Live From Light Photographic Workshops: Fore!

This week's blog posts will be devoted to my time here on the West Coast at the Light Photographic Workshops - formerly the Lepp Institute. As usual, I'll give a photo tip for each post.

Well, it was almost a perfect day, until Rick and Hal stepped onto the 6th Tee after sunset. Sorry Hal. Hope you can still make it for the sunrise shoot tomorrow!!!!

Thanks Victoria for taking a fun shot - I guess....

Tip: Don't stand too close to a bad golfer!!

See the light, watch the clubs,
Rick

Live From Light Photographic Workshops: Day 2

The participants are doing a great job!

Bill Murr took the top photo in SF on the way to the workshop, and Barbi "Eagle Eyes" Kutilek (www.birdingpix.com) took the bottom image yesterday during our "Intro to HDR Shoot."

Great work! More images to come.

Today's tip: Envision the end-result - see in your mind's eye the creative possibilities that away you in the digital darkroom.

See the light,
Rick

Live From Light Photographic Workshops: Day 2


This week's blog posts will be devoted to my time here on the West Coat at the Light Photographic Workshops - formerly the Lepp Institute. As usual, I'll give a photo tip for each post.

We had a fannnnnnnnnntastic sunrise today. Students got a ton of GREAT HDR and pano shots!

Elisabeth Haug took this nice shot... of the instructor :-)

When shooting HDR images, don't change the aperture - bracket with the shutter speed.

When shooting panos, overlap the images by at least 1/3.

See the light!

Best
rick

Light Photographic Workshops: Almost Day 1



This week's blog posts will be devoted to my time here on the West Coat at the Light Photographic Workshops - formerly the Lepp Institute. As usual, I'll give a photo tip for each post.

The workshop begins in a few hours. The drive along the coast yesterday from San Fran to Los Osos was wonderful. Here's are two shots that I took with my G10.

Today's tip: Never leave home without a polarizing filter. In addition to darkening a blue sky and reducing reflections on water, it can also make your pictures look sharper – by reducing reflections on atmospheric haze.

Explore the Light,
Rick