May 9 - 15, 2009

cost:  $2,495.00 per person dbl. occupancy

Included:

All accommodations, and breakfast and dinner for the duration of the workshops.

Daily field workshops and lectures with critiques of participant's works.

All workshop materials for the duration of the workshop.

All transportation for the week including shuttle services to and from the Portland airport.

    From sea stacks to temporal rainforests, the southwest coast of Oregon contains some of the most beautiful and ecologically diverse areas on the Pacific coast. Join Mark for a week-long, intimate photographic journey through this unique region. Here the wealth of photographic opportunities seems to never end. Whether you are interested in large scale vistas or intimate close-ups, this workshop offers infinite possibilities to stimulate your creativity.

   Your imagination is surpassed by the reality of the region when you are confronted with fog drifting through ancient rainforests of cedar and fern, evening light painting a scene of dramatic rock formations and sparkling seas, botanical gardens filled with a riot of colors and shapes or a 280 foot high waterfall framed by ferns. Throughout the week, Mark will provide expert guidance and advice on the use of color, composition and creative visualization that will help you create images that are unique and varied.

   Most of the workshop will be spent in the field where each participant will receive plenty of individualized attention to help you enhance your photographic techniques and refine your creative vision. Field work will be supported by critique of work shot in the field and informative lectures.

   Mark lectures on a wide range of topics including the use of the zone system for color, exposure methods, composition, filtration, macro photography techniques, using color and exposure to enhance visual impact and most importantly - developing your inner vision.

   Whether you are looking to grow your photographic capabilities, acquire professional feedback on your work or meet kindred spirits to share your passion for photography, this workshop is where you will find all of it. Come be a part of this intimate excursion into one of the most pristine areas of the Pacific coast.

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Oregon's Wild Coastlands Itinerary

   REGISTRATION:                            ON-LINE REGISTRATION

Workshop costs Include: Lodging and meals as indicated. Driver/guide and ground transportation service from Portland, OR; applicable entrance fees; taxes and service charges.

Not Include: Activities not indicated on itinerary; travel/baggage/accident/cancellation insurance; gratuities; personal use items such as phone, laundry, etc.; film and processing costs.

Airfares: Air fare costs for flights from participants home city to Portland, OR are not included. Participant is responsible for making their own arrangements for a morning arrival in Portland for the start of the workshop.

  A deposit of $500.00 is required at the time of registration with the balance due in full one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the start of the trip.

Reservations: Due to the popularity of this trip, making an early reservation is recommended. You can reserve a place by either registering on-line or by calling Wildlight Photography at (612) 804-7377 during the weekday office hours of 9:00 am-4:30 pm CST. We accept credit cards, or we will hold your reservation for seven days, while awaiting your personal check or money order. Make checks payable to "Mark Lissick/Wildlight Nature Photography". Payments can be mailed to Mark Lissick/Wildlight Nature Photography, 4501 Oak Drive, Edina, Minnesota 55424.

For international residents: Please contact Wildlight Nature Photography to discuss payment arrangements.

Cancellation Policy: If you cancel 120 days or more prior to departure, a refund less a cancellation fee of 50% of your initial deposit will be made. Per person charges for cancellations received 120 days or less from the trip start date are as follows: 120-101 days - 35% of trip cost; 100-81 days - 50% of trip cost; 80-61 days - 65% of trip cost; 60 or fewer days prior to departure - 100% of trip cost. We recommend that you purchase cancellation insurance as this policy is strongly adhered to. Note: In addition of cancellation fees, deposits required to guarantee hotel rooms or local air transportation may be nonrefundable. The purchase of travel insurance covering baggage, accident/life and trip cancellation is highly recommended. Wildlight Nature Photography reserves the right to cancel any group due to insufficient registration. In the even of such cancellation, those with reservations shall be notified as soon as possible and a full refund of trip payment will be given. Wildlight Nature Photography is not responsible for  additional expenses incurred in preparation for a trip.

    Payment of deposit represents an acceptance of the following terms and conditions:  Wildlight Nature Photography, its affiliates and all cooperating airlines and agencies act only in the capacity of agents in all matter of transportation and tour operation, and their liability is limited to the terms of the airline tickets, boat, and land accommodation contracts. They are not responsible for any delays, inconveniences, accidents, expense or mishap of any kind whatsoever resulting entirely, or in part, from the negligence of others or from causes beyond their control. They can accept no responsibility for losses or additional expenses due to delay or changes in air or other services, sickness, weather, strike, riot, war, quarantine or other causes. All such losses or expenses must be born by the participants as program rates provide for arrangements only for the time stated. The right is reserved to substitute hotels of similar category for those indicated and to make any changes in the itinerary where deemed necessary or caused by changes in air schedules, weather or naturally occurring geological events. Baggage is at owner's risk entirely. No refund can be made for unused hotel rooms, meals, sightseeing trips or tours unless arrangements are made at the time of booking. The right is reserved to decline to accept or to retain any person as a program member for any reason which affects the operation of the program or the rights, welfare, or enjoyment of the other program members, and refund or the recoverable land program services is the limit of the liability of Wildlight Nature Photography and its affiliates.