Digital Photo Experience

Recived an e-mail from Juan Pons today to let me know about a workshop he and George Wuerthner are running in Yellowstone, they still have a few slots open so you better hurry and get one.  Juan posts articles and works on the Digital Photo Experience Blog  along with a podcast by the same name.  Among the other writers is Rick Sammon and George Wuerthner.

Juan also runs Wild Nature Tours with George Wuerthner.  George has a few books to his credit Yellowstone in Photographs and Yellowstone.  Check out their blog for great information on digital photography and most certainly check out their website of Photography Tours.

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Instanbul - The City that Never Sleeps

http://www.tpw.it/2010/kolkata_project_workshop/istanbul.html Istanbul… our imagination goes instantly to classic icons: fogs on the Bosporus, Orient Express, Graham Green, Agatha Christie, the Whirling Dervishes, the last eastern frontier of Europe… After this, the architectures of the mosques, the culture of Byzantium and Constantinople…then the photographs of Ara Guler and the novels by Orhan Pamuk And today, Istanbul as Cultural Capital of Europe (year 2010), art galleries, shopping, bars and cafés full of young people, night-life, design, fashion… Elegance, melancholy and development mix continuously in what is, today, the trendiest city of Europe. Our workshop, as usual, will try to capture these magic moments, epiphanies, suspended time, trying to understand, with a simple and direct approach, the daily stories of the many people who live in this city with a population of almost 20 million. From the popular district of Balat to the cafés of Chaingir, where artists, photographers, and intellectuals gather, to the lively streets of Beyoglu, and then crossing the Galata bridge, going through the crowded historical centre and the mosques and bazaars of Sultanahmet, we will have the chance do discover the real life of the city. Istanbul always surprises us with new scenarios, one fading into another…it does not scream, the visual impact is soft, as are the prayers coming from the mosques and the sound of the sirens from the ferries that restlessly cross the Bosporus. During this workshop we will experience all this, exploring the everyday life of the city, with support from local assistants. Practical Information: Dates: may 1-8, 2010 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Visa/Passport: please check whether you need a visa. Workshops costs: Workshop fee € 1400 includes 2 dinners Hotel Villa Zurich, in Chiangir. The cost is approx 80 € per night with breakfast. Please let us know if you plan to stay there. Meals: meals will be independent, except as stated above. Eating out in Istanbul is a real culinary experience… Travel: Istanbul is connected with the world’s major airports. If needed, we can arrange transportation airport/hotel.

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HDR and Beyond: Exquisite Control from Capture to Print

http://www.santafeworkshops.com/workshops/calendar-detail.php?workshop=478&all=1

HDR and Beyond: Exquisite Control from Capture to Print
Dan Burkholder
May 10 - May 14, 2010

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call (505) 983-1400, ext. 11.

High Dynamic Range imaging (HDR) is one of the most exciting developments in the recent history of photography. Thanks to digital HDR techniques, photographers can now capture scenes with extreme contrast that would overwhelm film or single-digital capture, such as dark interiors with sunlit windows or landscapes with deep shadows and bright highlights. In this workshop, participants learn how to shoot and process HDR captures while precisely controlling the full range of color and contrast in each image.
Dan guides participants through the easy, recipe-like steps for capturing high-contrast scenes for HDR processing. We learn how to make HDR part of our creative workflow and delve into the exciting world of 32-bit images. Participants explore new selection and masking skills to create striking color and detail in our HDR images. We learn how to use color management options to create prints that match the images on our monitors, banishing printing surprises once and for all, and print our new HDR images on luxurious archival inkjet papers. Dan’s knowledge, energy, and humor provide a motivating environment where we learn to combine HDR’s distinctive look with our own photographic style to produce images with a personal stamp of creativity.
Instructor(s)

Dan Burkholder has been teaching digital imaging workshops for 15 years at such venues as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego; The Royal Photographic Society in Madrid, International Center of Photography, and Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. Dan’s award-winning book, Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing, has become a standard resource in the fine-art photography community. His latest book, The Color of Loss, documents the flooded interiors of post-Katrina New Orleans and is the first coffee-table book entirely produced using HDR methods. This is his eighth year teaching at the Workshops. His Web site address is www.danburkholder.com.
Who Should Attend:
Advanced Amateurs and Professionals
What You Should Know:
Proficient in digital workflow; working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop; see Photoshop Requirements in the General Information
Special Notes:
Computer workstations are provided in the digital lab
Accommodations Available:
On-campus housing not available. Click here for "Suggested Accommodations in Santa Fe."
Tuition & Fees:
Tuition: $1,125.00
Location, Materials, and Digital Lab Fee: $170.00

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The Journey - A Desire to Reach the Goal

"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.“

~ Eric Hoffer

Encouraging comments are always welcome but to be blunt I have always been my own worst critic. I once heard it said that the difference between a professional photographer and an amateur photographer is that the professional only shows you his/her best work. After a few years of shooting sports I was getting comfortable behind the camera and with the thought of being a photographer. I was still however not getting the consistent images I wanted and I was often times at the mercy of the camera.

I started reading, my manual, photography blogs, photography books and anything photo related. The first thing I learned was that I had a lot to learn and the second thing I learned was I could be better at what I did. My initial research had been into light and metering. I started to read about how shutter speed, ISO and Aperture all work together to make an image. However even though I read it and comprehended it I was not able to wrap my thick head around the concept.

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