With
Brenda Berry
When
August 6 - 12, 2020
Category
Nature & Landscape, Storytelling, Travel Photography
Package Price
1495.00
$1,495 includes tuition, field and class room editing sessions, private small boat excursion, entrance fees to the Sitka Raptor Center, and a private reception with the Sitka Conservation Society. Transportation, meals, and lodging are the responsibility of the participant. Lodging is available at the Sitka Fine Arts Campus (907-747-3085, office@fineartscamp.org).
© Brenda Berry
© Brenda Berry
© Brenda Berry
© Brenda Berry
© Brenda Berry
Sitka is one of the oldest human settlements on the Alaska coast. Located on Baranof Island, the city is surrounded by mountains covered in old-growth forest and cradled by a wildlife-rich sound. Just offshore humpback whales dive, otters play, and salmon gather for their timeless ritual of swimming upstream.
This workshop is timed to take advantage of the late-summer pink salmon run, and our photographic journey follows them from sea to forest. As the river comes alive, we track the salmon into the Tongass National Forest, one of the last remaining temperate rain forests in the world. Ancient cedar and 1000-year-old Sitka spruce tower overhead, and you capture these mossy environs while ravens and bald eagles call and salmon gather in sparkling clear pools. We also spend a day on the water, photographing whales, sea otters, and sea birds, taking ample time to explore two working harbors and photograph the boats, gear, and people who make their living there.
Within walking distance of our classroom at the Sitka Fine Arts Campus are the Alaska Raptor Center, the totem poles of Sitka National Historical Park, and the Sitka Conservation Society, where we enjoy a special presentation. Come experience an incredible ecosystem and chronicle the magic of the salmon, the sea, and the old growth forest.
Additional Information
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Amateurs, Advanced Amateurs
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:
Working knowledge of digital workflow and manual mode on your digital SLR or mirrorless camera. Participants must be able to download, select, and transfer images to their own jump drive for class each day.Working knowledge of digital workflow and manual mode on your digital SLR camera
SPECIAL NOTES:
Enrollment is limited to 12 participants
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Refer to Package Price description for details on lodging and meals.
PACKAGE PRICE INFO:
$1,495 includes tuition, field and class room editing sessions, private small boat excursion, entrance fees to the Sitka Raptor Center, and a private reception with the Sitka Conservation Society. Transportation, meals, and lodging are the responsibility of the participant. Lodging is available at the Sitka Fine Arts Campus (907-747-3085, office@fineartscamp.org).
Brenda Berry is a professional photographer whose work supports many nonprofit organizations. The goal of her work is to share the stories of threatened environmentsand overlooked people the world over. She has been employed in a wide variety of positions focusing on nature, environmental portraiture and travel. Her lifelong passion for photography has enabled her to track endangered gorillas in Uganda, spend days on lobstering boats, and teach deaf students in Nicaragua.
Brenda makes her home in the Pacific Northwest and has a particular affinity for working harbors, old growth forests, a rugged coast and the critters and people who call it home. She has been collaborating with the Sitka Conservation Society for many years, providing images to help protect the Tongass Forest and the wild salmon who spawn there. Her relationship with conservation efforts in Alaska will inform this workshop.
Brenda’s work has been selected for juried exhibitions, solo shows, published in newspapers and books, including The Lobstering Life and Maine Coast Memories with her frequent collaborator David Middleton. A dedicated teacher, known for her friendliness and contagious enthusiasm, Brenda takes pride in helping students intimidated by the technology of digital photography learn to overcome their challenges in order to express their unique creative vision.
Website: SHIFTtheSTORY.org
Instagram: @Bberryphoto
