Hawaii, Big Island Waterfalls, Volcanoes & Stars with Explorer of Light, Jennifer Wu September 20-23, 2014

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1 Hawaii, Big Island Waterfalls, Volcanoes & Stars with Explorer of Light, Jennifer Wu September 20-23, 2014 Tentative Schedule Sunrise 6:09 am and Sunset 6:18 pm Day 0 - September 19 8:00-9:30 pm Registration, instructions, schedule, welcome and introductions. Day 1 September 20 We will meet in the hotel lobby (left of the front desk). For those interested in camera gear loans will be checking out equipment at this time. 4:35 am Field photography session - sunrise. Photograph the ocean surf with rising sun with rugged coastal line. Since we will not have

2 time for instruction before this we will make it an optional field session. Return to hotel. 8:00 am Breakfast and Break. We will return from our shoot and go to breakfast at our hotel, included in fee. Break 11:00 am Lecture: Jennifer will lecture on Custom Camera Operations and Tips and Techniques for Nature Photography including photographing the ocean surf, fast and long exposures of waves, use of polarizing filters, neutral density filters and more. 1:00 pm Lunch at hotel, included in fee. 2:00 pm Lecture: Learn the basics on Photographing the Night Sky and the Milky Way, techniques for photographing volcanoes and proper exposure. 3:00 pm Evening field session. Black sand beaches, palm trees and lava rocks along the beach. It is very common to see Green Sea Turtles sunning themselves on the warm sand and rocks. Jennifer will demo photography tips and techniques in the field. Return to the hotel after sunset. 8:00 pm Dinner (not included in fee). Meals are a wonderful time to continue photography discussions and questions. Day 2 September 21

3 4:50 am Field photograph session: sunrise session along the beautiful rocky coast. Mid morning shoot photographing waterfalls with lush greenery. 9:15 am Approximate time. We will return from our shoot and go to Breakfast at hotel, included in fee. 11:00 am Lecture on Nature and Landscape composition. Jennifer will discuss compositional guidelines, making a dynamic image through lens selection and use of hyperfocal focusing. 12:00 noon Lunch at hotel, included in fee. 1:00 pm Receive critiques your images for what you did well and suggestions for improvement. Printing of your favorite images. 3:00 pm Field photography session. We will head to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for photographing ferns and volcanoes. We will stay for sunset and dusk. Then while we wait for the night sky to get really dark we can have dinner followed by a night photography session of the stars and Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes. We will photograph the red glow the Kilauea Caldera (weather permitting). Day 3 September 22 8:30 am Breakfast at hotel, included in fee. No morning session as we will have a long day plus night photograph in the evening. You can photograph sunrise from just outside the hotel or we may go shooting if weather doesn t keep us out late.

4 9:30 am Lecture & Critiques: Image processing of night photography. Return any gear you don t want to use. Critiques of your images. Finish any printing we didn t get to last time. 12:00-11:00 pm Photography field session. We will have lunch on the road. We have a long drive to our afternoon and evening photography session but it is worth it. Coconut palm trees line the beach with a lagoon in the foreground, a perfect place for photographing sunset over the ocean. In addition to the palm trees you can come across amazing rock formations and green sea turtle here. We will have an early dinner. Drive back to hotel. Day 4 September 23 8:30 am Breakfast 9:30-12:30 Field Session: We head out to photograph waterfalls and the beautiful botanical gardens. 12:30 to 11:30 pm Sunset and field session at Mauna Kea. We can head out to a local gallery for some inspiration and have lunch. Then we go to the summit of Mauna Kea and the observatories, a long drive but the views are amazing. If we are lucky we can see Maui from the peak and if the weather is clear we will photograph the stars.

5 After sunset, we will go down in elevation, 11,000 feet, to photograph the stars and Milky Way (weather permitting). We will take dinner and snacks on the road with us. You can stay and photograph along the coast if the elevation is too high. Say farewells! Day 5 September 24 Leave for home with new photography skills and wonderful memories.