ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER FOR THESE LIMITED-ATTENDANCE CLASSES
ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER FOR THESE LIMITED-ATTENDANCE CLASSES
Canon Photography Teacher Jim Rose will guide attendees in four, terrific photo-walks in the Palm Springs Area during the week.
All Canon photo walks are limited to 20 attendees and are FREE. First-come, first-served. Transportation will be provided as required.
A limited quantity of Canon cameras and lenses will be available for loan in the Canon / Samy’s Suite on a first-come, first-served basis prior to departure times
All Fujifilm North America Corporation photo walks are limited to 12 attendees. Transportation will be provided as required.
Free daylong product loans are available at the FUJIFILM North America Corporation booth in both the Korakia Pensione and Palm Springs Hyatt in advance of the photo walk. Please stop by and check out a camera before the walk! Select camera models will be available for loan on-site, but to ensure your selection, please visit us in advance.
SD Cards provided for each attendee by Fujifilm.
Monday, May 7. 8:45am – 11:00am. Meeting Point: Canon / Samy’s Suite in the Sponsor Headquarters of the Palm Springs Hyatt: Prompt departures so please be on time.
SEEING WITH MACRO LENSES
Macro subjects can be found anywhere, and Palm Springs is rich with fascinating opportunities. Canon’s Macro Lenses Photo Walk will explore the grounds in an around the Festival area of Old Palm Springs in search of macro subjects. Beyond typical macro subjects like plants and flowers, we’ll look for insects, rocks, unusually beautiful leaves and tree trunks indigenous to this California desert area and perhaps urban archeology too!. We can find patterns in ordinary objects when working in close proximity with our super sharp macro lenses. We will be thinking small and making great images on this photo walk.
Tuesday, May 8. 8:45am – 11:00am. Meeting Point: Canon / Samy’s Suite in the Sponsor Headquarters of the Palm Springs Hyatt: Prompt departures so please be on time.
THE TELEPHOTO EXPLORATION WALK
When we think about travel photography, most of the time we shoot our images with focal lengths from about 24mm to 100mm. Canon’s Telephoto Exploration Walk is designed for you to use your creativity by forcing you to use your telephoto or telephoto zoom lens to isolate your subject from the background or compress a whole city block into one frame. Join us on this photo walk and see travel & stock photography from a whole new perspective.
Wednesday, May 9. 8:45am – 12:00pm. Meeting Point: Canon / Samy’s Suite in the Sponsor Headquarters of the Palm Springs Hyatt: Prompt departures so please be on time.
CREATIVE EXPLORATIONS IN THE ANCIENT PALM CANYONS
We will head to the vaunted Palm Canyons to photograph North America’s oldest living, unspoiled palm oasis. This opportunity to photograph in this unique desert environment is unparalleled. We will head out with a variety of lenses with only one subject in mind –Discovering a landscape unchanged for centuries. Untouched by human intervention and kept that way by the Agua Client Band Of Cahuilla Indians upon whose land this famous palm oasis sits. We’ll bring a great assortment of Canon cameras and super sharp Canon lenses for this expedition. “Creative Explorations in the Ancient Palm Canyons will put your imagination to work. It may seem daunting, but we can choose our lens from wide angle to telephoto. This photo walk will force you to think outside the box to create great images in an exceptional landscape.
Thursday, May 10. 8:45am – 11:00am. Meeting Point: Canon / Samy’s Suite in the Sponsor Headquarters of the Palm Springs Hyatt: Prompt departures so please be on time.
TRAVEL DETAILS PHOTO WALK
Palm Springs is an amazing travel photography destination. Canon’s Travel Details Photo Walk will explore the area surrounding the festival venues in search of travel photography imagery from the lock on a door to a row of hats in a store window to the fabulous boutique hotel, Korakia Pensione, to perspectives on famous public landmark buildings. This photo walk will consider the detail itself, creative composition, color and lighting techniques to make images with impact.
Tuesday, May 8. 2:00pm – 4:00pm. Meeting Point: Fujifilm tables in the Sponsor Headquarters of the Palm Springs Hyatt: 1:45pm. Prompt departures so please be on time.
MACRO & LANDSCAPE PHOTO EXPLORATION OF ANDREAS CANYON
Explore the famous Andreas Canyon Palm Oasis using Fujifilm X Series and GFX Medium-Format cameras and lenses (provided or bring your own!), many using exceptional Fujifilm Optical Image Stabilization technology. Photograph ancient palm oasis, creeks, outcroppings and towering rock formations!
Wednesday, May 9. 2:00pm – 4:00pm. Meeting Point: Fujifilm tables in the Sponsor Headquarters of the Palm Springs Hyatt: 1:45pm. Prompt departures so please be on time.
PALM SPRINGS STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Street photography is the noble historical humanist form of hand-held camera photography. Snatch moments of time on the Palm Springs street scene! Photograph real life, kitsch juxtapositions and the holiday atmosphere in this iconic desert town! We’ll have X-100 and X-Pro rangefinder cameras on hand as well as our medium-format GFX systems to work with.
Thursday, May 10. 2:00pm – 4:00pm. Meeting Point: Fujifilm tables in the Sponsor Headquarters of the Palm Springs Hyatt: 1:45pm. Prompt departures so please be on time.
PALM SPRINGS ARCHITECTURE PHOTO WALK
Focusing primarily on the great Fujifilm GFX camera system, we’ll explore the iconic mid-century architecture of Palm Springs (we have the highest concentration of mid-century modernist homes in the world)! Of course we’ll also have a selection of X-series
ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER FOR THESE LIMITED-ATTENDANCE CLASSES
Monday, May 7. 5:00 – 6:30pm. Meeting Point: Leica Suite at the Korakia Pensione. Prompt departures, so please be on time.
SHOOTING WITH GOLDEN LIGHT
Leica Camera will be hosting an exclusive photo walk led by photographer Cira Crowell:
Find inspiration in the beauty of golden hour in an exciting photowalk with documentary photographer Cira Crowell. Create and capture these magical moments with a Leica camera and/or lens of your choice. Leica M, Q, CL, and SL-Systems will be available for you to use through Leica’s complimentary loan program.
The Leica photowalk is complimentary and limited to 15 participants. Loans are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. A valid photo ID, credit card and SD card are required to participate. Visit Leica at the Korakia Pensione 20-minutes prior to the start to secure your loan.
Complimentary day-long loans will be available at the Leica table in the Korakia Pensione beginning at 8am.
ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER FOR THESE LIMITED-ATTENDANCE CLASSES
Tuesday, May 8. 5:00pm – 7:00pm. Korakia Pensione: Moroccan Side.
PHOTOGRAPHING MODELS WITH PENTAX & RICOH GEAR
Photograph a festival model in the beautiful Moroccan atmosphere of the Korakia Pensione using the amazing Pentax 645-Z Medium-format digital as well as our 35mm format Pentax K-1 MKII DSLR cameras and lenses.