Ansel Adams Workshops - Wet Plate in Yosemite

This is six months out, but I just wanted to post a heads-up about a workshop I will be teaching for the Ansel Adams Workshops in Yosemite National Park. The workshop will be held April 10-12, 2009 and we will have three full days of the collodion experience.  We will begin the workshop right in Ansel Adams' teaching darkroom where you will learn the basic procedures for pouring, developing, fixing and varnishing plates in the comfort of a real darkroom. We will then venture into the field to make plates in one of the most beautiful places on the planet. Additional details can be found here.  There are already 3 people signed up and I think we're going to cut it off at 8 even though the website says 10.

I was in Yosemite yesterday for the opening reception for the show I'm having at the Ansel Adams Gallery. I had a great day shooting plates around the valley out of my wet plate truck/camper. Here are a few from the day:

Bridalveil Falls was just a trickle:



Here's a location where a fire came through earlier this year:


And the Merced River:

like the burnt dense tree image.. added my name to the list for this workshop