Michael Clark Photography Summer/Fall 2015 Newsletter
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1. the legends phoragkapher and ry gaz fried Aron Reimann Kon Bobr Debrer D Lc waite Pe as Dag yoi Tea sat chery ging nc ba char iui wart 10 wai acd testing everything cut onn ot n Tae EET ping For thi sat howe sep get aea Mih Full gon maf padd ses that in g Pars wa were birg Ahe ddera bat wea LT iilud that She hgh gorg geal aiit E TL Ta Trin 156 placa ce nier ana NEWSLETTER 09 Hypersync Surfing on Elinchrom com Lighting a surfer on a wave from 500 feet away using Elinchrom Strobes recent project Hypersync Surfing went live on Elin chrom com this summer For this project which was shot way back in February Elinchrom and PocketWiz ard were kind enough to ship out quite a bit of gear which allowed me to experiment more with Hypersync techniques and make the image shown at left top of the web page reality The above image was lit from 500 feet away which is a first for a surfing shot When posted a link to the Elinchrom article on Facebook found out that in the 1940 s the US military devised a strobe that could light the ground from 10 000 feet at night Hence while lighting up a surfer from 500 feet away using strobes2. able pool the extoraeve gear fur TOU i krapa la qha lf 152 el avery Du that era the som siribam tras datewa of musei ENDET whopper anger BE packs tou ada very the word to eha af shaded conditions wth row Lai egt ghost wya abia bpt up Es oll ele UC eet Bl nil Ringer pac TAS that in mire 1 thet cad cn wa at up co oer sey ov Rea ger handa wc Poe t Loci sero tria ad ar Tn ely ip am otn Eo Ves With this shoot we were being very ambitious thig eet Fired peo rer Toner hrign bapt po Ew of Tai nibus diy OF ha digot vica opa iac Hairy wiri bit sone Dur TT ka ca big and was awe t2 gem E a ga We apte hoot at iccky Port wei huge reden ar Along on Hes ioo
3. NEWSLETTER 18 summer 2015 reading these two articles if you get the chance as they will provide a lot of back ground information for this review Here in this review my intent is not to re hash those articles but to give a broader overall perspective on the new Skyport Plus HS and why find it so ground break ing for my work In my opinion this new Skyport might just be the most funda mentally game changing product in the history of Elinchrom and not just for Elinchrom but perhaps even for any strobe company know that sounds like a big statement It is is not an easy to explain how and why this new transmitter is a huge leap forward for lighting The new features like being able to see your power settings on the top LCD panel being able to change the power settings on the transmitter from up to 656 feet away outdoors the AF assist beam and the fact that it uses AA batteries are nice new additions but none of those features are ground breaking The next level fea tures which really open up a whole new world of flash photography revolve around the Hi Sync capabilities that allow us to sync the flash with shutter speeds up to 1 8000th second Before we get into the Hi Sync capabilities let s back up and give a little history The Skyport transmitters have needed an update for sometime now old Skyports were relatively basic and this new one is anything but When first saw the Skyport Plus HS my
4. NEWSLETTER 16 SUMMER 2015 PID eI Professional Photographer s Workflow gt cor NL N WORKFLOW MICHAEL CLARK Reality Check Make Your Images Shine Disclaimer sponsored by Elinchrom and feel the need to disclose that here to be up front with my readers was flown to Switzerland in September to shoot demo im ages with the new Skyport Plus HS and was one of the first photographers to be able to play with this new transceiver Regardless of my sponsorship with Elinchrom this is one of the most exciting new product releases have seen in a long long time because it al lows me to work in a whole new way with my existing Elinchrom lighting gear have written quite a bit about the new Elinchrom Skyport Plus HS already most of which has appeared on the Elin chrom website in two separate articles The first was an article that went live with the announcement of the Skyport HS which was entitled The Hi Sync Experi ence and the second article entitled HS or HSS What s the Difference went live only a few weeks ago The first article laid out the main features of the Skyport HS and the second really delved into how Hi Sync is different than HyperSync and High Speed Sync 55 highly suggest The Elinchrom Skyport Plus HS The most exciting new product have seen in a long long time EL Skyport 1 Refresh 9
5. It is images like this one that inspire me to push the envelope farther and farther with my lighting and my photography so it is nice to see it get recognized by clients and on social media NEWSLETTER summer 2015 ka In photography to create an image that has newer been created before without a Holhywood sized budget or extensive retouching in Photoshop is a rare thing indead Over the last few years have been the Hypersync capabilities of the Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS pack along with the Pocket Wizard ControlTL transcelvers experimenting with Ranger S flash head when using the wth mo cog Hangu which made fer a batal Tos Benger satur Mert Seconds pl perve cus Additionally Packed nam fro Ge cn be SE ha Rare RX piae e pie with the zd ks TTS in my thang climbing and other aith one band Veri 2 E ex foe 70 feet i Ever since started playing with have creamed cf eng aola to cer poeaar daylight end igit up aarte on a were frome Far distance T i Pria niei Chee iege bet this war wth the dni Pocket Muse
6. SuperDuper goes in and checks what has changed on the original drive and changes it on the backup drive so they match which takes lot less time than cloning the entire hard drive every night Once the images or motion content are on the Live work drives work them up in Lightroom and Photoshop as laid out in this book After the work is finished I move everything to the Master Image Archive hard drives whsch in my case are OWC Thunderbay 4 RAID 5 enclosures The Master Image Archive is cloned to the Backup Image Archive each night using SuperDuper and the smart backup option Using RAID 5 for these archive drives offers exceptional reliability so that my images are safe and sound The last step in my storage workflow is to make two more copies of everything and store those off site use Seagate Barracudda hard drives for the off site storage One of the off site sets of hard drives keep in a saftey deposit box at my bank and the other is in another state with family This dual off site storage offers me protection in case my house burns down or there is a major event like a flood or forest fire at my office go to the safety deposit box and backup those hard drives after every big assignment and the secondary off site drives are shipped out or hand delivered to my family once a quarter 473 2015 Apple Retina 5 Climbing Image Michael s ice climbing image used to promote the latest 5k Apple iMac ast fall whe
7. accurate preview of the image which is why harped so critically on monitors way back in Chapter 2 in the e book The point am trying to get across here is that you really don t see your image in all it s full glory SUMMER 2015 until you print it What you see on your monitor regard less of how amazing your monitor may is not the full image By printing your images and looking at those prints you will either be depressed or inspired by your own work Either way those prints will act as motivation to keep working on your photography skills Another reason to print your work is to improve your post processing skills If your prints look less than ap pealing that is a clear sign that you need to hone in your post processing skills and especially your color manage ment A good looking print is proof that you have worked up your image with an eye towards excellence If you are really obsessed with photography and it just isn t a pass ing fad then the drive to take it as far as it can be taken involves printing your images You will take your work to a higher level once you start printing your images on a consistent basis This may or may not be a statement you believe but in the last few years have found this to be true and it is also the best reason can give as to why it 15 important to print your images HIDDEN COSTS OF PRINTING One of the factors you will also need to think about is maintaining your printe
