Badlands National Park, South Dakota.
Dates: August 26-30th, 2024
Price: $1899.00
Join Denise Ippolito for an amazing adventure to Badlands NP. This photo tour will be centered around early morning photo sessions as well as sunset photo shoots. We will spend our time chasing the light, so to speak. I will guide you with composition in the field and work with you on exposure, gear, camera settings, lens selection and more.
Badlands National Park is one of the most unique locations that I have ever shot at. The varied color tones of the rock formations along with the otherworldly look of the entire park makes me want to go back again and again. At first glace you will be in awe of the dramatic landscapes, steep canyons and towering spires. Along with the landscape opportunities we will most likely see bison, bighorn sheep and prairie dogs across the grasslands.
Our daily schedule will need to be extremely flexible; we want to capture dramatic skies and a lot will depend on local and weather conditions. Even though I list what looks like only two field sessions, they are long field sessions and folks will need to rest in-between shooting times, download memory cards, charge batteries, eat and take care of personal obligations during the mid day.
Daily Itinerary
Early morning and morning in-the-field photo sessions followed by an afternoon break.
Afternoon/evening photo sessions- this will include a sunset shoot whenever possible.
Informal Meet & Greet on August 26th at 12:00 noon followed by an afternoon/sunset shoot.
Participants will need to plan their flights home after the sunset/evening shoot on August 30th.
Physical requirements:
Some of the areas that we will be shooting from require little or no walking. All areas will require good balance as we are sometimes at the top of a ledge and/or on uneven ground. There will be times when we will need to walk out to a shooting location and participants will need to be able to hike up to 1 mile up and over badlands mounds to reach our shooting destinations. All participants should be in good physical health and be able to carry their own gear and keep up with a moderate pace.
Lodging, meals and transportaion are not included in this workshop. A detailed PDF file will be sent once our entire group is together.
