Guy Tal Photography

I offer custom-tailored private workshops and tours in and around Capitol Reef National Park - one of Utah's most scenic and least visited parks. The area offers a variety of landscape like few others; from red rock canyons and sandstone formations, through narrow slot canyons, denuded badlands, and verdant riparian streams, all the way to aspen and conifer forests, alpine lakes, and incomparable views of the canyon country from 11,000ft high on the Aquarius Plateau. It is a landscape photographer's paradise.

The curriculum will be designed in collaboration with you and can range from a driving tour to hiking and camping in scenic locations. Tours are intended to get you out into the landscape for unique photo opportunities. Workshops are designed to cover a variety of material, giving you the tools to work creatively, process and present your work.

For those interested in photographic instruction, a workshop can cover both creative and technical topics, as well as field work and practice. Among the topics to choose from are:

Creative Topics: Print review and critique Understanding composition and visual relationships Composing the landscape on every scale Workflow and scene analysis Seeing in black-and-white Developing a personal approach to subjects Elements of personal style Effective use of camera, lenses, and other essential gear

Technical Topics: Exposure and White Balance Optimizing depth-of-field Raw conversion using Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), and Lightroom Optimizing contrast, color, and sharpness using Photoshop CS4 Use of layers and masks in Photoshop CS4 Black and white conversion and processing Preparing files for printing and web presentation Exposure blending for dynamic range (HDR) and focus-stacking

Guy Tal Photography operates under a Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) from Capitol Reef National Park.

If interested, please contact me via this web site or email (info@guytal.com) to discuss availability, timing, and topics.