Hawaii Photo Retreat

Photography Tours on the Island of Hawaii

$250/1 day, $450/2 days, $675/3 days

Traveling to Hawaii? Call us and schedule a personalized photographic tour with professional photographers Ken and Mary Goodrich. If you are unfamiliar with the Big Island and want to go directly to the best spots for photography, this is for you. You’ll see unique and seldom visited areas plus all the beauty Hawaii Island has to offer.

(808) 985-7487 or email us at: mary@hawaiiphotoretreat.com

Personal Instruction

Ready to take the next step in your development as a phototgrapher? Build on your skills and knowledge with personalized instruction from professional fine art photographers Ken and Mary Goodrich. Come to Hawaii, leave your everyday pressures and distractions behind and focus full time on your passion. We will customize a course of study to maximize your progress in the time you have.

Call or email us for details.

(808) 985-7487 or email us at: mary@hawaiiphotoretreat.com

Workshops

Hand Coloring Black and White Photographs
With Mary Goodrich

Schedule:

Fridays 10am-3pm

May 22, 2008
June 10, 2008
July 24, 2008
August 18, 2008

Tuition $40 per session plus materials

in the early 1900’s, painting with oils on photographs was widely used to add color to black and white prints. The effect is unique and beautiful on both landscapes and portraits. A hand colored print is truly a one of a kind artistic interpretation.

Hand coloring workshops are one day (choose one or more days from above list). All materials will be available for purchase at the workshop or you may bring your own matte fiber photograph, photo oils and color pencils to use.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Hamakua Coast
With Ken and Mary Goodrich

May 12-16, 2008

Tuition $995

Seventy million years of volcanic activity have sculpted Hawaii Volcanoes National Park into an otherworldly landscape clothed in lush rainforest and vast surreal expanses of desert-like lava fields. Join us as we explore this UNESCO World Heritage site from a photographer’s point of view. This is a unique and wild region of Hawaii, worlds away from the manicured tourist spots of Kona or Waikiki.

Hamakua means the breath of God, in Hawaiian; a perfect name for these forty-five miles of dramatic coastline.

Creativity and Spirit
With Ken and Mary Goodrich

June 15-21, 2008

Tuition $1,795 includes 6 nights lodging and most meals

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.

Women's Photography Retreat
With Kathleen Carr and Mary Goodrich

July 6-12 , 2008

Tuition $1,195

Modeling Fee $85

Come to Hawaii and spend a week in the company of other creative women. Professional and fine art photographers Mary Goodrich and Kathleen Carr will host this unique opportunity for women photographers to learn and share their art in a truly unique environment.

In addition to the presentations and discussions, we will take day trips into the heart of Hawaii – from waterfalls and lush botanical gardens, to the mysterious and powerful beauty of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: the home of volcano Goddess Pele. We will also explore the mysteries of the fine art nude in a private natural setting.

Nourish your artistic soul and have fun while refining your “visualization” skills. Kathleen and Mary will be available to work directly with you on camera and Photoshop techniques that help you find and express your inner vision.

Make a date now to meet your muse in a magical tropical setting!

Collage and Paint
With Holly Roberts

July 13-19, 2008

Tuition: $2,195 (double occupancy) includes all meals and lodging at Mahalo Hawaiian Retreat

We are proud to co-sponsor this workshop with the

Center for Photographic Art

Holly’s workshop has been aptly described as a bridge to intuition. By understanding how different media work together, each student will be able to understand what process works best in finding his/her own creative voice. We will cover transfers, gluing techniques, compatibility of media, and how to work with acrylic paints. Materials will include but not be limited to: paint, photographic imagery, found objects, organic material, cloth and three-dimensional objects…anything that will hold paint.

Portraiture and Beyond
With Joyce Wilson

August 24-30 , 2008

Tuition $2,195 (double occupancy) includes all meals and lodging at Mahalo Hawaiian Retreat

This course is designed to guide you on a path to find inspiration, new techniques and concepts and use the camera as a tool for capturing the extraordinary. The art of classic, contemporary and figurative portraiture, scenics, pictorials will be covered with lectures, demonstrations and photographic assignments.

You will be guided through a full cycle of styles and trends of portraiture from paintings by the “Old Masters” to the contemporary magazine illustrations of today, and learn to appreciate the influence and inspiration of our heritage. You will learn to see and use light (regardless of the source) to create a diversity of portrait styles from traditional to fine art. Learn to let your intuition guide you, and to live life fully, deeply, and joyfully…this opens the door to being an artist with the camera.

Abstractions in Nature

Exploring Close-up Photograpy in Hawaii

With Ken and Mary Goodrich

October 13-17 , 2008

Tuition $995

Do you find yourself fascinated by the leaf, feather, or stone that others pass by in their pursuit of the grand vista? There are infinite worlds within a drop of water, a crystal or a rusting car if you take a moment to explore the world up close.

During this week we will photograph the exotic flowers of Hawaii, and explore the intense colors and textures that nature lavishes upon the tropical and volcanic landscape of this island.

Through lectures, demos, and hands-on field work, you will learn to master the tools that allow us entry into the infinite worlds of macro and abstract photography. Critiques will focus on deepening your awareness of light and composition. You will also learn creative Photoshop techniques for refining the raw material of your image capture into a finished picture that expresses your own unique vision.