First 5 people registered receive $20 off regular tuition fees!!

"In case, it's not obvious enough....THANK YOU MARC!!  Much gratitude for all your insightful teaching, instructive crits, and great access...all made me a better photographer!" Joanne S.

Join international award-winning Fine-Art Photographer Marc Koegel for this unique virtual photo tour opportunity, travelling through the majestic landscape of Iceland while letting you 'look over his shoulder' all along the way.

This virtual workshop is a new offering, and Marc is excited to give it a try this Spring.

Regardless of your photographic level, this virtual workshop represents a rare opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of an award-winning fine-art landscape photographer.

You get intercative access to your instructor, and see images being created step-by-step from capture to final presentation after post production. This intercative learning opportunity even rivals what is available in many in-person workshops, at a price that is a small fraction of the 'traditional' workshop offering.

This May 21st - 28th, Marc will travel to Iceland and bring along not only his still photography equipment, but also several video cameras. You will be able to follow him along his travels each day, and see how he creates his award-winning imagery step-by-step from start to finish.

Each day, Marc will be recording a video of the creation of at least one (1) image. Wearing a video camera, as well as using additional video cameras, he will talk you through every decision that goes into making the image, including (but not limted to), location choice, camera position and angle, lens choice, all camera settings, exposure, using ND filters (why and how) etc. In addition, Marc will also share his pre-planning strategies (such as finding a location, time of day for the shoot, angle of sun, tides etc).

Finally, Marc will bring the camera along to the digital darkroom and share with you each and all post production steps for each image. This task will be acomplished by recording a 'screencast' video right from Marc's computer desktop.

For this trip, Marc will focus on making fine-art long exposure photographs, but he will also work on 'regular' photographs. Images will be made in both color and black-and-white. Photographic equipment used and demonstrated in the videos include Nikon and Canon full frame DSLR's, as well as Phase One and Hasselblad medium format digital backs and specialized camera equipment such as the Cambo Wide DS shift camera. Lenses used and demonstrated wil range from 16mm - 300mm and include specialized items such as tilt and shift lenses.

Marc will be posting the videos, and image files, to a private (by inivitation only) online community created on google+ speficially for this trip. Participants will not only be able to follow along Marc's progress each day, they will also have the ability to ask questions and interact with Marc and with the other participants.

Should there be a day where the weather does not permit photography, Marc will post videos addressing questions and/or post production of selected photographs.

You can expect a minimum of 30 minutes of video content each day, which makes a total of approx. 4 hours over the duration of the trip. And this is only the minimum, actual video length will vary and could easily be double (especially if there are lots of questions from the group).

After the trip is completed, the google+ community will stay active and Marc will continue to post videos as he continues his post production work on more images. Participants will still continue to have the ability to ask questions as well as acess the recorded videos so that the learning continues.

Benefits of this virtual workshop:

• Acess to an interactive, private online community that lets you watch the daily video postings and ask questions along the way
• Ability to interact with fellow participants as well as your instructor
• Videos outlining step-by-step how photographs were taken, posted daily
• Videos outlining step-by-step how photographes were processed, posted daily
• All videos will be recorded so you do not have to watch 'live' but you can participate on your own schedule
• Learn photographic techniques commonly used for fine-art landscape photography, including, but not limited to, long exposure photography technqiues
• Get maps with exact locations for all photographs taken and presented
• See Iceland through the eyes of an award-winning fine-art photographer
• Online community access that continues for weeks after the trip
• With workshop fees in Iceland averaging $5000 and even more, this virtual workshop is an incredible value at only $99

For the past 12 years, Marc has been working on several award-winning series of long exposure photographs. On his first trip to Iceland, back in May 2012, he concentrated most of his efforts on photographing the many unique lighthouses, and those images contributed significantly to this fine-art series winning a number of international awards.

For this upcoming trip, Marc will re-trace some of his steps but also concentrate on making new images at new locations, using a variety of techniques.

Come and join him, and discover why Iceland truly is a 'photographer's dream come true'!

