Daily Schedule follows, though subject to change for weather and light conditions, and to accommodate guest speaker schedules.

Day 1, gather this evening for communal dinner in a private home just by the conference center. FYI, Seattle TO Monterey on Alaska departs Seattle at 3 pm, arrives 5:30 pm. You will be picked up and taken to Asilomar and then dinner (just 20 minutes away).

Day 2, start the day with gentle yoga, optional, at 8:30-9:00. Our first day will have us all get acquainted with each other’s work, then Elizabeth and Keron will share presentations. We’ll have lunch and then do some field work! A bit later in the afternoon we will have a presentation from Robert Kato: all you ever wanted to know about your iPhone camera! Our first day will keep us around the conference center to familiarize ourselves with the surroundings and opportunities close at hand. Dinner together again! Shooting time at dusk, dark (before and after dinner).

Day 3, start the day with yoga and then a group discussion about the previous day’s shooting. We’ll review images, and see brief presentations from Keron and Elizabeth. Lunch will be followed by some time to photograph and ‘gather’ locally, perhaps do some still life, and then gather late in the day for a round table discussion with three guest presenters. We’ll all meet for dinner (along with our guests) and continue the discussion.

Day 4, No yoga today, we are off for a big field trip early! We’ll head down the coast to Point Lobos to glory in the scenery, peace, and photographic feast. We’ll have a picnic lunch to maximize shooting time. Back to Asilomar and after a rest we’ll get busy with models and dancers on the beach! We’ll be creative with mylar if the light is promising. Dinner on our own.

Day 5, early beach session with mylar for landscape and each other as models, then yoga and lots of image review for the morning. After lunch we’ll visit the Center for Fine Art Photography, partake in a discussion with several more guest presenters, view some fabulous print work, and then return home. Dinner on our own.

Day 6, yoga and more image review, lots of discussion about the prior days activities, then in to Carmel for gallery visits and lunch. Free afternoon for shooting (still lives, landscape, mylar fun, self-portraits…) and creation of a ‘zine’ for our week! Elizabeth and Keron will assemble. We’ll gather for one more group dinner with a few special guests.

Day 7, no yoga, but a trip to Monterey for the aquarium to have some shooting fun with all the beauty of the marine world. After lunch, head to airport for return to home. Upon checkout in the morning, we’ll keep luggage at private home, secured, then pick it up by three to head to the airport. FYI, Seattle from Monterey on Alaska departs at 6:05 pm.

Note classroom hours: 10 am to 5:30 pm (but with flexibility) to allow us to shoot in the good light morning and evening!
We’ll have two field trips during the week (via carpool) and a celebratory final dinner on Friday night.

This workshop is open to all photographers with a working knowledge of their camera. If you wish to participate in image reviews, you will need to bring a laptop and a working knowledge of the digital workflow. This would include the ability to download your images to your laptop, make selections, and transfer images to your flash drive for projection from the class computer.