Floral Fantasia: An intimate Creative Flower Photography Workshop (4-27-24)

Embark on a captivating journey into the enchanting world of flowers with Lisa and Tom Cuchara, seasoned photographers known for their innovative approach to capturing botanical beauty.

Experience the Magic:

🌺 Intimate Exploration: Join us for a flower workshop designed to ignite your creativity and passion for photography. With a myriad of blooms at our fingertips, we'll guide you in selecting the “perfect” (often meaning imperfect or wonky) subjects to photograph, infusing each shot with inspiration and meaning.

📷 Unleash Your Vision: Discover the art of selecting and photographing unique and unconventional flower subjects. From the quirky and eccentric to the subtly exquisite, we'll encourage you to explore beyond the ordinary and find beauty in the unexpected.

🌼 Mastering Technique: Dive deep into the technical aspects of flower photography, from understanding backgrounds and composition to harnessing the power of depth of field, selective focus, and advanced techniques like focus bracketing and stacking.

🎨 Unlocking Creativity: Learn to see beyond the surface and uncover the hidden gems within each flower. Through guided hands-on practice, we will help you cultivate a keen eye for detail and teach you how to harness light, shadow, and color to elevate your floral imagery to new heights.

Workshop Highlights:

👁️ Live Demonstration: Witness our creative process firsthand as we select and photograph captivating flower subjects, explaining our choices and techniques along the way.

🔍 Hands-On Practice: Photograph side by side us as we explore the surroundings, capturing the same scenes and subjects while offering personalized guidance and feedback to help you refine your skills.

🌟 Inspiration and Innovation: Immerse yourself in a supportive and collaborative environment where experimentation is encouraged, and artistic expression knows no bounds. Together, we will unlock the full potential of your creativity and empower you to create images that truly resonate with your unique vision.

Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the beauty of flowers and unleash your photographic potential alongside fellow enthusiasts. Reserve your spot today and embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration!

Join us and bloom into a world of endless creativity!

• Get inspired!

• There are thousands of flowers let us help you select “that flower” to photograph.

• We will show you which ones we pick and why

• We will encourage you to photograph subjects that are different, we are drawn to the “wonky subjects”!

• Learn about backgrounds, composition, depth of field, selective focus, focus bracketing, focus stacking, and more.

• Create dynamic compositions, and use imagery for story-telling, lighting, etc.

• Wide angle and closeups.

• See what we compose, take the same photos that we take, and create your own!

• We will help you learn how to see the image within the image to improve your flower photography!

10am to 1pm (tripods allowed inside until noon).

Admission Longwood Gardens Admission is NOT included. Cost $299.

• Bring your tripod and cable release. Meet inside the visitor’s center. Lisa and Tom will help you learn about flowers, wide-angle , panoramas, macro, Bokeh, Zoom bursts, etc.

Longwood Gardens ~139 miles from the GW Bridge.

Please note that all of our workshops require the participants sign a liability waiver: http://tinyurl.com/LisaTomWaiver24.. Please note that some locations will have you sign their liability waiver at the site as well.

Please note that this and all classes/workshops have no refunds. By signing up for our classes/tours/workshops, you agree to our terms and conditions, see http://www.lisaandtomphotography.com/p/workshops.html