Abstracts can be fun because some of the general rules of photography may not apply. When we're not focused on an obvious subject or story to the photograph, we concentrate more on color, form and texture. Almost anything can be the subject of an abstract- here I chose reflections in water. My original goal was to shoot the scene and it's mirror … [Read more...]
A Fun Desert Spring Workshop!
We spent the past weekend shooting some great images with our Desert Spring in the Canyons of the East Valley workshop. We light painted, we shot sunrises and sunset, and all of our participants got some amazing images! Although a little tired by the end, I think we all had a lot of fun. Here are some images from the weekend. The one at night … [Read more...]
Desert Details
Here are two more desert images I took on our scouting trip last week. The first is a close up of a hedgehog cactus and the second is a blackfoot daisy... thinking of spring! We still have one spot left in our upcoming workshop in the East Valley... Ciao! … [Read more...]
Images from the Desert
We spent a few days camping in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix scouting our favorite locations for our upcoming workshop and even found some new ones! The weather was beautiful, around 80 most days and upper 40s at night... perfect! After getting up for sunrise several days in a row, it was nice to sleep in today. Though I admit, the … [Read more...]
Scouting Our Workshops
We always scout an area carefully and choose the best locations for photos before we conduct workshops. Although we have scouted the east valley several times in the past, we are scouting again this week to confirm our favorite spots before our March 25-27 Desert Spring in the Canyons of the East Valley- by the way, we still have 1 spot left! … [Read more...]