8. book has been massively revamped and updated and includes the following new features Links to 3 Videos showing how worked up three images from start to finish a completely new Chapter Making Fine Art Prints a massively updated chapter on Storage Op tions and Backup Strategies a revised and updated chap ter on Color Management Devices and Monitors a re vised and updated chapter on Printers for Color Management an updated section on Camera Mainte nance and Sensor Cleaning a section on the new Dehaze Slider in Lightroom creating Panoramas in Lightroom 47 2 wu x me 57 m ff x 0 Fr A D paeem 2 u dd En 5 7 la Ur VM USING ADOBE amp PHOTOSHOP creating HDR images in Lightroom soft Proofing in Light room CC and Photoshop CC And much much more The e book is a downloadable PDF file that can be pur chased for the low price of 24 95 is a week long workshop in book form It looks stellar on an iPad or any similar tablet devices that can read PDF documents in color To buy this one of a kind ebook visit my website NEWSLETTER summer 2015 8 HISTOGRAM The Histogram dialog Figure 4 16 re sides at the top of the right panel contains amazing amount of informa tion and it is one of the most impor tant tools we use in Lightroom always have the Histogram panel open when w
9. initial impression was that it was fairly confusing Turning it on was easy but this transmitter has a lot of features packed into a small pack age am not a Canon shooter but the Skyport Plus HS transmitter reminds me a lot of the Canon ST E3 RT Speedlite Transmitter Once started using the Skyport Plus HS it was easy enough to figure out the menus and how to change the main settings like power output groups and how to get into the sub menus Getting in deeper required only a quick perusal of the user manual The Skyport itself does not come with a full user manual so if you need it go to the Elinchrom Support page on NEWSLETTER 19 summer 2015 their website to download the Skyport Plus HS full user manual You ll find the Skyport HS manual at the bottom of the page under the heading Last Updates ODS Over Drive Syne High Shutter Speed at fullpower up to 1 8000 above diagram created by Bram Dauw at Elinchrom shows how the Hi Sync technology works Basically when using a flash head with a slower flash duration as shown above the transceiver times the flash burst so that we take a slice out of the highest part of the flash curve In essence we are only using a slice of the light emitted by the flash As have come to learn Elinchrom is a strobe company that excels in technology Perhaps that is their biggest area of expertise compared to the other strobe compa nies They have s
10. isn t a unique brand new type of photographic image doing so with off the shelf gear and a much much smaller budget than the US military used back in the day is pretty amazing to think about at least in terms of what is possible these days using Hypersync For the full story on this project head on over to the Elinchrom blog which has a full article be hind the scenes images and a behind the scenes video Or you can skip down to page 24 and read about it right here in this issue of the Newsletter Since this was shot Elinchrom released their new Skyport Plus HS transceiver which uses similar technology as the PocketWizard HyperSync triggers but is much easier to use and allows for incredible results not possible with the PocketWizard triggers See my review of the Elinchrom Skyport Plus HS transceivers on page 18 My thanks to Brian Bielmann Ben Reed and Robin Dabney for all their help on this project and especial ly to Ben Reed for the behind the scenes video SUMMER 2015 Digital Trends interview An interview on one of the largest tech websites on the web igitaltrends com one of the biggest tech websites D on the internet posted an interview with yours truly this past summer editors took some liberties with a salacious title and even reworked a few of my quotes to give it some adventure dude speak but other wise this interview has some useful insight The title of the article is How to shoot insane action spor
11. part this is why recommend the Epson P amp 00 and to first time inkjet printer buyers If you are looking to purchase large format printer like those mentioned abowe 1 am willing to bet you have owned few other printers and are capable of getting excellent results especially considering the cost of those large format printers COLOR MANAGEMENT FOR PRINTING As we detailed in Chapter 2 solid color management is the heart of any digital workflow and if you intend to print your images your color management skills wall be tested When you start printing images it becomes apparent very quickly why excellent color management is important With poor color management comes poor results and that will result in sub par prints that look dark and muddy compared to the image as displayed on the monitor While this might sound counterintuitive have found that spending money on top end color manage ment tools like good monitor calibration device that can also make printer profiles will save you money when printing interview I ll boldly say this Those people who never print their images are never going to make it Now that is a bold statement and probably had the same knee jerk reaction when read that as you are having right now Over the course of my 20 career haven t printed a whole lot of my images until recently Before you blow off Kurt s statement imp
12. send us an e mail with any inquiries to info michael clarkphoto com register for the workshop send me an email and send you a payment request for the deposit and a packet of information about the workshop Adventure Photography Santa Fe New Mexico May 9 13 2016 Adventure photography can be an adventure in itself in volving breathtaking locations extreme conditions and working with elite athletes in risky situations It requires a host of skills including technical excellence with the camera familiarity with a sport and the ability to be mindful of your goals and your safety at all times Designed for intermediate to experienced photographers this workshop concentrates on creating unique images of rock climbing whitewater kayaking mountain biking and trail running Working with elite athletes and northern New Mexico s incredible landscape as our backdrop we explore innovative ways to capture the essence of each sport and location Topics covered during the week in clude research and preparation composition and camera angles equipment selection and use using natural light fill flash and battery powered strobes and autofocus techniques Classroom time includes daily editing and critiquing ses sions and one on one meetings with Michael In addi tion Michael shares his insights and experiences in the adventure marketplace including career development portfolios and how to shoot for stock edito
13. workshop He gave 11096 covered a broad range of topics and did an outstanding job Chris Council Adventure Photogra phy Workshop Summer 2010 hanks for running such a great workshop couldn t have chosen better photo shoot locations and the post shoot critiques were invaluable It s the first time l ve had my work reviewed and learned a ton from each session While didn t go into the workshop expecting to pick up too many marketing and business tips l ve come out of last week inspired to set up my photo website in ear nest Jeff Hylok Adventure Photography Workshop Summer 2010 just finished Michael Clark s Adventure Photography Workshop at the Santa Fe Workshops in April 2013 had a terrific time with the group of people one from China another from Seattle another from Wyoming me from Michigan you get the picture that we came from every where We came because of the Santa Fe Workshop s reputation of presenting an intense learning experience guided by fantastic instructors We got both Michael Clark really knows his stuff and has a lot of excess energy which he focused on us and he can also teach He read our skills and weaknesses quickly and went to work to improve each of us technically He sorted out our indi vidual goals even when we couldn t really articulate them Then he gave us plenty of time to address those goals and ask question after question after question The rough environments in wh
