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Welcome
to Light-Chasers Photographic Workshops
Harpswell, Maine
Our Workshops are held at the
beautiful Harpswell Inn near historic Harpswell Center. The Inn is only ten
miles from downtown Brunswick and Bowdoin Collage, eighteen miles from L.L.
Bean in Freeport, and less than an hour from Portland International
Jetport. The Inn is also less than three hours from Logan International,
Boston, and ten minutes from my home!
I
wanted a location that would allow folks the luxury of a classic New England
Colonial Inn for our teaching programs, and wonderful photography at your
doorstep on beautiful Middle Bay. You’ll love the peace and quite here and
the chance for both sunrise and sunsets from Lookout Point, and many other
locations.
Our Harpswell Workshop makes it easy for most folks to get to, yet it will
feel like worlds away from where you came. The town of Harpswell has the
distinction of having about 216 miles of coastline and about 55 Islands,
which is more than any town in the U.S. It also has one of the largest
concentrations of Lobstering Harbors on the East Coast.
This will be a workshop that will appeal to almost everyone. It's
close, it's beautiful, and less expensive for the large population of folks
living here on the East Coast.
Camera Clubs: This
will also give your camera club a great place to go for a weekend workshop.
Details, Pricing, Schedules and Dates will be ready by August 15th.
A Great New Website:
http://paworkshops.net/
Started by my good friend David Middleton, the
Photographer’s Alliance Workshops (PAW) is a new photography workshop and
tour company dedicated to exemplary teaching and superb photography. It is a
community of professional photographers (of which I am proud to be one!)
brought together to teach and to share their passion for photography.
Simply, we are photographers from all over the country who love to help
other photographers be their best. No nonsense, no excuses, no inflated
egos, no huge overhead; just folks taking pictures, teaching photography and
loving what they are doing. PAW is how photography ought to be taught.
Be sure to check it out as well as my New Hampshire
and Coastal Maine workshops coming this fall!
http://paworkshops.net/
Thanks!
Gary
My test of the new Nikon D300:
www.light-chasers.com/reviews.htm
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Out!
Note: This book is still available as an E-Book!
Contact:
www.usphotogroup.com
Image Preparation: The Key to Success!
It is an easy editing guide that takes
you through the same steps that I take when editing an image. I'll
show you how to do this whether you are using Photoshop Elements 6.0, CS3
or Adobe Lightroom. It is based on my strong opinion that you need to
get it right in the camera first. If you do, you will spend far
less time in front of the computer and more time out shooting!
Coming soon:
A brand new book
called; "From Picture to Digital Print."
This new book will be sort of a
"Photographer's Bible." It will start out with a great refresher
course on composition and lighting. Then it will cover in-camera
set-up and preparation, and it will delve into Gary's easy-to -understand
methods of editing your images, based on the concept of "Getting it Right in
the Camera First." Gary's new book will also cover how he uses the
fabulous software from NIK Software,
www.niksoftware.com
to improve the quality of your images even more! Again he will include
editing techniques for Adobe Elements, Photoshop and Lightroom. The
final part of the book will cover Gary's method of "Creating Great Digital
Prints." Many of you saw his program on printing at the NECCC
conference in July.
We hope to have the book ready for sale on-line via
PayPal by January 2010.
A series of new teaching CDs, DVDs and eBooks are available now
from our new website
www.usphotogroup.com
Be sure and check it out!
The Coastal Maine Travel Guide is here! (PC only right now!)
This is a great CD of my favorite places to photograph on the coast of
Maine.
This 35 minute CD is filled with over 200 images, illustrations, maps and
shooting tips, narrated by me, and accompanied with beautiful background
music by my friend and accomplished pianist Lori Tremblay. This is a
must have gift for anyone who is planning a trip here. With close to
3,500 miles of beautiful coastline (more than the state of California), and
3,000 offshore Islands, it may take you a while!
I will be producing the Acadia CD
very soon! It's loaded with more great shooting locations and was
just too big for my Coastal Maine CD!
The CD is available on the
USPhotoGroup website through PayPal, for $19.95 plus shipping.
To Order click here;
http://www.usphotogroup.com/Slideshows/Slideshows.htm
Now Back to Light-Chasers:
Web Gallery:
We've posted our Gallery of
Images. I've been looking for a way to create a nice gallery that
would represent my images well.
You can enter my Gallery from here or on my gallery page.
Enter Gallery
(After viewing the gallery, click on the X in the
upper right corner of the window to exit.)
New for the 2009:
I will be scheduling more One-Day Seminars and we are
very excited to announce the new Light-Chasers Workshop. We have our
eye on three beautiful workshop locations here in New England where we will
hold our teaching and photographing sessions. We also plan to release
several new books and CDs in order to have them available at these teaching
programs.
2009 - 2010 Seminar & Workshop Schedule:
http://www.light-chasers.com/schedule.htm
Light-Chasers
For years, Light-Chasers has been about
the joy and excitement of photography, about the thrill of chasing the light
in an effort to capture an image that moves ones soul and captures ones
heart. It's been about sharing with you my excitement for nature and
the outdoors. I'm sure everyone has his or her own idea as to what
makes photography so special in there lives.
For over fifteen years, I've led photo
tours and lectured to photographic clubs and organizations in both the U.S.
and Canada. For the past four and a half years, I've been writing
regular monthly articles on photography, for both film and digital shooters.
As both a senior editor, a managing editor, a tour leader and seminar
instructor, it has become obvious to me that teaching has played an equally
important part in sharing my love for photography.
I've decided that one of the best ways to
share the knowledge and experience that I have gained over the past
twenty-five years of photography, was to create my own website.
I like keeping things simple and easy for
any photographer to understand. whether a seasoned or beginning
photographer, I want you to be able to absorb the informative articles,
books and photographs so that you'll come away saying: "Wow, I finally get
it, this really makes sense."
I believe that there are more than enough
forums and blogs out there to last a life-time. So, while you're more
than welcome to comment on my articles or ask questions, this won't be the
place for those kinds of on-line discussions.
Any questions feel free to email me at
gary@light-chasers.com
See you soon!
Gary W. Stanley
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