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Enrollment now open for FW5

2006-05-11T10:05:00.000-05:00

Hello all!

We are pleased to offer an open enrollment period for photographers wishing to participate in Foundation Workshop 5 next February! The enrollment is based on a first-come, first-served basis, based on completing the enrollment form and paying the retainer. Please read the FAQ for more information, and of course, if you have any questions, please contact me at bill at fworkshop.com.

We look forward to seeing you in February!

Anonymous surveys for FW4 participants, faculty, and staff

2006-03-13T22:36:00.000-06:00

Greetings all,

Firstly, thanks to Huy for inviting me to be such an integral part of the Foundation Workshop's future. I hope to see many of you again next year!

Secondly, as we prepare for FW5, we're taking a good look at ourselves to see what worked really well and what didn't work quite as well. Your help in this would be greatly appreciated. On the forums Huy mentions below, there is a link to an anonymous survey that will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. If you don't want to sign up for the forum just to get to the survey, please email me at bill@fworkshop.com and I'll send you the link.

Your time and honesty are greatly appreciated by us all, and will help us make an even better experience for those involved in FW5!

Warm regards,
Bill

FW5 - Moments of Truth

2006-03-13T15:58:00.000-06:00

For Immediate Release

March 13, 2006

FW5 - MOMENTS OF TRUTH

We’re excited to announce FW5 - Moments of Truth, the fifth-annual Foundation Workshop, to be held February 19-22, 2007 in McKinney, TX. Like past Workshops, FW5 offers wedding photographers the unique opportunity to work closely with top photojournalists and established documentary wedding photographers in examining and redefining their own shooting processes and approaches.

Also, please join us in welcoming Bill Holland as the FW5 Workshop Coordinator. Having attended both as a participant and staff member, Bill has extensive understanding and experience with the philosophy and daily management of the Workshop. We’re definitely looking forward to working with Bill in the days ahead!
More nitty-gritty details regarding FW5 will be forthcoming.

Meanwhile, to help us in planning for the Workshop and assembling the FW5 staff, we need to hear from you. There will be an online survey for former participants and staff. Please use it to let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions on how we can improve.

You are also invited to visit our new discussion forum at

http://www.fworkshop.com/forums

We hope that it will be become a lively place of information and ideas for the Workshops. Please sign in and participate.

If you’d like to contact us privately, you can email us directly

Huy Nguyen - Foundation Workshop Director - huy@fworkshop.com
Bill Holland - FW5 Coordinator - bill@workshop.com

Looking forward to another meaningful Workshop experience!

Regards,

Huy Nguyen
Director
The Foundation Workshop

First wedding after FW4

2006-03-05T13:40:00.000-06:00

What I did different:

I witnessed the moments, I further explored the angle for the story; I did not let the "image" in my head distract my attention from what was happening in front of my eyes.
I shot about 2000 less frames that I normally do.
I worked the shot more, I stayed with it longer. Thanks Amy.
I started working as the hired photographer, who was I fooling "shooting and running". "Yes lady, I took that shot! I am here to do that, and yes I just took one more :-)". Thanks Hay.
I felt smoother, I felt like I was sliding, sometimes I felt I was floating even (just weird, difficult to explain).

Overall. I still think that I sucked as a PJ last night, but I definitely feel that I was much different and, strangely enough, I ended up less tired than most weddings. I even went for drinks afterwards.

I will try to post some pictures Monday or Tuesday.

Sergio

Slideshow

2006-03-01T03:25:00.000-06:00

Has it already been 4 days?

I'm still trying to process everything and am looking forward to the wedding I'm shooting on Saturday when I can put some of what I've been thinking about into action.

For anyone interested, I put my cut of my slideshow up on my blog - you can access it here http://www.blueolivephotography.com/blog/

Cheers! Keep the posts coming, I'm loving seeing everyone's stuff and reading everyone's accounts of the week.

