Spring Workshop Quickly Approaching

SPRING WORKSHOP MAY 21-23, 2010

The Winter 2010 workshop was a success! To see a slideshow of some of Dave’s photos taken during the workshop click on Winter Workshop Slideshow

The date for the next Stoecklein Photography workshop is quickly approaching. We are all in full planning mode to ensure this is the best workshop possible. We are finalizing the menu, wrangling up all the cowboys (and maybe a cowgirl or two) and bringing in all the animals.

There are still a few spots open so don’t wait to sign up and shoot beside western photographer David R. Stoecklein as he teaches you about light, exposure, and composition. Work with running horses and learn how to follow and capture the motion.

Schedule for Spring Workshop:

Friday, May 21- Attendees arrive at Dave’s ranch in Mackay, Idaho for a tour of the facilities. See first-hand where all the action takes place. The tour is followed by a home-cooked meal by Dave’s wife Mary. After dinner, attendees are entertained by a slideshow and discussion with Dave about his photography career. Attendees are able to really understand and ask questions about the professional photography industry.

Saturday, May 22- Workshop attendees will arrive at the ranch for an early morning meal and sunrise photo shoot of running horses and portraits around the pastures. There will be two cowboys and one cowgirl to help with the horses and to be part of the photos.

There will be a lunch break followed by a mid-day session with discussion and review of the photos taken from the morning photo shoot.

The afternoon shoot will include additional direction on shooting ranch portraits and conclude with a sunset scene of horses and cowboys.

Dinner is served back at the ranch and a review of photos from earlier in the day.

Sunday, May 23- Workshop attendees will arrive at the ranch for an early morning meal and sunrise photo shoot of cowboy/cowgirl portraits around the ranch. The ranch offers many great options and places to set up different portrait scenes around the barn, out buildings and landscapes.

There will be a lunch break followed by a mid-day session with discussion and review of the photos taken from the morning photo shoot. In addition, attendees will have an opportunity to learn basic photo editing skills and will have time to work alone and process their images.

Attendees will then shoot a beautiful scenic sunset of the Big Lost River Range.

We’ll end the session with an evening slideshow and dinner discussion of the weekend’s events and your newfound skills and talents.

For additional information on the workshop visit www.drsphoto.net/workshop or call EB @ 208.726.5191 ext. 1

Stoecklein Photography Workshop at the Triple Creek Ranch

Triple Creek Ranch will host world famous Western genre photographer, David Stoecklein’s photography workshop.  David, author of numerous books and recipient of broad American and international acclaim, will share his vast knowledge and photography skills with participants making them better photographers, more capable technicians and perceptive critics of the photographic arts.  Where better to find and capture your creative soul than among Montana’s awe inspiring Bitterroot Valley with the help of America’s foremost Western photographer?

June 4 – 7, 2010
The Stoecklein Collection
“Photographer of the American West”
$1,500 per person (in addition to nightly rate)
Alongside Dave, you may shoot scenic valley vistas, colorful sunsets silhouetted against majestic mountains, an anxious elk herd twitching before bolting away, or a solitary cowboy emerging from the damp morning fog. You’ll learn the technical aspects as well as the art. Dave will provide critiques of your work after each day’s shoot.  You and other workshop participants will trade ideas and opinions as you learn and refine new techniques, get inspired by new subject matter and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. Spiced with Dave’s experience-based insights and true-life anecdotes this serious opportunity to learn comes fully loaded with the potential for all participants to be charmed and entertained as well as educated.

Dave has spent more than 30 years creating images that capture the spirit of the American West.  He has worked closely with ranchers and cowboys from every western state.  He has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books including: Cowboy Ethics, The Montana Cowboy, The Performance Horse: A Photographic Tribute, The American Quarter Horse, Cowgirls in Heaven, and more. Dave’s signature style of honest, earnest portrayal, candid action, and subtle lighting accurately captures the sights and sentiments of the American West, while elevating the art of photography to a level which rivals the artistic media of the world’s great masters.

David Stoecklein launched his photographic career taking lifestyle shots of skiing, fishing, hiking and biking, landing assignments for companies such as Coca-Cola, Ski Magazine, L.L. Bean, Reebok, Timberland and Scientific Angler. It was not long, however, before he turned his lens to his neighbors on the great ranches of the West.

David’s fascination with the ranching heritage of the American West led him to befriend, and subsequently photograph, the men and women still breathing life into the mythical figure of the cowboy. David’s passion for preserving the traditions and beliefs of the country’s honest, hard-working cowboys and cowgirls gradually earned him their respect. With that respect came an open invitation to share in their lives, and the great responsibility to honor their trust.

Stoecklein Photography houses an extensive stock collection encompassing both lifestyle and western images, and supports a gallery of fine art prints and western memorabilia in Ketchum, ID. Stoecklein Publishing produces an annual line of western calendars as well as a series of coffee table books that grows every year.

Dave Stoecklein resides in Idaho with his wife, Mary, and their three sons, Drew, Taylor and Colby, where they split their time between their home in Sun Valley and their ranch in Mackay.