Last year was such a success, that we thought we would do it again!

WHO: Large format photographers

WHAT: Photography gathering: making pictures, telling lies, drinking wine, beer, and/or other fine elixirs.

WHERE: Alabama Hills, CA. Campsite coordinates: 36.620895°, -118.116395°

WHEN: May 6-7, 2016

OTHER: Bring your own cameras, film, tripods, etc. Make your own food, travel, and sleeping arrangements.

Camping is free, but sites are primitive, no restrooms, showers, etc. Plan accordingly. Other accommodations can be made in the town of Lone Pine.

This year we will camp in Alabama Hills proper, rather than in a nearby campsite. This will eliminate the caravan trips back and forth to our shooting locations. This change means we're back to primitive camping. So bring the appropriate gear. Folding Tables and chairs might come in handy if you can bring them.

A few years ago a group of us So Cal LF photographers set up camp near a cool vista point. We made photographs until it was dark, and later while we were sitting around the camp light sipping wine and/or beer, one of the photographers, Matt Blais, brought up in conversation the Kickstarter project known as, the Wanderlust Camera... Well, except for the fact that he misnamed it as the "Wildebeest Camera." Slightly buzzed, we all agreed that had the kickstarter project been named as such we all would have invested! Realizing that such a name change would never be occur, we settled on naming our campsite... An so Camp Wildebeest was born!


Overview


Closeup

Here is a link to a Google Earth file showing the campsite location

We plan on hanging around the Alabama Hills area for the entire weekend, but obviously participants are free to make their own schedules.

Hope to see some new and old faces!

-Daniel