JVH/Epson Digital Print Festival

Friday is the 6th Annual JVH/Epson Digital Print Festival event, hosted at Embassy Suites in Bellevue, WA. Over 200 photographers will converge on the event, where they will be displaying photographs and sharing their digital creations and ideas. All items on display will be voted on a peer-to-peer basis, and winners will be awarded a number of prizes, including laptops, printers, and other digital goodies. Several speakers will be presenting on subjects ranging from color management, printing workflows, and marketing and communications techniques. Key speaker this year will be Bambi Cantrell, a world renowned wedding and portrait photographer. She will be sharing her insights and techniques gained over many years of experience.

This year I am entering what will likely be the largest print ever submitted to the event, a 360-degree panaroma measuring 33 ft x 4 ft in size. For more details on the subject, visit my The Bainbridge Island Review's article about the project.

Light direction as a compositional element

I was privileged to be at a presentation made by Art Wolfe a few days ago in conjunction with Creative Techs a Seattle based organization that teaches world wide audiences about Photoshop and other cool stuff to do with photography.

Art is a master of using light in the environment he finds himself in when on his photographic explorations and his presentation shows many examples of how he applies his skills to produce the images that have earned him his rightful place as a world leading nature photographer. Enjoy his presentation here

Workshop April 25th 2009

I would like to thank my workshop participants Dean Forbes, Tristan Bomar and Rick Westcott for making last Saturday's workshop a success. The weather held and the light couldn't have been better. For those readers who have not heard of or visited Bloedel Reserve I would recommend a visit or at least a look at their website www.bloedelreserve.org.