I always enjoy my nearly yearly pilgrimage to the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. During the year,
I am the expert and preach and cajole my students. At Santa Fe, I find out how much more I have
to come before I’m a good photographer.
The instruction and instructors I’d compare to any fine graduate
school. The food is gourmet, so there’s
that to look forward to. It all ends up
to a lot of learning, a TON of hard work, and a few very good images to share
with you all.
My week in July of 2014 I worked with flash and Canon expert Syl Arena, who is originally from Phoenix and is a fellow University of Arizona
graduate. He still worked me hard! And that’s what I want. I don’t want to do a retreat like this to be
told everything I’m doing is perfect.
I took oh probably 400+ photos.
I posted 41. That’s about
right. Some were experiments; others
were mistakes.
Katrina at Eaves Ranch |
This was a course on crafting dramatic light with small flash. I used the Canon 600EXRT, which is radio
controlled. That means I can fire the
flash without any cords. I used a
variety of flash modifiers. One of the
real benefits of the course was to try new things and really get to know the
equipment I have. I also used my Canon
5D Mark III and the Canon 24-105mm lens.
We went to a variety of locations around Santa Fe and used local
models.
Freddy at Eaves Ranch |
Here’s the shoot from Eaves Ranch, featuring Katrina and Freddy.
Jio, who is studying at the University of New Mexico, is at the old
abandoned power plant near Albuquerque, about 50 miles away from Santa Fe.
Jio at the Albuquerque Power Plant |
Isaac is British. He’s also
an athlete, as you might gather. The
photo here has a back story. He just was
not giving me much personality so I started to scream at him. He screamed back and you should have heard
the echoes in the power plant! Anyway,
this is one of my favorite photos.
Isaac at the Power Plant |
Whitney at Los Luceros |
Juan Carlos at Los Luceros |
Julia at Hansen Lumber Yard |
Until My Next Adventure,
See You On Down The Road!
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