Photographic Expeditions

With Beryl Striewski

Get the best out of that new digital camera. Learn the tricks of the trade from an experienced and talented commercial photographer and photographic artist.

Beryl has many years experience working for prestigious clients. Her work has been widely exhibited and admired.

As part of this very small group of photographers you will get lots of valuable one-on-one time and will actually get to see how a professional sets up to get that unique perspective and lighting which makes her photographs so memorable.

Big Bend and the Davis Mountains have much to offer the serious photographer. From the wide desert vistas to the towering mountain crags. A microcosm of plants, animals and insects. Clear air, starry starry nights, amazing sunrises and sunsets.

The Rio Grand weaves its way through the desert and the mountains carving canyons up to 1,500 feet deep, creating a fertile floodplain snaking its narrow path through the seemingly endless desert.

Man has been leaving his mark on this landscape for thousands of years. Rock paintings executed by long gone native peoples remind us how their lives were interwoven with their environment

Adobe ruins give testament to settlers from Mexico and the United States struggling to provide shelter for their families whilst they eked out an existence.

Later settlers brought masonry skills and mining techniques which left a more permanent mark and, for a while, introduced a degree of prosperity into the local economy.

They left behind their graveyards and the rusted skeletons of their equipment - ghost towns and wandering, lonely spirits.

The communities which survived through the 20th and into the 21st century are rugged and independant, welcoming and hospitable. A comfortable mixture of old and new which recognizes adaptation as a pre-requisite for survival.

Scattered amongst these communities are hotels and hostelries which go back to the very early days of European settlement. Old buildings full of character and stories - tastefully moderized to respect their history and heritage. These historic hotels will provide our accommodation

For booking information or other questions email me at themes@texas.net . If you include a phone number I will call you back.