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Tonight & Tomorrow – 2 Seminars In Atlanta

During the Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival I’m presenting two seminars.

Thursday Oct 4 at 6:30-9 pm at ASMP I’m presenting a new seminar Process. I reveal many aspects of my creative process in ways designed to help others. This Canon sponsored event is free and open to the public. So far the response to my new exhibit/book Process has been very enthusiastic. Find out more here.

Friday Oct 5 at 7-9 pm at Showcase Photo Video I’m presenting a new seminar Game Changers.See it and you’ll think about making photographs in many new ways.Find out more here.

Find more of my upcoming  events here. 

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Recommended Reading On Digital Photography


Which books on digital photography do I recommend?
Check out this list of 29 books on digital photography.
Where do I recommend you start?
For Lightroom, start with Scott Kelby then move to Seth Resnick.
For Photoshop, start with Scott Kelby then move to Martin Evening.
Then move to books with a specific focus – Schewe for Sharpening, Eismann for Retouching, Concepcion for HDR, Arena for Flash, James for Alternative Process.
Find more books I recommend here.
Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.
 

Highlights From 3 Arctic Islands

 Charlotte Bailey

Here are a few images from Digital Photo Destinations 2012 Arctic Voyage.
View more alumni images from our Iceland 2012 Adventure.
Seth Resnick, Arthur Meyerson, Ragnar Th Sigurdsson and I had a great time with a fantastic group of people while photographing three arctic islands this month – Svalbard, Greenland, and Iceland. Polar bears, reindeer, walrus, whales, and countless birds populated the diverse and historic arctic landscapes we passed through. Cryophilia (love of ice) set in when we entered one of the largest fjord systems in the world – Scorsbysund, Greenland. We’re all excited to return to Greenland and see more, which already we’ve begun plans for.
There’s limited space left in our Antarctica 2013 Voyage.
We’ll be announcing our Iceland Northern Lights 2013 workshop soon.
If you’d like to join us for a future adventure / voyage email jpc@digitalphotodestinations.com.

Linda Sandow

Olaf Willoughby

Michael Quinn

Evan Anderman

Danielle Vick

Campbell Gunn

Barbara Ventura

Jed Best

Jim Brewster

Cathrine Spikkerud

Charles Kleiman

Geir Morten Skeie

Charlotte Bailey

Paul Tornaquindici

Bob Peterson

Kathy Beal

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Strengthen Your Creativity With Smart Phone Photography


I love the spontaneity inherent in smart phone photography. Having a cell phone camera constantly at your side changes the way you see the world. You become more aware of the world around you, taking notice of people, places, things and events that might pass you by unconsidered. You tune in – creatively. If you want to live a more considered life I highly recommend trying cell phone photography. You can quickly and easily capture the moments in between moments. Smartl phone photography offers an invitation to celebrate the ‘smaller’ events in between the ‘larger’ events of your life. There may be a little Zen spirit at work here sometimes it is first shot best shot.
These accumulated moments add up. Over time the products of these stolen moments build something larger. Unintended bodies of work may materialize unexpectedly. The constant pull of brief episodes of creativity may even prepare the way for extended bursts of creativity.
Exercising creativity is like exercising a muscle; the more you practice the stronger you get.
Find more than a dozen images all made in the space of 45 minutes spent wandering the decks of the Russian research vessel Akademik Sergey Vavilov during an arctic cruise from Svalbard to Greenland and Iceland.
View them on The Huffington Post.
Read more iPhone resources here.

Photoshop – Using The Lens Blur Filter On An Image Sequence – Julianne Kost


“Even with the fantastic new Blur Gallery in Photoshop CS6, the Lens Blur filter is an essential tool when a high degree of control is needed to selectively (and realistically) blur an image. In this video tutorial, Julieanne Kost uses the Lens Blur filter with a depth map to to create a series of images that appear as if they were captured with a tilt-shift lens. Julieanne also demonstrates how to quickly apply this filter to multiple images using actions and batch processing.”
View more Photoshop Videos here.
Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.

Paul Strand – Under The Darkcloth – Video

Paul Strand – Under The Darkcloth Part 1

Paul Strand – Under The Darkcloth Part 2

Paul Strand – Under The Darkcloth Part 3

Paul Strand – Under The Darkcloth Part 4

Paul Strand – Under The Darkcloth Part 5

Paul Strand – Under The Darkcloth Part 6

This video offers remarkable insights into a the life and work of a remarkable photographer.
View more Videos On Photographers here.
Read conversations with photographers here.