WORKSHOPS
Havana Imagined: Photography Workshop and Tour in Havana, Cuba with Jim O'Donnell
Join Jim O’Donnell on an 8 day, 7-night photography workshop in Havana, Cuba. November 2022. Contact Espiritu Travel for more information: info@espiritutravel.com or call (800)-387-1370 or email Jim directly at jim@jimodonnellphotography.com.
NOTE: Eastern Cuba 10-day workshop will begin in January 2023.
More information soon. Inquire if interested.
2021 Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado Photography Workshops
2022 half-day and full-day photography workshops in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado begin January 25, 2022. All workshops are structured to support basic skills and advance individual techniques in both settings and composition. I will put you in the New Mexico and Southern Colorado locations where you can explore your vision and get the images you won’t find on your own.
Workshops typically run from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm and include healthy snacks, water, and historical information on the Rio Grande Valley and surrounding mountains. Participants are expected to bring their own lunches and to dress appropriately for the weather. Weather changes rapidly in northern New Mexico, be prepared. Limited space. Email: jim@jimodonnellphotography.com
Nature and Travel Writing Workshops with Jim O'Donnell
“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.” — Joseph Pulitzer
Writing has long been a means of exploring and understanding the natural world. Nature writing also provides an opportunity to personally reconnect with the natural world and build a sense of place for our larger community. This intensive weekend course looks at how the work of writing nature helps to re-establish a sense of place, re-calibrates our internal compass to what is vital in life and raises awareness of both the human place in nature and the impact humans have on the natural world.
This course involves numerous active writing and observing exercises. We will review the various forms of nature writing (essays, articles, poetry, journals), discuss critical thinking skills, ask how and why, reflect on our own experiences of nature and expand those reflections into coherent and well-formed essays, stories, and poems using concrete details, point of view and creating vivid scenes. We want to move from being inarticulate about nature to a lyrical precision about the natural world. The workshop runs for two consecutive days and takes place outside. The workshop involves active hiking and exploration.
Next Nature Writing Workshops: May 2022 in Taos, New Mexico, USA. Contact SOMOS for more information: (575) 758-0081 email: somos@somostaos.org. Learn more about my writing at Jim O’Donnell Author.
FEEDBACK
“What a blessing it was to take time out for focused, creative time that took us out of ourselves and our schedules. I enjoyed, and benefited from, the balance of information, observation and exercises.” — Marylinn
“I really enjoyed your class and learned a lot. I thought your class was very well organized and the exercises were interesting.” — Phaedra
“What I liked about your class is that you kept it interesting and on topic. Something I greatly appreciate. It moved along and scattering lectures with exercise kept it lively. I also found your attitude and smile engaging and relaxing, even though you challenged us I never felt any judgment coming from you. Thank you.” — Jo
“Such a pleasure absorbing every moment of being in the natural world in such a unique way. Every exercise was a treasure. The class was a joy.” — Susan
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