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$ 119
Think you can take better pictures than the ones you see on the postcards? Here is your chance to prove it by capturing a panoramic view of the National Mall and the nation’s capital, with a rising full moon, AND the swerving lights of traffic flow entering and leaving Washington D.C. with long exposures on your camera, all from the vantage-point of the 14-story high Monument View Room in the DoubleTree by Hilton in Arlington, VA!
Professional architectural photographer E. David Luria will coach you in the single-exposure and (if your camera can do it) double-exposure techniques of twilight and moonlight photography on this safari, timed to coincide with the sun setting and then the full moon rising. If your camera does multiple-exposures, we will show you how to move the moon from one corner of the sky to place it right over the Washington Monument! How cool is THAT?
This panoramic vantage point also gives you good opportunities to photograph the nearby Pentagon, and to use your telephoto to zoom in on other DC landmarks across the river.
You must bring your camera, all your lenses, wide and long, a STURDY tripod, cable release also desirable, and a flashlight to see your camera controls in the dark. To eliminate reflections and glare, we recommend the purchase of a reflection-eliminating lens skirt, available at B and H Photo Video at this link:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1186330-REG/lenskirt_lskirtxl_xl.html
Photo by Luca Cordell
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- Camera
- Lenses
- Extra memory cards
- Extra charged battery
- Accessories such as filters, remote release
- Tripod
- Weather appropriate clothing
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Meet in entrance lobby of DoubleTree by Hilton, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington VA.
Closest Metro is Crystal City on Blue/Yellow Lines, a 10 minute walk. Street parking is available.
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Architectural photographer E. David Luria is founder and director of the Washington Photo Safari, which has provided over 6,700 photo safaris for 46,000 amateur photographers – an average of 5 people every day, 365 days a year, since it was founded in 1999.
“You taught me several important points and helped me better understand not only photography but also my own camera. I’ve taken photo classes at the Smithsonian, Glen Echo, and the Washington School of Photography. You’ve been the best among all the teachers I’ve had.“ David Lassiter, Olney, MD
Trained in Paris by a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mr. Luria is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers and the Society of Photographic Educators and has had his images of DC appear in over 100 publications, calendars, and postcards and on 30 magazine covers.