This Saturday June 7th I will be conducting a free photo workshop for Scenic Hudson at their annual River Champion reception which celebrates their $250+ donors. It will take place from 4-6pm at the Foundry Dock Park in Cold Spring, NY, a beautiful waterfront park where I frequently launch my kayak into the Hudson River. The event will also promote their 2008 Photo Contest, hence the idea for the workshops which should bring out lots of people interested in photography and the Hudson Valley. Joseph Squillante, a local photographer, will also be conducting a workshop that evening.

I’m not sure of the exact format, but I suspect it will be very informal and I’ll have to improvise depending on who shows up and what they want to learn. I’m planning on a short presentation of some of my work, then some Q&A time. After that it’s anyone’s guess, but I’m sure it will be fun. Ray Fusco will also be there leading some Kayak tours, so I’m hoping to get some good images of kayakers on the Hudson during sunset. If you’re local to the area, please come out and support Scenic Hudson and all of the great work they do in the Valley.

The White Plains Outdoor Art show is over, and it proved to be a great venue once again. The weather was certainly a factor on Saturday, with predictions of hail, but we survived without any real rainfall until after the show had closed, and Sunday the weather was fantastic. I have had a good run of great weather at every show I’ve done this year, which is always critical to a successful outdoor show.

Thanks again to everyone who paid a visit, and especially those who purchased prints, I deeply appreciate the support and patronage. I always send new customers a special hand written notecard with an image I feel complements the one they purchased as a token of my appreciation. We all know how difficult the economy is for many of us these days, and so I certainly know art purchases are carefully considered.

I’ve been asked a few times how the ColorBox frameless mounting compares in popularity to traditional matted and framed prints, and so far over the 10 shows since I started displaying them, they have outsold framed prints 2 to 1. This is probably due to their non-glare feature, a huge advantage over glass, as well as it being a less common method of displaying photographs. I will definitely continue to stock them and make bigger and more varied sizes. I’m also planning on having a double booth at the next art show in New Paltz Labor Day weekend, so I’ll definitely have the room to display more variety in both photographs and sizes.

I have a break in the show schedule until the middle of August, but will be very busy with workshops, and of course, actual photography!