Travel to Page, Arizona with
Adventure Photography Workshops
to photograph
Horseshoe Bend
Upper Antelope Slot Canyon
Lower Antelope Slot Canyon
White Rock Hoodoos of Wahweap Wash
White Pocket on the Paria Plateau in Vermillion Cliffs NM
and maybe a few other "secret" places
September 9th - 14th, 2009
$595 for all 6 days
Itinerary
Wednesday - 5:00 am leave for Page from Norco, CA, photograph Horseshoe Bend in the late afternoon
Thursday - a full day in Upper & Lower Antelope Canyons with our Navajo Nation guides Dalvin Etsitty & Ken's Tour
Friday -
4:00 am we head to Wahweap Wash Hoodoos with Ken Young, then we spend the afternoon at "Kens Wave"
Saturday - leave at 2:00 am for a full day with Ken Young at White Pocket on the Paria Plateau,
return around 10:00 pm
Sunday - Horseshoe Bend in the late morning then back to Lower Antelope Canyon with Ken's Tour
Monday - after breakfast we will leave Page to head home (you will be exhausted, excited, tired and exhausted !)
I will email you
a Detailed Workshop Schedule approximately
2 weeks before the workshop
It will include: where to meet, equipment to bring, clothes to bring, itinerary of each day and much more
If you would like to see what I bring to workshops, click here
Travel, sleeping accommodations, meals & Indian guide fees
are NOT included in the workshop fee
You can carpool with me if you like (room for 3 people + your gear - $95 / person)
Rooms at LuLu's Sleep Ezze Motel in Page, AZ start at $79 with tax - (928) 608-0273
You can also share a room with 2 Queen beds for $99 with tax
Tell LuLu that you are attending the Photo Workshop with Robert Fletcher
Training will include:
Best use of your tripod
When a monopod is better
When and how to use Tilt/Shift lenses
How to use wide angle lenses correctly
Finding and using natural light any time of the day
Selecting the right lens for the look that you desire
Long exposures for effective use of "dusty lighting"
How to improve the visual impact of your landscape photographs
How to "remove" a group of people from your image while you take it
Learn the correct method leveling your equipment for panoramic photographs
How to photograph and post-produce panoramic images for seamless large prints
And much, much more
If you use Canon equipment, you may try out my personal equipment throughout the day
I have the new 17mm Tilt/Shift lens and the new 24mm Tilt/Shift lens to use at this workshop
You may try them out if you like !
Bring clothing suited
for a variety of temperatures, from cool mornings to warm afternoons.
Also
be prepared for potential rainy and stormy weather.
To quote David Muench: "bad weather equals good photographs."
If you are driving to Page in your own vehicle, a 4WD vehicle will be required to travel to White Pocket
If you are traveling with me in my truck, it is a high clearance 4WD truck so no need to worry about transportation to White Pocket
Items to Bring
Although it does not matter what equipment you have, you will get the most out of the workshop
if your camera has manual settings, shoots RAW and has the ability to connect a cable release
Camera body and fresh batteries
All the lenses that you have + lens shades
(wide angle to medium range zooms are a must)
Polarizing filter, Graduated Neutral Density filters
Very sturdy tripod
Cable release for long exposures
Memory cards (lots of them) & card reader
Sensor cleaning equipment (the canyons are very dusty)
(if you've never cleaned your sensor, we'll teach you how)
Flashlight and/or a headlamp
Camera backpack, "PJ" type camera vest or camera case
Laptop computer (we will gather in the evening for computer lessons)
Cold & warm weather clothing
Good hiking boots
(click on the green links for suggestions)
We have a “Please tag-along policy” for our photography workshops.
We encourage you to bring your “significant other” with you because
some things were meant to be shared with the one you love!
However, they cannot be included in the training and learning part of the workshop.
If they want to be part of the “learning process”, they must be a registered student.
Camera Equipment &
Gear that I take to Photo Workshops
If you are interested in the Slot Canyons & Horseshoe Bend Photo Workshop,
please e-mail me and reserve your spot.
robert@robertrfletcher.com
To view upcoming workshops, click here
Visiting the Slot Canyons of the Navajo Nation is the experience of a lifetime.
Upper Antelope and Lower Antelope Canyons are both owned by the Navajo Nation
and are open to the public for a fee. It is required that you have a Navajo Indian guide at each canyon.
Navajo Indian Slot Canyons are a privilege to visit and you will feel the presence of times past.
Horseshoe Bend is also on the Navajo Indian reservation.
It is a short hike from the highway and worth the visit.
Mid-day is the best time for photography because the entire canyon is bathed with light
Wahweap Wash Hoodoos are about a 1/2 mile hike from the "back trail" know by our Navajo
Indian guide. We will use 4WD vehicles to take us within a 1/2 mile walk of the
Wahweap Wash Hoodoos. The best time to photograph the Hoodoos of Wahweap Wash
is early in the morning, as the sun is rising into the canyon. We therefore have to leave about
1.5 hours before sunrise to get the best lighting on the Wahweap Wash Hoodoos
White Pocket of Paria Plateau is an area reminiscent of "The Wave" in Coyote Buttes.
Although it's coverage area is much larger, the photo opportunities are more extensive.
The 4WD road to White Pocket takes about 3 hours, so we will have to leave about 3.5 hours
before sunrise in order to have the best lighting at Paria Plateau.
We will plan on spending all day at White Pocket and won't leave until after sunset
That will put us back into Page about 3 hours after sunset
It is a very long day at White Pocket but it will be worth the effort
White Pocket is a largely unknown photo experience of the remote Paria Plateau.
It is only accessible with a high clearance 4WD vehicle through many miles of deep sand
and relatively difficult roads. Only experienced 4WD drivers should undertake the
drive to White Pocket. Many drivers have turned back during the drive.
This is one of the reasons it is largely unvisited, because of the difficulty in getting there.
The experience of seeing White Pocket is unbelievable and worth the drive... if you make it.
It is a unique formation of sandstone, colors and shapes that will tantalize your visual senses
and challenge your creative photographic abilities.