Dahlias – Flower Power!
4-Day Workshop, Northern Indiana
September 11-15, 2022
Limited to 6 Participants
Up close, a Dahlia looks like a fireworks display on the Fourth of July! These flowers are exciting to see and photograph. Their blooms range from 2-to-12 inches across and colors include orange, pink, purple, scarlet, white and even black!
We’ll be visiting private gardens of Dahlia growers. You’ll be able to photograph many types, colors, sizes and shapes of traditional and unique flowers. DSLR, mirrorless, and cell phone photographers are invited.
Highlights
Privately owned and manicured large 1 – 2 acre Dahlia gardens. We will have close-up photographic opportunities in beautiful outside locations. In the field we’ll be instructing on the use of various macro lenses, Raynox extensions, and lens babies! We’re happy to share lenses, extensions, and other close-up tools! We’ll also spend time in the classroom learning Photoshop and Luminar processing techniques plus learning about still life photography that will include dahlias with props and lighting. These techniques will help you express your creative vision for your images.
We will visit the Bonneville Mill, Indiana’s oldest continuous operating grist mill. Besides the quaint mill on the Elkhart River the Dahlia Society has a Trial Garden for their new varieties of Dahlias to be evaluated.
Our focus is on photographing dahlia’s, but we’re expanding our trip in 2022 to include opportunities for photographing local culture and Amish life, as well as new gardens not included in last year’s workshop.
This rich cultural area is known for its traditional and Amish farms. We’ll create the opportunity to photograph proud displays of antique tractors, and unique gardens with not only flowers and colorful beds, but also sculptural art, all great subjects for our photography.
Agenda
In order to coordinate with our private growers, account for the weather, and visit all the sites we have planned, we will not provide a specific agenda. Here is an outline of what our week will consist of.
Sunday Evening – 6:00 PM, Arrive for meet and greet at Comfort Suites (location to be determined; may be in conference room, or may be in an outdoor location). Dinner is on your own. We’ll provide suggestions for getting food.
Monday – Wednesday – The rest of the week, we will photograph morning and evening each day. Our days start around 7:30 am and end around 7:00 pm so all can get dinner on their own.
All meals throughout the week will be carryout to avoid dining inside with other potentially unvaccinated and unmasked others. We’ll be scouting for locations to picnic as much as possible.
We’ll hold three lunch-n-learn sessions at the hotel. With everyone vaccinated, and if we have room to social distance, and if all are comfortable, we can loosen our mask requirements. If not everyone is comfortable unmasking we can either all agree to maskup, or individuals can watch the class on Zoom from their hotel room.
After lunch-n-learn activities, we’ll have a short break for R&R!
Thursday – The workshop will conclude Thursday with a morning shoot and farewell picnic lunch.
Covid Protocols
While the pandemic seems to be improving, we will still take the following precautions to keep our group and our hosts safe:
∙ All participants must show proof of vaccination prior to arriving at our destination.
∙ Masks will be required when we are inside closed areas as a group. With everyone vaccinated, you may choose to ride together at your discretion; masking is encouraged, but up to each car group to decide.
∙ Most of our activities will be outdoors, but in the event we go into shops, museums, restaurants, or other public places, we will mask.
∙ Outside, masks may be worn at your discretion.
Meals During The Trip
To protect everyone, all meals will be “carry out” vs “dine in.” We’ll look for restaurants with outdoor dining, but there is no guarantee we’ll find those. We’ll scout for outdoor picnic areas where we can have picnics, but again, there’s no guarantee that we’ll find them. It’s likely we may be eating in our cars, or tailgating, or in our hotel rooms, but not together in a restaurant.
Leader:
Sally Meyer Wolf
Sally is a seasoned veteran of many types of photography and graphic arts experience. She holds a B.S. in Art Education from Indiana University and taught art in public schools before working in her family’s corporate audiovisual business. There, Sally applied her graphics and photography talents to meet the needs of commercial and industrial clients. Since 2002, Sally has photographed weddings, portrait sessions, and commercial photography. In 2013, she and iPhone photographer Rad Drew began leading photo workshops to The Palouse, Cuba, Gary and rural Indiana. Sally recently opened a new studio in Noblesville, Indiana. She has won numerous photographic awards including the Indiana State Fair Top Ten in 2016 and recognition from Lafayette Art Museum, Anderson center for the Arts, Honeywell Clark Gallery, and Kokomo Art Association. She’s been named Photographer of the Year by the Indianapolis Photo Venture Camera Club three times. Sally is also an active member in several other prominent Indiana camera clubs.
Camera Gear (suggested)
Upon registration I will send a complete list of photo gear and what to wear, etc.
Fees and Registration
$928/person
Fees include entry fees to the gardens we will be visiting. Limited to 6 participants and registration is accepted on a first come first served basis.
Participants must be at least 18 or accompanied by a parent. I will lead and coordinate each day of the tour. Agenda may be changed due to weather or other considerations.
Transportation is not provided. Participants must have their own transportation and we will travel in caravan-style with me in the lead vehicle. Once the group is formed, contact information will be shared so participants may make arrangements to share transportation and lodging.
Each participant is responsible for contacting the hotel and reserving his/her room. When you reserve your room let the operator know you are with the Sally Wolf Photography group. Participants are responsible for travel to and from Northern Indiana, ground travel between locations, meals and lodging.
Lodging
September 11 – 15, 2022
Comfort Suites Elkhart South
27838 County Road 24 (& SR 19)
Elkhart, IN 46517
574-293-9390
$90.00/night plus tax
When making reservations the rooms are under my name, Sally Wolf, to get this rate.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
When a cancellation is necessary, these are the terms that apply.
All Cancellations are subject to a $250 service charge.
If you cancel and your spot gets filled, you will be refunded the full amount you paid (less the $250 service charge).
If you cancel and your spot is not filled, these terms apply:
∙ 90 days or more: Full refund less a $250 fee.
∙ Less than 90 days: No refund including the deposit.
