Longwood Gardens and Hagley Museum

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Join WPS for two-day photographic exploration of beautiful Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA and picturesque Hagley Museum in nearby Delaware. Participate in an immersive photography and learning experience framed by beautiful holiday displays. WPS Instructor Bob Blanken.

Learn more about:

• Choosing Backgrounds
• Using Depth of Field
• Mastering Exposure 
• Fill light with Reflectors
• Garden Environment Posing
• Macro Photography
• Night Time Photography
• Utilizing Ring Lights
• Creating Separation
• White Balance Choices

Day One

Longwood Gardens is the country's premier horticultural showplace including glass-enclosed gardens covering over 200,000 square feet of luscious flowers, trees, and floral displays located only 20 minutes west of Wilmington, DE. Renowned for its flower displays, Longwood offers the opportunity for macro photography as well as large scenes.

Participants will depart the beautiful and historic Hotel Du Pont for Longwood Gardens at 8:15 am. Class begins in Longwood's main Conservatory Hall promptly at 9am. Lunch will be provided in the Longwood Gardens Terrace Restaurant. Class departs for hotel at 6:30 pm.
The evening is open for dinner on your own with class participants.

Optional: meeting with the instructor to review the day's accomplishments over dinner.

Day Two

The next morning, after checking out, the class drives to the Hagley Museum and Library. Nestled along the picturesque Brandywine River, Hagley is the original Du Pont Gunpowder factory. Numerous buildings and structures provide a photographer with postcard perfect scenes as the river literally winds its way downstream. A luscious array of trees, shrubs and flowers are there for the taking...photographically, of course!

Lunch will be provided at the Hagley Belin House restaurant. Following lunch, the class will complete with a review and discussion.

Robert N. 'Bob' Blanken, CPP, Cr. Photog. is a Faculty member of both the Washington Photo Safari and the Panasonic Digital Photography Academy. He also leads local classes for the Professional Photographers of America. Bob is past president of The Professional Photographers Society of Greater Washington and the Maryland Professional Photographers Association. He is the 2006 and 2002 (ISES) Capital Award Winner for Best Social Photographer and the 2003 ISES Capital Award Winner for Best Corporate Photographer. Bob has been nominated 19 times as Best Photographer by the Greater Washington Chapter of the International Special Events Society and three times by the International Society.

Arrangements have been made to stay at the Hotel DuPont for $139 per night plus tax. This is a special rate to enable WPS participants to stay at this extraordinary hotel. Use this code when registering: BLANKEN11609.

Meet with Bob in the lobby of the Hotel DuPont at 7:30pm on Friday night.