ROMAN KURYWCZAK
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Roman Kurywczak is a professional nature photographer for over 15 years who conducts lectures and workshops across the globe. His boutique tour company, Roamin’ with Roman Photo Tours, caters to small groups to provide the ultimate learning experience for participants. Whether he is out in Tanzania or standing before a roaring waterfall in Iceland, Roman’ s energy and passion for nature photography are clearly evident. You can often find him out in Arches or Yellowstone National Park late at night photographing the nighttime landscapes and calling it fun! In the United States, Roman’ s photographic adventures have led him from Alaska down to California all the way across to Florida and on up to Maine with only a few states left to explore. Future expansion plans include many international destinations. Closer to home, Roman will spend countless hours doing macro photography. While he enjoys photographing insects, his favorite subject is flowers, which he buys for his wife and he is sticking to that story. Roman is equally comfortable photographing landscapes, macro subjects, and wildlife whether he is at some exotic location or close to home.
A proud member of the Sigma Pro team, you can find his galleries, blog, tour schedule, and more on his website: www. roaminwithroman. com
A Paradigm Shift in the World of Bird Photography | Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: GTM Research Reserve, Classroom 1
WEDNESDAY 1 TO 2:30 PM
Price: $ 25 | Max. No. of People: 30 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate This instructional program represents a fundamental change in the way today’ s bird photographers should think and do things, especially when it comes to birds in flight! Roman will cover everything from gear to settings and techniques while also covering some of the most common mistakes photographers make in this exciting field. Questions will be encouraged and answered throughout the presentation so that those attending gain a clear understanding of the principles of bird photography.
Create Tack Sharp Macro Images – without a tripod! | Field Workshop
Meeting Location: GTM Research Reserve
THURSDAY 7 TO 9:30 AM
Price: $ 75 | Max. No. of People: 14 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate Tired of carrying around your tripod for macro photography? Sigma Pro Roman Kurywczak will guide you through the steps of creating tack sharp macro images without using a tripod! The secret to his success is effectively using flash as well as other light sources. During the lecture Roman will provide you with the settings and secrets to creating your own tack sharp macro images whether you are out in the field or inside a facility that doesn’ t allow the use of tripods. Everything from gear, camera settings, to accessories will be covered in this instructional program. After the lecture portion, there will be an approximately 2-hour shoot where you can put what you learned to use with flower setups and more. Suggested Gear List: Bring your camera with fully charged battery, memory cards, and a flash( if you have one). A Sigma tech rep will also be there with Sigma macro gear and flashes for you to try out.
Fast Glass for Night Photography | Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: GTM Research Reserve, Classroom 2
THURSDAY 1 TO 2:30 PM
Price: $ 25 | Max. No. of People: 30 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate This educational how-to program is designed to open up your eyes to the possibility of photographing landscapes after dark. Whether it is the natural landscape with the star-filled sky as a backdrop or venturing out to photograph the landscapes or city lights from a helicopter, Sigma Pro Roman Kurywczak will cover everything from equipment, camera settings, tips, and techniques so participants can create stunning night images of their own. He will discuss“ light painting” of a foreground subject as well as overcoming obstacles when the conditions are less than ideal. His e-book on the subject;“ A Digital Guide to Photographing the Night Sky” was released in Feb. 2011 and is available as a download on his website: www. roaminwithroman. com.
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Nighttime Street Photography | Field Workshop
Meeting Location: Magic Beach Motel, 50 Vilano Rd.
THURSDAY 8 TO 10 PM
Price: $ 100 | Max. No. of People: 14 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate A follow-up to the photo seminar“ Fast Glass for Night Photography,” this workshop offers a chance to practice photographing landscapes after dark. A hands-on night photography workshop that covers both street scenes as well as high ISO landscape photography capturing stars, if it is clear and dark. Learn more about focusing at night including light painting and the use of long exposures. Suggested Gear List: Very sturdy tripod, cable release, fully charged camera with card, wide angle lenses – the wider, the better! Sigma will also be on hand to provide loaner lenses before the class starts.
Master Capturing Birds in Flight | Field Workshop **
Meeting Location: St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
FRIDAY 8 TO 11 AM
Price: $ 100 + Annual Photo Pass | Max. No. of People: 12 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate Join professional nature photographer and Sigma Pro Roman Kurywczak for this in the field, bird in flight, hands-on workshop at the St. Augustine Alligator farm. The class will begin promptly at 8 AM with a short introductory presentation to discuss camera settings. Roman will provide you with tips and proper techniques for capturing stunning bird in flight images of your very own. Suggested Gear List: DSLR( Full or cropped sensor), 70-200mm mid-zoom lens, 300mm or longer lens, Tripod. Sigma will also be on hand to provide loaner lenses before the class starts.
Festival Organizer Note About Field Workshops: We want you to enjoy and learn as much as you can in your field workshops. Therefore it is important to arrive early and have all of your gear ready to go. Each field workshop will begin with a 10 minute overview of the subject and techniques. Have your gear ready when you arrive so you do not miss out or hold up the group. Suggested gear lists are listed with each field workshop.
** A note about Alligator Farm Field Workshops
The Alligator Farm REQUIRES an ANNUAL PHOTO PASS for this workshop. ** If you need a Photo Pass then please purchase our“ I NEED AN ALLIGATOR FARM PHOTO PASS” ticket and a Photo Pass will be ordered for you. You will only need to buy the pass one time and it’ s valid for one year.