This time ’round I spent two days with 12 other shooters from various areas of B.C. learning long exposure, high dynamic range (HDR), extended dynamic range (XDR), panoramics, street shooting, studio lighting, ambient lighting, working with models and post processing workflow. As you can imagine, the pace was intense – my crew from Alberta turned up the heat by scheduling model shoots into the evening to augment the day’s training.

I can’t recommend the training from VPW enough. I’ve grown tired of the usual “learn to use your Christmas Camera” or “basic composition” workshops found in Calgary and Southern Alberta. Once you conquer the intial learning curve of photography, you need to work with professionals who understand exactly how to extend the craft into another tool supporting your creativity. VPW does just that.

Here are a few shots from the workshop, I’ve not retouched these frames yet – so consider them raw.

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