Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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Scenic Hudson

by RR Jr on December 18, 2007

I’m really proud and honored that Scenic Hudson has chosen to use some of my images for their promotional emails and marketing. They are the leading non-profit conservation organization in the Hudson Valley committed to preserving as much of the landscape and beauty for public recreational use. Their latest newsletter features one of my photographs “Highlands Sunset”, and they have shown interest in using many more for future promotions, This is a great opportunity for me simply because many of my images feature lands either protected or owned by Scenic Hudson, and the opportunity to photograph and enjoy these resources would probably not exist were it not for their existence. Hopefully my images will help their cause in some small way, and help promote the natural beauty and landscape of the Hudson Valley. This is an endeavor that many great landscape photographers have committed their time and talent to, notably Ansel Adams and Yosemite National Park. While I don’t pretend to be anywhere near that category of importance, it is extremely satisfying when one of my images helps a viewer to see a familiar location or scene in a totally different and positive way.

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Seeing in winter

by RR Jr on December 18, 2007

Winter is finally here, and the last week has brought snow, ice, sleet, rain, and more sleet and snow. While hiking in the snow is fun and provides all kinds of photo opportunities, sleet and ice is a whole other matter! Although I’ve been fairly comfortable in most conditions ever since my bad ankle injury last fall, the ice certainly makes me uncomfortable to say the least! I have managed to create some good images the last few days however, and I’ll be posting them to the website as soon as I have time to develop them. Much of my shooting this winter will focus on scenes that I have photographed in other seasons, and challenging myself to see them in a new perhaps unique way. We’re all too familiar with the same subject and composition shot in different seasons, but I’d like to go beyond that and use the changing season to inspire a different view or perspective. After all, it certainly feels different in the winter, so why not see it differently?

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