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Iceland 6.2015.2 Flatey
pastoral – using 2 textures Here are a few more images from our Iceland Odyssey 2015 instructional tour. The first 2 images were made in the very picturesque, Hellnar, on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, a...
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Iceland.6.2015.3 Flatey.2
The skies got really nice at the end. All of the Flatey Island sky images were shot within 24 hours. The colorful seeming dusk skies began at about 0100 and went on for about 3+ hours. I must admit it...
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Iceland loves the iPhone – Year 5
PRO645 6×17 pano w/ flypaper texture I broke out the iPhone quite a bit on this trip. Rekindled enthusiasm and other worldly subject matter is some powerful ju-ju. The iPhone is the ultimate sketch...
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Visual Artistry Workshops UPDATE
FYI: We have a few openings in a few of our favorite venues. September 13-17, 2015South Dakota Badlands National Park, SD The lead image is at one of the classic graphic overlooks in the Badlands....
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Icelandic Odyssey Trifecta
Every time we get back from Iceland, I fantasize that the phone will ring, inviting Sue and I back to Iceland for a year to photograph a book/ video project…..all expenses paid…..yeah, I know…..dream...
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NECCC/ Geneva, and the calm before the Palouse
Buttermilk falls We just got back from the NECCC event immediately followed by our event at Hobart College for the PPSNYS in Geneva, NY. We’re a bit tired, but had a great time with friends and, of...
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Palouse Harvest and Wildfires
My first visit to the Palouse was over 20 years ago, but this was the first time that the wildfires were a factor in image making and, to be honest, breathing. There were about 100 wildfires in...
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Madeline Island Magic
On the day the Palouse workshop ended, we packed and headed to northern Wisconsin. The Madeline Island School for the Arts is a new venue for us, although I’ve wanted to get up to Lake Superior for...
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South Dakota Badlands 2015, a 20 year journey.
We just got in from our 2015 South Dakota Badlands NP, Visual Artistry workshop. We love September in the Badlands and had a very talented and creative group for this trip. The temperatures this year...
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The Nikon 200-500 super-zoom – first impressions
Being an NPS member and 25 yr. Nikon guy, I was on the front line to purchase the Nikon 200-500 super-zoom. I was extremely stoked about the 200-500 and couldn’t wait to get my hands on that baby! It...
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Maine Lighthouse Tour 2015 Epilogue
Sue and I just got back from a few weeks on the road conducting instructional tours in Maine (Maine Lighthouse Tour), and in New Hampshire for our fall Tour (next blog). We were very lucky to have...
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New Hampshire Fall Color Riot – 2015 Epilogue
Fall in the northeast is not as predictable as it once was. When we began in the workshop business, the first week in October was predictably an excellent time and was always in the fall color window....
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Cape Cod, our final 2015 Visual Artistry Workshop
It’s taken us quite a while to get up to Cape Cod, but it’s been a location goal for many years. Finally, we had the time in our schedule to conduct a workshop up there. We began the process by...
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Revisting venues, revisited…
We just completed the first annual Great Smoky Mountains Photography Summit with a packed house. Over 200 photographers were in attendance. It was great to see old friends, meet facebook friends, and...
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End of 2015 – Santa Fe workshop w/ Bobbie Goodrich
Our last workshop of the season was a joint effort with the great Bobbie Goodrich, out of her studio in Santa fe, NM. The weather was surprisingly chilly in the morning. Actually, our first day...
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A random thought: You get what you get.
It’s true, you do get what you get in the field, and the job is to make it work. However, based on how well one knows an area, and knowing what to expect, compromises may have to be made to get your...
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There’s only two kinds of photography…
When anyone asks about my favorite kind of photography, I instantly recall and re-quote the great Duke Ellington. When Duke was asked about his favorite kind of music, his reply was, “There are only 2...
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Random thoughts: Why B&W?
Exactly. Why Black and White? When and why does one decide? The answers are subjective? There is no definitive answer. But, with enough experience, one can pretty quickly see a scene in B&W. The...
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Composition challenge
As recorders of light, we tend to shy away from or talk down conditions that aren’t dawn to sunrise and sunset to dusk. I remember many years ago leaving a scene when the light got hot, especially...
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A fresh perspective
Since a large part of this business is software intensive and moving more and more towards personal interpretation, the first thing I try to do each day is to reprocess a very old image. “Very old”...
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