Early-Bird Discount:

Most of our courses and workshops offer a 10% discount is applied automatically if you register before the Early-Bird Discount deadline date listed in the registration table below.

Some courses and workshops offer a discount if you're among the first 3 people who register. This discount will replace the 'standard' Early Bird Discount mentioned above, and will be applied automatically during the online registration process (as long as it is available). Check the course/workshop listing page for more details.

Group Discount:

A 5% discount will be appplied if 3 or more people register at the same time for the same workshop. (All 3 tuitions must be paid for by one credit card to be considered a group registration.) Please follow the instructions on the online registration page.

In order to provide the best learning environment possible VPW keeps class and tour sizes limited to 10-15 people (depending on the workshop). This is but one reason that we count on you to attend your chosen class or tour, once you have registered for it.

If you must withdraw for any reason please be aware of our refund policy as follows:

For our Local Lectures, Seminars, and Workshops valued at or under $100, VPW is unable to provide a cash refund. Transfers are limited to one transfer to either the same event at a later date, or a different event of equal value. VPW requires 48 hours written notice in order to make such a transfer (email notice is acceptable). The event you are transferring to must occur within 6 months of the original event you registered for. A $15 fee will be applied to all transfers.

For our Local Workshops, 1 to 5 days in length and our Local 4 to 10 Week Courses, VPW requires 30 days written notice (before the event start date) of your withdrawal in order to provide a refund. (Email notice is acceptable.)

For our Master Photographer Series workshops, 1 to 5 days in length, VPW requires 60 days written notice (before the workshop start date) of your withdrawal in order to provide a refund. VPW may retain 15% of fees paid or $150 minimum in processing your refund. If the tuition is less than $500 the minimum fee drops to $75.

Within 45 days of the Master Photographer Series workshop date all fees paid are non-refundable.

For our Photo Tours (national and international), the following charges will apply:

• If you cancel up to 3 months before the tour start date and we can fill your space, your reservation (or deposit) fee will be refunded
• There is no additional cancellation fee up to 8 weeks before the start of your tour
• From 8 weeks to 4 weeks before the tour: 25% of your balance
• From 4 weeks to 1 week before the tour: 50% of your balance
• From 1 week to 72 hours before the tour: 75% of your balance
• If you cancel within 72 hours of the start of the trip, no refund can be paid
• Transaction charges incurred on accepting and refunding payments will be deducted from the refund amount
• In the (unlikely) event that we cancel the Photo Tour, all monies paid will be refunded in full

We highly recommend that you take out travel insurance to guard yourself against monies lost due to unavoidable cancellation by either party.

Transfers (for all events over $100): If you wish to transfer to a different workshop date, VPW requires a minimum of 30 days written (email) notice. All transfers are based on availaibility, and subject to approval by VPW staff. For courses/workshops with tuition above $101, the transfer fee is $35.

Transfer Fees as based on event pricing:
Tuition of $100 and below, the transfer fee is $15
Tuition of $101 and above, the transfer fee is $35

VPW can give no refunds:

If you registered for any event valued at or under $100
If you do not show up for your registered course.
If you register for a course beyond or below your skill or ability level.

Refunds for all events valued at $101 and above (excluding Master Series Workshops):
If a student wishes to cancel their registration for any of VPW's events, and has provided written notice within the appropriate timeframe, a refund less a $50 administration fee will be provided.

Course Cancellation:

Occasionally, we may have to cancel a course due to low enrollment. In this case, we will issue a full refund of all monies paid to VPW up to that time.

Instructor Replacement:

In the event that a listed instructor is unable to participate because of a change in his or her professional schedule, we will replace the instructor with someone of equal or similar credentials. If we cannot find a replacement in due time before the course is about to start, a particular class may have to be rescheduled.

Liability

In the event that we cancel your course, for any reason, the extent of VPW's liability is limited to the return of all monies paid. We will do everything we can to register you in another equivalent course. VPW will not be responsible for reimbursement of travel expenses of any kind.

Please note: An administration charge of $50 applies to all refunds

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The Virtual Workshop is taught by th efollwoing instructor:

See Marc's work by visiting his website here!