Sunrise Nature/Wildlife Photo Shoot
with Professional Photographer Kenneth Wajda


Images from a Spring 2004 Solo Photo Shoot - Westcliffe, Colorado
(Weather: Sunny/Clear with Period of Overcast Sky)
Sunrise Nature/Wildlife Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
A Photographer Shoots Wildflowers at the Base of the Rocky Mountains,
Westcliffe, Colorado - Read his Testimonial

Sunrise Nature/Wildlife Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
Indian Paintbrush in a Sea of Blue Penstemon,
Westcliffe, Colorado

Sunrise Nature/Wildlife Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
Blue Penstemon, Westcliffe, Colorado
Sunrise Nature/Wildlife Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
Clematis in Native Grass, Westcliffe, Colorado

Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
Clematis, Westcliffe, Colorado

Sunrise Nature/Wildlife Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
Wild Geraniums, Westcliffe, Colorado
Sunrise Nature/Wildlife Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
Clematis, Westcliffe, Colorado

Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
Blue Penstemon & Clematis, Westcliffe, Colorado

Sunrise Nature/Wildlife Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
Coreopsis, Westcliffe, Colorado
Sunrise Nature/Wildlife Photo Shoot in Westcliffe, Colorado
Indian Paintbrush & Blue Penstemon, Westcliffe, Colorado

TESTIMONIAL:

I'm still thinking about the Photo Shoot we had last week. I've applied some of the techniques I learned in the workshop and I can't wait to see how they turned out.

I was very pleased with the 'workshop', how it was organized, and what I got out of it. In the past, 'workshops' that I have attended were often stuffy, providing canned material of text book information in a theoretical setting. In this regard, I feel calling your Photo Shoot a 'workshop' is a misnomer. For me, it was a 'Photo Shoot Experience' or a 'Photo Shoot Participation'!

What I enjoyed about the experience was:
- the informality of the 'experience',
- the real life setting of the 'shoot',
- having a professional photographer critique my compositions,
- critiquing a professional photographers compositions.

In general, I feel the 'experience' is whatever you want to make it and that is what makes it unique. The experience can be picking the brain of a professional photographer in his environment while he is performing a shoot, it can be taking your own pictures in a beautiful setting, or it can be any combination of the above. It is whatever you want to make it!

Would I do this again? In a heart beat!

Thanks for the 'experience',
Rick, Indiana

NEW: For 2008, all of Kenneth's Photo Shoots are Solo Shoots
and are available weekends and weekdays.

Info: 303.823.6399

Email: info@kennethwajda.com

Kenneth Wajda genuinely enjoys teaching others about photography. His unique "Nature/Wildflower Photo Shoot," held in Colorado's beautifully scenic Rocky Mountains, gives photographers of all levels the opportunity to work right alongside a professional nature photographer. It's a chance to peer through a pro's camera and ask questions while learning how he approaches his subject.

Kenneth is an award-winning photojournalist, travel/nature photographer and author with over 20 years of professional experience. He was a staff photographer at the Trenton Times (NJ) newspaper and a frequent contributor to New Jersey Outdoors magazine before moving to Colorado in 2001.

He now resides in Lyons, Colorado, where he works as a commercial freelance photographer, shoots for Colorado travel and tourist publications and teaches travel and nature photography.

"This is an actual photo shoot, not a class," Wajda said. "Participants will be taking photographs in the field working right alongside me. I'll assist them, answer their questions and offer tips. I'll thoroughly explain how I approach my subject and why I work the way I do. They will also have the opportunity to look through my camera to see the framing I've chosen."

Past participants have said this is a unique photo shoot that is quite an eye-opener to the realities of professional nature photography.

"It will jump start any photographer's creativity," said Wajda, "especially photographers interested in wildflowers, mountains, lakes, streams and when we're lucky, bighorn sheep, elk and mule deer."

All photographers are required to bring a camera to the 3rd Sunday Nature/Wildflower Photo Shoot. Any camera will work, film or digital-even a point and shoot-but Wajda recommends a 35mm SLR and a slow-speed slide film like Fuji Velvia or a 4MP+ Digital SLR. A tripod is strongly recommended as well.

Wajda also strongly suggests participants dress for the weather and bring raingear.

This is a unique opportunity to work with a professional photographer—to experience his approach to nature/wildflower photography first-hand.

"People really learn through this program," Wajda said. "A few weeks back, a woman asked if there's a special filter to make waterfalls have that 'flowing' look. I was able to work the shoot over toward a waterfall where she learned to make that kind of photograph," Wajda said. "It's done with a slow shutter speed. You don't get that from a book or in a classroom."

The cost for the Sunrise Nature/Wildflower Photo Shoot is $195 and Kenneth only offers solo photo shoots at this time. Interested photographers should call to reserve a space: 303.823.6399.

Kenneth is also available for educational presentations to camera clubs and organized groups year-round.

Copyright Notice: All images and text on this page and throughout this website are the copyright property of their creator(s) and may not be copied, reproduced, published or re-transmitted under any circumstances without the written permission of the copyright holder. ©2006, Kenneth Wajda, Lyons, CO. All Rights Reserved.