14. Houston New York City San Francisco loronto and Seattle to name a few of the locations It has been a whirlwind but have been shooting a lot of new work and will be able to release much of that here in the coming months Until then hope you enjoy this expanded larger than normal issue of the Newsletter Opposite Page Aurelie Slegers catching some air while downhill mountain biking near Telluride Colorado Recent Clients Apple Nikon Red Bull Photography Red Bull Elinchrom National Geographic Rolling Stone Out side Outdoor Photographer Popular Photography Men s Fitness UK amp Australia and Powder Magazine NEWSLETTER 04 summer 2015 Professional Photographer s Workflow digital workflow e book has been updated for LR and PS CC 2015 am happy to announce that have updated my highly regarded e book Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Professional Photographer s Work flow which is now renamed A Professional Pho tographer s Workflow Using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop for Lightroom CC 2015 and Photo shop CC This book is a 497 page digital work flow workshop and so much more in book form Earlier this year revamped this e book from front to back over a period of four months or more It has been completely revamped and now includes an entirely new chapter on Fine Art Printing and also includes links to videos where you can watch me work up three images in both Lightroom and Photoshop This
15. Rocky Point on the north shore of Oahu Hawaii Image by Brian Bielmann Right Michael Clark attaching the PocketWizard Power 514 receivers to NEWSLETTER 30 SUMMER 2015 Right For this shoot we used the Elinchrom Ranger bat tery powered strobes with the S Flash heads which are optimized to work with HyperSync and also had the Elin chrom high performance reflectors attached to each flash head Image by Ben Reed Below Michael Clark and pro surfer Thomas Ihnken discussing the possibilities at Rocky Point on the north shore of Oahu Hawaii Image by Brian Bielmann NEWSLETTER 31 SUMM ER 2015 La a 1 if 4 p E 1 7 1 d EN f 1 4 1 247 j oT Xie 1 i 1 E m 1 i 4 nM BAV ia 54 a ad xi 3 Tu pr PE EM k portfolio iv Sie SRM er EEG Making Fine Art Prints An excerpt from my updated e book A Professional Photographer s Workflow T his is an excerpt composed of material from Chapter 6 of my recently updated e book A Pro essional Photographer s Workflow Using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop updated e book 15 497 page book that gets down to the nuts and bolts of a real world digital workflow It starts out with a shooting workflow and then
16. SUMMER FALL 2015 4 editorial An Explanation editorial about why this issue of the Newsletter is so late and my recent travels 6 news News items from the past six months including the re lease of my updated digital workflow e book images used by Apple Hypersync Surfing a few interviews and getting the cover on Popular Photography magazine 12 workshops Detailed information on upcoming photography work shops be teaching in Hawaii Patagonia New Mexico and Norway in 2016 18 equipment review The Elinchrom Skyport Plus HS A review of this incredi ble new transceiver that is changing the way think about and conceive my photo shoots 24 on assignment Hypersync Surfing An in depth look at a portfolio shoot earlier this year where used HyperSync strobe tech niques to light up a surfer on a wave from 500 feet away using Elinchrom Strobes and the PocketWizard Control TL transceivers 32 portfolio Aurelie Slegers hiking her mountain bike uphill near Tel luride Colorado and the Grand Tetons looming above the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park Wyoming 36 excerpt Making Fine Art Prints An excerpt from my recently up dated e book A Professional Photographer s Workflow 40 perspective The Hustle Never Ends How this profession only gets harder the longer you are in it and how stay motivated after 20 years of shooting adventure sports 41 parting shot The Me
17. Sync Since PocketWizard has the name HyperSync trademarked Elinchrom had to opt for a different name even though technically HyperSync and Hi Sync use the similar technology n photography it is a rare thing indeed to create an image that has never been created before without a Hollywood sized budget or extensive retouching in Pho toshop Over the last few years have been experiment ing with the Hypersync capabilities of the Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS pack along with the Ranger S flash head when using the PocketWizard ControlTL transceivers Ever since first started playing with Hypersync have dreamed of being able to overpower daylight and light up a surfer on a wave from a far distance tried it out in Ta hiti with mixed results three years ago but this year with the help of Elinchrom and PocketWizard was able to pool the extensive gear needed and head out to Hawaii to give it another try As you can see from the image on page 29 we pulled it off As far as know this is the first image ever created of a surfer on a wave that was lit with strobes from 500 feet 150 m away To put that in per spective the light from the strobes traveled a distance equivalent to 1 4 football fields and overpowered daylight with the help of a cloud To make this experiment possible Elinchrom graciously shipped four Ranger RX Speed AS packs four S heads and four high performance reflectors half way around the world
18. came to realize very quickly that with big sums of mon ey at stake comes a huge amount of stress Most of that stress is self imposed because know have to come back with images that will make the client happy Deliver ing images to the client that surpass their expectations is also a serious form of motivation for me and always has been The past 20 years have taught me that staying motivat ed however that happens is key to a long career in this field If am not constantly pushing myself and my work and exploring new things prospective clients will see that Every year have to keep shooting portfolio images or personal projects that take hard work and dedication to pull off to make sure am still relevant so that can be around in this profession for another 20 years The hustle never ends NEWSLETTER 4Q summer 2015 Mestas family driving a herd of cattle on the Mestas Ranch in the middle of the Rio Grande National Monument near the Colorado New Mexico border north of Taos New Mexico NEWSLETTER 41 summer 2015 NY Location Lighting For The Outdoor Photographer MICHAEL CLARK Realized Shaping your Images with Light PURCHASE amp DOWNLOAD THIS E BOOK AT WWW MICHAELCLARKPHOTO COM
19. covers every aspect of the digital workflow including storage options so you don t lose images Chapter 6 is a new chapter entitled Making Fine Art Prints hence the title of this article What follows is the introduction from this chapter a section entitled Why even bother making Prints and a brief section on the hidden costs of printing on an ink jet printer For more information about A Profes sional Photographer s Workflow Using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop and to purchase a copy please visit my website The word artist is a word use very sparingly That term seems to be very much overused these days Most artists that know and respect never call themselves artists at all have been in and out of the art world my entire life having produced my first work at the age of three and a half and then spending most of my upbringing in one art class or another started out drawing then branched out into just about every other form of art including painting scratchboard woodblock prints lithography glassblow ing sculpture photography and others too numerous to list here After a brief stint in the physics world returned to art in the form of photography But as an adventure photographer have never felt like my images were art In the last few years have made a number of huge prints of my images recently had a client ask for thirty five large format prints up to 40x60 inches During the pro cess of c