FW4 in summary

2006-03-01T00:31:00.000-06:00

Huy asked me to give a general overview of the experience that was F4, so here’s a basic review of the week in my eyes (okay, so it’s a bit long…blame Huy b/c he saw a rough draft and approved it!) :)

We arrive on Sunday to a flurry of activity. Smiles and hugs abound. The bonding begins almost immediately. Sunday night we were treated to an amazing Mexican feast at the home of Huy's business partner, Gary D. The food and company was fabulous. We all left there with full bellies and happy spirits.

Monday began early as we were transported to the Storybook Ranch for a day of seminars.

A personal note: David Leeson was my team leader. I first noticed him on Monday, standing toward the back of the group, ball cap down low on his face, a stubble of a beard, and very quiet. When he was introduced as the first speaker a new friend sitting next to me agreed; “Whoa- He looks INTENSE!" And for about two minutes I was rather nervous about being in David's group.
Then David began to speak.

There was a connection to his words that made myself and, I'm sure, the rest of my group feel immediately at ease and ready for an amazing workshop. Like David, the rest of the speakers were, in a word, inspirational. Cheryl was completely profound and articulate. Huy was, as usual, filled with fall-out-of-your-chair inspiration. The day ended with Amy giving us inspiration and encouragement through her wonderful photography and heartfelt convictions for making images.

That evening we met in our small groups (and the fun began). The team leaders gave out our assignments as we sat in the small groups and this was the first time we each were privy to what we were to shoot over the next two days.

For the most part, many of the Life assignments were rather difficult b/c we had to FIND the story in the assignment. The "story" was not laid out for us. This gave us the opportunity to get out of our comfort zone w/ weddings. In a wedding we KNOW the story. We know whom to shoot and why. But here in the workshop we had to put our skills and instincts to work to FIND what was worthwhile and create a photo essay from our findings.

My assignment was the SPCA (where I was promised 161 fighting roosters but was sadly let down by humane people who saved the roosters before I arrived for my assignment- oh the disappointment!). So I prepared myself to find a story somewhere between the cute little puppies and sweet little cats. Other assignments were similar (a Christian school, a truck stop, a SWAT team, a fire station, a sheep farm... find the story)

Tuesday we shot all day. After our assignments we came back to the hotel for an evening of critique with our team leaders and coaches. It was long, exhausting and, mostly, it was a struggle. No one was able to get lost in the shuffle of the workshop. No one was able to skate by in their assignment. Everyone was humbled after that first day of shooting. I can say honestly that I saw men and women alike shed some tears. Not bawling, hysterical tears, but rather tears of frustration and exhaustion. There were feelings of humbleness and of relief that the whole "being exposed" part of the process was over and we could all now go on and shoot with out egos or fear.

Basically we were broken down to a point where our individual pride or comfort zone was no longer an issue. Once we were down to that point, there was nowhere else to go but up.
David Murray had a great way of explaining it. He said, "This is a re-birth."

After an intense first day, we all went BACK out to our assignments on Wednesday and re-shot the whole thing. Some people shot to finish their photo essay. Some people started over with a new story. And some people just wanted to go home. The rest of the day/night Wednesday and all day Thursday we went through our images with our team leaders and edited (”Feel the PAIN of editing OUT an image you are married to!"). David had a great lesson for our team in editing, and we had some lively and thought-provoking conversations about 'tight edits', how many images we give in our weddings, and what impact that number of images may (or may not) have on our clients.

On Thursday night the workshop again provided a fabulous meal at a gorgeous location in downtown Dallas. I'm sorry I can't remember the name of where we were. But suffice it to say it was a very nice atmosphere and a pleasant way to end the week. Oh yeah, and the OPEN BAR certainly helped the happy, shiny feelings as well.

During our farewell party each group presented a slideshow of each, individual assignment. It was so awesome to see the assignments and the GROWTH each photographer had during the week. Seeing the thought process take a NEW turn for each photographer during the week was totally amazing. Again, it was a re-birth.

