I recently attended a thrilling week-long workshop with Marc Adamus in Glacier National Park, Montana. If you don't know who Marc Adamus is then get your head out of the sand 
Thought I would share some of my experience from the workshop. Before I attended I spent a while trying to find any testimonials from others but they were hard to find, so maybe this will be helpful for anyone considering to attend one of his workshops.
The workshop was limited to 7 people, so everyone was sure to get a lot of personal attention. From the start, I was very impressed by Marc and his philosophy and approach to photos. His approach is very tactical and precise, he does his research carefully and seeks out the best possible spots for the best possible light. He's very approachable and helpful too. The type of guy you want to share a meal with. I've been following his work for 8 years and for me his photos are in a separate class beyond every other landscape photographer.
Over and over we would arrive at a spot and he could predict the exact camera settings we would need to make the scene work. The daily routine was pre-sunrise hikes to locations, sunrise pics then breakfast. Post processing took place during the middle parts of the day when the light was flat and there was nothing to shoot. Then depending on the weather, we would set off in mid to late afternoon for sunset or pre-sunset hikes / photos. He had a very intimate understanding of the entire park.
I returned with over 2500 photos and a completely overhauled workflow. The workshop was immensely thrilling and satisfying. I will be going through and tweaking photos for months. This was my first workshop with him and I plan to attend more. His workshops book far, far in advance, usually 1.5 years in advance, and sell out fairly quickly after being announced.
Thought I would also share some of favorite photos from the trip. All with Nikon D800 and Nikkor 17-35/2.8 and Sigma 70-200/2.8. I was the only one on the trip with a D800, everyone else (including Marc) used the D810.
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Thought I would share some of my experience from the workshop. Before I attended I spent a while trying to find any testimonials from others but they were hard to find, so maybe this will be helpful for anyone considering to attend one of his workshops.
The workshop was limited to 7 people, so everyone was sure to get a lot of personal attention. From the start, I was very impressed by Marc and his philosophy and approach to photos. His approach is very tactical and precise, he does his research carefully and seeks out the best possible spots for the best possible light. He's very approachable and helpful too. The type of guy you want to share a meal with. I've been following his work for 8 years and for me his photos are in a separate class beyond every other landscape photographer.
Over and over we would arrive at a spot and he could predict the exact camera settings we would need to make the scene work. The daily routine was pre-sunrise hikes to locations, sunrise pics then breakfast. Post processing took place during the middle parts of the day when the light was flat and there was nothing to shoot. Then depending on the weather, we would set off in mid to late afternoon for sunset or pre-sunset hikes / photos. He had a very intimate understanding of the entire park.
I returned with over 2500 photos and a completely overhauled workflow. The workshop was immensely thrilling and satisfying. I will be going through and tweaking photos for months. This was my first workshop with him and I plan to attend more. His workshops book far, far in advance, usually 1.5 years in advance, and sell out fairly quickly after being announced.
Thought I would also share some of favorite photos from the trip. All with Nikon D800 and Nikkor 17-35/2.8 and Sigma 70-200/2.8. I was the only one on the trip with a D800, everyone else (including Marc) used the D810.
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