20. door Photo Competition It is amazing to see what happens when you show your work in person to an art buyer or a photo editor Getting SMARTPHONE CAMERA AWESOME NIGHT pitini ei A ES 2507 7 HOW TO Creative Portrait One simple trick for coole people pictur Photo Tou Discover the beauty of 4 ork s u n m gt ringer Lakes LZ CANON EOS REBEL Not just for beginners instant feedback on your work from an editor that sees hundreds of thousands of images each month is a privi lege and certainly don t take that for granted My thanks to Popular Photography for choosing my image and using it on the cover can t wait to get back to Hawaii this winter and shoot more surfing images NEWSLETTER 11 summer 2015 Photography Workshops An overview of workshops and seminars with Michael Clark ach year teach several workshops on a variety of topics including adventure sports photography big wave surfing photography and artificial lighting Be low is a listing of the workshops will be teaching in 2016 For the full description of these workshops and to find out how to register go to the Workshops page on my website Across the Patagonian Ice Field Life on the Ice Argentina January 25 February 4 2016 As far as
21. e offers as with everything else he does was stoked to answer questions for this interview as he asked quite a few in depth questions don t get that often My thanks to Rob Haggart and Sven Brunso for their hard work on this and the stellar websites Check out the full interview on the APhotoFolio blog SUMMER 2015 Popular Photography August 2015 Cover One of Michael s most well known waves images featured on PopPhoto Cover Earlier this year while in New York City meeting with various clients and spon sors met with the fine folks over at Popular Photography magazine showed them my portfolio and this wave image in my portfolio wowed them Amazingly just a few months later this image was featured on the cover of the August 2015 issue of Pop ular Photography They also used the image inside the magazine as a double page spread in an article on shooting at the beach This image was shot the day before the last Quiksilver in memory of Eddie Eikau big wave surf contest in Decem ber 2009 where the waves at Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu were close to 60 feet tall This wave was only ten or twelve feet tall since it was one of the waves that reforms about 60 feet in front of the beach The rising sun had just hit the wave when this image was shot Hence all of the wild green and blue colors in the image This image has been published several times and even won an award in the 2011 Great Out
22. else ei ther can appreciate the work you ve done or can appreci ate the fact that this is you Kurt went on to say in that SUMMER 2015 If you locking at large format printers then there are great options from both Canon and Epson here as well On the Epson side the 7900 and the 9900 which are respectively 24 inch and 44 inch printers are the standard of the industry On the Canon side they have the 5400 and the iPF8400 which are respectively 24 inch and 44 inch printers Image quality out of both the Canon and Epson models are neck and neck If pressed have seen slightly wider color gamut on the Canon printers but in all honesty the Epsons are lot easier to use HP still makes the excellent 23200 series printers in 24 inch and 44 inc models but as HP as all but given up on the large format photo printers would be hesitant to purchase one of these Which printer model you choose depends more on your budget than anything else The reality is that buying a printer is just gateway to buying inks from Canon or Epson Once you have the printer if you print regularly you will end up spending far more money on inks than you ever paid for the printer In my experi ence Epson printers because they are the industry standard have the widest ar ray of printer profiles built for them which we will talk about shortly and because of this they are the easiest printers to get great results from In large
23. he best surfing image have ever created it is certainly different from any other surfing image have produced and is not a bad shot by any means As a proof of concept it illustrates how Hy persync when pushed to extremes can be used with the Elinchrom Rangers to create images that never existed before My thanks to Elinchrom and PocketWizard for believing in this project and for sending out the extra gear to make it happen My thanks also to Brian Bielmann Ben Reed and Robin Dabney for helping me on this project If you want to see more on this project check out the behind the scenes video on the Elinchrom blog SUMMER 2015 Page 27 top Robin Dabney setting up the strobes and testing them at the beginning of the shoot Image by Ben Reed Page 27 middle Shoot ing with a Nikon D4 a Nikkor AF S 400mm 2 8 lens with a 1 4x telecon vertor resulted in a 560mm 4 focal length Image by Ben Reed 27 bottom Five Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS packs with the Pocket Wizard 574 receivers mounted on top of each pack Image by Ben Reed Above The final shot from this shoot with Tommy Ihnken Right A screenshot of the behind the scenes video created by Ben Reed To check out the behind the scenes video visit the Elinchrom blog NEWSLETTER 29 SUMMER 2015 Above Michael Clark discussing the objective with pro T D eram Eha Apt br b ra surfer Thomas Ihnken at
24. ich we photographed were great fun to explore Couldn t be better Tania Evans Thanks again for such a terrific workshop have taken one other two day Lightroom workshop but your s is the best Vance Thompson Lightroom Workshop 2011 really enjoyed the surfing photography workshop It was great on every level really can t thank you enough and hope to take another of your workshops in the near future Ben Reed 2013 Surfing Photo Workshop Just wanted you know how much fun had during the workshop last weekend learned a lot a look forward to doing other workshops with you Jason Quevedo Phil adelphia Mentor Series Fall 2009 Your workshop at Santa Fe was too good The level of expertise that shared was top notch and hope to repeat this experience again Thanks for such a great workshop Participant in the 2008 Balloon Fiesta workshop taught by Andy Biggs and myself My mind is still spinning and can t help but smile every time think of the wonderful experience garnered from our workshop Between what learned from the two of you as well as from my talented classmates this was a great experience and would do it again Participant in the 2008 Balloon Fiesta workshop taught by Andy Biggs and myself For more information on my upcoming workshops or to read more testimonials please visit the Workshops page on my website Hope to see you at a workshop here soon
25. indicator is in the upper right comer The shadow warnings appear as blue while the highlight warnings appear in red In general don t to use these clip ping indicators as there is much easier and more intuitive way to see what areas of the shadows or highlights are dipping That method which we will discuss later on involves using the Option key while adjusting the Tone sliders In Figures 4 18 and 4 19 above you will also see that Lightroom is nothing if not intuitive When you click inside the histogram or on a Tone slider a section of the histogram lights up just slightly in these examples 1 have outlined that section in into the G Tech G Dock Note that download images to at least two drives and don t clear the memory cards until the assignment is over providing me with three copies of my images Because these portable G Tech hard drives slide into the G Dock that allows me to start editing images instantly if needed When am not as rushed move the images am working on over to the Live Work enclosure which is OWC Thunderbay 4 This Live Work enclosure is set up for maxmum speed and throughput It has four hard drives in it three of which set up as 12 TB RAID 0 and one 6 TB hard drive that backs up the RAID 0 drives The 12 TB RAID 0 array never has more than 6 on it For the backup use SuperDuper to clone the RAID drives with smart backup technology each night The smart backup option in
