Please bring between 20 to 40 of your favourite slides, preferably more recent work. This will give me an idea of your style of photography and what type of assignments I should give you.

The following lists the most commonly used equipment by students on the workshops. If you have any questions about the equipment that you have or if you need a suggestion about purchasing new equipment, please contact me.

(1) 35mm SLR camera with manual over-ride of automatic exposure. 2 of the participants on this years' workshop will be using digital cameras while another person will be shooting stereo photography.

(2) 28 - 85mm Zoom lens (or 35 - 70mm zoom)

(3) 80 - 200mm Zoom lens ( or 70 - 210mm zoom, 100 - 300mm zoom)

(4) Extension tubes or close-up lens

(5) Manfrotto #055 or #190 tripod, 1/2 the people use pan heads, the

other 1/2 uses ball & socket heads. I think that you should use the

head that you are most comfortable with.

(6) Spare batteries

(7) Camera bag, pack or vest

SPARE BATTERIES, you'll notice that these are also listed above!

CABLE RELEASE - really a must!!!

- Polarizing filter

- Split (Graduated) neutral density filter

- Cokin P-173 Yellow/Blue Polarizing filter

- Adapter rings - STEP UP or STEP DOWN

LENS HOODS and SHADES - I use my hands or a map to block the sunlight

TRIPOD QUICK RELEASE PLATE

Spare camera body

Wide angle lens (20mm or 24mm)

Long telephoto lens (300mm or 400mm)

1.4 or 2X teleconverter

Macro lens - for most fieldwork I use extension tubes with a zoom lens, I find it gives greater flexibility than a macro lens.

PORTABLE FLASH UNIT

MOTOR DRIVE or WINDER

RIGHT ANGLE VIEWFINDER attachment for camera - these are not available for all cameras

SWISS ARMY KNIFE

GRAY CARD or LIGHT METER

LENS CLEANING TISSUE

SMALL FLASHLIGHT - to see the camera settings and find equipment in the early morning

SMALL SCREWDRIVER SET/TOOL KIT - make sure that you have a wrench to tighten up your tripod legs

FILTER WRENCHES or rubber bands - to loosen filters that are stuck together

FILM RETRIEVER - in case you want to change film types mid roll

ALARM CLOCK - Sunrise is at 5:20 am - Sunset is at 9:10 pm

COMPASS - this will be useful if you find a location that you would like to go back to and shoot at sunrise or sunset - for determining where the sun will rise or set

CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS/RUBBER BANDS - to cover your camera in case of a light rain or worse

POWERFUL FOCUSING FLASHLIGHT - for light painting - I use a Mag-Light 4"C" model, although any flashlight will work

SMALL PORTABLE HAND-HELD FAN - to keep the condensation off your lens when there is a lot of moisture in the air either very early in the morning or at twilight - I use a "Vectacor" fan that I bought in the automotive section at Wal-Mart for under $10.00, it uses 1 "D" battery