ISSUE 34 - July 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Priorities
• Grand Canyon's South Rim E-book Published
• The Grand Canyon As I See It
• Negative Clarity
• Print of the Month
• Workshops
• Upcoming Travel

Retirement to me means moving from one stage of life to another. Dentistry was my work passion for forty-five years. Now photography is my play passion. By play, I mean able to do it for fun. Putting out a newsletter on a time schedule is not always fun, so after this month, I will be publishing issues on a less frequent basis. But some will come. If you are new to the newsletter, I apologize. Please read through a previous issue or two....there is still a lot there.

Much of my photography time this past quarter has been spent writing an e-book titled Every Photographer's Guide to Grand Canyon's South Rim. This is quite an extensive 156 page guide with preparation, safety, weather, gear and location information. With the help of Time Wier, Publisher of Photography Trail Guides, it is now available for any photographer to purchase and download online. 

For those of you who just enjoy looking at photography, I put together a video slide show that is now available on YouTube. It features many images of the Grand Canyon that are included in the ebook and some that are not. I was motivated to put this together after a friend shared that he recently took visitors to the Grand Canyon, just a couple of hours from where we live. One of his young adult guests took a quick look at the giant hole in the ground and was then ready to go on to the next event of the day, perhaps lunch! That reminded me of how I was not all that overwhelmed at my first visit. 

But as I have now spent many hours watching and capturing the ever changing landscape of the canyon, it has grown on me like friends grow on us. The video tries to express this and a bit more with my amateurish attempt to add poetry to the show. The show is about 5.5 minutes long. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/IoiVuf_lqX8?si=pf8ydSF09wxhE8XQ

A previous article discussed the value of creating depth in your images and described both in-the-field and post processing techniques that help accomplish this goal. This adds a technique to create depth in post processing using the Clarity Slider. The recent addition of the Object Selection has greatly simplified this technique. Rather than increasing clarity of the main subject...READ MORE

Barbara and I were hiking through a redwood forest when this very unusual tree appeared in the mist. It captivated me with its dance like action. 

PRINT OF THE MONTH

20% discount if print order (any size) is started in during the month. Use the contact form and mention that you are a newsletter reader for discount pricing. 

NOTE: Setting up the Print of the Month each month has been quite time consuming. You are now looking at the simpler way of doing things.

We will be in the Coachella Valley for a few days in July before I prepare for the Grand Canyon Monsoon workshop in early August.

Private Workshops and Guiding - for one to three persons. Contact me about getting you to fantastic shots. Post-processing included if desired. Consider sand dunes (White Sands or Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Bisti Wilderness, Utah locations, etc.

The Caddo Lake workshop November 7-13 is SOLD OUT