May 1st: Photography workshop with Graham Owen

[Graham Owen]

Hey Rick, I hope you can make it, there's room.

[highflyer]

1. Craig (wildfly)
2. Benny
3. Bill (beachbum)
4. Al (sasuga2)
5. Ava (fly_baby)
6. Eric
7.karen Cearley (fiendishfly)
8. Alan Monteath(highflyer)

What a fantastic opportunity!!!

Thanks to all.

[RSetina]

Looks like I'll be able to make it. Is there a motel everyone is staying at? I read Holiday Inn Express was mentioned. I need to make reservations. We'll head up Friday after work so we wont have to get up too early in the morning on Saturday and sleep though the class like in high school.


1. Craig (wildfly)
2. Benny
3. Bill (beachbum)
4. Al (sasuga2)
5. Ava (fly_baby)
6. Eric
7.karen Cearley (fiendishfly)
8. Alan Monteath(highflyer)
9. Rick Setina (rsetina)

[RSetina]

We booked Friday and Saturday at the Vagabond, $67 per night. They have a nice breakfast and Denny's is next door. See everyone there on the 1st. This is going to be fun!

[mk4]

I'd prefer to go fishing, but maybe I can do both.

1. Craig (wildfly)
2. Benny
3. Bill (beachbum)
4. Al (sasuga2)
5. Ava (fly_baby)
6. Eric
7.karen Cearley (fiendishfly)
8. Alan Monteath(highflyer)
9. Rick Setina (rsetina)
10. Mike (mk4)

[tyingfool]

I want to play.
1. Craig (wildfly)
2. Benny
3. Bill (beachbum)
4. Al (sasuga2)
5. Ava (fly_baby)
6. Eric
7.karen Cearley (fiendishfly)
8. Alan Monteath(highflyer)
9. Rick Setina (rsetina)
10. Mike (mk4)
11. David ( tyingfool)

[Rockstar Fisherman]

We booked Friday and Saturday at the Vagabond, $67 per night.

I have bad memories of this place as a kid. Very dirty, but big rooms and affordable. Maybe things have changed over 18 years, but I figured I should warn ya in case you didn't already know.

[RSetina]

We booked Friday and Saturday at the Vagabond, $67 per night.

I have bad memories of this place as a kid. Very dirty, but big rooms and affordable. Maybe things have changed over 18 years, but I figured I should warn ya in case you didn't already know.

Thanks for the warning Mike but we stayed there last year and things have changed since you were a kid. The breakfast isn't all that spectacular but with oatmeal, yogurt, cereal, danish, juice, hard boiled eggs, and fruit it's not too bad. They have a microwave and refrigerator in the room too for after fishing beverages, if you like.

[Graham Owen]

I stayed at the Vagabond two nights ago, my room was nice, cost was about $80 including taxes, no complaints here, and the continental breakfast in nice, and set up at 5:30 AM.

I took a a quick overnight day drive, left Burbank Friday afternoon, visited the Lancaster poppies, then drove up to Bishop, and arrived home yesterday afternoon. Sunrise on the Lower Owens was rather bland and boring, no clouds above the mountains, but it was the start of a nice day, until the wind kicked up. Fish were actively rising and swirling, but I got distracted by all of birds migrating through the area, and decided to leave my waders in the jeep, and chase the birds instead of the fish...

[Rockstar Fisherman]

Awesome pics Graham! Oh and thank you and Rick for the update on the Vagabond. Seriously that place has me scarred for life I think lol.

[Benny]

Payment sent Craig. Thanks again for helping put together this photography workshop. And Graham really looking forward to learning from you. See you all on the 1st

[Graham Owen]

Hey Benny, we're gonna have a blast. I'll have my typical lens selection with me, and you can try them, as well as the underwater housing.

I think having a list of goals is wise... I want to shoot some macro close up shots of fish, as well as wide scenes that show the joy of fly fishing in the sierra, with and without fish...

[Benny]

I'll be bringing all my gear with me, which is not much

Canon
17-40L F4
70-200L F2.8
24-70L F2.8 ???
50 F1.8 Nifty Fifty

Tamron
11-18 F4.5 which I want to sell

Tripod
Remote trigger
and that's about all I have at the moment

[RSetina]

Sent the payment via paypal Craig. Thanks for setting all this up for us. Should be a great time.

[Graham Owen]

Hey Rick, Thanks for signing up...

Craig, Awesome workshop graphic!

Benny, I forgot that you shoot Canon. If we see some bird action, you guys can stick a CF card in my camera and see how well the auto focus works....

I'll bring Nikon D200 and 300 cameras,
Lenses, Nikon 17-55 f/2.8, 70-200 f/2.8, 300mm with TC-14 (my favorite bird in flight setup), 60 and 200mm macro, and Sigma 105mm macro and 10-20 wide angle (which I typically use on the D200 underwater)