Join world-renowned National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting for two intensive days of instruction, creative inspiration, and hands-on field training that will reshape your perspective on photography and your personal creative possibilities.
Drawing from three decades of professional experience photographing wild landscapes from the Amazon rainforest to Antarctica, Frans shares innovative approaches to capturing the majesty of the natural world using your camera. His course combines in-depth presentations exploring creative vision and technical mastery with extended field workshop sessions conducted at premium photographic locations along the California coast, where Frans has based his practice for the past three decades. The program concludes with a personal evaluation of images submitted by course participants.
If you're passionate about nature and environmental photography and want to develop your artistic vision, this unique learning experience with a master photographer will provide inspiration and practical knowledge to elevate your work.
Complete course curriculum:
Day One Lessons:
- Elements That Define a Strong Photograph
- Composition Principles and Application
- Observing and Using Available Light
- Practical Challenges of Shooting in Wild Environments
- Essential Equipment and Travel Considerations
- Camera Settings Lesson: Elkhorn Slough
- Capturing Pelicans: Elkhorn Slough
- Photographing Seals: Elkhorn Slough
- Image Review Exercise: Elkhorn Slough
- Group Image Critique: Part One
- Group Image Critique: Part Two
- Group Image Critique: Part Three
Day Two Lessons:
- The Narrative Dimension: Every Picture Tells a Story
- Photography for Editorial Publication
- Using Photography as a Force for Change
- Collaborative Photography Techniques for Complex Shots
- Field Experience: Santa Cruz Beach Pelican Photography
- Field Experience: Photographing Coastal Rock Formations
- Group Image Critique: Part Four
- Group Image Critique: Part Five
- Introduction to the LIFE Project Assignment
- Completed LIFE Project Story Presentation
- LIFE Project Story: Publication and Distribution
