A new web site is under construction and should be up in 30 - 45 days (Aug-Sept) at http://www.robertpriddyphoto.com/.
Classes and workshops are scheduled for the remainder of this year and the first half of next year. Upcoming workshops are located at the North Carolina Arboretum and the John C Campbell Folk School.
John C Campbell June 5-10 Photographing the Natural World
North Carolina Arboretum August 4-7 Introduction to Photography
North Carolina Arboretum Sept 18, 24, 25 Nature Up Close
John C Campbell Oct 2-7 Nature Up Close
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John C Campbell April 8-13 Introduction to Photography
John C Campbell June 10-15 Photographing the Natural World
John C Campbell August 3-5 Image Making - Idea to Art
Check on classes at John C Campbell Folk School at http://www.folkschool.org/
Check on classes at the North Carolina Arboretum at http://www.ncarboretum.org/
Get more information on my workshops at http://priddyworkshops.blogspot.com/
Check back for information on such riveting photo topics as...well I promise I'll think of some soon.
Instead lets talk about a great place for photos!
I shot this image off the Blue Ridge Parkway above Graveyard Fields at sunrise last week. Shot with a Nikon 300s and Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 lens. Focal length selected for this composition was 20mm. I took 3 RAW exposures: one at the meter, one at +1 stop exposure and one at -1 stop exposure. The images were processed in Photoshop CS4 and then combined in Photomatix Pro 4 to balance the shadowed foreground with the bright background.
I used to think of this type of manipulation as cheating but after thinking more about it I realize that it is really no different from the processes that Ansel Adams is famous for. Pushing and pulling film, dodging, burning, and all the chemical tricks were developed and used to create on photo paper what the eye could see in the real world. HDR photography is the same thing with different tools.
More later...maybe
