Every once in a while we offer both Bodie sunrise/interior access session and a Bodie night photography session in one workshop. This new July itinerary will start in Lee Vining, spending two days/nights capturting landscapes and practicing our night photography techniques optimized for adequate light, enhanced shadow detail, and low noise. For the third night we’ll move toward Bodie to be close for our morning building interior access at 6am the next morning.
For our morning in Bodie we’ll have three hours before the park opens to visitors, and we’ll continue to have exclusive interior access until noon.
July can offer scattered rain showers during the afternoon, a colorful sunset and potentially rainbows as the storms clears, followed by clear skies for milky way photography under a dark night sky. We’ll spend the first two nights practicing night photography at the iconic Mono Lake South Tufa site and up in the Yosemite’s Tioga Pass area. Weather and photographic opportunities will influence our daily itineraries. For the last day we’ll have one post processing session before we head to Bodie and have the park to ourselves from 6 pm to 1 am. Bodie provides a plethora of subjects perfectly situated for Milky Way compositions as well as star trails for those interested. The daylight hours for the first two days will offer landscape photography. You will have two trip leaders, each with 60+ nights experience shooting and leading groups in Bodie, plus over 15 interior access sessions. We prefer our workshops to have no more than 8 participants for a 4:1 student to instructor ratio, to give you maximum attention and more time inside Bodie’s buildings.
A portion of the proceeds of your fee goes to the Bodie Foundation to assist in their “arrested decay” program in preserving the park. Please note that Bodie is at an elevation of 8374 feet. Consult your doctor if you have any concerns.
Here are links to sample photos from Bodie interior access, and Bodie and vicinity workshops in July. See a sample itinerary below (we constantly adjust our plans to take advantage of the best weather and light).
Itinerary
To ensure you get the best pictures and to accommodate for any adverse weather, we keep the exact itinerary flexible. The following is an example of what to expect, though it may change slightly as necessary during the workshop.
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