Creativity and Spirit
at Wood Valley Temple
With Ken and Mary Goodrich
June 15-21, 2008
Tuition $1,795 (double occupancy) includes 6 nights lodging and all meals
Register for this Workshop
Since the first cave paintings over 12,000 years ago, the artist’s creative impulse has been linked in mysterious ways to nature and spirit. In this photographic retreat we will be a community of photographers sharing ideas and exploring the beauty of the Big Island of Hawaii. Through the group experience, individual observation, and journaling, we will seek to deepen an artistic connection with our muse.
We will make excursions each day to the black sand beach, sacred Hawaiian sites, and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, home to the Goddess Pele. We will also be exploring the classic beauty of the human figure as we photograph models in natural settings. Mornings at the retreat will be dedicated to reviewing work and learning creative techniques for image creation and manipulation with Photoshop.
Accommodations will be in the rustic and charming guest facility of a Buddhist temple built at the turn of the last century in a remote verdant valley. Healthy meals with vegetarian options will be catered.
The peaceful surroundings offer a respite from our busy lives to pursue photography, share our work and have fun with other photographic artists. Towering eucalyptus, palms and bamboo, peacocks, tropical flowers and a koi pond all add to the atmosphere of a peaceful refuge.
Click here to see Wood Valley Temple retreat facilities
Who should attend:
Photographers who know the basics of photography and want to create bodies of work that express their thoughts, feelings and convictions.
Instructors:
Ken and Mary Goodrich are co-founders of Hawaii Photo Retreat and have both been photographers for over 20 years. Their photographic areas of interest have been primarily landscape and nature photography using natural light. Their work has been shown internationally and has won numerous awards.
Mary Goodrich is a photographer who works in 35mm and medium formats and more recently digital. She prints black and white in her darkroom and also uses 35mm slide film for multi-media presentations. Her style could be called romantic, or ethereal; yet her works always exhibit a classic sense of composition.
Ken has fully embraced digital photography and studied with masters Bill Atkinson and Charles Cramer. His work shows power and drama in both black and white and color. He shoots nature images, abstractions and figure studies and often integrates his images into projected multi-media presentations with music.
Instructor web sites:
http://www.kengoodrich.net
http://www.marygoodrich.com |
