It was mostly done by John Gerlach - a series of four topic presentations, two in the morning, two in the afternoon. Barbara Gerlach assisted and then did the re-cap segment at the end. I'll be taking a week-long workshop with them in the UP in August - should be interesting.
stan On Apr 8, 2013, at 12:07 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Even if, like me, you already know everything, you may well find it >> worthwhile to spend a day listening to an >accomplished craftsman talk about >> his way of doing things. > > About the only thing better is to work along side a pro in the field to see > how he accomplishes his craft and to try to gain an insight into his ability > to see subjects and compositions. > > Was this presentation put on by a group or an individual? > > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Halpin" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 9:08 PM > Subject: Photo Workshop (Was Re: Posting photos of street art can get > youarrested) > > >> Speaking of education, (trying to segue back closer to on-topic), I and >> 200± others spent the day sitting in >very uncomfortable chairs in a poorly >> ventilated room, drinking conference-hotel coffee while listening to a >> >series of presentations on how to do nature photography. I really hate >> conference hotel chairs, coffee, sound >systems, ventilation, etc.,(as well >> as my hatred for drivers who don't understand roundabouts, a feeling I know >> >I share with Dave and Cotty) but despite that it was time well spent and I >> came away with some food for >thought. Also frustration. I would really like >> to play with a tilt-shift lens, I would like to have auto-coupled >extension >> tubes, and I would like AF1.4 and 2.0 tele-extenders of a quality consistent >> with my lenses. Given >that I am not going to switch to a different system, >> I can't do much about any of those items. But I can >revisit the >> functionality I do have available such as rear-button focusing, use of LV as >> a focusing aid, more >attention to histograms in setting exposure, etc. > >> Even if, like me, you already know everything, you may well find it >> worthwhile to spend a day listening to an >accomplished craftsman talk about >> his way of doing things. > > stan > > On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> You're absolutely right, John. For Freedom of Speech to have any meaning, >> offensive speech must be protected, too. Abhorrent opinions must be >> protected. Because I don't want some beaurocrat, politician or judge drawing >> the line. >> >> The photo may have made us feel uneasy and no one here advocates murder, but >> that young lady, no matter her personal history, was not advocating it, >> simply portraying the message of another. >> >> What, someone is suddenly going to go shoot a cop and say, "Well, I wasn't >> going to, but I saw this photo..." >> >> Let's be real. She was arrested because cops don't like her. >> >> The arrest was wrong and she will almost certainly beat the charges. At >> least, she should... >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> >> Sent: April 6, 2013 4/6/13 >> To: [email protected] >> >> You've already gone over the precipice on your "slippery slope", >> justifying suppression of her right to free speech because she's "part >> of some cop hating group or something". >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
