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We're finally going to Iceland
I'm really excited, I finally nailed down a workshop to Iceland. I'll be leading the trip in March to photograph some of most magnificent scenery anywhere! March is the perfect time to go, the weather is about the same as New York City, the days are longer, the aurora is glowing and the waterfalls are flowing with spring melt. I've teamed with a company from Iceland that specializes in photography tours, so we'll have local expertise to guide us to little known as well as world famous locations. Since everything in Iceland is expensive, I've been able to include ground transportation, lodging and meals in the low price. You'll even get boots and crampons to use when wading in the ocean or walking in ice caves. This is a special trip where we'll photograph the Northern Lights, majestic water falls, ice caves, glaciers and lots more. This workshop will fill fast, I hope you can join me. Read more... |
| | | | Summer brings more art shows As you can see to the right, I'm loaded with art shows this summer. I've done 10 already this year and I'm pretty booked every weekend with shows or workshops through October. I love when people stop by and say hello, so if you are near where I'm exhibiting, please find my booth. I love it even more if you buy lots of photos! |
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I made a quick trip to Oregon last month to do final scouting for my sold out Solar Eclipse Workshop that I am leading in August. It was pretty much four days of driving and stopping whenever I saw something worth photographing, which was pretty often. I hadn't been to the eastern part of the state, which is all desert and the reason it is the best place to view the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. The town of Madras is ground zero for astromony nuts wanting to see the eclipse and the woman at the hotel said they have been booked for over four years. Not too far away are Oregon's Painted Hills, a unique area with incredible colors and scenery. I didn't plan on going there but I ended up near there after picking the scenic route and I'm glad it did. After the desert I went to the southern part of the state to visit my sister Lynda and her husband Bill who helped me last summer find a hotel for our group and the location is perfect. There are several posts on my blog about my Oregon adventure and I can't wait to go back in August. |
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Upcoming workshops
• Nov. 19: Macro Photography Workshop Somerville, NJ
• Feb. 2-4., 2018: Vermont Winter Wonderland Workshop, Woodstock, VT
• March 9-16, 2018: Iceland Photography Workshop, Reykjavik, Iceland
• June 2-6, 2018: Acadia National Park Photography Workshop, Bar Harbor, ME
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| Upcoming Art Shows
• June 17-18 Brookdale Crafts Festival, Montclair, NJ
• June 24-25: Narragansett Art Festival, Narragansett, RI
• July 15-16: Westport Fine Arts Festival, Westport, CT
• July 22-23: Loveladies Fine Art Festival, Long Beach Island, NJ
• Aug. 5-6: Mary Fritchie Art Show, Westhampton, NY
• Aug. 12: A Taste of Woodstock, Woodstock, VT
• Sept. 2-3: Mad River Crafts Festival, Waitsfield, VT
• Sept. 9-10: Woodstock Art Festival, Woodstock, VT
• Sept. 16-17: Anderson Park Arts & Crafts, Upper Montclair, NJ
• Oct. 3-4: Manchester Arts & Crafts Festival, Manchester, VT
• Oct. 10-11: Stowe Arts & Crafts Festival, Stowe, VT
• Oct 17-18 Brookdale Fall Crafts Festival, Montclair, NJ
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| Personal mentoring
If you want to improve your photography, learn more about your camera, get a better handle on Lightroom or Photoshop, or need help with your photo business, then I can help you with one-on-one mentoring that is customized to fit your needs. Read more.. |
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Photographing night skies
People often ask me if I'd still rather be shooting film instead of digital. That's a big NOPE! There are many things that I wouldn't even attempt with film and one of them is astrophotography, photographing the stars. I won't go into all the details why but with film it got very complicated. With newer digital sensors, it is mainly a matter of knowing where to point your lens. Photographing the Milky Way is lots of fun, it always makes me wonder what else is out there. I use an app on my iPhone called PhotoPills and it will tell me exactly where the Milky Way's brightest part, the galactic center, will be for any time and location. The trick to shooting the Milky Way is pretty simple, find it on a moonless night, set your camera on ISO 3200, pull out the widest lens you have, set it on the largest aperture like f/2.8, and start with a 30 second exposure. If you shots are too dark, increase your ISO if your camera can handle it. Depending on what focal length lens you are using, you may be able to do a longer exposure but you want to make sure your stars aren't becoming blurs due to movement. In the shot to the right I used a flashlight to illuminate the trees and reeds in a Vermont pond.
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