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Alan M. Thornton at Sunglow Ranch

BEYOND the SNAPSHOT...

If you're an amateur photographer interested in improving your skills and unleashing your creativity, this workshop is for you. You will learn to create portraits and landscape images that are better than your past snapshots. Beyond the Snapshot will be both fun and inspiring and will help you develop a critical eye. Through demonstrations and assignments you will engage in creative exercises to learn to view everyday things from different perspectives and to begin to appreciate the possibilities that every scene offers. We will devote attention to basic shooting skills and composition, and we'll make sure you have a full understanding of every important function of your camera and how it influences exposure, depth of field, and other properties of an image.

We will take advantage of the stunning southwestern light by going on daily excursions exploring the beautiful landscape surrounding Sunglow Ranch, as well as a variety of other regions nearby. The ranch is a beautiful resort nestled at the base of the Chiricahua Mountains, providing a quiet environment to learn, explore, and have a great deal of fun. It will be our base of operations. Daily reviews of the previous days' images will help us fine tune our photographs, celebrate our new accomplishments, and even learn some new ways of seeing through the eyes of our fellow participants.

Although we generally require the use of a digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR) in other workshops, we are sympathetic to the convenience and ease-of-use that point-and-shoot cameras offer. Should you choose to bring one, please make sure that it is capable of shooting RAW images, and that both the aperture and shutter speed are accessible in some sort of manual mode. If you can't determine if your camera shoots RAW and has a manual mode, please give us a call for guidance.

Cost: Includes the workshop, 4 nights (shared) accommodation, three meals a day and gratuities: $1,625 plus tax (add $270 for single occupancy). Maximum: 8 participants. Location Fee: $90.


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About you, your family, and Sunglow Ranch

In addition to Alan's workshop, we offer a great variety of workshops and instruction. We distinguish ourselves in several ways:

  • Our pricing includes luxury accommo�dations at our scenic mountain inn, Sunglow Ranch, along with three hearty and delicious meals a day prepared for you in the Sunglow Cafe.
  • We encourage workshop participants to bring their families: $70 for each accompanying adult, $50 for children under 12 for food and lodging.
  • In addition to a heated pool, spa and fitness center (to be completed before the end of May), we have hiking, mountain bikes and horseback riding for you and your family.
  • Evening astronomy explorations occur every night under the amazing Arizona skies.
  • Cooking classes and guided tours of the environs can be arranged at modest additional cost.

Alan Thornton Sunglow Ranch

Our Instructor...

Alan M Thornton
has been an advertising, editorial, and fine-art photographer for 16 years, working with such clients as John Deere, Land Rover, Nike, Apple, Hewlett Packard, and TV Guide. His company's current work involves classic and contemporary styled portrait illustrations for advertising and editorial clients that are captured in the studio, and on location. You can read more about Alan on his website..



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Sign up for Alan's workshop, Beyond the Snapshot, by April 1, 2010, and you'll receive $100 off the list price of $1,625 plus tax, for the workshop, 4 nights (shared) accommodation, 3 spectacular meals a day and gratuities. There is a $90 location fee to cover costs associated with various photography destinations.
Offer Expires April 1, 2010