Take a tour of the iconic highway and its unique and colorful roadside attractions, and learn from one of the best photographers around in this very special two-day event!

Included in this workshop/tour is guiding and instruction by Greg Disch and a signed copy of Greg’s Book “Route 66: Ghost Towns and Roadside Relics.”  Greg will be available throughout the workshop to assist you to get the best photos, whether by learning a new technique or just working on improving composition.

Also included is one nights lodging at the Desert Hills Motel in Tulsa based on double occupancy. Cost for the workshop is $150 per person and travel will be by carpooling.  A custom guidebook written by Greg of the locations and route during the trip, which will include historical information about what we are photographing will be given to each participant before departing.

PLEASE NOTE: Event registration is exclusive to PSNWA members ONLY UNTIL MAY 31. After that, registration will be open to others. REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO 12 PARTICIPANTS. 

This is an adventure to not only guide you to the best photo locations and opportunities, but also to teach you to shoot better images by learning to visualize before taking the shot and think more about the image than the camera settings.

We will eat in classic Route 66 restaurants when possible to get the full Route 66 experience 

Itinerary (subject to change)

Saturday July 14

Leave PSNWA Facility at 8:00 am and carpool to Afton Oklahoma where we get on Route 66.

Afton-We should reach Afton by about 10 am where we will photograph the Avon Motel, Afton Station, Rest Haven Sign, Palmer Hotel Building.

Vinita-Lunch at Clanton’s Café

Clanton’s is the longest continually owned family restaurant in Oklahoma on Route 66. They feature great down home cooking and friendly service. Clanton’s has been featured on the hit tv show “Diners Drive-ins and Dives” It has also been featured in Gourmet Magazine for its outstanding Chicken Fried Steak. Be sure and try their famous hand breaded “Calf Fries”.

Foyil-Totem Pole -Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park is the oldest and largest example of a folk art environment in Oklahoma; its construction lasting from 1937 to 1961.Totem Pole Park contains the original, highly decorated creations of Galloway, one of Oklahoma’s premier folk artists and significant in the “visionary art” movement. The park is located just 3.5 miles off the Mother Road.

Catoosa -Blue Whale 

Tulsa

Dinner at Talleys Café

Lodging for Saturday night

The Desert Hills Motel was built in 1953. There are 50 units.

“We are proud to serve travelers on the Mother Road. With well-maintained rooms, a classic neon sign and a convenient location on Route 66, within a short drive of Tulsa’s many attractions, we offer the perfect mom-and-pop motel experience. If you’d like to step back in history without giving up any modern conveniences, do yourself a favor and stop at the Desert Hills next time you’re in town!”

Some scenes from the movie “The Christmas Child” and “Return to Sender”, were filmed at the Desert Hills Motel. The rooms at the Desert Hills are lined up diagonally, an unusual but efficient architectural design that allowed many large rooms to be constructed on a relatively small tract of land. The neon sign out front, which features a glowing green cactus, was refurbished for the 2004 International Tulsa Route 66 Festival. The tile floors in the bathrooms at the Desert Hills are always warm, so you never have to worry about cold toes when you step out of the shower.

Neon Night Shoot in Tulsa

We will do a night shoot of neon signs on Route 66 in Tulsa, I will cover techniques for night photography including how to get a proper setting and exposure of neon signs at night, when and how to use mirror lockup, long exposure noise reduction and other questions.

Sunday July 15

Breakfast Corner Café on Route 66 in Tulsa 

Photo stops along Route 66

Route 66 Village

Sapulpa-Waite Phillips Filling Station, Rock Creek Bridge, Tee Pee Drive in Theater

Route 66 Page 6

Depew-Old Gimmel Gas Station, Old buildings downtown

Stroud -Rock Café Lunch

The Rock Café in Stroud, Oklahoma, a historic restaurant on U.S. Route 66, takes its name from the local sandstone used in its construction. Originally built in 1936 and opened in 1939, the Rock Café reopened on May 29, 2009 after extensive repairs by historic preservationist David Burke due to damage from a 2008 fire. The restaurant’s cookbook, written during the rebuilding effort, was published in November 2009.

Rock Café proprietor Dawn Welch, a long-time promoter of U.S. Route 66 in Oklahoma selected by The Oklahoman as Oklahoma’s 2009 Woman of the Year.

John Lasseter and a research crew from Pixar Animation Studios visited the Rock Café in 2001 and upon meeting owner, Dawn Welch began developing the character Sally Carrera for the movie Cars with multiple visits from 2001 to 2005. The café features items left by the crew and gifts received from her time working with Pixar and Disney.

The Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives also devoted part of an episode to the Rock. On January 21, 2010 Dawn Welch appeared on NBC-TV´s Today show, cooking and promoting her book. The January 2010 edition of “Oklahoma Living” magazine named the Rock Café “Best Oklahoma Diner”, featuring its proprietor in a cover photo.

Photo stops along Route 66

Warwick-Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum

Arcadia-Rock Station,Round Barn, Pops

We will finish the trip in Arcadia at around 4-5 pm with option to eat at Pop’s or just head back home. Arcadia to Springdale is about 3.5 hours.