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The Inquisitive Lens: Authentic Storytelling for Traveling Photographers

Join Dave in coastal Maine to go beyond traditional travel and street images by pairing them with the subjects' true stories.

JULY 7-11, 2025    { more info }

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Trip Dates

July 8-12, 2024

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Tuition Costs

$2295

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Group Size

Up to10 participants

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Physical Requirements

Easy

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What To Bring

Gear, Clothing, Etc.

Instructional topics include:

  • Beyond the postcard: How to Capture what you see and feel in the moment

  • Finding a photo in a vast landscape, creative composition, subject design and visual layering

  • Using In Camera Motion (ICM) to create gestural painterly effects

  • Creative use of depth of field (DOF)  

  • Creative use of dramatic points of view (DPOV)

  • Smartphone photography tips and apps extend your mobile abilities

  • Field techniques and settings for faithfully capturing dawn, sweetlight, sunset, and 'blue hour'

  • HDR capture for full dynamic range where light is highly variable (optional)

  • Tips for expert processing in Lightroom during our ‘Lab’ session

  • Expert B&W conversion and processing with DXO Silver Efex Pro

   … and more as time and weather allows

"How much photography experience do I need?"

  • This workshop is geared for advanced beginner, intermediate, and advanced photographers. Non-photographers are always welcome too!
     

  • You should know how to set your camera for both Auto and Manual modes, and how to use a tripod. Inquire if unsure.
     

  • If you don’t own a camera you can still make excellent photographs using your smartphones.  Here are some examples.

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Lodging and Meals

We reside and base this year in Pullman, WA at Hampton Inn Express. This is a higher-end Hampton Inn that includes full buffet breakfasts. We eat our other meals elsewhere as a group to share stories of our travel and learning adventures.
All dietary preferences can be accommodated in the wide variety of restaurants we visit in Pullman and along the way.

Included:

  • Pre-trip group meeting via Zoom in early June (date/time TBA via Email once enrollment closes.)​

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  • Orientation meeting and field techniques presentation at the hotel​ once we arrive.

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  • Full breakfasts at the hotel each morning, or bagged morning snacks for our sunrise adventures

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  • Daily workshop transportation in a large cool'n'comfy passenger van if we have over 6 people.

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  • Professional 1-on-1 photography guidance at your own level of experience or group size.

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  • Professional Lightroom developing workflow and tips

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  • We can try to assist in finding carpool partners for those traveling from Seattle

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  • Snacks and bottled water are available throughout the workshop

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  • A fun, positive, and memorable learning environment​

Not included:

  • Transportation to the Palouse workshop or host motel. (participants needing airport pickup should call me)

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  • Accommodations. Participants should book one of our discounted rooms as described in the registration

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  • Meals, drinks, gratuities, hotel incidentals or personal expenses

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  • New camera instruction. Please bring a camera you are familiar with, or bring the manual booklet or PDF.

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  • Individual photography critiques after the workshop. These are available via Zoom on a fee basis after the workshop, and many participants take advantage of this opportunity no matter where they live.

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  • I also provide a photography extension at a day rate after the workshop to go deeper into the region.

FAQs:   Transportation  |  Physical Requirements  |  Lodging

Transportation to workshop: Participants often drive solo or carpool to Pullman, stopping along the way too shoot and arrive on time by 3:00pm latest to check in and be ready to meet in the lobby at 4:00pm for orientation. I can provide ideas on stops en route to the Palouse. Some folks fly into Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport (PUW) and get to our hotel by taxi, or if we coordinate well in advance, I can usually pick you up. There may be one pick-up at Spokane Intl Airport depending on our mutual timing. If you want to arrive a day early or stay after the workshop, you can call our motel and book your additional nights at our blocked special group rate if you give them enough advance notice. Some guests fly into Spokane up north and rent a car to explore before and after our workshop. This gives you total freedom and a chance to explore at will. 

Transportation during workshop: When we have more than seven, I rent a comfy passenger van to limit our carbon footprint, and to simplify our logistics. If I have rented a vehicle, the cost will be included in the workshop.  If we do not use a van and carpool, I refund unused van rental portion to participants.

Physical requirements: Participants must be able to handle some heat, and get in and out of a multi-seat van without mechanical assistance. This tour is mostly drive-up access or within 50 yards of our subjects, and hiking beyond that is optional. Those with hay fever or pollen allergies and adverse responses to heat should bring sufficient supplements, medications and hydrating products. Bring Bonine, Ginger and maybe a nausea bracelet if prone to transport nausea.

Lodging: We reside and base this year in Pullman, WA at Hampton Inn Express. This is a higher-end Hampton Inn that includes full buffet breakfasts. We eat our other meals elsewhere as a group to share stories of our travel and learning adventures. All dietary preferences can be accommodated in the variety of restaurants we visit in Pullman along the way.

How to join us:

Please read this completely as there are some new details.

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Email me first to check if I have openings, and state how/when you will send in your Deposit so I can find it. Include your full name and cell phone number in case I need to reach you.

