The countdown to the summer solstice snaps into mind at the beginning of June. It's a fresh time of the year when suddenly the world smells like summer. The stunning landscape of Cook County, with its miles of wilderness and incomparable Lake Superior views starts to come alive with incandescent summer greens and haunting morning mists. In this workshop, we'll concentrate on learning compositional techniques to capture the budding summer season. Students will learn how to select simple compositional elements, how to balance those elements and create relationships between them. The instructor uses a unique approach to composition that will require some poetic practice, but will provide excellent results.

You will need the following tools for this class:

• Laptop computer with an image manipulation program so you can share your images
• digital camera
• USB flash drive
• appropriate outdoor clothing
• lunch in the field on Day 2
• dinner for first evening (if desired-- no formal break is taken but you are welcome to snack as needed)

Feel free to bring your favorite tools and whatever materials you might feel appropriate for this course.