Wildflowers at Honeymoon Lake © Charlie Borland All Rights Reserved

Join guest instructor Charlie Borland - a BetterPhoto instructor and Director of Photography at fogstock.com photo agency - and Steens Mountain Packers for an exciting week of photography at Oregon's Steens Mountain.

Open to both digital and film photographers, this combination on-location and online workshop is a unique opportunity to explore and photograph the fantastic Southeastern Oregon scenery with a top photographer and instructor! And, with glacial cut valleys, aspen filled gorges, wildflower laden meadows, and great desert views, Steens Mountain offers the landscape photographer a vast array of photo subjects.

Steens backpackers © Charlie Borland All Rights Reserved

This workshop will emphasize landscape photography. By combining this beautiful location with excellent instruction, we'll help you come away with the kind of images you seek.

Combination Online and On-Location Experience
The online photography course concept is a terrific one, allowing you to have your work critiqued directly by the instructor. In most on-location workshops, however, there is simply not enough time to have your work reviewed. That is where this workshop differs...

This workshop is like a mini-course on photography. Before we meet in Oregon, you will be supplied with plenty of information in order to prepare yourself for the shoot. Then, during the shoot, you will learn more and, of course, have plenty of opportunities to put your photography lessons into practice. Finally, after the workshop, you will be able to upload your favorite results from the trip for critique by the instructor.

Before the Workshop

Summit of Steens Mountain © Charlie Borland All Rights Reserved

Along these lines, you will receive lessons and articles on the topics before arrival.

But we don't want to stop there... to make sure both you are your equipment are ready, we will have one optional practice assignment. You will be given a task to shoot before the trip.

Then, after you complete this pre-workshop assignment, you will upload the results for review by the instructor.

After the Workshop

Steens Mountain summit © Charlie Borland All Rights Reserved

There the instructor and other participants of the workshop will be able to review and critique your photos created in Oregon. What a great way to know if the image you captured is truly successful.

We will also have an area for questions and post-workshop comments.

The Workshop: What You'll Learn

Our field work will be followed by lively lectures and slide demonstrations. Our lectures are casual and will cover such subjects as:

The Workshop: Schedule of Activities
The week begins the afternoon of Sunday, September 26, and ends after breakfast on Saturday, October 2nd. The schedule:

Fall colors © Charlie Borland All Rights Reserved

Location, Location, Location
Steens Mountain is nearly 10,000 vertical feet and 30 miles long, an enormous fault block that rose up millions of years ago to cut a bold line between the greener western slope and the desolate Alvord desert on the east side.

This area in Southeastern Oregon includes a wilderness with valleys, aspens, meadows, and, of course, wonderful views.

To get a good idea of this special location, take a look at these images:

Jackman Park © Charlie Borland All Rights Reserved

Aspens © Charlie Borland All Rights Reserved

Hikers on Steens Mountain © Charlie Borland All Rights Reserved

Where We'll Be Staying

The Lodge

Cabin - outside

Cagin - inside © Charlie Borland All Rights Reserved

Lodging will be comfortable tent cabins and gourmet Western-style meals. The tent cabins are double occupancy, with each cabin including the following:

• A queen-size bed,
• An armoire,
• A queen futon hide-a-bed,
• A wood-burning stove.

There are no telephones or electricity at the Lake Creek Base Camp. Solar power is used widely, and generator power is available for a few hours each evening.

Depending on your carrier, cell phone service may be available near the lodge and usually on the top of Steens Mountain.

But Wait! There's More...
In addition to the above benefits, you could win a special prize!

• "Best Photographer" will win a free Deluxe Web Site (one year subscription)
• "Best Team Player" will win a Tamrac #5745 Velocity 5 Photo Hip Pack camera bag!

Win a Deluxe Web Site, or this Tamrac Camera Bag!

This exciting event is coming up quick, enrollment is limited, and the spots are filling up fast - sign up today to take advantage of this unique opportunity!

How to Sign Up
Sign up today in with only a $100.00 Deposit. Your balance of $1395.00 is due two weeks before the first day of the workshop. Upon receipt of this non-refundable deposit, instructions and an information packet will be sent to you. This deposit will be deducted, in full, from your final bill.

This fee includes ground transportation, lodging (double occupancy), all meals, drinks, guide service, and photographic instruction, but does not include airfare, or other travel-related or photography-related expenses.

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