Borrowlenses.com just did a really cool blog post looking at Fall (fall … all ready???) that I was fortunate to be part of. There’s some cool images, thoughts, inspiration and ideas for spending you fall. Check ‘er out!
1st Place (c) Jane Cetrangolo
It’s been a couple of weeks now, but we had a little fun contest at our Photoshop World Photo Safari. The contest theme was along the theme of the day, Light and the spirit of Chloride. I kept it simple and fun and B&H Video contributing a $100 and $50 Gift card for these two images. Applause! And six runner ups received a gift certificate from Triple Scoop Music. Applause! I had over 50 images submitted which was a great response and made it a challenge for me to select my favorites. It was fun, can’t wait for the next one! Thanks folks!
2nd Place (c) Ed DiPaola
The purpose behind my photography lies beyond the sale. I am very honored to be in the 50th anniv issue of Nikon Owner Magazine! The extensive 18pg interview reveals a whole lot more than f/stops, talking about wildlife photography and its role in our lives as we protect the lives on our subjects for future generations. I just received an email from Julie who read the piece that said, “I’m now inspired!” She goes on to say hwo she loves photographing nature but never knew what to do with her images after she went click. Now she does and is looking to change the world with her photos. And that’s what lies behind my photography. More than ever we need to share the wonders we are so fortunate to witness. Remember … you can change the world with your photos! Thanks Julie!!!
Yep, it’s World Photo Day. More than 200,000 photos are uploaded to Facebook EVERY minute! Over 880 BILLION images were taken in 2014! And to celebrate this we have World Photo Day. Being that we are photographers, this might seem as silly as national donut day but we who love donuts, take that day very seriously. I thought about the day and thought we should put our own twist on it. I propose we make it World Photo Day to introduce a kid to photography. I love working with kids with a camera, they just see the world so differently. It just makes me smile. We were very fortunate that both of our boys seemed to take to photography. This is Brent at age four with “his” camera photographing a Black-chinned Hummer nest. He had a “toy” Nikon he played with so it was no surprise that his first word was literally, Nikon. Kids say the darndest things and when we place a camera in their hands, they can say it with a photograph!
So, get your camera out today, take a walk with a friend and celebrate the day … everyday of the year!
The Photoshop World Photo Safari packed the bus and took a drive to Chloride for a fun afternoon. The theme I set for the day was light, so after a in class presentation we hit the “ghost town” of Chloride to put what we talked about in action. We were very fortunate to have along the very talented Emily and Sam to model not the latest fashion, but light. Our first stop on the discussion of light was the saloon. It made sense to me to stop there first, needed that drink in the 102 temp!
You can see above our little gallery. With that large, big south facing “window” we had the perfect light in our studio for working with Emily and Sam. We needed for flash, no reflectors, just using that large opening and by positioning our light models we could make our photographs. We started with the model out in the sun and then slowly moved them back into the gorgeous light so all could see and learn the lessons of light I was sharing.
Not everyone stuck around, they elected to explore the town of Chloride as there was much to see and photograph. In order to see it all, I proposed a little photo contest with B&H making available a $100 and $50 Gift Card for the winners. For those who joined me and wanted to submit images for the contest, here’s what you’ve gotta do. Send an email to info @ moosepeterson.com and in the subject line must be Chloride Fun. Include in the email your name and your images that are NO larger than 800px x 800px 72dpi. I’ll close the entry period the 19th of August and post the winners here after that. I want to thank those who joined me for our walk through light at Chloride, it was a great day!
