The Woodlands and Houston Workshops
Join us for a week of photography workshops in conjunction with The Woodlands Camera Club in friendly The Woodlands, Texas.
The Woodlands Camera Club has asked us to come down to the greater Houston, Texas area to run a series of workshops to help them celebrate their 10-year anniversary. These workshops are open to all photographers including shooters from other camera clubs, other cities, other states, and other countries. The workshops are camera agnostic, so bring your Canon, Nikon or any other camera and learn from the pros.
Workshop Leaders
Mike Hagen
Mike is a professional photographer based in Washington State. He is the author of eight books on photography, including The Nikon Autofocus System, Thousands of Images Now What? and The Nikon Creative Lighting System. He’s a veteran workshop leader, having taught hundreds of workshops all over the world.
Check out Mike’s website at www.VisAdventures.com.
Rick Hulbert
Rick is an international award winning and published professional teacher of photography and practicing architect. He has been a frequent lecturer, and seminar panel participant on 4 continents. Richard has been named a Fellow in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada which is among the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a member. He is a former President of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. Notably, Richard is also an Academician in the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts, one of the youngest members ever to be elected to that august body. As an Architect, Richard has won design awards or has had his works published each and every year for the past 35 years.
Check out Rick’s website at http://www.rickhulbertphotography.com
Workshop Information
Dates
April 5th to April 9th, 2016.
Venue
Best Western Plus – The Woodlands
17081 Interstate 45 S
The Woodlands, TX 77385
Ph: 936-271-2378
www.bestwestern.com/thewoodlands
Event Summary
Details for each event are listed below.
April 5-6, 2016
Urban and Street Photography 2-day Workshop
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM each day
$399.00
April 7, 2016
Photo Walk
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Free for everyone (please RSVP)
April 8, 2016
Photo Workshop Series Day 1
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
$125.00
April 9, 2016
Photo Workshop Series Day 2
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
$125.00
Purchase Options
Attend All Workshops – $575.00
Attend Only Urban and Street Photography – $399.00
Attend Both Photo Workshop Series 1 and Series 2 – $199.00
Attend Only Photo Workshop Series Day 1 – $125.00
Attend Only Photo Workshop Series Day 2 – $125.00
Attend Photo Walk – Free for anyone
Workshop Details
Urban and Street Photography – 2-Day workshop
Dates: April 5-6, 2016
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $399.00
Learn to create stunning images in urban environments while mastering professional camera and software techniques.
During this two-day workshop with Rick Hulbert, you will learn how to photograph 3-dimensional space, both outdoors and indoors. Rick’s thorough knowledge of architecture and photography will help you learn how to emphasize the appearance of depth in your images while also helping you dramatically improve your travel photography. The techniques and methods you learn in this workshop directly translate to landscape photography or portraiture that include buildings and structures in cities, towns, and rural environments.
Equipment
There is no requirement for fancy equipment at this workshop. Ideally, you’ll have a dSLR or camera that allows you to vary the exposure, but any and every brand of camera will work. We strongly encourage participants with Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Olympus, Pentax, Sony, Leica, and any other camera brands to attend. The principles taught will also apply to point and shoot cameras, mirrorless cameras and even camera phones.
This two-day workshop includes:
– Daily lectures
– Hands-on field photography
– Constructive image evaluations from selected attendee photos
Class Schedule
Day 1
Session 1 – Learning to see through the knowledge of Architectural Photography
Session 2 – Photographing the Designed and Constructed Environment from Urban Gardens to Urban Artifacts
Session 3 – Photographing People in the Urban Landscape
Day 2
Session 4 – Image Selection
Session 5 – Candid Street Photography and Urban Portraiture
Photo Walk
Date: April 7, 2016
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Cost: Free (please RSVP)
Join Mike Hagen and Rick Hulbert for a free photo walk through The Woodlands. We will be capturing images, learning field techniques, and having a good time together. For those attending our workshops on Friday and Saturday, we’ll be using some of the images made during the photo walks as examples during our lectures.
Photo Workshop Series Day 1
Date: April 8, 2016
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $125.00
Rick and Mike will be teaching four presentations on photographic technique with two classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. Signing up for this workshop gets you into all four classes.
Schedule
9:00 – 10:30 Urban Travel and Street Photography (Rick)
10:45 – 12:15 Wildlife Photography (Mike)
1:30 – 3:00 Extending the Dynamic Range on Your Images (Rick)
3:15 – 4:45 Lightroom Develop Module for Wildlife and Landscape Photography (Mike)
Photo Workshop Series Day 2
Date: April 9, 2016
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $125.00
Rick and Mike will be teaching four presentations on photographic technique with two classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. Signing up for this workshop gets you into all four classes.

Stairwell at visitor center. Image taken at Saguaro National Park. Nikon D800, 14-24mmmm f/2.8. Processed in Lightroom and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
Schedule
9:00 – 10:30 Strobes and Simple Studio Lighting With a Model (Mike)
10:45 – 12:15 Composition for Smarties (Rick)
1:30 – 3:00 DSLR Autofocus for Action, Sports, and Wildlife (Mike)
3:15 – 4:45 Panorama Photography (Rick)

Gig Harbor Panorama taken with Nikon D750 and Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8. Edited from in-camera JPGs in Lightroom 5. Stitched together in Photoshop CC 2014.
Sign Up For Workshops
Attend All Workshops – $575.00
Attend Only Urban and Street Photography – $399.00
Attend Both Photo Workshop Series 1 and Series 2 – $199.00
Attend Only Photo Workshop Series Day 1 – $125.00
Attend Only Photo Workshop Series Day 2 – $125.00
Attend Photo Walk – Free for anyone