This weekend, thanks to my awesome wife, I got to spend Saturday and Sunday at a photography workshop. The workshop was led by John Gregor of ColdSnap Photography. It was a two day workshop focused on composition as well as technique. We started both days shooting over by Lake Harriet in the Peace Garden and Rose Garden and finished the second half of the day with seminars held at the REI in Bloomington.

I enjoyed the class a lot. John is a talented photographer and importantly a good teacher. Our first day of shooting was miserably cold, cloudy and windy. A difficult combination. The second day saved it all though with beautiful sun and still skies. John had a deep understanding of some technical areas of photography that few people appreciate, notably color spaces.

Here are the photos that I picked as my favorites from the two days of shooting.

A dense cluster of white flowers is surrounded by green foliage, with some buds starting to turn brown.A cluster of vibrant pink flowers in full bloom is surrounded by blurred green and pink foliage.A small waterfall cascades over a rocky structure surrounded by lush green trees and foliage.A close-up of vibrant blue grape hyacinth flowers is shown with their distinctive bell-shaped blooms.A close-up photograph of a flower exhibits spiky, wispy petals radiating outward with a mix of light green, purple, and white hues.A scenic landscape features a bright, cloudy sky above a row of vibrant trees, including lush green and colorful blossoming ones, with a grassy field in the foreground.A view of tall trees with green leaves reaching towards a clear blue sky.A scenic garden features a blossoming tree with white flowers, surrounded by rocks and greenery under a partly cloudy sky.Bronze turtle sculptures spout water into a fountain pool next to a stone bench and landscaped greenery.A metallic origami crane sculpture is positioned against a clear blue sky.

See list of Photography Workshops.