I spent the day at a photo workshop offered by Stillwaters Environmental Center. The class sold out and about 50 photographers of various levels met with about 7 professionals with varied backgrounds.
There were several field trip options; one for morning and one in the afernoon with the whole group meeting up at Stillwaters for lunch.
Options included the Stillwaters Saltwater Marsh, Point No Point, Eglon Beach, Foulweather Bluff Nature Preserve, Carpenter Lake and a local flower garden.
I stayed at Stillwaters for the morning as we explored the trails and the saltwater marsh area. We had a naturalist with us and got an education on the area, the plants, animals and future plans. Probably more nature walk and not quite as much photo instruction as I had expected but met some good people in our group.
Afternoon was Point No Point. Why go where I go on a fairly regular basis? Well, the beginners went there in the morning and we were told that that was because they were sending three instructors there who are very good at "teaching". I figured that if the same instructors were there and the beginners had gone in the morning, the beginners would go to other locations for the afternoon and we would get some good instruction. I was right.
We all took pictures but mostly we asked questions and got excellent answers or I just listened to other's questions and the answers. At this point I don't always know what I don't know. It was a great afternoon, well worth the time.
I am hoping Stillwaters will continue and do more workshops. I can only assume it was a successful fund raiser since it sold out.
Too much talk, here are a few more of the photos I took today: 
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