Adirondacks

Fall in the Adirondacks – 4 Day Workshop

February 25, 2011

When: Thursday Sep 27th – Sunday Sep 30th Where: Lake Placid, New York Max Students: 8 FEE: $595.00 / 50% deposit to reserve    Summary Discover the drama and beauty of the Adirondacks in upsate New York, where we’ll spend 4 long and intense days photographing the mountains of the High Peaks and surrounding lakes, streams, [...]

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Photo of the Day “Cold Sunrise”- with Bonus Lightroom Workflow

January 24, 2011 Craft

This was a very cold, early morning hike to a great sunrise location in the Adirondacks, and I really wanted to convey this feeling in the image “Cold Sunrise”. There are many cues that you can use to express how you feel when you’re at a particular location, and these involve all of our senses [...]

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Focus On Fitness and Improve Your Landscape Photography

January 18, 2011 General

Let’s face it, landscape photography is hard. However, I don’t just mean capturing great vistas, but the physical demands that you face, be it extreme weather, long hours on foot with a backpack, and the difficult terrain we must often deal with to get access to great shooting locations. Physical fitness and overall health has [...]

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BTL Podcast – Winter Gear for Landscape Photography

January 12, 2011 Photo Gear

This new video on winter gear and apparel for landscape photography coincides with the launch of the new Beyond the Lens Video Podcast! My plans are to produce a monthly video podcast where I can share resources and useful knowledge in a format that I believe offers a great experience for viewers. I have a [...]

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Photo and Quote of the Day – Buck Pond, Adirondacks

December 22, 2010 featured

Canon 1Ds Mk III, 1/400 sec @f/13, ISO 400, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS, 6:38 AM “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained” [...]

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A Great Year of Workshops – Looking Ahead to the Future

November 29, 2010 Workshops

I have finally completed all of the photo workshops in the 2010 schedule, and the final workshop was the Lightroom 3 Masterclass which I taught last weekend. We had a great group of students who asked lots of great questions and made me work extra hard to provide proper answers, but that’s what teaching is all [...]

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