A personal note; once we got our assignments on Monday night to presenting the images on Thursday night I slept a TOTAL of about 5-6 hours. And even those naps weren't solid sleep. They were restless and difficult, filled with my thoughts on various comments about my images, conversations with David, discussions with my team coaches (Bill H. and Tyler W.- AMAZING coaches and completely FABULOUS people!), and searching my soul to see WHERE I could possibly pull any more out of myself to put into a stupid story about cats and dogs. Heh.

But in the end I think I found something inside. In the end I found a passion and a way to see "beneath the emulsion."

The workshop was an experience I am so thankful to have shared.

The End.

FW4 for Scott

2006-02-28T23:42:00.000-06:00

Well I must have caught a few bugs at least from the past week with everyone... Aside from a runny nose I took away a new skill of being able to engage people on their own level and outside of my comfort zone. I was able to care a little more about people and get past my personal walls of narrow view and depth of vision concerning a scene and people in general that usually I wouldn't think twice about.

I was able to grow photographically by learning a wide variety of things from focusing on layering my images better to quickly reading a scene and evaluating how to capture parts of it. I learned to look a little past the obvious, and instead of seeing blank faces I was able to see people... and talk to them. Once I was able to get past the fear of talking to strangers, the comfort of being a fly on the wall and looking at my assignment as "nothing going on" I found myself sitting for long stints of time talking to people about their lost loved ones, their pets, their pasts, and their lives in general. I was amazed at how cool a lot of people really are when you give them a chance and open your mind. My photos went from a lot of the backs of people's heads to more faces and genuine interaction (well as much as goes on at a truck stop between strangers ^_^ and without me joining in on Trucker showering action).

A HUGE thanks to Huy and all the crew for making it all happen, and a personal thanks to Tim Zeilenbach and Cheryl Diaz Meyer for sticking it to me and encouraging me to get out of my comfort zone and change as a person. Also a big thanks to Linda for having a warm sense of faith in me. It really was a personal challenge for me to shoot the truck stop as it was not an ideal assignment for me at first. I'm sure I will still do the "tilty-tilty" or kill people with my "frickin' wide angle verticles", and super fisheye madness to a degree, but at the very least but most importantly I feel like I became a better human being. There are many tidbits and skills that I can apply to my wedding photography that I feel will help me grow as a photographer and hopefully show through in the images I make in the future.

Now I'll share some random pics from the week... nothing special really... other than that they're of people I like. ^_^ I didn't take that many pics at all, and on a lot of them are very snappy... but here they are

Dennis introducing the speakers

Sergio working the Trio

L to R: Amy Huy Anna

Sergio working the Group shot "Just say Seerrggiiiooooohhh"

Caught Bill and Anne being cute

Piggy back

CamRon checking for rattles after it hit the floor...

Linda

Cold enough that Mimi Tsai had to use the candle for warmth

Me and a trucker

Cheryl's mini excercise about wide angle lens use

Layering the scene of the room? CamRon center working her wide angle

L to R: Cheryl, Cameron, Linda

Everyday scene

Does this need a caption?

JoeG and Tem framing my scene

Late night editing

Leigh and Cameroon

JoeG

Look! a real moment!!!

"I'll give you a moment" ~ Cameron

Amy and Cameron framing my scene

Clockwise from bottom (6 o'clock position): Me, Linda, Serigo, Cameron, Tem

Cameron late night munchin'

Katrina working her scene: JoeG and Nicole

That's about it... there's a few more in this directory if you wanna see, but pretty much the same stuff: http://www.scottandtemphotography.com/fw4/

Thanks to all the staff, and every single person who honored me with the friendship and words of wisdom, comedy, and encouragement. Words honestly are not enough to really express how much the workshop and the people meant to me... but there they are.

My FW4 Experience

2006-02-28T13:18:00.000-06:00

I posted about FW4 and my family (they were awesome) on my blog, below is one of my favorite images.

how to post

2006-02-28T12:32:00.000-06:00

If you've already accepted your invitation to be a Contributor, log in here

http://www.blogger.com/home

Look under Posting and Create .

Follow instructions to add images (either upload or host from your server).

