Adventure Workshop

Adventure Photography Workshop

Meet at Squamish Adventure Centre Theatre

10:00 am - 4:00 pm
With Paul Bride, Rich Wheater and Nina Caprez
Price $65

Get out your camera and put on your adventure cap; this workshop is a double-header. The first round goes down in-class to lay the ground rules of climbing photography: how, when, and what to look for when photographing a route. Once you understand the basics of image composition, you'll learn how to string a series of pictures into a narrative, while making sure each image still tells a story in itself.

Then it's time to get rigged up in the Smoke Bluffs by a professional guide and put that classroom lesson into action! Use your own camera to shoot a designated climber with Paul and Rich hanging alongside to provide advice. Once everyone has had a chance to shoot there will be a short debriefing, and slideshow of the day's images to wrap it all up.

*each individual must bring their own camera, digital, film, point & shoot, SLR there are no restrictions on format. A climbing harness, locking biner and helmet is also required.

Paul Bride

Based in Squamish BC Paul Bride has been involved in the outdoor photography scene for the past 10 years.

Always looking for an adventure with his camera his inspiration comes from turning a mental image into a finished photograph composed with clean lines and natural light. This approach has taken him to places never imagined possible while growing up in the manicured suburbs of Mississauga Ontario. His philosophy is a simple one but that doesn't mean it's been easy "Follow you heart and your mind will make sense of it".

He is a regular contributor to both the outdoor editorial and commercial industry and will be opening a gallery in Squamish this coming fall.

Visit Paul's site: www.paulbride.com

Rich Wheater

Rich Wheater is a professional photographer based in Vancouver, BC.

His photos have been a staple in the outdoor industry for over 15 years, and he is widely regarded as one of Canada's best adventure sports photographers. Rich's portfolio is defined by the activities he loves most - rock climbing, mountain biking, and trail running. He recently released his first book, Vancouver Trail Running, a guidebook to the extensive network of singletrack lurking in Vancouver's North Shore Mountains.

Visit Rich's site: www.richwheater.com

Nina Caprez

My passion for climbing started as soon as I stepped into my first real climbing shoes, I knew that this is my sport.

I grew up in the middle of the Swiss mountains in a valley called Prattigau. After finishing high school, finding no solid direction in normal life I decided to leave the "routine" and chose to continue my life as a climber. My desire to practice this sport with all his facets was so strong, that I was able to overcome all the obstacles that I came across to peruse my lifestyle.

Besides rockclimbing and mountaineering I also spent time competing. During this time, I learned a lot how I have to train and what I have to do, to become a stronger climber. This made me become an even stronger rock-climber, quickly making it possible for me to red-point my first 8b route.

After a while, I lost the motivation for competitions and I started to concentrate more and more on what was for me pure rockclimbing. I travelled all around the world and climbed on all kinds of rocks. From big wall climbing in Patagonia and Kirgistan to boulder trips in Argentina, from deep water soloing in Thailand to sport climbing all around Europe and America. All these experiences and all these different styles of rock climbing gave so much practice, that it made me the well rounded climber I am now.

Through all these experiences as a rock climber, I found my big challenge: I want to climb the hardest multi pitch routes in the world. To be able to climb a hard multi pitch route in one day, that is my goal and what I am searching for.

Routes like 'Ultime démence', 5 pitches 8a+ or 'la Ramirole', 5 pitches 8b, are the most beautiful sucesses in my climbing life.

I love my 'non-system' life. To be able to decide myself how I will earn my money, where I will live, when I will get up in the morning. To do what I need to do to survive. And most importantly: to enjoy every single day, with the least amount of seriousness as possible and to climb to my very best!