Each “Master’s Program” workshop is uniquely customized for each location.   Your are instructed and assisted throughout the workshop by two veteran National Park photographers with extensive experience and credits -  Tom Gamache of Wandering Around Outdoors and Van Webster of Webster Communication (www.vanwebster.com).

Participants benefit greatly by having two instructors with decades of combined expertise and know how. Together, with their pooled depth of knowledge, Tom and Van offer a unique and stimulating learning experience while doubling the resource for more individualized attention.

Combining both classroom examples and field assignments, “The Master’s Program” is a concise and easy to follow workshop that describes and demonstrates the principles, devices and secrets used for centuries by the world renowned masters of both painted and photographic landscapes. You will be assisted in applying what you learn to your own photographs as the program pays special attention to explaining and demonstrating how to exercise control over your camera (digital and film).  You will learn to capture the beauty and complexity of landscapes just as the Masters did. Short, straightforward video lessons will help you  understand the central concerns of the Master’s - how light falls; how space is organized; the Recognition Factor - the many different ways of looking at nature - and much more … which we will then practice in the field, aided and escorted by the instructors.

In popular workshops for workshops for the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Sedgwick Reserve, Death Valley National Park and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, Tom and Van have successfully helped many photographers make important advances in their craft and vision.

Participants will be offered a combination of instructive examples and demonstrations including video presentations, field assignments and constructive critique and discussion of student images. The program is focused from a fine art perspective and is suitable for photographers of all technical levels and all camera formats who want to improve the artistic vision of their work.   Tom and Van create a friendly and easy-going learning experience as they answer your technical camera (digital and film) questions during the ongoing Digital Boot Camp sections of the workshop. They will demonstrate how to use your newly acquired knowledge to select a subject scene and capture it using a range of photographic disciplines and techniques.  Included will be detailed explanation of many art principles, “how-to” camera procedures and “pro secrets”.