In the 70's or so I attended a daylong seminar put on by John, his then girl
friend Barb and Rod Planck. I got onto their mailing list and got yearly
reminders of workshops. Eventually I attended a weeklong workshop by Rod
Planck in the U P of Michigan & really got hooked on nature photography. Rod
is a superb teacher, photographer and naturalist. I've taken many workshops
& tours with Rod & his wife Marlene, most in Michigan and several in
southern Utah and South Dakota.
Be sure to stock up on your sleep before the workshop cause John will
probably have you all up at zero dark thirty & out till after sunset for the
6 days of the workshop - its all about the light!
But most of all enjoy and ask lots of questions. Will John be doing a
critique of participants work?
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Halpin" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: Photo Workshop (Was Re: Posting photos of street art can
getyouarrested)
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".
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