Join us for this special 5-day photo workshop in the Colonial Heart of Nicaragua, Granada. Seasoned traveler and freelance photographer, Alexander Zoltai, will be leading this spirited travel documentary workshop. Group is limited to six (6) participants so reserve your place early, they will fill up fast!

May 7-11, 2012
September 10-14, 2012
$2,250 based upon a fully booked workshop (6 participants)

Workshop cost is for double occupancy. Single room supplement: $400; single rooms are subject to availability and are not guaranteed. We try to accommodate travelers who request single accommodations. If a single room is requested, or if we are unable to find a suitable roommate, you will be required to pay the supplement. 

What is included

• 5-day photo workshop (Monday-Friday)
  
• Six nights of accommodation in boutique hotel
  
• Transport around Nicaragua during the workshop
• Transfer to and from Managua airport
  
• Entrance to any exhibits or monuments on the course itinerary
• All breakfasts and lunches during the 5-day workshop
• Welcome dinner on first night
• Goodbye dinner on last night
  
• Nicaragua tour guide
  
• Daily shoots
• Individual instruction in both the field and classroom
• Daily individual and group critiques

Not included

• Air travel to Nicaragua
• Photographic materials or equipment such as memory cards
  
• Extended hotel accommodations
  

Additional travel extension packages are available. Come early or stay late and really get to know Nicaragua! Ask us!

The Workshop
The emphasis of this intensive 5-day workshop is on telling a story within the realm of documentary and travel photography. It is a dynamic and exciting blend of lectures, discussions, and outdoor assignments in which participants tackle the challenges of photographing in the field in a foreign environment. We will discuss ways to approach and photograph people, how to look at light in travel photography and make it work to your advantage, cross-cultural considerations in foreign countries, tips on equipment and digital concerns in different travel and outdoor environments.

Each day of the workshop will be divided between shooting, one-on-one instruction and critiquing images shot the previous day. While experiencing environments ranging from rural living to urban living, you will learn how professional photographers unobtrusively move through foreign environments and return with images that are intimate and personal.

NOTE: This workshop requires a working photographic knowledge base and skill level. The conditions on this workshop can be difficult due to the nature of the developing world. While accommodations are upscale for Nicaragua, there will still be issues with electricity, water, access to the internet, and Nicaraguan culture continues to run on its own schedule.

Highlights

• Unique opportunity to photograph local Nicaraguans working in and for the community
  
• Experience both urban and rural Nicaraguan life with local guides
  
• Photograph the oldest colonial city and largest lake in Central America
• One-on-one instruction

Instructor: Alexander Zoltai
www.alexanderzoltai.com
Minneapolis-based photographer, Alexander Zoltai, shoots internationally for clients including Target, Bauer Hockey and The New York Times. His photos have been featured in all mediums using a documentary-style focused on telling the story of people, products and places.
Sharing tips on how to photograph in another culture, Alexander will take a new approach to shooting in Nicaragua pulling from his experiences living in Latin America from fincas in Columbia to Guatemala coffee farms, to Bolivian highlands.