Jediah Hill Covered Bridge Photo Walk

General Information:

Like all of our photo walks this is both a learning experience and a great chance for you to create amazing photos. Your guide for this photo walk will be one or two of our instructors who will happily answer your photography questions throughout the photo walk. The instructor(s) will have photo opportunities planned as well as reviews/instructions for the location. Think of it as a fun, informal photography class that happens to be out in nature and doesn't have homework or tests! This location is popular for portrait photography, nature photography and as the name implied photos of the covered bridge.

We have had a few photo walk participants and photography students at this location in the past who thought this location is a park or part of Winton Woods. The Jediah Hill covered bridge is a functioning bridge connecting Miles Rd. and Covered Bridge Rd. as well as being the only remaining covered bridge in use on a public road in Hamilton County. It is not a park nor is there a dedicated parking lot so Photo Walk participants will be parking on the street near the bridge. Anyone who has difficulty walking on unpaved and uneven surfaces should not attend as we will be walking down to the stream and photographing the bridge from the banks and/or large rocks in the water. The water is very shallow so this has never been a problem for photo walk participants or photography class and workshop students. If you have questions or concerns about attending this photo walk and its location please contact us.

Photo Opportunities May Include:

The Jediah Hill Covered Bridge... OF COURSE!!!
Nature photos, the bridge spans a stream with lots of large rocks in it, trees on the banks and more. There are also trails nearby that the instructor can give you directions to or possibly take you to if there are enough interested participants and time permitting.
Wildlife, students have encountered and photographed birds, fish, frogs, turtles, deer, to name a few. Like all wildlife, we have no idea what animals, if any will be there on any given day.
People, this is a good location for portraits. IF YOU WISH TO BRING A MODEL ON THIS PHOTO WALK YOU MUST CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR AT LEAST 1 WEEK PRIOR TO THE PHOTO WALK. Due to time constraints, the number of students/participants, parking limitations and the number of instructors available we usual have to limit the number of models permitted. Guests and "assistants" are not permitted at this location for the same reasons. If you are going to bring someone they must register and pay as participants.
Sunrises have been good at this location when walks or photography classes are in the morning.
Colorful and dramatic skies during sunset often happen in the evenings but the sun is rarely in the photos.

Recommended Equipment:

Nothing is required except a camera (phones do not count) and lens.

A dSLR (digital SLR) camera or mirror-less interchangeable lens camera is best but point & shoot cameras are acceptable (please remember they are limited).

Tripod, especially if you class is in the evening or during sunrise or sunset.

At least one lens. Bringing multiple lenses is a great idea. We have had students use lenses as long as 400mm, wide as 14mm and everything in between. The most common lenses range from 18mm to 120mm for this locations. We feel that you can create great photos with just about any lens on this photo walk but our recommendation is nothing longer than a 300mm for a full frame camera and 200mm for crop sensors.

A flash if you have one.

Polarizing and/or graduated neutral density filter are helpful for making the sky pop.

Flashlight if your walk is scheduled for evening/night.

Attire:

Although you can photograph the bridge from the road but most students venture down to the creek to be able to see more of the bridge. The stream may be a few feet deep, completely dry or anything in between. The water level has never been a problem at this location and it has always possible to walk out into the water or on large rocks and pieces of concrete that are in the stream without getting wet. The hike down to the stream is short about 50 feet but it is downhill in a heavily overgrown area. Like most wooded areas in the Cincinnati, there is the possibility of Poison Ivy in some places but no students has ever reported getting Poison Ivy at this location. Dress appropriately for these conditions plus the expected weather conditions. Boots are a good idea, dress shoes and open toe shoes are a bad idea.

Upcoming Schedule and Location:

Meeting Location

The Jediah Hill Covered Bridge
For information about the meeting location, a link to Google Maps for direction to the meeting location, please click here.

Date and Time

To Be Determined.

Cost: $25.00

Registration:

To register for the Jediah Hill Covered Bridge photo walk on Saturday September 24th 2022, please use ProCam Events web-page by clicking here.
If you experience difficulties with the event registration please contact ProCam Cincinnati:

PROCAM Cincinnati Cincinnati
1014 Ohio Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45245
(513) 943-9000
Cincinnati@ProCam.com - general emails
Lee@ProCam.com - Events Manager for Cincinnati

Store Hours:
Monday-Friday 9:30 am - 7:30 pm EST
Saturday 9:30 am - 6:00 pm EST
Sunday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST

Additional Scheduling Options and Information.

This photo walk is also available as a private lesson contact us for details.

If you have questions about this course call us or email our education department at education@studio63.org. Email usually works best for photography course, workshop and walk questions! Please allow a few days for us to reply as only our instructors reply to emails and calls regarding courses and workshops and they are also our busiest photographers.