26. lore you to listen to his explana tion and let this roll around in your mind over the next few weeks Kurt went on to explain They are never going to make it because they won t be satisfied They ll just get fed up with looking at their pictures on a computer moni tor because they re going to surf the net and they re go ing to look at other people s pictures and they are going to wonder what s wrong with theirs He also said If you make pictures and pictures is your work you might last for a few years maybe even 10 but why would you want to be a photographer and not take it all the way all the way to a print do not get it NEWSLETTER 38 Ok so before you think am off my rocker here let me explain my reaction to Kurt s comments and my ences with printing my own images of late About the time read this interview with Kurt Markus on aphotoedi tor com was making 13x19 inch prints on my Epson R1800 and had worked up a particular image file so that it would print well The print came out very nice but while was looking at it closely noticed a bunch of strange spots in the print checked my image file and low and behold there were fifty or sixty dust spots right there in the image file Now this is a very specific exam ple but the point is that we look at prints with a much more critical eye than we look at images on a monitor Also with a monitor we are relying on the monitor to show us an
27. m because the shutter speed is shorter than the flash dura tion of the strobe the slit moving across the sensor does so all while the flash is still emitting light thereby lighting the entire image Hi Sync works best with flash heads that have a long flash duration so that the transmitter has some forgive ness with the flash curve As of right now Hi Sync works best with the ELBAOO and the new HS flash heads It also works with the ELBAOO Pro heads the Ranger S flash heads and the D Lite RX as well as some of the studio strobes For a full listing of the best gear to use with the new Hi Sync feature check out the Elinchrom compatibil ity chart For my Nikon D4 and 0810 cameras with no adjustments am getting great Hi Sync results straight away There is a feature named Over Drive Sync ODS that allows for moving the slice to a different part of the flash curve have heard from some Canon users that ad justing the ODS settings resulted in much better results so you will have to test this out on your own to see how it works for your camera Regardless the Hi Sync technol SUMMER 2015 NEWSLETTER 21 SUMMER 2015 should work with Canon or Nikon camera With Hi Sync we are now free to use any shutter speed and aperture combination we want When trying to over power the sun while shooting action this means we can freeze the action with a high shutter speed which is much more effective at stopping m
28. most 20 years ago now ran into James Balog and had a conversation with him about his work and career remember him say ing quite clearly that it only gets harder the longer you work as a photographer and that the continual hustle to get assignments never ends That blew up my pre con ceived notion about making it to the ten year mark and then hitting easy street He also mentioned that every year there are young photographers entering the profes sion who are hungry willing to work extremely hard and who want to take his assignments At that point was one of those hungry photographers Over the years l ve learned that at least for the adven ture genre finding motivation is key to moving your ca reer forward When was starting out had an intense desire to make amazing images and also serious motiva tion to make a living Once got established realized The Hustle Never Ends by Michael Clark that it would be all too easy to relax a bit and not work as hard as when starting out For me it was and still is the new photographers who are full of energy and really pushing hard that make me push myself as hard as can to come up with new and exciting work Those young guns out there help keep my motivation high and keep me pushing the envelope started out shooting mostly for editorial publications then moved into shooting commercial assignments for advertising After shooting a few big time assignments
29. n Apple L announced the new Retina 5K iMacs they used one of my surfing images to promote the new machine Just re cently started seeing the ice climbing image shown at right being fea tured on the 5K iMacs As always it is an honor EIER to work with Apple They are one ofthe most pres tigious companies any where on Earth and they drive trends in a way few companies can This ice climbing image has prov en to be incredibly popu lar and it has also been used by quite a few companies to promote their products but none have used it in such a visible way as Apple has with the 5 iMacs In this ice climbing image pro climber Dawn Glanc is ice climbing in the Ouray Park in Ouray Colorado This image was created using a powerful strobe to light up the ice climb and create something a bit different than your average ice climbing image The strobe was suspended on a long boom arm on a bridge above this ice climb Ear lier this year went back and worked with Dawn again to iMac with Retina 5K display The ultimate display meets the ultimate all in one Buy create a more dramatic set of images in the Ouray Park using HyperSync lighting techniques You can read about that shoot on my blog on the Elinchrom website or in my Spring 2015 Newsletter My thanks to the team at Apple for using my images for the latest marketing campaigns and to Dawn Glanc for helping to create such a stunning image
30. n us This expedition is about chasing great light and experi encing places that most people never get to see Sailing presents us with plenty of opportunities to take photographs from unusual viewpoints and to reach loca tions only accessible by sea In addition to the yacht we will use an inflatable boat with an outboard engine This will enable us to land at wild beaches and explore our surroundings on foot There will be good chances of ob serving various whales and orca as well as dolphins and seals White tailed eagles hunting for puffins and fish will also frequently keep us company For a detailed itinerary and much more information on NEWSLETTER 15 this exciting workshop visit the Vertical Shot Expedition website Workshop fee 4 500 Please Note that this expedition is being run by Vertical Shot Expeditions which is a European company so pay ments will be sent to Europe Workshop Testimonials Within the short time l ve been studying and practicing photography have had teachers who are good educa tors but not great photographers and vice versa but few who are both Count yourself in these narrow ranks SUMMER 2015 went through 4 years of college and several careers get ting less candid advice and encouragement than got in 4 days with you For what it is worth thank you for that Brandon McMahon Adventure Photography Workshop Spring 2015 Michael set an incredibly high bar for his
31. nd Tommy caught a decent air one of only three he was able to get over the course of the entire shoot In that moment everything came to gether and helped us created the image shown on the next page With the strobes firing at full power only got one image per flash and the fact that the timing was per fect for this image is a small miracle There are so many NEWSLETTER 28 things that had to come together to get this image It still boggles my mind that we actually pulled it off Brian was pretty amazed that we even got it to work much less that we got an action shot After we got the shot kept shooting for another hour or so In that time we got sev eral other shots that were fully lit but none of them mea sured up to the image shown on the next page To capture the image shot with a Nikon D4 a Nikkor AF S 400mm f 2 8 telephoto lens and a 1 4X Telecon vertor This setup resulted in a 560mm f 4 lens The ex posure for the resulting image was 1 1 250th sec at f 4 at ISO 800 Because we were shooting wide open the lens had to have exceptional autofocus and as you can see it performed flawlessly Gauging the distance of the surf er from the strobes was a matter of looking at the focus marker on the lens which indicated a distance of about 500 feet My shooting position was approximately 60 feet to the right of the strobes on the beach and basically in line with the flash heads While don t consider this to be t
