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White Sands
New Mexico
Enchanted Land
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Sep 29 – Oct 3, 2024
Inquire about alternate dates.
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$2,495
Space Is Limited
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Two Teachers
John Paul Caponigro and Arduina Caponigro
Experience the benefits that thousands of alumni have enjoyed for over 25 years.
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Benefits
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Explore one of the world’s most unique dune fields.
Develop a personal project to deepen your visual voice.
Discover your story and tell it in your way.
Learn image selection and sequencing strategies.
Deepen your understanding of composition.
Use post-processing tools to enhance your distinctive style.
Explore multi-shot techniques to overcome technical limitations and expand possibilities.
Let your vision direct your craft, not the other way around.
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Join me for a magnificent adventure in “the land of enchantment” New Mexico.
In this unique workshop, we’ll focus on one of the most unique dune fields in the world – White Sands National Park.
From the cottonwood and yucca shocked entrances to the towering hoodoos buried in seas of sand to the distant Alkali Flats, some long and rolling, some tall and sharp, the variety of dunes is simply extraordinary.
This exquisite place is sheltered under dramatic skies that bless the dry waves of this inland ocean with a stunning array of colors throughout the day.
On site guidance, seminars, and image reviews will help you make the very most of this fascinating place.
I recommend you spend extra time before and/or after our workshop.
Nearby is the bird sanctuary Bosque del Apache.
We’ve timed this so you can witness the mass ascensions of the Albuquerque Balloon Festival.
West are the lunar hoodoos of Bisti Badlands.
Just south of Santa Fe, the hoodoos and slot canyon of Tent Rocks National Monument.
Historic Santa Fe is the third-largest art market in the country, home to PhotoEye Books and countless other galleries.
Just north of Santa Fe is Ghost Ranch, affectionately referred to as O’Keefe Country.
Or cross the Colorado border and visit an entirely different sea of sand, the Great Sand Dunes National Monument.
There’s so much to choose from – and I’m happy to help you plan your solo explorations.
I was raised in New Mexico so it feels like coming home to me.
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Vision
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Limited class size offers individual guidance while stimulating an active dialog amid a diverse group of participants.
My workshops offer an unparalleled opportunity to develop your personal vision at exotic locations in a supportive community.
Demonstrations, exercises, and feedback will help you grow your existing skills and talents revealing new ways of seeing and thinking that will energize and strengthen your authentic creative voice.
The many resources I provide will help you prepare to make the most of your workshop experience and continue developing long afterward.
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Find out which workshop is right for you here.
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“I expected pretty much just a tour with guidance available and was blown away by how much it was about creativity from the inside out, rather than the typical workshop. It was really about us and our process of seeing, looking and creating against a backdrop of fall colors. The exercises were well thought out and built on each other. This is a workshop that is really head and shoulders above all the others I’ve been to.”
Susan Beveridge
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People Are Talking About John Paul Caponigro’s Workshops
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Become A Part Of Our Community
.When you take a workshop you become a part of a community.
You discover how much you have to learn from others – and how important that is.
You also discover how much you have to give to others – and how good that feels.
You’ll want to stay in touch with your fellow participants.
Space Is Limited
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