THE 5-DAY SCHEDULE

The morning sessions begin at 8 AM with a continental breakfast, and run until Noon with a 20-minute refreshment break mid-morning.

Day 1:  

  • Introduction to the Workshop
  • Fundamentals of Photography
  • How to think like a photojournalist & learn to “really see”
  • View examples of great travel photography
  • Meet Your Camera
  • Afternoon photographing and enjoying your holiday
  • Evening Editing. Classroom will be open for editing from and 7PM-10PM. PF will be available for individual consulting.

Day 2:

  • View pictures and commentary by PF
  • Why those photographs look so great in National Geographic and Travel & Leisure
  • How to tell a story with pictures.
  • Introduction to the Adobe Photoshop Elements program
  • Afternoon photographing and enjoying your holiday
  • Evening Editing. Classroom will be open for editing from and 7PM-10PM. PF will be available for individual consulting.

Day 3:

  • View pictures and commentary by PF
  • The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in Photoshop
  • Hands-on Photoshop
  • Let's take a hike – with Hawaii Forest & Trail.
  • Evening Editing. Classroom will be open for editing from and 7PM-10PM. PF will be available for individual consulting.

Day 4:

  • How to make extraordinary pictures of seemingly ordinary events.
  • Afternoon photographing and enjoying your holiday
  • Evening Editing. Classroom will be open for editing from and 7PM-10PM. PF will be available for individual consulting.

Day 5:

  • View pictures and commentary by PF
  • Hands-on editing and Photoshop to create a 20-image slide show
  • 7pm that night:   PHOTO NIGHT!
  • The Workshop Participants and their families view everyone's edited photographs.    Popcorn and pu-pus provided.
  • Final thoughts by PF
  • Graduation certificates issued!