For December First Friday Art Walk in Missoula, the Rocky Mountain School of Photography Gallery will be exhibiting a new show featuring works by Career Training graduates Sarah Joann Van Nortwick and Wyatt McCollum. The show is a collection of self portraits presented in diptych format. I was able to correspond with Sarah and Wyatt [...]
This week’s Alumni Friday spotlight is on 2009 Career Training graduate Doug Ness, and the timing couldn’t be better. With some recent milestones in his photography, Doug is reaping what he sowed in his time as a student in Summer Intensive, Fine Art and Stock Professional Studies course, and Advanced Intensive. And, in addition to [...]
Despite the craziness of the holidays, people found time in their busy lives to go out and photograph for December’s assignment, A Sense of Place in Your Hometown. Thank you to those who participated. It’s always fascinating to a see peoples’ different perspectives on their hometowns Below are the questions that went along with the [...]
Rocky Mountain School of Photography continues to strive for innovative ways to provide valuable and unique instruction for those looking to make photography a career. The fine art photographer is always challenged to have their work seen by as many eyes as possible in an environment conducive to selling to collectors and/or admirers. How do I approach a gallery [...]
Well, our readers have done it again! Rising to the challenge of capturing the culinary environment, we received a wonderful array of images from those daring photographers willing to step out of their comfort zones and into the cozy confines of their very own kitchens…with camera in hand. The results are as varied and creative as any we’ve [...]
As a photographer, Neil Chaput de Saintonge has no more favorite subject matter than the art of ballet and the performers who embody it. I sat down with him recently to discuss this love and his experience with shooting the national touring company, The Moscow Ballet, during their performances in our home state of Montana. How did [...]
We have had a great response to October’s photographic challenge – to capture the essence of fall with a camera. Recognizing that attempting to bring all of one’s senses together in a single moment is an exercise in presence, the results produced by everybody did indeed reflect a unique and individual interpretation of the assignment. Under each person’s name is [...]
Kudos to the courageous photographers who have contributed to this month’s assignment – the portrayal of themselves in a photograph. Self portraits can be the most challenging and rewarding of images to produce, and the results we received depict a great deal of thought, creativity and “reflection”…both literally and figuratively! The following questions were asked as part of the assignment: 1. What was it like being in your [...]
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