Huy

photo story

2006-02-27T01:25:00.000-06:00

I didn't get to shoot much - only one story I'd like to call "Linda".

Fun Pictures @ FW4

2006-02-25T10:11:00.000-06:00

I am not a very social guy, but I made more friends last week than I do in a year.

An enormous thank you goes to Huy, Amy, Cheryl, David for being the best tough ass instructors/editors ever.

Thanks to all the coaches for slapping us upside the head some times. And special thanks to the most amazing support team put together, Eddie, JP, Kym, Dennis and Sandy. These people busted their ass for us and they were always there.

I need some sleep now, so I'll express more of my gratitude later on.

The Group

Tem, Scott, Huy, Anna and Amy

Scott, Huy, Anna and Amy

Anna

Joe G experiencing the consequences of fire station food.

Close call ( EMT having some clean fun with Joe). "This one is for his wife", he said.

Joe G having fun with his new friends

Joe G seeing the light

Here is Linda when I told her she came too late

Mark Gardner talking about vertical wide angle shots

Hollye's Shaving Cream-Off Challenge. Katrina, Hollye, Kiki and the CVS employee.

The Duel

The shooting

Hollye. There is always next year

Kiki, Kristen, Katrina and Huy (clockwise)

John after the beer ran out

JP and Eddie. I take my hat off for these 2 guys, incredibly talented shooters and great guys.

Kristen, Huy and Linda. Huy trying to convert wine into water (I think is the other way around)

Katrina, Kiki and Sergio

Kiki, Sergio, Linda, Huy and Eddie

Joe G, Kristen, Sergio, Linda and Huy

Joe G, Kristen, Linda, Sergio and Kiki

Kristen, Sergio and Linda

Nice framing

And my self portrait

So much to say.

2006-02-25T10:03:00.000-06:00

Wow. What a week, eh?

First, I want to apologize to Leigh, Cameron, and Tony for sleeping late and missing the 6am meeting time yesterday. I feel horribly irresponsible. Whoever ultimately gave them a ride, thank you so much, and I'm sorry! I hate letting people down.

I missed my flight, but made it out a few hours later. I came home and went straight to the doctor, who diagnosed me with walking pneumonia. That's better than crawling pneumonia, but not as good as jogging or running pneumonia. I was also diagnosed with sleep deprivation and an ass-tastic hangover. Serves me right.

This week was amazing. I made a whole bunch of great new friends. I learned so, so much. I got to watch a group of talented photographers gain the confidence to see and shoot without boundaries, and the results blew me away.

More later. I have six zillion emails to return and a family to bother.

thank you

2006-02-24T21:42:00.000-06:00

I hope that all of you have arrived home safely and are getting much deserved rest.

I really want to say 2 things:

1. I am very very proud of you and your workshop images. You came up with some amazing, powerful images in less than two days of shooting. Those photo stories rival any that I have done and seen in newspapers that I've come across. Truthfully, the caliber of your workshop images surprised me. But hell yeah, you did it!!!!!! Seeing those images gave me reason and purpose to continue this Workshop in the future.

2. I'd like to sincerely thank you for trusting me and our workshop instructors enough to invest your time and energy to come to Dallas. I hope that we've succeeded in challenging your thought processes while also providing you with very practical photographic skills and knowledge.

As we're always looking for ways to improve the structure, format, or organization of the workshop, I'd like to hear your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. This year, we came up with some very cool, innovative techniques (Cheryl's photo obstacle course, my team's shooting challenge to me, etc) that we will definitely implement in the future. I know it can flow alot better and I am ready to make those changes to improve the workshop.

This is your chance to critique us :) I'd like to hear your honest assessments. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with me privately at huy@fworkshop.com or will all of us on this blog.

Also, please feel free to post and share any photos or your work from the workshop. There are many interested photographers wondering what we did.

Again, I am grateful to you for coming together to produce a very unique experience that will never be duplicated.