32. ndary surf NEWSLETTER 26 summer 2015 photographer my good friend Brian Bielmann All three were indispensable on this assignment Brian as one of the top surfing photographers of the last 35 plus years told me that he had seen several photographers try to light up a surfer on a wave with strobes on the beach but they never had any luck unless they shot at night and only from about 60 feet away Hence with this shoot we were being very ambitious Once we got all of the gear to the beach and got set up we had two and half hours of daylight to work with For the first hour we got nothing of note Not a single frame With full sun hitting the surfer could see that in a few shots we were filling in the shadows but we were not ac tually overpowering the sun We realized that the high performance reflectors when used from that distance were like lasers and that the light was going right past Tommy for many of the shots because he was moving all over the place with the waves The next step was to have two assistants direct the flash heads moving them with the surfer so we could make sure we were hitting the surfer with the lights After a few tries we got some im ages where we could see that the lighting was working we just needed to wait for something interesting to happen Within a few minutes of putting two assistants on the flash heads to move them with the surfer the sun dropped behind a thinly veiled cloud a
33. orking with images in the Develop mod ule It shows the ISO setting lens focal length shutter speed and f stop that the selected image was shot at just underneath the histogram The Lightroom Histogram displays the averaged histogram gray and histograms for the red green and blue channels In the upper comers of the Histogram dialog there are still the Shadow and STORAGE amp IMAGE ARCHIVE WORKFLOW Below is diagram showing entire storage and image archive workflow Be cause this workflow is so complex will go through it in great detail here to explain the logic behind my system For the average photographer this storage workfow be massively overkill but for those working professionals with huge image libraries this example is a good option to consider Whether you are a pro or an amatuer take from this example what you need to build a fast and robust backup strategy 4 Starting with the camera once have captured the images download my mem cards to a variety of G Tech G Drive ev portable hard drives which also slide 472 NEWSLETTER 07 SUMM Highlight Clipping warnings Figure 4 17 which show the clipped shadows or highlights in the image These indicators can be clicked on and off by clicking on the small triangles in the upper right and left comers of the Histogram display The Shadow Clipping indicator is in the upper left comer and the Highlight Clip ping
34. otion than a fast flash duration Alternatively having the freedom to choose any aperture means we can shoot portraits wide open or at NEWSLETTER 22 very large apertures creating a nice out of focus back ground as shown in the portfolio image on pages 32 33 Using a large aperture like 1 2 8 or lower does mean that your autofocus will have to be dead on especially for action images will continue testing the Skyport Plus HS and will be posting blogs with the results in the near fu ture so stay tuned For more info on the new Skyport Plus HS check out the two blog posts mentioned at the begin ning of this article and visit the Elinchrom website SUMMER 2015 ADVERTISEMENT INSIDE THE LIFE AND IMAGES OF A PRO PHOTOGRAPHER 3 x Revealed Secrets Behind the Images 220 CREATING GROUND BF USING HYPERSYNC iod Tel Five Elinchrom Ranger S Standard flash heads firing at full power while shooting surfing on the north shore of Oahu at Rocky Point Image by Ben Reed Note This article was originally published on the Elinchrom blog At the time this was shot Hypersync was the only game in town few weeks ago Elinchrom announced their own Hi Sync transceiver the Skyport Plus HS which is much eas ier to use and results in better overall images The Skyport Plus HS is reviewed here in this Newsletter Hi Sync is an up dated version of Hyper
35. ported to another place another state of mind and one hopes is inspired by the image WHY EVEN BOTHER MAKING PRINTS Why make prints of your images This is a valid question in this day and age of digital photography isn t an easy question to answer especially because printing is expen sive and unless you sell prints it is tough to see why or how it will improve your photography will explain why think it is important to make prints in a rather NEWsLETTER 97 CHAPTER SIX MAKING FINE ART PRINTS 1 realized then that to do anything extraordinary requires much more than ordinary effort BASHO 15th century Japanese poet round about way Before we dive in understand that don t work for nor am sponsored by any of the compa nies that make printers So am not here trying to sell you on why you should buy a printer am discussing the val ue of printing your work and how it can improve the qual ity of your photography In the Summer 201 issue of my Newsletter discussed an interview that appeared on the popular website apho toeditor com with legendary photographer Kurt Markus in my Perspective piece entitled Following Through In that interview was struck by some of his comments where he said It takes guts to make a print You know you have to convince yourself that this is you that you ve made this and that you re putting your name on it and you also have to believe that maybe somebody
36. r especially if you live in a dry dusty environment To my knowledge none of the manu facturers really talk about how to keep your printer hum ming along without any issues Here in New Mexico it is particularly difficult to keep the inkjet nozzles from clog ging up because this is a fairly dusty and very dry envi ronment find that if make one print each week that keeps the nozzles primed and the printer working in ex cellent form Having to make a print each week definitely means that there is a hidden cost to owning and using an inkjet printer For my Epson 9880 which is a huge 44 inch printer this means have to spend about 800 each year on ink and paper just to keep that printer humming along For my smaller Epson 3880 the cost of keeping it in top form is only a few hundred dollars per year bring this up because anyone buying one of these ink jet print ers from Epson Canon or HP may not be aware of this added expense Inkjet printers are made to be used If you let any inkjet printer sit around unused in a dry environ ment for several months it may never work the same again if it works at all For those in a more humid envi ronment this is less of an issue to worry about but still the printers need to be used regularly and would sug gest making at a minimum at least one letter sized print every two weeks have personal experience with printer inks drying up owned one Epson printer that dried up af
37. r 100 new pages were added to the book Needless to say it has been a crazy summer and SO Tar Back in July went back to the Amazon was just as brutal as last year but thankfully we all came back in one piece and no one was bitten by a snake as happened the previous year This was my last trip to the Amazon for the Tribes on the Edge project with my good friend Celine Cousteau It was 108 F and 10096 humidity pretty much every day of the trip We were soaked from head to toe the entire time images are under embargo until the film comes out so this will be all that can say about that adventure Stay tuned next year for the film and a lot more on that front In September was in Switzerland meeting with Elin chrom and trying out their new products the Skyport Plus HS transceiver and the 5 flash heads which were re cently announced These two new products are incredibly exciting and have already changed the way conceive of and execute my assignments If you haven t seen them already you can find two blog posts wrote for Elinchrom on their website which discuss the new products and how they work In this issue of the Newsletter have also included a review of these new products have also been bouncing around teaching a few work shops speaking at several events and also shooting as signments Grand Teton National Park Chamonix France Las Vegas lelluride Yellowstone National Park
