Ask yourself this question, "Am I a photographer or am I an artist"

When giving a presentation or workshop I always ask if anyone in attendance has ever asked themselves this question. For the most part, only one or two people raise their hands. I shouldn't be surprised anymore, but I am. 

I go on to explain that I have given this question a lot of thought and I have concluded that I'm both. I consider myself a photographer when I'm out shooting and an artist when I come back to process and post-process my images.

It's an important question to ask yourself. The answer may surprise you.

B&H Photo announces my HDR Workshop

I'll be presenting an expanded version of my "Introduction To HDR Photography" at B&H Photo in New York City on July 10th. We'll talk about the technical aspects of HDR and how they work in the context of taking and making good photographs. It should be fun. Join me if you can. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/eventDetails.jsp/id/1291

Be patient. You may just have to wait.

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We went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art earlier this week. No tripods allowed by the way. Walking down the hall and looking to my left, I saw a group of people looking at these 2 paintings. It had all the elements for a good shot, except the people of course. I had to wait for about 15 minutes for this moment.  I think it was worth it.

Vincent Versace at B&H Photo

Yesterday, I spent the day at B&H Photo in New York City.  Vincent is one of my favorite shooters, but it's his philosophy about art and processing that drew me into the workshop. It was outstanding.

I got to talk to him for just a few minutes about his interview on The Candid Frame #130 and his latest work from Myanmar. His new slide show of those images are a must.  You can see them here.

I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did.

2 new HDR workshops just announced

This is very cool.  I'll be bringing my expanded "An Introduction to HDR Photography" presentation to Unique Photo in Fairfield, New Jersey on June 24 and to the B&H Event Space in New York City on July 10, 2012.  I'm really excited about this.

In addition to the basics of processing and post-processing, I'll be discussing HDR in the context of taking good pictures.  It will be great. You can sign up for the Unique presentation here.  The B&H site is not live yet but as soon as it is I'll be sure to let you know.

I hope to see you there.

A week with Jay Maisel in Paris, OMG

The Kelby gang is is Paris to shoot "A Week in Paris with Jay Maisel" for Kelby Training.
After watching "A Day With Jay Maisel" and "Another Day With Jay Maisel" shot in NYC, I can't wait to see this one.  Paris is one of my favorite cities in the world. It is going to be outstanding. Paris and Maisel, WOW.
I'll let you know when it come out at Kelby Training.
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Princeton Photo Workshop and more. . .

The workshop on Saturday was outstanding. We had a full house. As expected, Jack Resnicki did an outstanding presentation as did Steve Dreyer.  From the questions asked during my "Introduction To HDR Photography" talk, I believe it was well received. After the workshop ended most, if not all, the participants came over and thanked us. WOW. Can't wait until the next one.  Stay tuned.

On another note, Scott Kelby goes into great detail today about the Adobe Creative Cloud. You can find it on his blog post. http://scottkelby.com/. I'm going to have to think about this for a while to see which way I'll go.  I'll let you know when I make a decision.

Have a great week.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 announced

I haven't had a chance to look completely into what's new in CS6 yet, but I wanted you to know about the announcement today. Some of it does look interesting. You can check it out here, http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

My solo photowalk in New York City

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I had a great time walking around the city by myself. I have shot the interior of Grand Central Station a few times before, but this time I just walk around the outside. New York is always a treat.

There's still time to sign up for the Princeton Photo Workshop on April 28.  Use this discount code when you do. ppw25.  See you there. http://princetonphotoworkshop.wordpress.com/

Princeton Photo Workshop in 2 weeks

The workshop is coming up on April 28.  It's going to be a kick-butt event. The workshop features  NAPP "Dream Team" photographer Jack Reznicki, Steve Dreyer will discuss NIK Software workflow and I will be talking HDR.There are still a few seats left and you can get a discount by entering the code ppw25 to get a $25 discount. you can find all the information here. Looking forward to seeing you there.
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