Thank you. Huy

Nitty Gritty

2006-02-15T23:35:00.000-06:00

OK, I've been keeping it cool, and honestly, I haven't thought a thing about FW4 until the past two days ... there just hasn't been time, and I'm sure we all know how that is.

But now I'm getting into it, my boss asked for my itinerary, and I know I want to be completely prepared and in a the zone to get the most out of this experience!

We have:
Schedule, check
Equipment list, check,
Clothing list, check

What I just wanted to make sure of is:
How are we getting from the airport to the Ranch/Hotel, etc? Someone is picking us up, right? Is it going to be limo-style, i.e. a person with a card with our name at it, or a bus or what?

Is Day One more lecture style sitting at desks, more interactive, case studies vs. theory??

For Life or Family shoots, I'm still not 100 percent sure what is going on here. I have a life shoot and would like to know a little more about our role and assignments so I can start brainstorming. In my mind, I'm thinking it's similar to an intense two-day feature story package, but I honestly don't know. Is the goal that 1 perfect shot? Is it comprehensive coverage? etc. Do participants create a title and story of pictures? I'm curious because we have wedding shooters and newspaper shooters as instructors, so any more insight would help.

Thanks! As those annoying NBC Olympics Commentators would say ... I'm stoked!

Joe

Weather

2006-02-15T14:20:00.000-06:00

I just checked weather.com and it looks like it's gonna be 81 tomorrow in Dallas, but in the low 40's next week. What kind of craziness is that? Just thought I'd let everyone know that it looks like it's going to be a little chilly.

FW4 schedule update

2006-02-15T09:41:00.000-06:00

Here's the most recent updated schedule for FW4 and Day One participants:

SUNDAY 2/19
- participants arriving (please send Dennis dennis@fworkshop.com your flight arrival information and we'll send a driver to pick you up)
- 7-10 pm - Pre-workshop Cookout at Gary Donihoo's residence at 1312 Constitution Dr., McKinney, TX 75071. All FW4 and Day One participants are welcomed to join us for food and fun.

MONDAY2/20 - DAY ONE -
- Day One program starts at 9 am sharp! at Storybook Ranch at 3701 S. Custer Rd., McKinney, TX 75070 (972) 369-0346. Doors open at 8:45 with coffee and donuts. Transportation will be provided from the Best Western. Meaty BBQ lunch provided by FW4. Bring your cameras for fun only. It's a fun place to shoot some Texas-style pictures.
- after dinner, FW4 participants will meet with their teams back at the Best Western to get ready for their assignments. Day One participants are welcomed to sit in on these meetings.

TUESDAY 2/21 and WEDNESDAY 2/22
- shoot - drivers will drop you off at your assignments and then pick you up later. Have fun!
- edit - edit with your team leaders late into the night :)

THURSDAY 2/23
- edit and preparation of final presentations - hopefully, you will not have to shoot anymore and can spend this day in editing and discussion with your team leaders
- 7-11 pm - final presentations to the entire workshop. This is the best part of the Workshop! Location TBD. Depending on the location, we might have to leave from the Best Western at 6 pm. Stay tuned!

FRIDAY 2/24
- get out of town! Drivers will take you to the airport. We'll coordinate plans and times for this during the Workshop.

Best Western McKinney
480 Wilson Creek Blvd.
McKinney, TX 75069
(972) 548-3000
contact: Vijay

Storybook Ranch
3701 S. Custer Rd.
McKinney, TX 75070
(972) 369-0346

bring your (wedding) work

2006-02-15T09:35:00.000-06:00

Please bring some of your wedding or portrait images, preferably recent, on your laptops or DVDs and hopefully we'll have some time to look at them together.

With our awesome assistants' expertise, I'd like to get our workshop editing done early on Thursday so I can see and critique some of your normal wedding photography.

Also, if you like, bring sample brochures, cards, albums, whatever. Remember to travel light though!

Are we going to have any fun in Dallas...

2006-02-01T16:31:00.000-06:00

... besides living and breathing photography?

Because we wanted to use the most of our short time together, we haven't scheduled any official social functions other than the Sunday night cookout.

