Itinerary and what you'll learn
This is the information for what to expect along with our planned Itinerary
Above are some of the Intimate landscape opportunities that might be available around the region along with the types of flowers that might be growing
we will start the workshop off in the town of Ridgway at 9AM at the Ouray County 4H Events Center on the south side of town. Where we will make our introductions and find out where everyone is at with their photography skills and what their goal is to get out of the Photo Adventure. Please bring your camera gear and laptop/tablet with you. We will start promptly at 9 AM as there will be tons of stuff to go over and do this first day. If you are late you will miss out on a lot, so being punctual is important. After our classroom session and prior to heading out to our first shoot we will have a meal at the True Grit Cafe. It is a classic western American style cafe or "cowboy cuisine" as they call it. It was one of the filming locations of John Wayne's True Grit
22739 US-550
Ridgway, CO 81432
Hours
July 11, 2020 9 AM
and
July 18th after morning shoot to 5 PM
Sunset for July 11th above: 8:34 PM
After sunset we will head to our first night of camping. I will have the site set aside for us. Provided no fire restrictions are in place we will have a nice campfire and get to know everyone better. S'mores anyone?
The views from our campsite
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We will start our adventures in the Silverton Region. The first morning will be along Molas Pass for sunrise looking to the north towards Silverton, our actual start time will be half an hour before sunrise to take advantage of first light. There is a large parking lot with bathrooms and a spot with benches at the top of the pass. There are also a couple of ponds in the area to shoot from, or we can shoot from the high point at the benches. There are trails all over the area so there will be lots of places to explore, but please stay on trails and do not walk through any alpine tundra. This has some incredible views of the mountains surrounding the town of Silverton. This location is just off of Highway 550 and no 4X4 is needed.
Once we are finished shooting we will head to Silverton for the afternoon. We will review photos taken up to this point in the Adventures, where we will also have our lunch in Silverton. Later that evening we will have 3 choices to shoot for sunset, Molas Lake, Molas Pass again or from the Christ of the Mines Shrine just above the town of Silverton. All 3 locations work well for sunset but affords us different views of the Grenadier and Needle Mountains
Needle Mountains from Christ of the Mines Shrine
Silverton and Needles from Christ of the Mines Shrine
Grenadiers from Highway 550 above Molas Lake
Looking east from Christ of the Mines Shrine
One of the ponds below Molas Pass
The Grenadiers from Molas Pass
Fisherman in Molas Lake
Looking back at Silverton from highway 550 below Molas Pass
Silverton and Kendall Mountain from Christ of the Mines Shrine
Again we will spend the night back at South Mineral Creek Campground. If weather cooperates we might take some time shooting the night sky
We will head back up to Molas Lake for sunrise, this time trying our hands at backlit scenes. We will work on exposure blending where the foreground will be well exposed despite the bright backlit skies. Again we will want to be there a good half hour before sunrise to be ready for first light
This will be the last night of camping at South Mineral Creek
Looking back at Ophir Pass from just below the town of Ophir
This photo shows the view from the Sunshine Campground
After setting up our campsite and having our meals we will head over to the jaw dropping views of Trout Lake, unless you want to stay at Alta Lakes for the evening shoot. I am A-OK with that as well ;-) for sunset. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we will have excellent reflections in the lake
Either way we will spend time at Trout Lake and you will not be disappointed
Trout Lake