I am excited to announce my nature photography workshops for 2016. They are all listed and linked at JimDoty.com. These are action packed, fun filled workshops that are crammed full of practical photography tips and information that will give a big boost to your photography. Just read what photographers say about the workshops.

No professional secrets are held back. I share everything I possibly can to help you become a better photographer.

These are full tilt, no holds barred, get right after it workshops. One day workshops are non-stop from 9 am to 9 pm (with breaks for meals).

Weekend and 2 1/2 day workshops are crammed full of activities from 6 am or earlier in the morning until 9 pm or later at night.

If you end up temporarily worn out from the intense schedule (it happens), skip an morning or late evening field trip, rest, and catch up with us at the next activity.

Intensive, fully illustrated exploration sessions in the classroom are followed by “go out and do it” field trips. One minute you are learning the professional secrets of great photography, the next minute you are outside practicing what you just learned. It is a great mix of seeing and doing that is design to take your photography to the next level.

In addition to the outside photo activities at the primary workshop location to practice your skills, we also go on field trips to other locations of photographic interest.

At the Gibraltar Island workshop we shoot at the island in the mornings and we head for South Bass Island for other field trips. At the Grand Rapids workshop we head for Lake Michigan for the evening field trip. Park of the Pines is on Lake Charlevoix so we do the morning field trips right there. In the evening we head north to Lake Michigan and to other places like Thorne-Swift Nature Preserve. The Colorado workshop takes advantage of Rocky Mountain National Park which is right next to our workshop location.

If you are serious about your photography and ready to kick it up a notch, one of these workshops is for you.

These workshops have a limited number of participants so everyone gets lots of attention. Register soon. These workshops fill up fast.

Unfortunately, every year we had to turn people away from workshops that were booked full. Last year the September workshop in Colorado was booked full before the end of February. This year the advanced workshop in Colorado is already half booked.

The one day workshops are limited to 12 photographers. The weekend workshops are limited to 10 or less photographers.

Why such small limits? A lot of photography workshops are “limited” to 25-30 participants. You do the math. How much personal attention will you get when there are so many photographers?

The Colorado photography workshop is hugely popular. Last year we had photographers from Colorado, Wyoming, Iowa, Tennessee, and California and it booked full within a few weeks of being announced. If this is the workshop for you, register now.

Do to the high demand and the splendor of the location for the Colorado workshop, we are adding a second, advanced workshop for people who have already been to one of my workshops.

One of the best indicators of the quality of a workshop is the number of participants who come back and take a workshop again. Great workshop presenters throw more information at you than you can possibly absorb. I have been to George Lepp and Rod Planck’s one day seminars several times. Why? Because you can’t “learn it all” in one workshop. You learn something new every time. Sad to say, they are not currently offering one day seminars. I did a 5 day photo tour in Denali National Park with George Lepp and it was like being in photographic heaven.

I started teaching photography 21 years ago at the the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. They were a mix of 10-12 classroom sessions and 7-9 field trips to prime photographic locations. Students would come back and take my classes more than once. That is true of my workshops today. You can read workshop testimonials here.

Jeremy Bruskotter took my classes more than once at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. He is now shooting professionally and we team lead one weekend workshop each year at Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie.

Workshop Costs

Depending on the workshop location and sponsor, my one day workshops range from $100 – $150 and weekend workshops vary from $300 – $450. The workshop fees at Park of the Pines in Northern Michigan and OSU’s Gibraltar Island include food and lodging, making them huge bargains. Details for each workshop are at the links below.

So who am I? This is from my web site:

The Workshop Leader

Jim Doty, Jr. has the ideal combination of practical photography experience and teaching skills to provide an inspiring workshop experience that will improve your photography.

Jim is a photography instructor with 21 years experience on the adult and University level. He currently teaches photography at The Ohio State University. He has also taught at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan and Graceland University in Iowa. During his workshops, seminars, and field trips he has worked with hundreds of photographers at all skill levels. He also does one-on-one, “shoot with a pro” sessions for people who want the ultimate in personal guidance.

Jim is an internationally published photographer whose images can be found in magazines, books, newspapers, calendars, tourist brochures, corporate reports, and on web sites for corporations and not-for-profit organizations.

Jim’s nature, portrait, event, and commercial work has been published by the National Wildlife Federation, Black & White Magazine, The Ohio State University, Graceland University, Ohio.com, Wiley Publishing, Inc., The MichMatist, The Akron Beacon Journal, Nebraska Magazine, The Yukon Review, UNCF (United Negro College Fund), Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, Ohio Woodland Stewards Program, Crowne Plaza Hotels, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Hotels, Best Western Hotels, Hunt’s Guide to the Upper Peninsula, Heartland Tours and Travel, Midwest Photo Exchange, Magic 106.3, The Herald, Community of Christ, Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Kirtland Temple Historic Site, KOA Campgrounds, Restoration Voice, Terrapin World Imports, and dozens of other businesses and organizations too numerous to list here.

Jim is the author of Digital Photography Exposure for Dummies, one of the highest rated photography books at Amazon.com. More information is here.

Workshop Links

Links to all of the workshops.

Spring Workshops

Nature Photography Workshop
OSU – Mansfield Ohio Campus
May 7, 2016

Nature Photography Workshop
Grand Rapids, Michigan
May 14, 2016

Summer Workshops

Nature Photography Workshop
Park of the Pines on Lake Charlevoix
near Boyne City, Michigan
August 12-14, 2016

Nature Photography Workshop
OSU’s Gibraltar Island, Lake Erie, Ohio
August 19-21, 2016

 

Autumn Workshops

Nature Photography Workshop
Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park, Colorado
September 23-25, 2016

“Shoot with a Pro” One-on-One Sessions
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
September 26-27, 2016

Advanced Nature Photography Photo Excursion
Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park, Colorado
September 27-29, 2016

Nature Photography Workshop
OSU – Mansfield Ohio Campus
October 15, 2016