However, you're free to explore on your own as time permits between events and assignments. Definitely use the time to make friends, network, and get to know one another. (The shooting coaches are there specifically for you to pick their brains).

We'll be in McKinney, TX which is about 45 minutes from downtown Dallas and 1.5 hours from Fort Worth. McKinney is quiet suburb with a small town flavor so don't count on it for a party atmosphere.

The FW4 schedule is pretty packed. You'll be spending all day Monday at the ranch and then have your first team meetings that night. Tuesday and Wednesday are full shooting/editing days. You can plan on getting up early to go to your assignments and staying up late for the edits. There may be time in between that you can catch a break or two. Thursday could be more of a free day if you have all your images selected and readied for the slideshow presentation. You could head into Dallas and be back in time for the presentations that night. After the presentations, we can do whatever :)

Friday is a travel day for most of you. But for those who stay behind, we can go to my studio for awhile or crash at Brook Whittington's place. I am open to any idea for fun and games :)

Equipment Questions (and Answers)

2006-01-31T14:29:00.000-06:00

Jerry, I am glad you asked.

Adding to Jerry's post:

At FW4, you will not be working on your own laptops. Each team leader will have an editing station where he/she will conduct the critiques and edits publicly. Images will be projected on the wall :) All of your images will be downloaded to the editing computer before each session.

You may want to bring your own laptops and play with your images during down times but it's not a requirement. Having a calibrated system is extremely optional. We'll be focusing more on the content of images rather than technical quality of post production work. We'll be teaching thinking, seeing, and shooting rather than digital manipulation or Photoshop skills.

You'll be shooting JPGS and there will be a limit on the number of images so I'd suggest bringing 3-6 GBs if you don't want to download and reuse cards.

We also suggest not bringing alot of photo gear. Because you'll be hanging out with your subjects and possibly have to move from place to place unexpectedly, you'll want to travel light.
There's also no need for any long lenses or overlapping backup lenses. If you need something in a pinch, I am sure we can loan it to you.

Suggested gear: a small camera bag, 2 cameras, 1 wide angle, 1 medium, 1 long zoom, 1-2 flashes with off-camera cords, batteries, cards, etc. That's it! (a little less than a destination wedding. don't you think?)

Dress will be casual and appropriate to the assignment. Even if you have to be in a business environment, slacks and long sleeved shirt should be enough. Everyone's casual here. Wear comfortable shoes, of course.

I hope that answers most of your gear questions. Please feel free to ask in the comments section of this post. Huy

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I hate to post this here, it seems like a waste of BLOG space, if that's even remotely possible. However, I have two things on my mind that I am kind of embarrassed to ask, but if I don't I'll be more embarrassed when I show up in Texas ill prepared.

1) How much crap do we bring? I'm thinking simple. So, 2 camera bodies (1 main, 1 for backup). A few lenses, and a flash. Simple, simple. But, am I crazy? Should I bring more stuff? Should I bring all my CF cards, or just a few. I really don't have a sense at all for what I need and what we will be doing. So, ANY guidance will be much appreciated. Should I just pretend like I am doing a destination wedding? Or is it way more simple than that?

2) My laptop that I will have with me does not have a calibrated LCD. It is not possible to calibrate it. So, images look good on that laptop, but they look horrible when transferred to a calibrated monitor. My question is, is this going to be a problem? If I am going to display images, it's OK if I do it from my laptop and project them, I think. But, if they are going to be displayed from a different computer, than I guess I have to figure out a solution right quick. Any suggestions would be great. Again, I have the Eye One monitor thingy that I use, but the laptop LCD I have doesn't allow for monitor calibration, I have a separate 19" monitor that I use for that.

Thanks for any info anyone can provide.

Much appreciated, and I am so excited I can't stand it!

See ya'll soon,
Jerry

Day One

2006-01-31T02:22:00.000-06:00

FW4 officially starts on February 20, 2006 with Day One, a series of presentations by team leaders David, Cheryl, Huy and Amy plus three of our faculty : Cliff Mautner, Craig Strong and Linda Wallace.

