Posted on August 10th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

Here we are in Week 10 of SI 2012, and the students’ experience couldn’t be any busier. The end of their week last Saturday involved a fun field trip to the beautiful National Bison Range near Arlee, Montana. Instructor Doug Johnson brought the troops with him to practice their newly developed skills in landscape photography. [...]
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Posted on April 12th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

Apparently NAPP founder and creative, Mr. Scott Kelby (@ScottKelby) had more than a tough time choosing a single favorite image from the work produced by the participants on the RMSP Vegas to Zion workshop we’ve been so excited about for quite some time now. Earlier in the year and before it took place in March, [...]
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Posted on February 15th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

Our friend at B&H Photo Video and instructor, Gabe Biderman, was recently interviewed for an article for the New York Times. It appeared in the Business Day-Personal Tech section on their website. With his expertise in night photography, he very eloquently talks about tips & techniques for taking long exposures. A great read on an interesting [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2011 by Bob McGowan

The dynamic fine art masters of light at night, instructors Tim Cooper and Gabe Biderman, are set to host one heck of a workshop for RMSP in March 2012 called Vegas to Zion: Dusk to Dawn. What can one expect from this experience with these two at the helm? First of all, their focus will [...]
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Posted on November 21st, 2011 by Andy Kemmis

As the saying goes, “the night time is the right time.” And the photographers that submitted their images for November’s Night and Light assignment couldn’t agree more. Many thanks to those who braved the dark and the cold and came through with their “homework” for this assignment. Great work! If you are interested in submitting [...]
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Posted on October 21st, 2011 by Bob McGowan

With less and less daylight ahead during the encroaching fall and winter seasons, the night time is the right time to break out your camera. The beauty that can be achieved with long nighttime exposures will open up a whole new world for a photographer. Have you ever taken a cityscape photograph at night? [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2011 by Mel Mann

In the argument for “photography as art” it’s been declared that photographs aren’t meant to duplicate a scene but rather are the means for photographers to interpret a scene. Like painters, photographers use light and shadow, focus and blur, framing and design elements to represent what they are seeing – a mood, a story, a [...]
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Posted on February 16th, 2011 by Forest Chaput de Saintonge

I believe that those who photograph at night provide us “day dwellers” with a totally different perspective on the world. Star trail photography is a technique that many people may never attempt but is not as difficult as it may seem. This topic will be presented in two parts. In this article, I will discuss the [...]
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Posted on January 13th, 2011 by Page Orb Pedde

RMSP will be in Houston this weekend for the first of our 2011 Weekend Events. After a day learning how to better your photography, there’s nothing more exciting then heading out to put those skills to the test. I thought I’d scout out Houston…
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