Trip Report: Alabama Hills Photography Workshop September 6-8, 2018
Alabama Hills Photography Workshop September 6-8, 2018
Scroll down to the end to see the Student Galleries.
The September Alabama Hills Workshop was a big success. We spent 3 nights and 2 days photographing one of the most spectacular landscapes in California. The weather was clear and warm. The stars were bright and clear. We could not have asked for better conditions.
Thursday night September 6 we began the workshop photographing the sunset at the Mobius Arch. We relaxed with a picnic dinner in the parking area and then returned to the Mobius Arch for some night photography.
Friday morning we returned to the Mobius Arch for the sunrise. After the sunrise we explored and photographed the amazing rocks along the Mobius Arch Trail as we returned to the vehicles.
After breakfast we met in the hotel for a lecture about processing Milky Way images and star trails in Lightroom. Friday night we headed for the Boot Arch with a stop along the way to photograph the sunset from a scenic overlook along Movie Road. After photographing the Milky way a few students decided to try their hand at time lapse star trails.
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- Boot Arch with Milky Way. Alabama Hills , Lone Pine, CA
Saturday morning we drove to the Shark Fin Rock parking area to create some panoramic images of the Alabama Hills. This is a great location for a panoramic view at sunrise. The textures of the rocks and peaks of the Eastern Sierra Mountains are slowly revealed as the rising sun paints the landscape with light. After sunrise we visited the site of the Gunga Din Temple from the 1939 calssic film starrring Errol Flynn.
After breakfast we met in the lobby of the hotel for a brief lesson on creating panoramic images in Lightroom and processing star trails Photoshop.
The afternoon was spent with one on one instruction for the students. After dinner we headed to the Cyclops Arch for our night photography session with a brief stop along Movie Road for the sunset. At the Cyclops Skull Arch we practiced our light painting techniques and created some “spookie ghosts” with the help of my son, Brandon aka “the ghost”.
Parting Shots:
Student Image Galleries:
Chris Bailey:
