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In 1979 David Lett entered his Oregon Pinot noir in the
Gaul-Millau French Wine Olympiads. He won against
France's best Pinots and, as a result, the world
became aware of the superior wines from Oregon's
Willamette Valley.
Today there are hundreds of fine wineries in the Willamette Valley and this October 20-24, Dick Badger and I are leading a photographic tour of some of these fine wineries. Besides producing great wines, these wineries are also quite photogenic. We'll have the chance to photograph vineyards at sunrise as well as grape bunches, colorful leaves, workers picking and processing grapes, and more.
This is a photo tour as opposed to a workshop so,
while I'll be photographing too, I'll be available to help
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I've mentioned Tony Kuyper's valuable Luminosity
Masks and Saturation Masks tutorials and actions
before here and here.
Well, Tony has added a couple new tut orials. If you've ever had a frustrating cloning experience (I'm talking Photoshop, not genetic engineering) you'll want to read Tony's Cloning Color, Retaining Texture tutorial. And if you've ever lusted after those view camera movements that allow the photographer to change the plane of focus (called the Scheimpflug Principal), Tony has a short e-book on how to do this with your digital slr camera (no expensive tilt/shift lens needed). |
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I've mentioned before the need to back up your
images and other important document before
something very, very bad happens to your hard drive.
If you're not backing up your images then I wish you
the best of luck. You'll need it.
My recommendation for backing up is to get yourself some external USB 2.0 or Firewire hard drives. You can find 500 Gigabyte hard drives for around $100 these days so there's no excuse to not invest in this cheap insurance for your precious digital images. I also mentioned the backup program I'm using, Genie Backup Manager Pro 8.0, which just won PC Magazine's Editors' Choice. You can read a rather thorough review of GBM Pro 8.0 right here. |
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I understand that there are still some openings in the
two workshops I'm doing this year with David
Middleton through Great American
Photography Workshops: Redwoods and
the
Oregon Coast.
David's just about the best workshop instructor I know and we always have a lot of fun on our workshops. If you're interested, give Rhonda at GAPW a call at 1-866-747-GAPW (4279) |
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There are also openings in some of my other
workshops this year, including The Palouse, Oregon
Waterfalls, Olympic National Park, Slot Canyons, and
Zion National Park.
Visit my workshops page for details. |
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My friend and teaching partner Don Mammoser has a
new book, The
Photographer's Guide to the Colorado Rockies. If
you've read any of these guides you know how
valuable they can be (As you know, I've written two of
these myself.)
This is a great series of books for photographers living in or visiting a specific area. Don's books are now available at his website, so if you know Don, or you're going to be photographing in Colorado any time soon, click on over to Don's site and check it out. |
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