On Apr 8, 2013, at 4:49 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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? Thanks Ken. From the participant's Welcome packet: "This field workshop is taught by presenting instructional digital programs, leading many field trips, and conducting image critiques during the midday hours." Not much time allotted for sleep. Pre-dawn field trips starting about 0600, back at 1030 or so, breakfast, instructional programs, critiques, time to download/edit/copy images, early dinner, late afternoon field trip, back at 2200. John and Barbara have recently gotten excited about high-ISO star photography with foreground flash or other forms of light painting, so I won't be surprised to have optional late sessions as well if the sky is right. stan > > 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". > > > -- > 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.
