with little elevation gain; this will allow for short photographic excursions without carrying all one's gear. There is an abundance of macro to intimate to grand landscape opportunities within a relatively small geographic area and access across the terrain is relatively easy.

This trip is intended for people with at least some backpacking experience and in good physical condition. This type of adventure is only slightly out of the reach for many people as carrying all of the gear can be overwhelming. To make this trip more accessible, all food, bear-proof canisters (required in Yosemite backcountry) and cooking materials will be carried in for the group. Participants will carry their photo gear and all other backpacking gear; this should be somewhere in the range of 35-50lbs. Details regarding required and suggested gear will be discussed in detail with participants.

This is a photography trip more than a backpacking one. We will use backpacking to provide access to shooting a more remote area, but once there, photography will be the priority. We will shoot all sunrises and sunsets from predetermined locations and spend some of the midday hours scouting, looking for new compositions.  All along the way expect in depth discussion and instruction about the functional operations of the camera, workflow in the field and the artistic side of isolating compositions and pre-visualizing images to best capture them in complimentary light. Participants will also gain numerous tips and tricks that can make this type of photography more productive and enjoyable. In addition to capturing great images, the goal is to give the clients the tools to create the best possible photographs wherever they may be.