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Local Photographic In-Field Workshops and Tours One Day at a Time!


Lake Effect Photographic Adventures Presents:

“Day Shoots” and “DayTours” with

Will Clay & Hank Erdmann

And Other Instructors Including;

Walt Anderson, Chris Aquino, Don Carter, Fred Drury, Stan Kotecki, & Ken Thompson

 
DayShoot Participants at Nachusa Grasslands Nature Conservancy.
© Hank Erdmann Photography

$90.00 per ©DayShoot

$60.00 per ©DayTour

Our DayShoots include: In-field instruction, demonstrations, and one-on-one work with the event instructor(s) at the event. The instructor(s) are with the group at all times, will demonstrate how to expose images with your digital camera using a histogram. Will talk about other digital camera issues such as image quality settings, white balance settings and any questions you may have. They will assist you in compositional issues as well, often looking through your camera and making suggestions where needed. The event also includes an after the event critique of your images shot on the event. A 4 image critique will be conducted via email after the event. Our DayTours include our instructor/guides leading you to and pointing out possibilities for great images. They are with you in the field and shooting along side participants. In-field instruction is not a part of a DayTour but questions are always welcome.

These events are limited to 8 to 14 Participants for DayShoots and 6 - 12 Partcipants for DayTours. The participant limit will depend on the event the number of instructors or guides leading the event, the site environment and other local or weather factors.

Lake Effect Photographic Adventures Policies

 

Fall Creek Gorge Fall Colors DayTour - Saturday, November 5, 2011
Join Hank Erdmann for a DayTour photographing the fall colors and waterfalls at Fall Creek Gorge in west-central Indiana. We'll also photograph the wind turbine farms along US 41 at sunset on the way back. 1:00 to last light. ~ $60.00 Photographic Guide; Hank Erdmann ~ 10 participants max.

Kankakee River Winter DayTour - Saturday, January 7, 2012
Join Hank Erdmann for a DayTour photographing winter scenes along the ice and snow covered Kankakee River and Rock Creek. Designed for more experienced photographers, our DayTours put you in prime places at prime times... if Mother Nature Cooperates. Formal instruction is not part of our DayTours. Hank will however be with the group during the entire event and will gladly answer any of your photographic questions. Noon to last light. ~ $60.00 Photographic Guide; Hank Erdmann ~ 10 participants max.

Eagles on the Mississippi DayShoot - Friday, January 13, 2012
Yes, Friday the 13th, why not? Join Walt Anderson and Don Carter for a DayShoot photographing Eagles as they soar above the Mississippi River and dive and catch their fiish lunches.. We'll instruct participants on making perfect exposures, help explain auto focus and tracking the moving birds, aid your composition and answer your photographic questions. Noon to last light. ~ $90.00 Instructor /Guides; Walt Anderson and Don Carter ~ 12 participants max.

Eagles on the Mississippi DayTour - Friday, February 10, 2012
On Fridays the crowds photographing on weekends are not a problem. Join Don Carter for a DayTour photographing Eagles as they soar above the Mississippi River and dive and catch their fiish lunches. Designed for more experienced photographers, our DayTours put you in prime places at prime times... if Mother Nature Cooperates. Formal instruction is not part of our DayTours. Don will however be with the group during the entire event and will gladly answer any of your photographic questions. Noon to last light. ~ $60.00 Photographic Guide; Don Carter ~ 10 participants max.

Starved Rock Winter DayShoot - Sunday, February 12, 2012
Join Will Clay and Hank Erdmann for a DayShoot photographing the winter scenes and icefalls at Starved Rock State Park in LaSalle County, Illinois. We'll instruct participants on making perfect exposures, aid your composition and answer your photographic qwuestions. Noon to last light. ~ $90.00 Instructor /Guides; Will Clay & Hank Erdmann ~ 12 participants max.

...More dates to come for Winter 2012

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founded Lake Effect with the idea to provide local inexpensive half day to full day photographic outings as a core offering, something that no other Photography Workshop and Tour provider offers.

It is often hard to get away for ten days, a week or sometimes even a weekend with our modern day hectic schedules. It is almost just as frustrating to try to shoot on your all too short weekends in local sites that get too crowded on weekends. So we schedule small groups of 6 to 12 participants with one or two instructor/guides. We schedule the events on weekdays (usually Fridays or Mondays) for sites that tend to be crowded on weekends and also on weekends for those who have a hard time making free time on weekdays. Our concept is that you get the maximum quality photography time in the field in places where great photographs exist at local sites within at most a couple hours drive.

We offer our ©DayShoots for individuals seeking photographic education but can't commit to long term classes that are spread over weeks, take up full weeks or all of a precious weekend and don't have budgets for expensive long term workshops. For experienced photographers who like the comraderie and security a group activity provides, but don't need or want instructional events, we offer ©DayTours, events led by experienced photographers who know the sites you want to photograph.

We offer quality photographing education and photographic site guiding at a price point that is hard to beat, in small groups with quality instructors recognized nationally and regionally. You’ll shoot with leaders like Willard Clay, Hank Erdmann, Fred Drury, Walt Anderson, Ken Thompson, Chris Aquino, Don Carter and Stan Kotecki, shoulder to shoulder in the field. Their advice and help on composition or exposure, technique or equipment is just a question away. Hands-on demos are also featured throughout your day. Demos are designed to sharpen seeing and compositional skills will help you bring home great images.

Our ©DayShoots include follow-up online critiques of images you make at your event are conducted by email after the event.

The event price is also the deposit amount to hold your spot. Reservations and payments can be made on line or via phone and check.

For questions and further info call Hank at 815.741.8273 or email him at hankphoto@sbcglobal.net