The Workshop 

Location shoots will include some of the most picturesque and inspiring locations in our area including Olana, and its commanding views of the Hudson River, The Audubon Sanctuary at Rams Horn Creek in Catskill, The Catskill Park and Kaaterskill Falls and Historic Hudson and many of the Columbia County Land Conservancy sites. These locations are suggested areas and depend on the groups interest as well as weather conditions.

Participants should have a 35mm SLR or digital equivalent with a manual mode. Multiple lenses or a zoom and tripod are also helpful. A polarizing lens is recommended when we photograph water scenes.  The workshop is geared toward the novice  but all skill levels are welcome, one should be comfortable with the camera.  Film users must provide their own film and processing.  No other materials are required. You must be able to travel to selected locations each day. 

Workshops are usually 2 days on weekends and the fee is $250.  Group size will be limited to 4.

Please e-mail for information: falcon2@taconic.net
 

Jerry Freedner

In the sixties I studied photography at the New School in NYC, and then with Lisette Model. I've enjoyed many workshops and, through the pre-digital age, thousands of hours in my darkroom. As it was then and as it is now, I have an enduring affinity with nature in all of its forms. Within the last ten years my concerns have shifted to the intense fragility of this earth we share. My work is apolitical yet I hope that it might serve as a vehicle to stir a sense stewardship: to conserve the wonder and beauty about us, which is now fraught with unhappy change and threatened loss.

George Obremski
Former Professor of Photography School of Visual Arts New York City

Having spent the last 25 years traveling and viewing the world through the lens of his camera, George Obremski has developed his own routine and distinctive style. Throughout these workshops, Obremski shares his personal approach to photography. Participants learn how to look at a destination in general and its unique characteristics in particular.

George is an award winning and widely published professional photographer and teacher with a commercial studio located in New York City.  Mr. Obremski. a Fulbright-Hays Scholar, has been honored with multiple awards from the Art Director’s Club of NYC, the Professional Photographers of America Award of Merit and the Santa Fe Center for Visual Arts Vision Award among others. His work has been published worldwide. He is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art.