Looking for a summer workshop in mountains

[kevinma]

I'm looking for a good photographic workshop to attend in summer. Such a workshop would be for "advanced amateurs" and would concentrate on landscape as well as outdoor macro photography with a bit of wildlife thrown in for good measure. It needs to be located in mountains. It should be run by an experienced guide and not consist of more than about 10 or 12 participants. Any country on earth would be OK. Suggestions please!
Kevin.

[robertwgross]

I don't have a specific workshop in mind, but you might want to check on the wide range of offerings of the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, located in Montana.

---Bob Gross---

[Qurlyjoe]

You can find tons of ads for these things in any photo mag.

If you see an ad for one you think you might like, write to them to get particulars on group size, etc.

[kevinma]

Thanks - personal recommendations are always valuable.
Kevin.

[robertwgross]

On the other hand, once I wanted to do a workshop in one of the national parks in California. One company wanted about $1200 for a four-day deal. One small company wanted $450 for a three-day deal. So, I signed up with the latter.

At first, I thought it was a little strange, since they did not want any money up front. OK. Whatever. When it finally came time for the workshop, I had to talk the instructor into a time and place to meet... which had something to do with sunrise. When we met, it turned out that I was the only client. So, the sole instructor was kind of moping around for three days because he wasn't pulling in the big bucks that he had dreamed of. It turned out that since I had been shooting there for a few days before the workshop, I ended up knowing places that I taught to him, rather than the other way around. As the workshp concluded, I asked him if he wanted my personal check for the $450. I also figured out that he was not an official concession in the national park. Normally those companies have to pay fees to the national park.

So, it was an interesting experience, but I don't know that I would sign up with another one quite like that again.

---Bob Gross---