[Rhodes22-list] Hanna leaves us; Not political, so take a break ; ^)

Wed Sep 10 08:46:40 EDT 2008

Mary Lou,

Ian and the other instructor, Joseph Rossbach,  were excellent instructors. Very patient, (!) and generous with information on composition. lighting and 'seeing.' It was a lucky 'two-fer' that both men happened to be at the same workshop; usually only one  instructor will be at a workshop.

We spent LOTS of time outside...other than Saturday 'day' when it was blowing & pouring, we were out before dawn & in 'way late. Dark & Rain are what get everyone salivating for beautiful images. Cameras got wet & it was no big deal...Ian & Joe had cameras & lenses worth thousands & they were out in the worst of the spray at the bulkhead on Tilghman.

There are really no 'cheap tricks;' what they espouse is really seeing what is in front of you, and using the camera to record & enhance. The photo I've attached is an example. Long exposure and planned camera movement make an ordinary pine into an abstract. I had this picture in my head but did not know how to make it. Joe came over & listened to what I wanted to record & explained how to do it.

What this weekend gave me is more control over the camera and a better understanding of the interaction of ISO, aperature, and exposure, along with the  judicious use of camera movement. Get out that tripod!

Not that I'm shilling for them, but if you'd like to see more of their work, Mountaintrailphotography.com is their publishing business & has more of their work.

I will most definitely do more of their workshops in the future. I especially would like to do the one in which Ian takes 6 participants to Smith Is for almost a week; they stay at author Tom Horton's place and and reap the benefit of Horton's research on the Bay...

I'll send a few more...out of maybe 400 photos, there are probably 5 I'm pleased with. Don'tcha LOVE that digital!

Definitely a 'high'...on par with the first time I got the boat back in the slip alone..;^) 

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)

--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hanna leaves us; Not political, so take a   break ; ^)
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 11:19 PM
> Wonderful! Hope he was at least half as good an instructor
> as he is a 
> photographer. Did you actually get to spend much time
> outside? Are 
> there any "cheap tricks" at that level? Hope you
> will share some 
> other photos from the weekend - if they weren't all
> rained out.
> 
> ML
> 
> 
> At 10:44 PM 9/9/2008, you wrote:
> >Mary Lou,
> >
> >Ian was one of the two photographer/instructors on this
> weekend. 
> >Enormously talented for someone so young.
> >
> >elle
> >
> >We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can
> adjust our sails.
> >
> >1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic" 
>  (Lady in Red)
> >
> >
> >--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Mary Lou Troy
> <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hanna leaves us; Not
> political, so 
> > take a  break ; ^)
> > > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 10:05 PM
> > > Fabulous pictures, elle. Have you seen
> "Chesapeake, Bay
> > > of Light: an
> > > exploration of the Chesapeake Bay's wild and
> forgotten
> > > places" the
> > > lovely book of photo essays by Ian J. Plant?
> Those photos
> > > remind me
> > > of some of his.
> > >
> > > Those waves look vaguely familiar. We were
> motoring once
> > > off of
> > > Blackwalnut Point into waves not quite as big
> (but they
> > > sure felt
> > > like it) trying to get out to the Bay where we
> could sail
> > > when Fred
> > > suddenly said "I've lost steering".
> It took a
> > > few seconds before we
> > > realized that a wave had knocked the motor
> sideways. It was
> > > a great
> > > relief to get around the point and set sail.
> > >
> > > Mary Lou
> > >
> > >
> > > At 09:53 PM 9/9/2008, you wrote:
> > > >The best thing about a storm is what we see
> as it pulls
> > > away at sunset......
> > > >
> > > >These photos were taken Saturday evening at
> Blackwalnut
> > > Point at the
> > > >tip of Tilghman Island.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >elle
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >We can't change the angle of the
> wind....but we can
> > > adjust our sails.
> > > >
> > > >1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06 
> "WaterMusic"
> > >  (Lady in Red)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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