It will be held at a location with a distinctive Texas flavor where we will spend a long day just thinkin' and talkin' photography and getting in gear for some intensive shooting days ahead.

We will also welcome a small group of non-FW4 participants joining us for the fun.

FW4 Day One (schedule subject to change)

9 am : Welcome and Introductions
9:15 am - 10:30 am : David Leeson
10:30 am - 11:30 am : Cheryl Diaz Meyer
11:30 am - 12:30 pm : Huy

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm : LUNCH BREAK

1:30 pm - 2:30pm : Cliff Mautner
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm : Linda Wallace
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm : Craig Strong

4:30 pm - 5 pm : BREAK

5 pm - 6:30 pm - Amy Deputy

6:30 pm - 8 pm : DINNER BREAK

8 pm : FW4 Team Meetings at Best Western (all non-FW4 attendees are welcomed to attend)

Blog in!

2006-01-26T16:26:00.000-06:00

Former FW participants, please blog in with your thoughts about your experience at previous Workshops. I know many of FW4 participants are anxious to know what lies ahead :)

Huy

Teams

2006-01-26T09:43:00.000-06:00

Here are the team rosters along with the type of assignments (only family shoots are designated, all others are life shoots). You will receive your assignments on Monday night.

You will first meet with your team for a short huddle on Sunday night at the Cookout. The first formal team meeting will be Monday night after the Day One activities.

Each team will work indepently of one another. As you know, your team leader has complete control of the entire shooting/editing process. It's up to him/her to tailor the sessions and discussions according to your team's needs. The role of the assistant is to provide technical support and facilitate the process. The shooting coach is there to answer your photographic and equipment questions and maybe even provide guidance in the field.

Team leader: Amy Deputy
Assistant: Anne Holland
Shooting Coach: Craig Strong
1. David Brown
2. Kate MacAulay - family
3. Anne Butler
4. Katrina Wallace
5. Sergio
6. Hollye Schumacher
7. Kiki Brynelsen - family

Team leader: Huy Nguyen
Assistant: David Murray
Shooting Coach: Cliff Mautner
1. Cory Ann Ellis
2. Kristen Burrell - family
3. Alex MacAulay
4. Heather Lahtinen - family
5. Miranda Lievers - family
6. Nicole Polk - family
7. Emmy Sherman

Team leader: David Leeson
Assistant: Bill Holland
Shooting Coach: Tyler Wirken
1. John Santerre
2. Tony Pulsone
3. Melissa Laggis
4. Lyly N.
5. Jerry Frazier
6. Andrew Clark

Team leader: Cheryl Diaz Meyer
Assistant: Tim Zielenbach
Shooting Coach: Linda Wallace
1. Joe G.
2. Cameron Swartz
3. Scott Juarez
4. David Wright
5. Leigh Miller
6. Mark Gardner

Schedule

2006-01-20T11:49:00.000-06:00

It's almost here! Just a few more weeks.

I am very much looking forward to spending a few intense days with y'all here. It's been a beautifully warm and pleasane winter. Almost too nice. Something tells me that the mother nature is holding back and getting ready to spring her nasty weather on us during the Workshop.

Again, here's our schedule for the week of Feb. 20-23, 2006

FW4 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (Subject to change)

Sunday Feb. 19 : 7 pm - 10 pm : Pre-Workshop Reception : get to know one another at an informal cookout. Hosted by Gary Donihoo.

Monday Feb. 20 (Day 1) : 9 am - whenever : our special DAY ONE program of presentations by seven top photographers. This program is open to non-FW4 participants also.

Tuesday Feb. 21 (Day 2) : all day : individual shooting and editing, team discussionWednesday Feb. 22 (Day 3) : all day : individual shooting and editing, team discussion

Thursday Feb. 23 (Day 4) : : all day : private sessions, final edit, final presentations

I will be posting the team rosters and additional information in the days ahead.