DETAILS:
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival - Saturday, April 25th, 9am - 3pm (ish)

Meet at Tulip Town in front of Michelle's Espresso. Spend some time wandering around getting some shots at Tulip Town. After that we could then head out Christina's Nursery that has more than just tulips to see and then out to the fields or vice versa... There are plenty of little places to stop and have lunch.
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COST:
$5 field entrance fee + $$ for lunch

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WHAT TO BRING:

REQUIRED: Umm...your camera

RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Light jacket or hat for changing spring weather
2. Lenses in the 18-35mm range (nice for wide shots of fields)
3. Lenses in the 70-200+mm range (great for flowers or portraits)
4. Lenses with f/1.8 or f2.8 apertures (great for creative blurring)
5. Tripod
6. Ground cloth for getting down on damp grass or soil
7. Water proof shoes or boots (can be a little muddy)
8. Off camera flash
9. Reflector for balancing high contrast
10. Circular polarizing filter for capturing rich blue sky or reducing the glare off flowers

- White jackets/t-shirts and white cardboard also work as great reflectors!
- Macro Lens not recommended because it will be difficult to use in a light breeze, but you are welcome to try.

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DIRECTIONS:
I recommend printing these out and bringing them with you. Tulip Town address: 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon, WA 98273.

COMING FROM I-5 NORTH:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=bellingham,+Washington&daddr=15002+Bradshaw+Road,+Mount+Vernon,+WA+98273&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=48.423277,-122.418594&sspn=0.230571,0.606995&ie=UTF8&ll=48.591143,-122.406921&spn=0.459617,1.213989&z=10

COMING FROM I-5 SOUTH:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Marysville,+Washington&daddr=15002+Bradshaw+Road,+Mount+Vernon,+WA+98273&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=48.236365,-122.25645&sspn=0.462833,1.213989&ie=UTF8&ll=48.208202,-122.159729&spn=0.46309,1.213989&z=10

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ADDITIONAL INFO:

Tulip Town
http://www.tuliptown.com/

Roozengaarde
http://www.tulips.com/

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
http://www.tulipfestival.org/

Currently Blooming Field Map
http://www.tulipfestival.org/fieldmap.php

More Tulip Photography
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=Skagit+Valley+Tulip+Photography&btnG=Search+Images&aq=f&oq=