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Provence Photographic Workshop Tour July 2-6, 2017
Summer in Provence is a time when the region’s fields are bursting with colour and fragrance, when their perfumed lavender and dazzling sunflowers are in full bloom.
Sunflowers in Provence
The iconic symbol of Provence, violet-coloured lavender and brilliant yellow sunflower fields are usually in flower from the end of June to mid August. The peak time being in early July when we will be there capturing its beauty!
Provence Photographic Workshop Tour
July 2-6, 2017 $950.00/ Limited to 8 Students
Sunflowers in Provence
Both of these images were Focus stacked (also known as focal plane merging focus blending) a digital image processing technique which combines multiple images taken at different focal distances and give the blended image a greater depth of field (DOF) than any of the individual images.
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Dragons Breath Nov 5 2016
In November I am looking fwd to taking a day to capture images of some of the Southwest most unusual formations. Photographers are today’s explorers looking for the unusual sights to capture with their cameras.
Dragons Breath
What lies at the edge of the known world? During medieval times, distant and unexplored lands on the edges of maps were marked by drawings of dragons, sea serpents, and other ominous looking fictional animals. The notation of dangerous beasts and mythical sea creatures invoked the harm that sailors feared to encounter when entering previously uncharted waters.
Zion National Park Dark Skies /South West Photographic Workshop Tour
Nov 6 -10 2016
Join us for a Spring Day in the Country Photo Workshop to hone camera and processing skills.
May 14, 2016 $75 Limit 8
Farmhouse Lilacs
Now that spring has arrived in Michigan there are a lot of photographers who want to dust off their cameras and spend a time honing their camera and processing skills, while capturing some great spring images. On May 14, 2016, I will be spending the day shooting and going over image processing in the countryside near my home in Chelsea, Michigan.
We will start the day at 9 a.m. with coffee, while going over camera functions, in Chelsea at the old farm house where I live and work. Then we will head out for some close up work. My neighbors raise horses and they have two Friesian foals that we will spend time with.
After a lunch break, we will go over image processing on the images we have shot, then head out for an afternoon shoot.
In the afternoon we will spend time at the Waterloo Farm Museum, where we will spend some of the afternoon shooting the buildings and some close up images. After a couple of hours at Waterloo, we will go back to work on image processing to wind down the day.
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I Hope you ring in the New Year with peace and joy in your heart!!
I hate to leave 2015 behind, it has been a year filled with family, new and old friends, travel and wonderful new images. Whether your New Year’s Eve is filled with City Lights or Quiet Meditation, I hope you ring in the New Year with peace and joy in your heart!!
Heaven and Earth – Valley of Fire
City Lights – Las Vegas
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Val d’Orcia, Tuscany
This morning I spent some time with Deborah Bondar going over Lightroom’s workflow, processing this image she captured in the Val d’Orcia. Lightroom is a great program where you can take a raw image off your card and in less than 10 minutes you can turn it into a wall hanger.
From June 18 – June 23 2016 I will be teaching a workshop in the Val d’Orcia when the wheat field will be golden in the early morning and late afternoon light.
This is an amazing location where we can capture images and drink in the Tuscan lifestyle. We will be spending three night at an old Roman bath in the middle of the Val d’Orcia. Hope you can join me!
Val d’Orcia – Tuscany Italy – processed in Lightroom
Val d’Orcia – Tuscany Italy – uprocessed
Tunnels in the Smoky Mountains
The winding roads in the Smoky Mountains create wonderful compositions as they run along rivers and through tunnels.
Smokey Mountains, Tennessee October 25- 28 2015 $495.00 Limited to 8 Students
There are a few spots left. Hope you can join me!
Smoky Mountain Tunnel
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Ludington Beach View
This image was captured during the Lake Michigan workshop. To create this image I processed two images in the lightroom Develop Pallet and then used Lightroom’s Panoramic blend mode to create a single Panoramic image. After creating this Panoramic image I used Topaz Clarity to give it a little pop.
Our Lake Michigan shoreline reminds me of the beaches along North Carolina’s Outer Banks both have wonderful sand, dune grass, wild sea oats and lighthouses. Michigan like the Outer Banks has great lighthouses and more of them. Between North and South Carolina there are 16 lighthouses while Michigan has 127 remaining lighthouses.
Ludington Beach State Park – Lake Michigan
Ludington State Park – Lake Michigan
This is one of the two raw image processed in lightroom only before using Topaz Clarity to make it pop.
Ludington Beach processed in Lightoom
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Autumn’s Tapestry in the Smoky Mountains
With the cooler weather I am excited about photographing the amazing colors that fall brings to the Smoky Mountains. From October 25 – 28 2015, I will be teaching on the north side of the Smoky Mountains. This is one of the rivers that we will be photographing during the workshop.
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Sunrise along the rivers in the Smoky Moutains
I will be going in a day or two early for the Smoky Mountain workshop to capture morning images on the Gatlinburg side of the Smoky Mountains and I am anxious to spend a sunrise at this location.
Sunrise along the rivers in the Smoky Mountains
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