DVD Review: Yosemite in Winter

Sat, Aug 27, 2005

Annie and I watched a DVD this morning while I was feeding her.  Actually, she wasn't paying that much attention, but I was.

The DVD was Steve Kossack's new DVD documenting one of his workshops to Yosemite during the winter.  The DVD is what Steve hopes will be first of a series: "Steve Kossack: Photographing the Great American Landscape."  This one is titled "Yosemite in the Winter."

Now that I have the baby, I don't have the time to go on workshops like this, so this is the next best thing.  If you are interested in landscape photography at all, this DVD will be of interest to you.  If you haven't been on a photo workshop, the video will give you an idea of what one of those workshops is like -- without the waking up at 4:30 am to hit a sunrise shoot.  If you are planning on doing Yosemite on your own, Steve's DVD will provide an invaluable guide to how to approach the area and some great places to shoot.

As for Steve himself, I've been on two of his workshops so far (Death Valley and Landmarks of the Southwest) and both were great.  Steve really knows his stuff -- both on the photography side and on the natural and human history of the area.  I've never been to Yosemite, but I'd love to go with Steve sometime in the future.