Our thanks to all who helped put the weekend on. This is our 2nd year and things were easier.
Check-in was convenient at the museum. Presentations on Friday night were good, but couldn't match Hugh Morton's comments from last year. Saturday photography was more relaxed for us, as we determined to try to do more with less. Some time in the Aminal Habitat and a couple of other places. We turned our pix in and enjoyed a leisurely lunch with pdml in the cafeteria. Skipped the Photoshop tips presentation that afternoon as I had no software. (Probably not wise as I've got a *ist DS and Elements 3.0 now...) (Especially not wise as we drove to 'see' the town of Boone.) (Did I ever mention that I've probably seen and evaluated 1,000 Small Towns for my employer over the past 23 years.) Saturday's dinner was fun and more time with pdml folks. Tony Sweet did 2 presentations that evening as one of the original presenters had an emergency. His pictures were great. His 2nd presentation talked to the ecology peaceful co-existance with bears. The man is an excellent naturalist, and gave a real perspective on what it takes to get those animal shots. We had accomodations off the Mountain so we stopped for breakfast at a world famous restaurant on the way in rather than eating at the museum. We picked up our slides and got a handy little folding viewer to review them. It was not really adequate, and one of the other attendees offered us his light table and big Pentax lupe. Lynn and I each picked three slides to submit and that was that. I've forgotton the name of Sunday morning's presenter, but he was a N.Carolina native who had published several books and led seminars. I remember his nature shots as excellent, but his perspective on editing for a book on the state of North Carolina was most instructive. He talked about planning what places he needed shots of, at what times of the year, and how he planned and executed them. And he talked about selecting final images and giving his editor a range of shots including some he didn't like. He pointed out that getting a shot published was not necessarily about having the 'best' shot, but rather having a good one in front of the editor when she needed it. The program ended with the photo competition. Of course our own team of Doug Brewer and Mark Roberts were better than Siscul and Ebert. They were actually quite funny at times and very instructive at other times. (No more busy macro backgrounds for me!) Of course, seeing the results of other folks tackling the same project with the same subject matter was great. The best photos were outstanding, especially on the big screen, and the honorable mentions were worth framing. The best compliment for the weekend is that my wife - not a photographer - was happy, wants to frame a print of one of her slides, and was figuring out how to do better next year. Regards, Bob S. On 6/22/05, Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > frank theriault wrote: > > > > On 6/22/05, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thank you for the great job you did helping Don put the weekend together > > > and keeping it running smoothly. Susan and I both had a wonderful time. > > > > > > > I'll second that!! > > > > -frank > > > > > I'll third that -- > do I hear 4th???? > > :) > ann > >
