SEQUIM — An unprecedented travel photography workshop will start next month and run for four weeks, with the Dungeness River Audubon Center at Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, as its home base.
“You love to travel, and you love taking photos. Now, put them together for one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences you’ll ever have,” said John Greengo, the Seattle photographer who is one of the presenters in this intermediate-level course to start Feb. 9.
Greengo, along with Stephen Cunliffe, DJ Bassett and Ken Campbell, will lead the workshop each Monday through March 2.
The fee is $295, with proceeds going to the river center, a nonprofit science museum with activities and exhibits for all ages.
The four Monday sessions have been designed for those who want to take their photographic skills to the next level, noted Sue Chickman, a photographer and member of the river center board of directors.
The number of participants will be capped at 20, she added, and the students will have an opportunity to exhibit their work at the river center throughout March.
The course will unfold like this:
■ Feb. 9: Bassett leads off with “Ten Secrets of the Masters,” at the river center from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Bassett has assisted in Ansel Adams photo workshops in Yosemite National Park, co-owned the Jackson Hole Custom Color Lab in Wyoming and operated Firehole Photo Expeditions in Yellowstone National Park.
■ Feb. 16: Greengo presents “Travel Photography” from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the river center.
Greengo is an educator offering local and online classes for participants around the world.
He traveled extensively while assisting in the production of Art Wolfe’s “Travels to the Edge” and now leads his own photo tours.
■ Feb. 23: Cunliffe will lead a field trip to his home town of Port Townsend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. He will guide the group to a variety of picturesque locations and give individual instruction.
Cunliffe’s work has won national acclaim, including a grand prize in Canon’s 2009 national Photography in the Parks competition.
■ March 2: Campbell will conclude the series with an evening of critique at the river center. From 4 to 8 p.m., he will work with the students to evaluate their recent photos.
Campbell, a winner of many awards for his photography, has served as a judge for the New England Camera Club Council and Olympic Peaks Camera Club in Sequim.
The river center is offering the photography workshop in partnership with the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society and National Audubon Society.
To find out more and to sign up, phone 360-681-4076 and see www.dungenessrivercenter.org.
