I'm looking for a good photo workshop to go to this year. No particular time in mind, but I'm looking for something that's more about creativity and composition than the technical or commercial stuff. Also something within say 500 miles of Chicago for a fairly easy drive, so the coasts are out. Flying is a hassle and I've done enough of it lately. I also don't want to add to the expense - a lot of great workshops are out there in the $2k range, but that's out of the question for me. Looking for more like the $500 range. Camping is fine, and probably preferred.

I need to get some inspiration and I think this will do it. I took one in '01 that's along these lines and may take a different workshop with the same guy but wanted to see what else is out there.

This one looks kind of interesting. Anybody know about the Mentor Series?