Introduction

• Instructor’s background
• Topics covered in seminar
• Background on Attendees

Trail Conference’s Photographic needs

• Projects
  • Long Path Guide (photos and directions to trailhead needed)
  • Daywalker (Photos needed esp. NJ sections)
  • Highlands Trail
  • TrailWalker
• Conference’s production processes

• Printer’s requirements
• B & W preferred over color, Prints over slides
• Trail Walker’s requirements
• Film same as above
• Story should accompany photos whenever possible
• Subjects – The goal is to use photographs to entice hikers

  Hikers, Viewpoints, Waterfalls, Ruins, Trail Itself, Ponds, Notable buildings and monuments, benches, Misc.

Technique Discussion for Outdoor Photography in General

• Film Preferences (brand, speed)
• Developing
• Lighting/time of Day
• Equipment Roundtable (Discussed: Tripod, Shutter Cable, Filters, Zooms, Lenses (macro, zooms, tilt), Fill Flash Misc (bean bag, plastic bags)

Composition roundtable

• Inclusion of people vs. exclusion of people (vote on preferences)
• Framing techniques
• Depth of field techniques
• When to avoid the sky
• Minimize subjects
• "Rule of Thirds" vs. "The Golden Mean"

Hike & Lunch

• Bushwacked to AT towards Fitzgerald Falls (1/2 mile)
• Headed to peak (1 ½ mil.), but most of class did not make it due to time spent photographing on trail

Samples of photography (this occurred after lunch due to time constraints)

• Illustrative examples shown by instructor
• Samples by Attendee’s (not seen in actuality, unfortunately)

Digital Photography

See Instructor for details

Conclusion

Viewing of Day’s Photographs

Evaluation Forms