August 29th was the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation in New Orleans. The rest of the country watched helplessly as nature destructively made its path across the state and left a wake of confusion, pain and torment. It takes years to rebuild the city of New Orleans. But amidst the rubble and tragedy [...]
People often ask on our workshops and Career Training program, “What do I do with all these images?” If your walls are full and your family is politely refusing to accept any more of your framed photographs, a logical step is the photo book. More and more publishing companies are emerging that are geared towards [...]
I’ve always admired those photos that capture the soft, beautiful movement of water. Whether it’s a creek or small stream in a forest, a river carving through a pastoral landscape, or ocean waves breaking onto a shore, there is something magical, even mystical, about these photos. However, as photographers, there’s likely something intimidating, too. In [...]
These Kata Bumblebee reviews were written collaboratively by Neil and Forest Chaput de Saintonge. In past few years, camera bags have evolved faster than ever. First it was the move from the older “over the shoulder” style bags that were the standard for many years for most professional photographers. More recently the move has been [...]
August’s Photography Assignment: Artists have placed themselves in their own paintings, drawings and photographs for centuries. But for many photographers it is a difficult move to go from being behind the camera to being in front of it. This may just be one of the most challenging assignments yet…
This assignment must have struck a cord because we had an amazing response and participation! The July assignment asked each photographer to explore summer. Each person was encouraged to think about all the things that represent summer to them and do their best to capture the elements of summer with their camera. Each person submitted [...]
This marks the first of our sneak peeks of workshops in 2011. Although our new catalog and updated website won’t be ready until the beginning of October, we can’t help but share some of our upcoming courses with you. In 2011 we are returning to Callaway Gardens in Georgia with instructor Brenda Tharp. This has [...]
How exciting… Now you are hopefully inspired to begin exploring the world of black and white. Not only can you capture images in black and white in your camera, but you can also convert your images to black and white in Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture,..and the list goes on. Now, where does one [...]
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