{"id":4778,"date":"2015-08-19T19:44:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T18:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2015-11-09T17:30:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T17:30:27","slug":"wild-woodland-workshop-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4778","title":{"rendered":"Wild Woodland Workshop Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:
\n<\/em><\/strong>Scroll down to see the gallery from the September woodland workshop<\/em><\/p>\n

It may have taken months of planning but last Sunday everything came together perfectly for the Wild Woodland Workshop. A group of 12 photographers descended on Driver Wood Paintball<\/a><\/strong> for a day of photography among the trees, paths and paint balls.<\/p>\n

I was joined by Robert Pugh<\/a><\/strong>, who is a brilliant photographer, educator and Olympus ambassador, not to mention all round good guy. Having a second photo trainer on-board gave the day extra value in so many ways, not least that we could split into two groups so everyone got plenty of time to work with both models.<\/p>\n

Rob\u2019s morning was spent with model Fern Meaeve<\/a><\/strong> in a grassy clearing and some wonderful overcast light. It was the perfect light for a workshop with everyone being able to shoot with ambient light or with a splash of fill flash.\"IMG_2794\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For me it was a little more rough and tough as I worked with model Kerry Allingham<\/a><\/strong> at the paintball parks wooden fort. Luckily for us, Kerry is an experienced paintball marshal and knew how to handle the guns. None the less, everyone wore protective eye wear during the live fire session.\"P8160112\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The afternoon saw a change of look. Kerry was transformed into an archer and disappeared deeper into the forest. Only the plumes of smoke from the colourful smoke grenades gave them away.\"IMG_2819\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My afternoon was spent with Fern who had a lovely fairy-tale look. We stayed close to the paintball offices and thanks to a lovely long power cable, I was able to run an electric smoke machine to add a layer of mist to the scene.\"P8160173\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing more frustrating to me than seeing a workshop organiser shooting photos for themselves at the expense of the attendees. As a result I hardly have a single \u201cgood\u201d photo from the day. Fortunately, the photographers who joined us took thousands of shots and below are a few that I\u2019ve been sent so far.<\/p>\n