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A deposit of $1000 is required to hold your space in the workshop. Payment Method Options: (Please use the same method for Deposit and workshop Balance) See more about tuition and payment below

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Download and sign this required Liability Waiver. Return it by email to become fully registered.  Email me with questions. (You are not fully registered until I have your Waiver Form via Email or postal mail).

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Be sure to then book your hotel room at our hotel using our reserved group rate held under
“Explore the Palouse #2” or David Julian.

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Email me a copy of your travel and lodging receipts, and if you are sharing (or seeking to share) a hotel room.

Once you pay your workshop deposit, you can book your room using our discounted group rate by using this link 
or by calling ‭(509)-334 4437 for “Explore the Palouse #2”. Check-in time at the motel is usually 3:00pm. Call them if arriving sooner and see if your room is ready. You can also add nights at that rate if you like.

Where and when do we meet? Fully registered participants first meet online beforehand via ZOOM (Date/Time TBA) to discuss the workshop logistics and handle questions. Then, on day one, we meet promptly at 4pm in the motel lobby for a greeting and required orientation. We leave soon after orientation to grab an early dinner and head out to shoot! Be fully checked in, camera kit and tripod with you, and be ready to explore! Please put your cares, appointments, and home behind to fuel a quest for adventure! Please call Dave if running late to arrive at the motel: (206) 364-9077

Tuition

$2295 Complete workshop as described above. Maximum of 10 participants.

 

(I also provide 1:1 photography guidance on a day rate to go deeper into the region.)
 

Email Dave with any questions. This workshop usually fills, so it is advised to reserve ASAP with your Deposit or to save time, pay in full.

 

Here is how to get on board: Please read this completely as there are some new details.

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1. Email me first to check if I have openings, and state how/when you will send in your Deposit so I can find it. Include your full name and cell phone number in case I need to reach you.

 

2. A deposit of $1000 is required to hold your space in the workshop.

 

Payment Method Options: (Please use the same method for Deposit and workshop Balance)

Zelle: art@davidjulian.com (no transaction fees)

 

Venmo: @DavidJulianPhotography (no transaction fees)

 

Check: Email me for my mailing address to pay by check. (no transaction fees)

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*Paypal: use Button below.  Credit Card payment via Paypal includes their 3% credit card fee.You may pay Deposit and Balance a different way. Just email me if you do.

(Those using their Paypal balance or Bank to fund their purchase will receive a rebate of their 3% fee. Send me your receipt)

What to bring?

We all want to bring whatever we think we might need but know that the more gear, the more decisions while shooting, which impedes creative seeing and timing. It’s wise to pack compactly for fast and easy load/unloading as we hit several locations per day. Whatever camera you bring will be fine so long as you know how it functions. I can help with certain unfamiliar settings. Bring the manual just in case! My manual is a searchable PDF on my phone. You don’t need to have pro photo gear. You’ll relax and feel your creativity will flow in the Palouse!

Daily gear:

  • Lightweight clothing for hot sunny conditions

  • Hiking shoes or sneakers with extra socks, a windbreaker or light weight rain jacket, but not a poncho.

  • ALSO: bring warm layers, such as wind pants, gloves, a winter hat. We’ve had seriously windy, cold dawn shoots!

  • Sunscreen, sun hat or cap, a bandana

  • Snack bars, spill-proof hydration bottle, insulated bottles or personal coffee mugs, non-DEET repellent, (Picardin®, Citronella, Lemongrass)

  • Headlamp or powerful LED flashlight for nights. A RED LED headlamp of penlight is REQUIRED for those doing any night photography.

Photo gear:

  • One or two camera bodies you know how to use

  • Wide angle prime or travel-zoom lens

  • Medium prime or travel-zoom lens

  • Telephoto prime or zoom lens of at least 200mm

  • You can optionally rent gear at Glazer's Camera (Seattle) or at Lensrentals.com.

  • Polarizing filter

  • consider an ND 10 filter for special blurred motion effects in bright light

  • I use K&F anti-static UV filters for every lens so I'm never cleaning grit off lens elements.

  • I use these awesome LensPens and lens cloths frequently. Get a few as they eventually get dusty.

  • 64 or 128gb Prograde Gold SD cards, batteries, and charger. Charge batteries before the trip!

  • Consider a RainSleeve in case we get a shower during a great shoot

  • Fit all in one photo pack, or other bag with a COLOR name tag or fabric loop to identify easily.

  • Tape your name on your tripod and camera bag. Airline luggage will not fit our daily van.

  • Label your photo stuff! I use a Brother® label maker, even for SD cards. This makes water-resistant labels up to four-lines on 3/4" tape, and can store five completed labels for repeating. It has saved me from having to replace gear that went AWOL or was borrowed on group trips.

  • Download the offline Google Map for the Palouse Region as cell service / GPS is often spotty there.

  • Consider a lightweight fast-charging USB PowerBank for recharging a phone just in case.

  • Hand sanitizer and of course a face mask.

  • Due to residents' issues from other photo groups flying over private properties, guests are not allowed to fly drones during the workshop.

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      Safety is a priority: To respect the people of the Palouse, we never wander into private property without their permission.

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