Some fall color along the Leatherbark Creek from the 2015 edition of the Cass Photography Workshop. Hopefully we’ll get to do this again some day.
Happy Friday!
Through The Lens 152 – Leatherbark Creek Autumn
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Trip Report – 2016 & 2017 Cass Fall Photography Workshops
Yes, I am a year behind in editing. I recently finished up the photos from the 2016 & 2017 Cass Fall Photography Workshops. In 2016, I was on a flight back from Colorado on Saturday morning, so I missed most of Saturday, arriving just in time for the night session:
Sunday featured a photo excursion to Whittaker including scenes at Back Mountain Road Crossing:
Lower Switchback:
Gum Road Crossing:
In contrast to my late arrival in 2016, I made it in time for the Friday night welcome session for the first time ever in 2017. Clayton gave a great talk on seeing and on composition.
Saturday included a shoot at the Jail:
We did an outdoor flash lesson with Monica serving as our fly fisherman model:
Saturday ended with the traditional night session, this time at the water tank:
Sunday started with a session inside the company store:
And we ended the weekend with a real treat. We were granted access to the Ice House for a photo session:
Thanks again to Walter, Clayton, Monica, Matt and Andrew for all their hard work in putting together a great weekend. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for us this fall.
Through The Lens 109 – Cass Fall Photography Workshop
In one of the scenes from the night session at the Cass Fall Photography Workshops, Andy checks the line shaft of Western Maryland Shay ‘Big 6’ with the help of an inspector’s lantern.
I recently finished editing photos from the 2016 & 2017 Cass Fall Photography Workshops, so I’ll do a trip report Tuesday.
Through The Lens 95 – Cass Fall Photography Workshop
This weekend, I’m attending the 2017 edition of the Cass Fall Photography Workshop. While there isn’t a photo charter component this year, I’m happy that the night photo shoot will occur again this year. The photo above is from the night session at last year’s workshop. I can’t wait to see what Walter and Clayton have in store for us this year.
With any luck, I’ll post the photos from last year’s workshop in the next month.
Through The Lens 72 – Shay in the Rain
Taken a couple of years ago during a photo charter at the Cass Scenic Railroad, this shot of Shay #11 at the Bald Knob Wye has long been a favorite of mine. The fog in the distance and the rain streaking through the shot create a great mood for the shot if it had simply been cloudy.
When the passenger train stopped to drop us off at this location, it was drizzling rain. By the time we were in position under a dense canopy of spruce trees, the skies opened up and the rain started to pour down, which shows up nicely in this shot taken with a telephoto lens. As soon as the runby was over the rain stopped again. Couldn’t have worked out better if we planned it!
Through The Lens 43 – Cass Fall Photography Workshop
Its that time of year again. Tomorrow I’ll be attending the Cass Photography Workshop for the third year in a row. Even though I’m arriving a little late due to a prior commitment, I’m looking forward to seeing what Walter and Clayton have in store for us this year.
Trip Report – Cass Photography Workshop 2015
Last fall, I attended the Cass Photography Workshops, hosted by Walter Scriptunas II and Clayton Spangler at the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. Walter and Clayton put on a great workshop filled with many different types of photographic opportunities ranging from details to human interest to trains, plus some classroom instruction on photo editing. As usual it was a fun event and one I’m looking forward to attending again.
Saturday started with the traditional three train race and triple header runbys:
Later in the day we did some human interest shots on one of the company house porches and in the jail:
Saturday evening ended with a night shoot at the water tank featuring both broad scenes of the locomotive and tighter human interest shots:
Sunday started with a trip up the mountain in the fog. The Pocahontas Supply Company truck made an appearance at Back Mountain Road crossing and a hunter and his hound posed for us at Gum Road crossing.
Since I was heading to the Great Smoky Mountains Monday morning, I stayed in Cass Sunday night allowing time to catch the Whittaker train at the second bridge:
Clear skies Sunday night created opportunities for the Milky Way shots around the Mill Ruins that had alluded the group on Saturday night:
Thanks again to Walter and Clayton for putting on a great workshop and to the folks at the Cass Scenic Railroad and The Cass Scenic Railroad State Park for hosting us.