The Oregon Coastline offers such a variety of photography options that Art decided to head south and extend our abstract series to Bandon, OR.  Limited to just five participants, this retreat is designed to combine the best aspects of a relaxing vacation, inspiring seminar, and hands-on workshop all into one exquisite trip. Not only is the area home to gorgeous rocky beaches, colorful tidepools, and beautiful sand dunes – it also happens to be an excellent location to capture abstract images.

This location is brimming with variety – not only is there a plethora of abstract subjects all within a close proximity, but there are also fantastic ocean landscapes.

This special workshop is beginning on Thursday, May 20th, with a welcome gathering at the hotel meeting room in Bandon, OR. With two instructors and only five participants this will be an intensive hands on learning session pushing your imagination to its limits! Though the location is visibly fabulous on the surface, we will strive to peer deeper into our surroundings and find the landscapes-within-landscapes; metaphors and visualizations beyond the obvious. With guidance and challenges from Art followed by critiques to cap the day, there is no doubt that you’ll come way from this retreat improved as a creative photographer, and hopefully with new like-minded friends as well!

Led by Art Wolfe and Gavriel Jecan
Limited to 5 participants
Minimal hiking involved

Transportation and Accommodation

• Participants are responsible for their own transportation to the hotel, lodging and meals.
• Upon registration you will download a PDF that includes the hotel information. Please call the hotel directly to make your reservations.

Itinerary

Shooting schedules have the ability to be altered to effectively cater to the photographic desires of the group, as well as to adapt to changeable weather conditions.

Day 1:

• Meet and greet at 6pm at a meeting room of the Hotel. Everyone can introduce themselves, and Art will give a brief description of the proposed itinerary.
• Light hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served
• Photography As Art Lecture
• Group no host dinner

Day 2:

• Field shoot
• Download images from the day of shooting
• Dine together with Art and staff (no host dinner)

Day 3:

• Morning critique. Each participant will provide three images from Day 2. This will give you the chance to build on successes and learn from mistakes of the previous day.
• Photography As Art Lecture
• Field shoot
• Dine together with Art and staff (no host dinner)

Day 4:

• Lecture and critique. Learn from each others images while they are projected for the group. Art will adjust them in Adobe Lightroom and provide instruction.
• Workshop will conclude by 12pm

In order to remain Covid-19 Compliant we have initiated the following guidelines for each of our workshops:

• We will have a temperature gun to take each participants temperature at the beginning of the meet and greet before they join the rest of the group.
• We request that each participant wear a face mask. If you do not have a mask one will be provided.
• We will insure that a large enough classroom has been reserved so that we can ensure participants may remain 6’ apart during inside sessions.
• We have confirmed that each restaurant the group dines at together is Covid-19 Compliant.
• We will have travel size hand sanitizer bottles available for each participant.
• When the option is available the group will dine outside to accommodate distance needed. (Primarily for lunch)
• We request that no participants visit each other’s rooms.
• There will be no carpooling unless you arrived with another participant.
• Workshop instructors will be tested for Covid-19 prior to the start of the workshop.