Cherry Blossoms By Land and Sea!
Sunday, April 8, 2012 | 10:00 am-12:30 pm
As we prepare for the BIG Centennial of the Cherry Blossoms in 2012, we want you to see and photograph the cherry blossom trees from ALL sides, from the land AND from the water!
Did you know that some of the most beautiful cherry trees in DC are not just on the Tidal Basin but also planted along Washington Channel on Ohio Drive SW in East Potomac Park? (In fact, Ohio Drive is the location of the only remaining trees from the original gift in 1912.)
We start our three-hour Safari at the DC waterfront near the Tidal Basin at the docks of Capital Yacht Charters at 1300 Maine Avenue SW with a 15-minute orientation on good travel photography techniques and how to use all the features of your camera.
We then climb aboard the Capitol Yacht boat as she begins her 60-minute voyage, taking us first along the Washington Channel so that we get a GREAT view of the magnificent cherry trees in the morning sun along East Potomac Park. Then she swings around the park to travel northwest into the Potomac River and up along Ohio Drive, pulling along cherry-tree-lined West Potomac Park to get good angle shots on the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument.
Following our cruise, we hike 2 blocks over to the Tidal Basin parking lot at 1500 Maine Ave SW to photograph the blossoms along the Basin, with its great views of the Jefferson Memorial framed in blossoms.
Washington Photo Safari is an official activity of the 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival. Architectural photographer and Washington Photo Safari director E. David Luria guides the safari, with tips on camera usage, composition, exposure, lighting and white balance and showing you all the best vantage points to photograph the trees from the land AND the water! Who else in your camera club will have such great pictures? NOBODY!
The National Cherry Blossom Festival is DC’s signature springtime event. The 2012 Festival is March 20 - April 27, and features daily cultural performances, sporting events, arts & crafts, demonstrations and other special events. The National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates the 100th anniversary of the gift of the cherry blossom trees and the enduring friendship between the citizens of the United States and Japan. For schedules and information visit nationalcherryblossomfestival.org or call the Festival hotline at (877) 44BLOOM.
Through a collaborative effort by Washington Photo Safari and FotoWeekDC, you can now win a $500 prize or a weekend stay at the Renaissance Hotel in DC for a REALLY good picture of the blossoms by entering the new Cherry Blossom Photo Contest sponsored by FotoWeekDC as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. They will even accept photos from a previous year if you want to enter before the March 15 early-bird deadline. Check out the details at http://cherryblossom.fotodc.org.
Open to photographers at any skill level with any kind of camera, film or digital.
You can bring a friend or spouse to accompany you on the ride and he/she can serve as a model for your photographs!. For non-photographer accompanying spouse or friend, the charge is only $24/person. For photogs receiving instruction it is $84/person, including the boat ride..Is this a a great program, or WHAT?
Register early , these safaris will up quickly.
Instructor: E. David Luria
- David Luria is the founder and director of the Washington Photo Safari™.
David Luria is a DC-based professional commercial photographer specializing in architecture, landmarks, restaurant and event photography. Trained in Paris at the Parsons School of Design by a protégé of Henri Cartier Bresson, he is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers, the Association of Independent Architectural Photographers, and the Society of Photographic Educators. His images of Washington DC have appeared on 30 magazine covers and in over 100 publications, including 24 photographs in the coffee-table book "Washington DC Visions."
He also serves as Contributing Photographer to WHERE-Washington Magazine, the Entertainment Book, and the Washington Post’s Apartment Showcase and Washington Spaces Magazines, and his Washington Photo Safaris have trained over 21,000 amateur photographers in basic techniques of travel, landmark, portrait, museum, nighttime, and other photographic specialties.
In addition to serving as the prime instructor for Washington Photo Safari, he also does photography instruction for Penn Camera, the Smithsonian Resident Associates program, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Kreeger Museum, Things to Do DC, Professionals in the City, and many local camera clubs. Mr. Luria has appeared as photographic expert on WAMU.FM's Kojo Nmandi Show and also as a luncheon speaker at the National Press Club.
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This event has already occurred. Please check the calendar for current Safaris.
Please do NOT drive. Parking is very limited and the traffic is extremely heavy at this time of year. Please take Metro to Smithsonian stop (Independence Avenue exit) and follow these instructions for the short walk from Metro on the Capital Yacht Charter website at http://www.capitalyacht.com/directions.php.
Location: 1300 Maine Ave. Southwest, Washington, DC
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