Our Favourite Photography Workshop of 2012 – Badlands, Buicks and Old Buildings
by Darwin Wiggett on January 3, 2013 · 10 CommentsLooking back at 2012, we had a crazy busy year doing six photo tours, six photo workshops and nine photo talks. No wonder we had to take December off to recuperate!
We have reduced the number of tours, talks and workshops this year so we have more time for creative projects and our own photography but the events we are holding are super cool. One of our favourite workshops from 2012 was the Badlands, Buicks and Old Buildings photography workshop held out of St. Ann Ranch Historic Site in Trochu Alberta. Everything from the historic 1903 townsite, to the ghosts in the mansion, the old farmsteads, the Red Deer River badlands at Dry Island Buffalo Jump, the garden at the Arboretum, the wind turbines and cropland, the crazy nights light-painting, the boneyard of Buicks (and other models of vehicles at the wrecking yard), the fantastic hosts, the great food, the critiques and instructional sessions, and best of all the participants made the 2012 a blast. We are proud to offer Badlands, Buicks and Old Buildings again in 2013. To learn more about the event simply click here.
On workshops, Samantha and I are busy helping participants with their photos. Only during directed student assignments is there a little time for us to snap a photo or two of our beautiful surroundings. Here is a small collection of shots I made during the 2012 workshop. Some of the photos I even shot retro style with film (they are marked below for fun). If you are interested in this workshop, don’t wait too long. We keep the group size small to maximize your learning. We hope to see some of you there this year!
©Darwin Wiggett – Dry Island Buffalo Jump
©Darwin Wiggett
©Darwin Wiggett
©Darwin Wiggett
©Darwin Wiggett
©Darwin Wiggett
©Darwin Wiggett – a film image shot with a Fuji GA645
©Darwin Wiggett – a film image shot with a Fuji GA645
©Darwin Wiggett – a film image shot with a Fuji GA645
©Darwin Wiggett
©Darwin Wiggett
©Darwin Wiggett – a film image shot with a Fuji GA645
©Darwin Wiggett - a film image shot with a Fuji GA645
©Darwin Wiggett – A film image shot with a Fuji GA645
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10 Comments
John Fujimagari
03/01/2013 ·
I love the abstraction of Dry Island. Such a small slice of a vast landscape. I remember you making the wood stove image, it turned out great. BB&OB may have been the most fun I had last year. I’d highly recommend it to anyone interested.
Darwin Wiggett
06/01/2013 ·
Thanks John for the nice comments! It was great you could come and hang out. What’s up M-UP!
Clara
03/01/2013 ·
I like all of the pictures. Fantastic!!
Darwin Wiggett
06/01/2013 ·
Thanks Mom!
Tom Robbins
05/01/2013 ·
I agree with Clara; all of the photos in this collection are wonderful. There is an amazing variety among the images, yet they all share a quality—depth of vision, perhaps—that unite the series.
Darwin Wiggett
06/01/2013 ·
Tom,
Glad you agree with Clara (my mom) or else she will hunt you down and ….
Ian McGillvrey
05/01/2013 ·
Great stuff Darwin! I really like some of the car shots. It’s cool to finally see what you were working on while we were shooting there. I love the typewriter image as well.
While I wasn’t at any of your other workshops in 2012 and can’t really compare them, I can say that attending the BB&OB workshop was definitely a highlight of the year for me. The variety of shooting locations and conditions, the awesome food and accommodations, a great mix of classroom instruction and shooting time, and as you said, a great group of participants all added up for an awesome workshop. Some of my favourite images from this year were made on this workshop and I featured 2 of them in my Top 12 of 2012 on my blog.
As John said above, I’d highly recommend this workshop!
Darwin Wiggett
06/01/2013 ·
For those who have not seen Ian’s top 1 go here: http://www.ianmcgillvrey.com/2012/12/top-12-of-2012/
Mathias (Fotografie MD)
06/01/2013 ·
Wow, that seems like a great place to take an endless variety of photos. Congratulations on taking participants to such a magical location for their learning!
Hope to be able to catch one of these workshops some time in the future… provided I can make the airfare part of a business trip
Greetings from Germany,
Mathias
Darwin Wiggett
06/01/2013 ·
Mathias,
We love Germans! Please come out some time!