38. reating those prints felt more like an artist than have in a long long time There was something familiar about putting ink onto paper and producing a tangible thing that would make people stop and stare It was also very interesting to watch people interact with those huge prints at the client s offices and see their mouths drop open with amazement not knowing that the photogra pher was standing just next to them Seeing my images printed framed and hung on wall in the last few years has changed my perspective on printing and how important it is to take the image all the way through to a tangible product Modern digital photography relies on a wild array of high tech tools to create the final image There is certainly a completely different feeling with photography than had in my early teens when painted an image or molded an orb of molten glass With photography that feeling of connection to the final piece isn t as immediate After all for any photograph l ve created didn t sketch every NEWSLETTER 36 SUMMER 2015 contour of the image and render it by physically touching the paper or canvas Instead my camera captured the light then toned and worked up the image on a com puter and the printer laid down the ink using very sophis ticated technology on high tech archival paper Never theless when the finished piece is on the wall and watch people interact with it the end result is the same the viewer is trans
39. rial and com mercial clients For a detailed itinerary and much more information on this workshop visit the Santa Fe Work shops website Cost 1 250 plus 65 Model Fee Photography Sailing Expedition in Arctic Norway Lofoten islands Norway August 20 27 2016 Now in its third edition our sailing and photography ex pedition to the Norwegian Arctic islands of Lofoten is a rare chance to photograph pristine coastal locations which are inaccessible to others To us sailing rather than driving is the most logical way to fully experience and ex plore these stunning islands This small group expedition with a maximum of six par ticipants will use a very comfortable 47ft 14m yacht built in 2012 The group will be guided by the renowned outdoor photographers Michael Clark and Vlad Donkov The adventure starts in Svolvaer the capital of the Lofo ten Islands and follows the coastline of the awe inspiring mountainous islands wild fjords and passages This sailing adventure is suitable for people without any previous sailing experience However participants should be adventurous by nature and ready to endure long days NEWSLETTER 14 summer 2015 Cerro Torre looming over a section of the Patagonia Cap southern Argentina On the Patagonia Field traverse we will pop out from behind Cerro Torre on the least few days as we head back to El Chalten This will be an incredible adventure and hope you can joi
40. se up details of tra ditional lei making a Polynesian ritual using braided leaves flowers and shells Alongside your mentors you ll gain experience using panning and motion blur tech niques on the pro mountain bikers soaring through trails in Makwao Forest Finally conclude your Maui video with the chance to include the details of a traditional Hawaiian pineapple farm with portraits of the locals To better understand the editing process we will have a video editor on site to help with the editing process Ha will serve as the backdrop to your video story and you ll certainly want to share it when this Mentor Series video workshop is complete Sign up today For more in formation visit the Mentor Series website Surfing Photography Workshop Oahu North Shore Hawaii February 18 21 2016 Join legendary surfing photographer Brian Bielmann and adventure sports photographer Michael Clark for an ex citing one of a kind workshop that delves into the world of surfing photography Brian is a top surfing photogra pher who has been shooting the sport for more than 35 years Michael brings his adventure photography skills and knowledge as well as his in depth experience with digital workflow to round out the workshop This 4 day workshop combines daily photo shoots at world class surfing locations lifestyle photo shoots and classroom instruction We will be spending half of our time shooting in the early mornings and in the la
41. stas family driving cattle near the Colorado and New Mexico border north of Taos New Mexico copyright notice This Newsletter was created by Michael Clark for the promotion of Michael Clark Photography No reproduc tion of any part of this Newsletter is allowed without written permission All images Copyright 2015 Mi chael Clark Photography All Rights Reserved Contact me at info michaelclarkphoto com see more of my work view my website at www michaelclarkphoto com Cover Image Mt Moran and the Grand Tetons reflected in the Snake River at Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park Wyo ming Opposite Page Daniel Coriz leaping off the wall at the Santa Fe dirt jumps just off Highway 599 in Santa Fe New Mexico during an assignment for Elinchrom Newsletter edited by Katherine Mast NEWSLETTER 02 summer 2015 Explanation for this late Newsletter Non Stop Travel the Amazon Europe and all over North America he last three or four months have been non stop T have been traveling continuously for the last few months with only a day or two in between trips some of which were international As a result this is a combined Summer and Fall Newsletter as was too busy to put out a Summer version also released a new updated version of my digital workflow e book entitled A Professional Pho tographer s workflow Using Adobe Lightroom and Photo shop in August The new e book clocks in at nearly 500 pages and ove
42. te after noon and evenings when the waves and the light are at their best The other half of our time will be spent in the classroom of the classroom instruction will be cen tered around image critiques discussions on gear strate gies and the business of photography as well as in depth discussions on shooting surfing We ll also cover digital workflow in detail using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop The workshop is scheduled during a period where large waves hit the north shore frequently Though we cannot predict or guarantee the wave size or surfing conditions the north shore of Oahu serves up sizable waves on a nearly daily basis Depending on the waves we will choose the best locations for shooting and we will also schedule lifestyle shoots that help to fill out our coverage of the world of surfing The cost of this workshop is 1 295 00 per person The NEWSLETTER 13 SUMMER 2015 same rate applies for each participant regardless of whether they are doing photography and participating in the workshop or not A deposit of 500 is required to secure your spot on the workshop Final balance will be due no later than January 15 2016 If you ve always wanted to shoot the amazing sport of surfing and document the surfing lifestyle then now is the time to register Remember there will be limited space available for this workshop When they re spoken for that s it If you have any questions before registering
