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Print of the Month: Distant Mountains
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This is one of my favorites locations in Vermont. I go there frequently and it looks different every time. I really like how the telephoto lens pulled the distant mountains close and how the fog at sunrise filled the many valleys. You can purchase the print on LorenPhotos.com.
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| | Enjoying Vermont's fall foliage
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| My annual Vermont Fall Foliage Photography Workshops were great this year, and it is the people that made them so much fun. This year participants came from Guatemala, Honduras, Hawaii, California, Maryland, NYC and New Jersey. I really enjoyed getting to know everyone and see the great photos they created. See a gallery of some of the photos
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My art shows are done for the season, it was a good year and I look forward to next year and getting out and meeting more people around the region. I’ll start the shows in March and finish in October with some new images and new formats. Until then you can purchase images through my updated website. |
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I have some great photography workshops coming, some are purely to learn more about making betting pictures and some are in fun locations, so you can see results while you improve. If you are not feeling confident that you know the essential skills that you must master before you will get consistently good photographs, then my three-hour Building a Strong Photography Foundation workshop may be just what you need. I am hosting a night photography workshop on Sat. Nov. 1, which is always lots of fun. On Dec. 6-7 we are travelling to northern Maryland for an exciting workshop where we will illuminate a lighthouse at night with a flashlight and then the next morning photograph over 100 bald eagles. The photo above shows lightpainting that we will be doing in Maryland and at the Night Photography workshop.
Coming up in January is my day-long Lightroom workshop, where you’ll learn not only how the photo editing program works but also when and why to adjust your images. In February I’m hosting a Vermont winter photography workshop where we will be concentrating on getting perfect exposures (which is tough in snow) and how seeing lines and shapes can greatly enhance your composition. If you are really planning ahead, I’m doing a workshop in Washington, D.C. during the Cherry Blossom Festival and the 2015 edition of the Vermont Fall Foliage Workshops are scheduled. |
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Upcoming workshops
• Nov. 1, 2014: Night Photography Workshop Somerville, NJ
• Nov. 16, 2014: Building a Strong Photography Foundation Workshop Somerville, NJ
• Dec 6-7, 2014: Eagles and Lighthouse Photography Workshop North East, MD
• Jan. 17, 2015: Getting the Most out of Lightroom Somerville, NJ
• Feb. 6-9, 2015: Vermont Winter Wonderland Photography Workshop Woodstock, VT
• April 10-12, 2015: Cherry Blossom Photography Workshop Washington, DC
• Oct. 2-6, 2015: Vermont Fall Foliage Photography Workshop Woodstock, VT
• Oct. 8-11, 2015: Vermont Fall Foliage Photography Workshop Woodstock, VT
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| | Special mentoring program
I'm starting an exciting class of mentoring photographers who are looking to take their work to the next level. It is a project based program, which can be intimidating but by photographing a project, you really learn to think and see your images in a new way. Check out the details.
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| Make the most of flaws in your lens
Camera
lenses are full of flaws, which can be bad, but we can also use some of
them in a creative way. I’m sure you’ve seen sunbursts in photos but
maybe you haven’t figured out how to get them in your photos. All lenses
will create the effect when the sun, or any strong light source, shines
directly in the lens. But it doesn’t always happen, only when the lens
aperture is very small, like f/22, and letting in very little light.
Stopping your camera down to f/22 doesn’t always make the points happen
either. If you aim your camera directly at the sun, you probably won’t
see any bursts. You need to have the strong light source be slightly
diffracted by something, like a tree branch, or lamp post. |
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