In Partnership with the Oceanic Society
Gary Sharlow, Photographer and Trip Leader
Your two day ticket to this event includes all day access to the Academy on Saturday March 21st for a self guided exploration of the museum. Be sure to arrive early and enjoy the sights before our workshop. On day one, we will gather at the Academy for a class that will provide you with instructions for how to make great pictures while riding on a moving platform. We will cover the fundamentals of exposure and explore the best settings for your DSLR while out on our ocean adventure. Topics include shutter priority mode, focus options, in camera light metering, modes of auto focus and more. We will also spend part of the day investigating the life of Gray Whales while learning about conservation approaches taken to ensure their survival while considering their life cycle and migration patterns.
On day two, we will meet at the Marina in Half Moon Bay to set out on a 3 hour tour! This trip is set at the height of the annual Gray Whale migration season. Along with the potential to see migrating Gray Whales in the waters of the Golf of the National Marine Sanctuary, we might also catch a glimpse of Harbor porpoises, California sea lions, Common Loons, Earred Grebes, Western Grebes, Northern Fulmars, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Brandt’s Cormorant, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Common Merganser, California Gulls, Herring Gulls, Western Gull, Common Murre and Rhinoceros Auklet, Clark’s Grebes, Pelagic Cormorants, and more... The boat trip could range up to 12 miles while set our sights on locating the whales and whatever other bounties the ocean has to offer. The annual gray whale migration is one of the world's most magnificent and accessible wildlife spectacles on Earth.
