Winter is the time for beautiful light. This 24-hour workshop will explore Ocean City and Assateague Island at sunrise, sunset, and all hours in-between.

Highlights of the Workshop

*** Afternoon and evening photography on Assateague Island, including sunset. Think wild horses, the ocean and bay, beautiful beaches, sand dunes, beach vegetation, and local wildlife - deer, waterfowl, shore birds, and whatever else we can find. We’ll take you to our favorite sunset location on the island.

*** A sunrise shoot on the Ocean City boardwalk - centered around the fishing pier and amusement park in the southern part of the city.

*** Heavily discounted rooms in a highly-rated hotel on the boardwalk. Ocean-view rooms are available, and it's a short walk from the hotel to where we'll be shooting.

*** Group dinner at a local restaurant.

*** Sunday morning session in the hotel conference room, where we'll review your photographs and provide instruction on Intentional Camera Movement and multiple exposure techniques.

*** More photography, in either Ocean City or on Assateague Island - whichever the group decides.

Expect an intensive photography experience, with diverse and unique locations, and the opportunity to work on new techniques - or just to take great photos.

How Much

Cost: $350/MPA member, $400 non-member

How to Register

1. Fill out the liability waiver and send it to workingimage@fastmail.com.

2. Send payment via Paypal or Venmo —

   Venmo: @Robert-Sullivan-270

   Paypal: @RSullivan2038

   You can also send a check. Please contact me for the mailing address.

   There’s a maximum of 8 people for this workshop.

Please note that hotel room and meals are not included in the price of the workshop.

You’ve Got to See It to Believe It

Every year, thousands upon thousands of horseshoe crabs emerge from the water to mate and lay their eggs at night. The Delaware Bay is one of the primary locations for this amazing natural event.

When it’s time to lay her eggs, a female horseshoe crab will deposit somewhere around 4,000 eggs in clusters. She’ll do this several times, laying up to around 20,000 eggs in one night, and up to 100,000 eggs in each mating season.

As a result, the area is flooded with 2-3 million migrating shorebirds that stay for several weeks to feast, rest, and refuel. In addition, the best weekends to see this wildlife spectacle are the full moon & new moon, giving us opportunities for excellent nighttime photography.

The Workshop

There will be group shooting sessions and time to shoot on your own. In addition, there will be classroom sessions on moonrise and bird/wildlife photography. And we’ll review each other’s work at the end of the workshop.

We’ll take you to our favorite locations for photographing horseshoe crabs and shorebirds - at sunrise, during the day, at moonrise, and at night in the moonlight.

Room and board are included in the price of the workshop. We’ll be staying at a house in Frederica, DE, where participants will have their own bedroom.

How to Register

For more information and to register, follow this link: https://www.wildliz.com/horseshoecrabs

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More Information About Horseshoe Crabs

https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2020/05/19/11-facts-horseshoe-crabs-will-blow-mind/

When we mention the Pine Barrens, more often than not we hear: I’ve always wanted to go there. This is your chance.

The NJ Pine Barrens encompass 1.1 million acres and are the “largest tract of wild land along the Middle Atlantic seaboard.” We’ll go deep into an Atlantic white cedar swamp, see a pygmy forest and blackjack oak, wander along breathtaking bogs, and visit a spectacular heron rookery at sunrise. We’ll also take note of the Pine Barren’s role as an industrial hub in early America, and as a culture set apart from the mainstream.

This is another of our 24-hour workshops (28 hours to be precise); an overnight stay is necessary.

For more information, including price and registration, please follow this link:

https://www.wildliz.com/pinebarrens

With Liz Guertin

Sponsored by the Maryland Photography Alliance.

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Nestled in the valleys of the Allegheny Front, Altoona, Pennsylvania was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad and played a significant role in the manufacture of steam-powered rail in the middle of the 19th century. It played a pivotal role not only for manufacturing trains, but for ingenious solutions to raising rail up and over the mountains, including the world-famous Horseshoe Curve and other engineering marvels.

This 24-hour workshop will feature several excellent locations as we photograph the beautiful autumn colors in the western PA hills, the striking historic buildings of Altoona, and modern-day freight trains - from above and below, near and far, and often right beside them as they pass through both downtown Altoona and the Pennsylvania countryside.

You can take this workshop just for the locations (which are amazing) and for the subject matter. But we also hope to expand your creative toolbox, and to introduce new expressive elements into your photographs. Panning and other forms of camera movement, multiple exposures, panoramas, and long exposures are some of the techniques that we'll be practicing.

You are responsible for your hotel room and meals (and the $9 admission fee for the Horseshoe Curve). Our first location is in downtown Altoona, and we suggest you find a room here. (Altoona has many options for you to choose from.) We plan to have at least one group meal.

Additional notes: One of our locations can only be reached by climbing a long flight of stairs.

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While it’s not a part of the workshop, we recommend a visit to the Altoona railroad museum: https://www.railroadcity.org/railroadersmemorialmuseum

How Much

Cost: $400 for MPA members, and $450 for non-members.

How to Register

1. Fill out the liability waiver and send it to workingimage@fastmail.com.

2. Send payment via Paypal or Venmo —

   Venmo: @Robert-Sullivan-270

   Paypal: @RSullivan2038

You can also send a check. Please contact me for the mailing address.

There is a maximum of 8 people for this workshop.