Two Awesome Photo Tours/Workshops Added for 2018 & 2019

Love to travel with like-minded photographers - who love to make pictures and enjoy life? You've come to the right place! I have added two awesome photo tours/workshops to my 2018 and 2019 schedule.

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Antarctica with A&K - and RS • December 12 - 23, 2018

I hope you can join me for my fourth trip to the bottom of the world, and my second trip as the photo coach on an Abercrombie & Kent expedition. Antarctica is full of wonders - of blue ice and wildlife. Click here to start your adventure.

Click here to see some of my photographs from my previous A&K trip to Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.

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From the Highlands to the High Arctic Photo Adventure • June 3 - 14, 2019

Travel with us - on  Poseidon Expeditions' awesome 114-passenger Sea Spirit – from Edinburgh in the UK to Spitsbergen for this amazing landscape, seascape and wildlife adventure. We'll have our own special photo group, where I will help you with your SLR and mirrorless photography, and Susan will help you with your iPhone photography.

There's an early booking discount of 10% to 15%, plus an additional savings of $1,300 per couple as part of this special photo group!

Call Shulie for info: 347 801 2609. Or send her an email.

Read all about it!

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If you can't make a workshop, travel and learn virtually though one of my KelbyOne classes.

Photo Education is the Gift that Keeps on Giving

No doubt you need a good camera, good lenses and good accessories to make high-quality images. But what good is all that equipment if you can’t get the most out of it? That’s where photo education comes in – helping you understand how to use your gear and get the best in-camera image when it comes to exposure and composition.

Photo education is also important in understanding image processing, that is, what can and what cannot be done in Photoshop and Lightroom, as well as with plug-ins. What’s more, photo education lasts a lifetime and the knowledge gained is cumulative so you can keep getting better results.

I’m big on photo education, offering several different ways to learn photography and image processing.

Here’s a look at my educational endeavors.

Books – My book, Creative Visualization for Photographers, is about envisioning the end-result, that is, seeing in your mind’s eye what will be captured with your camera, and what are some of the image processing possibilities.

Evolution of an Image is a storytelling book: I take the reader through the entire image-making process, from start to finish (using Lightroom and plug-ins, as illustrated above).

On-line Classes – I have 14 classes on KelbyOne. They cover speedlite photography, travel photography, composition, lighting and even going on safari. These classes offer great flexibility as they can be viewed and paced on an individual basis.

Photo Workshops – Photo workshops offer a wonderful way to learn about the complete digital imaging process while on location with like-minded photographers. You not only learn from me, but you learn from the other workshop participants. This type of intensive hands on learning can help photographers get to the next level. Click here to see all my 2018 photo workshops.

Seminars – I think I give more seminars than any of my pro photographer friends. Why? I truly enjoy sharing photo information, illustrated with my photographs from around the world. I offer two-hour, half-day and all-days seminars. Here’s a list of where I’ll be presenting in the next few months. Attending a seminar is a proven way to inspire photographers to advance their image-making efforts.

Private Lessons – I live in Croton on Hudson, NY, which is about one-hour north of New York City. Shoot me an email if you are interested in setting up a one-on-one session in the New York area or a private on-location workshop.

Explore the light,
Rick

Here Comes The Sun - And Maybe Solar Retinitis

Do you look at the sun through the camera's viewfinder? Not a good idea. Better to use your camera's LCD screen.

If you do look at the sun through your camera's viewfinder, you might get something called solar retinitis or solar retinopathy - explained by:
Michael M. Cohen, OD, FAAO
Eyecare-Media Consulting, LLC
1401 Via Loma
Walnut Creek, CA 94598-2926

The problem is that it is cumulative throughout life. A small does here and a small dose there lead to the condition.

If someone says, "I looked at the sun through my viewfinder and nothing happened," that's not true.

I've treated hundreds of people with this condition. I tell my patients that there is no real treatment other than prevention.

Photographers needs to protect their eyes, and hence their vision, throughout their life. 

For more info, check out this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_retinopathy

Solor Retintis may be reversible in some cases, but sometimes it's not. Your mileage may vary.