This workshop begins Monday afternoon at the 'Yosemite Lodge'. Yosemite Lodge is located right in the heart of Yosemite Valley, right below Yosemite Falls. We are staying in Yosemite Lodge as it is central to everything, including food. The following links will take you to the appropriate web sites :

Yosemite Lodge

Yosemite Lodge Map

Yosemite Village Map

Four nights lodging in Yosemite Lodge is included in the workshop price. Four dinners in the Mountain Room is also included.

The Mountain Room

We will eat breakfast in the Base Camp Eatery somewhere between 10:00 and 11:00am (they stop serving breakfast at 11:30). Everyone is responsible for buying their own breakfast. Likewise everyone is responsible for their own (in the field) lunch and snacks.

On Monday Feb 18, at around 4pm, we meet in the Yosemite Lodge Base Camp Eatery (you don't have to buy food). Click on the 'Yosemite Lodge Map' (above), entrance to the complex is from the right, off of Northside Dr. Proceed to the center of the complex and, to the left of the Lobby (brown building on the map), you'll see the Base Camp Eatery (on this map it is labeled Food Court).

After we get acquainted, we will go to a specific area to photograph a great sunset (weather permitting). Sunset is at 5:45pm and we need to be set-up at least by 5:15pm. After sunset, we will go back to the Yosemite Lodge Food Court for dinner and a 'get to know each other' meeting, and to lay out the agenda for Saturday and Sunday. The Food Court is a very casual cafeteria style place and we will move tables together to accommodate the group. As with all of my workshops, the agenda is weather dependent and participant dependent. Saturday and Sunday mornings are very early mornings. We need to be out in Yosemite Valley before sunrise. Sunrise in Yosemite is usually a spectacular event. Breakfast on these mornings will be after our sunrise photo session, so you should have a snack with you; granola bars, coffee, whatever... So plan ahead. Sunrise is at 6:45 so we need to be at our agreed upon location by at least 6:30am. After the sunrise photo session, we'll go (again) to the Yosemite Lodge Food Court, for breakfast. And we'll re-establish the day's agenda. After breakfast, we'll go to Degnan's Deli (in Yosemite Village) and get a 'made to order' sandwich, etc, so that we can eat lunch out in the field. We will follow the same scenario on Sunday only the photographic agenda will change. Sunday's agenda is, however, loose so that folks can leave whenever they need to.

The Mountain Room is full of very famous photographers' Yosemite photographs, and the restaurant overlooks Yosemite Falls. Here is a link to the Mountain Room:

 >> Mountain Room at Yosemite Lodge <<

Significant others are welcome to tag along on these workshops at no (workshop) charge. You will need to add $50 per significant other (three day workshops) to the workshop fee to cover the cost of the Saturday night dinner. The only food covered by the workshop is the Saturday evening dinner.

I will not hold a formal critique during the workshop as we will be very busy photographing. I will look at photographs on your (or my) computer for a quick evaluation, for anyone who so desires. I will be happy to hold a critique, at my home, after the workshop (date and time to be decided collectively), or, if you live too far away, you may send to me, any photographs that you want critiqued. Or put them on a web site and point me there.   

WEATHER

If the weather is going to be totally socked-in (storms all weekend), I will cancel this workshop in plenty of time so that there is no penalty for cancelling lodging reservations.         

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CLOTHING

This is winter and it can get very cold. Bring appropriate clothing. A warm and weatherproof parka, a waterproof windbreaker, and light layers for use under the parka or windbreaker are the best way to stay warm in changing weather. And, of course, appropriate shoes/boots for walking through snow. And please bring something to keep your head warm.

Following are some photographs from previous Yosemite winter workshops

Winter sunset on Half dome