43. ter lack of use over six months spent a few hundred dollars on ink car tridges trying to clean the nozzles to no avail That print er an older Epson R1800 never came back from the dead have also owned a Canon iPF5100 one of Canon s large format printers which had one print head perma nently clog up after a five month period without use and needed to be replaced One month later the other head clogged up and never worked again That Canon was so old when the print heads clogged up that it wasn t worth paying the 900 USD it would cost to replace the printer heads One other piece of hard won advice should share is when buying a printer spend an extra 50 to 80 and buy a cover for your printer That will keep dust and grime out of the printer and help it to keep working as new To purchase this e book please visit my website where it can be purchased via PayPal NEWSLETTER 39 SUMMER 2015 hen started out as an adventure photographer W and solidify a career in photography had read some knew it would take years to really establish myself where that it would take two to three years to go full time as a freelancer and then another five to seven years be fore would be making decent money Somehow early on got it into my head that if could make it to the ten year mark would have it made in the shade and assignments would be coming my way non stop Before went full time as a freelancer al
44. to the north shore of Oahu brought with me one extra Ranger setup which made for a total of five Ranger packs and heads With this setup we had 5 500 Watt seconds of lighting power at our disposal Additionally PocketWizard sent four extra Power ST4 transceivers to go on top of the Ranger RX Speed AS packs so that could trigger all five packs using Hypersync with the PocketWizard Flex T T5 transceiver In my experiments shooting ice climbing and other sports with one flash head found that could consistently overpower the sun from 60 to 7O feet 20m away In shaded conditions as with my latest ice climbing shoot was able to light up the bottom of a gorge almost 200 feet 60m away with one Ranger pack and head With that in mind imagined that could light up a surfer on a wave at up to 500 feet 150m away with five Ranger packs and 5 heads working together It took some trial and er ror and a few extremely helpful assistants to actually make this work For this shoot hired pro surfer Tommy Ihnken who lives on the north shore of Oahu The waves on the day of the shoot weren t exactly what we had hoped for they were a bit unpredictable and small but Tommy is known for catching some big air and he was keen to give it a go We opted to shoot at Rocky Point which is a surf break known for huge airs off medium sized waves Along with me on this shoot were three as sistants Ben Reed Robin Dabney and the lege
45. trobo delay and speed modes into many of their current strobes These modes are not found on any other strobe manufacturer s units They have also excelled with HyperSync and now Hi Sync technologies where few other strobe manufacturers have been able to make those technologies work Just to be clear Hi Sync and HyperSync use the same technology but since Hy perSync is a trademarked name by PocketWizard Elin chrom had to choose a different name for their technol ogy Hi Sync is the built in version of HyperSync that has been perfected by Elinchrom Because they know their own strobes they have been able to create an in house version of HyperSync that works better than HyperSync ever did There is no gradation or clipping with Hi Sync NEWSLETTER 20 and you can choose any shutter speed and the Skyport Plus HS will automatically hop into Hi Sync mode when using Nikon Cameras set to Auto FP 1 250s for Can on cameras you will have to set the Skyport Plus HS to HS mode Now realize many folks will be confused as to how Hi Sync works Let me explain Hi Sync and HyperSync for that matter work the same way Basically the transmitter is timing the flash so that the flash goes off before the shutter is released in the camera To do this the transmit ter has to have incredible timing so that you end up using only a slice of the light emitted by the flash head as shown in the diagram at left As shown in the same diagra
46. ts photos from a guy who has nearly died doing it check it out on digitaltrends com The subtext at the top of the article reads Imagine careening down a hill at breakneck speed on a mountain bike or shooting whitewater rapids in a kayak It s one thing to capture these images from a dis tance it s another to get up close and personal It is al ways amazing to be featured on such large websites as it makes others aware of my work My thanks to Bill Schiff ner for tracking me down and putting this article together and to Digital Trends for featuring me on their website Rob Haggart has had a significant influence on my career While he was the photo editor at Outside Magazine he once told me You adventure sports guys couldn t light your way out of a paper bag And he was right A lot has changed since that lunch in 2002 but he nailed it and he didn t mince words After that lunch went out bought a Hasselblad and some strobes and got to work From Rob on Facebook Awesome interview with Mi chael Clark He s never afraid to tell it like it is Good NEWSLETTER e HOW TO SHOOT INSANE ACTION SPORTS PHOTOS FROM A GUY WHO HAS NEARLY DIED DOING IT dp mar yn APhotoFolio Interview An in depth interview on the APhotoFolio Blog stuff In 2010 signed on with APhotoFolio and have since won two PDN Photo Annual Awards for my web site Rob does a great job with the website templates h
47. we know a photographic workshop has never before been held on the Patagonian Ice Field We are ex tremely thrilled to announce this first of its kind expedi tion for photographers You have surely seen thousands of images of the iconic mountains Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy But how many photos have you seen shot from the other side of these mountains That s right not many Yet the views from the ice cap are far more striking than those from the easily accessible viewpoints by the road The Patagonian Field is the third largest mass of ice on Earth and is a virtually untouched remote wilderness The adventure will be led by two highly experienced mountain guides and the American outdoor photogra pher Michael Clark Michael s work is used by many no table organizations The expedition is eleven days long and you will spend a week of this trekking across the ice cap and photographing the stunning Marconi glacier Cerro Torre Fitz Roy and numerous other majestic peaks rising straight from the ice The experience may be simi lar to landing on the Moon in that the landscape will be unlike anything that you have photographed before This workshop is limited to six participants At the end of this expedition we will spend an entire day recovering in Chalten working up images and critiquing the images created on this expedition This is a strenuous trek in a harsh environment No tech nical skills or previous glacier walking e
48. xperience are re quired but participants must have camping and trekking experience prior to starting the expedition You should be fit to hike with a 50 pound 25 kg backpack for 6 8 hours per day unless you wish to hire a porter and trek just with your camera gear For a detailed itinerary and much more information on this exciting workshop visit the Vertical Shot Expedition website Workshop fee 5 900 Only 2 spaces left This expedition is run by Vertical Shot Expeditions a Eu ropean company so payments will be sent to Europe NEWSLETTER 12 summer 2015 Mentor Series Photo Workshop Maui Video Maui Hawaii February 10 14 2016 Storytelling is the step by step methodology of creating images and weaving them into a narrative With an intro duction to Nikon s latest HDSLRs from Nikon professional photographers Michael Clark and Layne Kennedy at our Maui Video Workshop you ll capture the big moments and everything in between creating a story worth telling At Old Lahaina you ll learn how to capture the sights and sounds of an authentic Luau as well as the motion of the dancers in the evening light The next morning is filled with the opportunity to photograph the famous Lao nee dle rock formations covered in green moss that hover over the blur of the rivers At Ho okipa Beach the home of surfing you ll capture the action of wind surfers riding the waves You ll then have the opportunity to shoot the clo
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