We have finalized our program for the BugShot 2012 insect photography workshop in Florida! See below for the full schedule.
BugShot 2012:
Schedule of Events
Instructors:
John Abbott
Thomas Shahan
Alex Wild
Thursday August 23: Hello!
3-6:00pm arrival and check-in
6:00 welcome & dinner
7:30 instructors’ top 5 tips
8:00 Open (night photography, social, sleep)
Friday August 24: The Basics
6:30-8:00 continental breakfast
8:00 Introduction to the Archbold Biological Station
8:30 Field Session 1: group A (Thomas), group B (John), group C (Alex)
10:00 Concurrent sessions: pick one!
Room A: Introduction to Entomology (John)
Room B: Introduction to Photography (Alex & Thomas)
noon lunch
1:00 Methods of magnification (Thomas)
2:00 Lighting (Alex)
2:50 break
3:00 Tripods, supports, filters, triggers, and other equipment (John)
4:00 Field Session 2: group A (John), group B (Alex), group C (Thomas)
5:30 open
6:00 dinner
7:30 Composition (Thomas, John, Alex)
8:00 Group review and critique of photos
Saturday August 25: Special Techniques
6:30-8:00 continental breakfast
8:00 Field Session 3: group A (Alex), group B (Thomas), group C (John)
10:00 Working with insects in the studio (Alex)
11:00 Special Technique: focus-stacking (Thomas)
noon lunch
1:00 open studio session
3:00 Special Technique: High-speed flash photography (John)
4:00 Special Technique: Time lapse photography & videography (Alex)
5:00 open
6:00 dinner
7:30 Post-Processing
8:00 Group review and critique of photos
9:00 Blacklighting; night walk
Sunday August 26: Workflow & Windup
6:30-8:00 continental breakfast
8:00 Group photo
8:30 Digital Asset Management (John)
9:50 break
10:00 Sharing your images- a discussion of social media (Alex)
11:00 Open Topic(s) -to be determined by group interest*
noon lunch
1:00 closing comments
1:30 clean-up and departure