Big Bend Night Photography Events in April 2019

I have planned a dual event for April 2019 based in the Big Bend of Texas. There will be a photography workshop followed by a guided shoot. You can take one or the other or both! Click here for the details.

EVENT 1: Workshop: April 5 - 9, 2019
Tuition: $650

EVENT 2: Guided Shoot: April 9 - 13, 2019
Tuition: $350

Note that you can take both events for a combined price of $900.

Group photo from October 2017 workshop.

Please contact me if you're interested.

Big Bend Workshop Oct. 2012

I'm very pleased to announce my fall photography workshop in Big Bend National Park. The workshop will start at 4:30pm on Friday, October 5 and conclude at 1pm Tuesday, October 9. We will be staying at Big Bend Resort & Adventures (formerly the Big Bend Motor Inn - Route 118 at 170 in Terlingua-Study Butte, Texas). We will also hold classroom sessions in a conference room at the motel.

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Big Bend is an amazing place. I have been there almost a dozen times in the past several years. I love it. And I love to share and experience it with others. I am excited about teaching photography and leading a group around the park to my favorite places to shoot.

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The workshop will focus on night photography (stars and land-based objects) as well as classic landscape photography. We will be there at an interesting time. The sky will be moonless for a couple of hours after astronomical twilight and then the moon will rise. Shooting with moonlight provides different and interesting opportunities as compared to shooting with dark skies.

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I will bring an assortment of LED lights, including LED candles, for us to use. We will practice light painting and also using the candles as props.

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The workshop will be limited to 10 students. Tuition is $750 per participant. You can find out more details on my website:
www.thomasjavery.com/workshops/ws_oct_2012.html

If you are interested, please email me. Thank you!

Big Bend Workshop: Oct. 21 - 25, 2011

I'm holding a photography workshop based in Big Bend this coming October. If you are interested in attending, please contact me to register. Please see the workshop listing for detailed information.

Dates: October 21 - 25, 2011
Focus: Landscape and Night Photography
Students: 9
Tuition: $600

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Big Bend is my favorite place in the world. I have enjoyed exploring and photographing the area for seven years. I greatly look forward to this workshop and sharing it with other photographers!

November Big Bend Gallery Complete

It is done. My gallery of photos from Big Bend National Park is ready for viewing:

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I spent nearly 10 full days in the park and surrounding areas. During that time, I attended a TME (The Mindful Eye) six day photography workshop lead by Craig Tanner and Marti Jeffers.

The shooting opportunities were slightly different during this trip. Usually, my visits to the park are on my own terms, and I focus on specific areas, mostly accessible by hiking. The workshop itinerary focused mostly on the easy-to-reach, iconic locations in the park.

In project terms, this last trip was definitely a sub-project, much like my badlands project was this past March. I had a lot of opportunity and time to shoot well-known locations, something that I had not really done before.

My goal during this last trip was to shoot the easy spots and create a sense of place. The resulting collection of photos will hopefully add some balance to my larger, on-going project.