4-DAY WORKSHOP (Three full days plus morning session on fourth day)
JACK DYKINGA: The Desert Landscape

One of the most wondrous landscapes in the west is to be found in Joshua Tree National Monument – door-to-door not an hour from Palm Springs. In this workshop, you can photograph there with a true master of the medium. The famous landscape photographer Jack Dykinga will conduct a 3-day (plus fourth day morning session) that will include photographing in this remarkable landscape on two afternoons, working with all phases of the desert light until dusk. In his class, he will discuss his brilliant approach to the landscape, both in his fine art work as well as his work for National Geographic, where he is a contract photographer. Unique in that he photographs landscape in both domains, he will explain his methods, and in particular, show students his innovative use of perspective control lenses in creating stitched images of other-worldly depth and radiance.

Dykinga will conduct this three-day (plus fourth day half-session) workshop as a combination shooting / critique style workshop. Everyone should bring, in some form, a portfolio of their photographs. All approaches and styles, are welcome here. Monday morning he will present his famous desert landscape work to the class, followed by a critique of the work of the student’s work. The fruits of this afternoon critique will manifest itself on the second day, shooting in the field from 1pm – 8pm. Boxed lunches are provided for the class. Wednesday, day 3, will begin with a critique of the prior day’s shooting and again the afternoon into early evening will be spent in Joshua Tree. This work will be the subject of the critique the following morning in the morning wrap-up session (9:00am – 11:00am).

Everyone is encouraged to bring, and work with, a tripod in the field. This encourages a slower, more contemplative, approach to the “design” of a photograph.

Critique is fundamental to this workshop. “While we can discuss the images made in the workshop, I sincerely feel that more is to be gained by reviewing pre-existing work.” – Dykinga

Photographers working with digital cameras should bring their laptops and be conversant with their hardware and software in order to facilitate downloading and projecting their work for critiques in class. Digital projectors with standard VGA cables will be provided. If you require DVI connectors and / or adapters, please bring one to class.

The A & I lab in Hollywood will process and proof films from this workshop at no charge. Click here for details.

Monday, March 29 – Wednesday March 31 9:00am – 4:00pm (plus Thursday 9:00am – 11:00am)

Price: $900
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BIOGRAPHY

Pulitzer Prize (1971 Feature Photography) winning photographer Jack Dykinga blends large format landscape art photography with documentary photojournalism. He is a regular contributor to Arizona Highways and National Geographic Magazines. His nine wilderness advocacy, large format books include: Frog Mountain Blues, The Secret Forest, The Sierra Pinacate, The Sonoran Desert, Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau, and Desert: The Mojave and Death Valley. He also authored and photographed Large Format Nature Photography, a “how to” guide to color landscape photography. Jack Dykinga’s ARIZONA, released in 2004 from Westcliffe Publishers, is a compilation of Jack’s best Arizona images and: IMAGES: Jack Dykinga’s Grand Canyon released by Arizona Highways, May 2008, reflect Jack’s love for Arizona.

Dykinga’s fine art images were featured along with the work of Ansel Adams in an Arizona Highways Magazine retrospective shown at the Phoenix Art Museum, The Center for Creative Photography, and the Museum of Northern Arizona.

Additionally, he has also collaborated with Mexico’s Agrupacion Sierra Madre to help produce their latest book on the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, printed in both Spanish and English.

His work is driven by his passionate advocacy for preservation of the natural world. Currently, he serves on the board of The Sonoran National Park Project in an effort to create a new Bi-National Park on the Arizona/Sonora, Mexico border.

He has also focused on Texas/Mexican border highlighting the biological diversity of protected areas along the Rio Grande River corridor which appeared in the February 2007, National Geographic Magazine.
He remains a National Geographic contract photographer.

In April, 2007, Jack and four other photographers: Thomas Mangelsen, U.S.A.; Patricio Robles Gil, Mexico; Fulvio Eccardi, Italy & Mexico; and Florien Schultz from Germany, became the first ever R.A.V.E. (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition) for the International League of Conservation Photographers, to document the El Triunfo Cloud forest in Chiapas, Mexico, drawing attention to the threatened habitat there.

He and his wife Margaret live in Tucson, Arizona.

WEBSITE
www.dykinga.com