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- Night Safari
- 2.5 Hours
Learn the techniques of nighttime photography without flash, using a tripod and long exposures, adjusting the white balance settings to photograph
the special lighting displays of Georgetown GLOW.
Quick Details
Washington Photo Safari is pleased to present a new nighttime photography workshop opportunity: Winter Glow at George Washington’s Mount Vernon! On this safari you will see the estate illuminated with soft lights and holiday patterns as you listen to Christmas carolers and visit an 18th-century winter encampment.
Just after sunset you will enter the lantern-lit Historic Area and see the vast stretch of the Bowling Green washed in ambient holiday illumination, with Washington Photo Safari Director E. David Luria providing tips on nighttime photography, shooting in the Manual Mode, and guiding you to correct exposure, composition and white balance settings.
You will also get to see George Washington’s Mansion lit in beautiful amber light as you hear classic holiday music and patriotic quotes. View the upper garden and greenhouse aglow in blue and lavender lights and watch as wintery light patterns move throughout the space.
During the event, you can also:
• Chat with soldiers at an 18th-century winter encampment
• See sparks fly at the Blacksmith shop
• Listen to costumed Christmas carolers
• Meet our holiday guest, Aladdin the Camel
• Shop for artisan-made goods crafted using 18th-century techniques
• Purchase warm food and holiday drinks from the Mount Vernon Inn Food Truck
• Shop for holiday gifts at The Shops at Mount Vernon
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- Camera
- Lenses
- Extra memory cards
- Extra charged battery
- Tripod
- Accessories such as filters, remote release
- Weather appropriate clothing
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Meet at Texas Gate entrance to Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, VA. Free parking is available in Mount Vernon parking lots; allow enough time to walk to the Texas Gate entrance.
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E. David Luria is founder and director of the Washington Photo Safari, which has trained 38,000 amateur photographers – an average of 5 people every day, 365 days a year, since it was founded in 1999. 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.