CBS Features Bodie and America's Ghost Towns

America's Best Unrestored Ghost Town, Bodie

CBS aired an excellent segment on America's ghost towns last Sunday, including Bodie, California. Here's the segment featuring Bodie from their Sunday morning show:

The haunting remnants of America's ghost towns

Living not far from the park, I have the privilege of leading many dozens of photographers through Bodie each year, for special night access and to photograph building interiors.  Here are photos from our photo workshops, and visits to our favorite local ghost town:

Star trails and the Iridium 11 communications satellite are seen over the Bodie Church

Sunset in Bodie

Moon rise and moon beams over Bodie Bluff

A dusting of snow on Bodie in the spring

Inside the Boone General Store

The Miner's Union Hall in pre-dawn light

Milky Way rising over the Standard Mill

Bodie's 1937 Chevy coupe at dusk

Highlighting Bodie's landmarks under the Milky Way

The peaceful twilight hours in Bodie

Roulette wheel in the Sam Leon Bar

Evening golden hour in Bodie as the last warm rays of the sun touch the town

You can see over 200 of my photos of Bodie in an album on +Flickr :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/sets/72157630926160354/

We've raised roughly $25,000 for building stabilization in Bodie through our photo workshops there.  When we have dates for our interior access and night photography workshops in Bodie for 2015, we'll publish them on my Web site: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/

Enrollment Open for Last Bodie Night/Interior Access for 2013

It's always a little touch and go trying to clear the fee hurdles to access Bodie State Park at night or to get escorted access inside the buildings, but enrollment has reached a point for October 12/13 where I can offer the sessions individually as well.  Doing both will be a bit of a marathon since we'll have the night session Saturday 6 pm - 1 am, then be right back at the front gate at 6 am for sunrise and access to interiors.  But the sun sets early so it's our night access with the longest period of darkness, and with the sun rising later we actually get to sleep in  a bit (if you can call it that at 6 am) to be back in time for sunrise.

The permanent description page for my Bodie workshops here on this blog has been updated:
http://activesole.blogspot.com/p/bodie-night-photography-workshops-2013.html

Best of all, the Bodie Foundation is kindly discounting the back-to-back sessions a bit for this weekend, so forget about my typical prices of $325 each.  Enrollment buttons for either session ($295) or both ($545) appear on the front page of my blog: www.MyPhotoGuides.com.

Bodie Foundation 2014 Calendar, Winning Shot!

Congratulations +Maximilian Laue on your contest-winning shot from our night photography workshop at Bodie last year!
I can't wait to see it on the 2014 Bodie Foundation calendar!

I can't seem to blog your photo provide a URL directly to it, but I can link to my share of it:
https://plus.google.com/104896696773020847048/posts/41fskApuWgE

I'm also thrilled to hear that you can join us again this year, on the dual night/morning sessions Oct 12/13 added today:

June 29th night
August 9th night
August 24 night
Oct 12 night + Oct 13 dawn/interior

Info:
http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/
Registration:
http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/

Bodie State Historic Park, a set on Flickr.

Night Workshops at Bodie State Historic Park

Whether your interest is moonlit portraits of the old buildings, light painting, star trails, Milky Way images or night timelapse photography, we can cover a lot in the space of a few hours!

We will meet in Bridgeport for an early dinner (no host) before we head out to Bodie. Dinner will be around 4:00 pm Saturday to allow us time to meet, eat and drive to the ghost town.  We will be greeted at the gate by our guides for the evening.  After a brief introduction from the Bodie Foundation, we will start our evening of photography from about 6:30 p.m. on, with a departure time of 1:00 a.m..

These are the last night workshops we'll schedule for 2012, and registration will be accepted on a first come, first-served basis.  Credit cards can be used to register through the PayPal links in the right column, or if you'd prefer to mail a check, contact me.

September 22nd  

Workshop Fee:    SOLD OUT!

October 6^th

Workshop Fee:   SOLD OUT!

Although our planned night photography workshops for Bodie this year are full, if you have a group of several people eager to go, contact me and perhaps we can schedule a new date.

New Google+ Page for Workshops at Bodie State Historic Park

To help people find my upcoming photography workshops at Bodie State Historic Park, I've set up a Bodie Photo Workshops page on Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/116719515450184310739/116719515450184310739/posts
Stay tuned for date announcements, or contact me to get on a list to receive updates.

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