Please sir, may I have some more? (Workshops vs Shootouts)
schmoo
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The word on the street this week is: Shootout '07 was a blast! If people aren't sick of seeing the beautiful photos yet, the activity of the signup thread for Moab Shootout '08 speaks for itself. Yeowsa. It's so popular they had to up the limit from 40 to 60 people. You can't pass up the opportunity to see old/new friends from Dgrin, take a vacation geeking out with cameras and seeing other people's gear to create new shopping lists, gab about technique and have your burning questions answered.
Then there are the wonderfully humorous critique sessions where Marc lets any volunteer step up to the chopping block and have their images analyzed and (if you ask nicely
) post-processed Muench-style.
The problem is that with 40-60 people, things start to get a little squeezy. I have heard whispers of this throughout the week, and I completely understand. If you attend the shootout looking to get close personal attention, honestly you may not get it. After all, the pros aren't the only ones who aren't allowed to bring clones! :giggle
Before you start getting linebacker about muscling your way up to Marc's projector, please consider one of his workshops? There's one next week in Shenandoah and many other great opportunities coming up where the limit is 10 and the focus is 100% on YOU, the student. Having attending the first workshop in Utah as a guinea pig, I was blown away at how generous they all were. Not only was it 5 blissful days of sleep deprivation and being high on sweet light, but it was almost difficult to absorb all of the information that was the immersive environment. (Yay notebooks!) I learned more from Marc by sitting at breakfast with him than I could have in a classroom. And it wasn't even limited to photography, but business, marketing, printing, publishing, dirty little secrets, etc. Additionally, one of the best parts of the workshops is that Marc and his crew take care of everything you could possibly need or want from the moment you arrive at the hotel so you can focus on one and only one thing: photography.
Lastly, I loved getting to know Marc, Andy and all the other participants on a friendship level.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, please consider the Muench workshops if you're looking to step up your skills as a photographer. Even if you think that maybe landscapes aren't your thing, the experience is only guaranteed to affect your approach photography and your subjects. I can't emphasize again how wonderful the experience is!
And then you can spend more time at the annual shootouts socializing, taking silly snapshots of Smuggy and risking your life climbing big rocks.
Then there are the wonderfully humorous critique sessions where Marc lets any volunteer step up to the chopping block and have their images analyzed and (if you ask nicely
) post-processed Muench-style.The problem is that with 40-60 people, things start to get a little squeezy. I have heard whispers of this throughout the week, and I completely understand. If you attend the shootout looking to get close personal attention, honestly you may not get it. After all, the pros aren't the only ones who aren't allowed to bring clones! :giggle
Before you start getting linebacker about muscling your way up to Marc's projector, please consider one of his workshops? There's one next week in Shenandoah and many other great opportunities coming up where the limit is 10 and the focus is 100% on YOU, the student. Having attending the first workshop in Utah as a guinea pig, I was blown away at how generous they all were. Not only was it 5 blissful days of sleep deprivation and being high on sweet light, but it was almost difficult to absorb all of the information that was the immersive environment. (Yay notebooks!) I learned more from Marc by sitting at breakfast with him than I could have in a classroom. And it wasn't even limited to photography, but business, marketing, printing, publishing, dirty little secrets, etc. Additionally, one of the best parts of the workshops is that Marc and his crew take care of everything you could possibly need or want from the moment you arrive at the hotel so you can focus on one and only one thing: photography.
Lastly, I loved getting to know Marc, Andy and all the other participants on a friendship level.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, please consider the Muench workshops if you're looking to step up your skills as a photographer. Even if you think that maybe landscapes aren't your thing, the experience is only guaranteed to affect your approach photography and your subjects. I can't emphasize again how wonderful the experience is!
And then you can spend more time at the annual shootouts socializing, taking silly snapshots of Smuggy and risking your life climbing big rocks.
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The big difference between a workshop and a shoot-out is the attention. It's
nice to have access to the pro(s) during the shoot-outs but if it's attention
you want, a workshop gives it to you.
During the last workshop, we were split between the pros each day with all
having full access during the day--makes for an intimate learning experience