The 2012 Joshua Tree Fine Art Festival is coming up next weekend. The dates are Friday, April 6 to Sunday, April 8. I’m excited to be returning and catching up with old friends. This is the first art festival I ever did and so returning is like a homecoming. The festival is at the Oasis Visitor Center in Twentynine Palms, CA. The hours are 9:00 to 5:00. Come on out and see some great art.
I’ll be showing some old favorites along with some new photographs I’m very excited about. As far as the old favorites go I’m planning on showing Virgin River and the Watchman from Zion National Park.
This has proved to be my most popular photograph and has won awards. It was captured on Thanksgiving day back in 2008. I was in Zion with my wife and daughter for the Thanksgiving weekend. I slipped out for this sunset and caught a beauty. Beginners luck! I’ve returned many times but never with light this good. (By the way, to get a better view of the photographs you can enlarge them by clicking on them.)
To go along with the Watchman is another photograph taken that same weekend along the Riverside Walk to the Gateway to the Narrows. When my family is with me we always do this walk. It’s our favorite – for obvious reasons.
I use a device called Spot while in the field. It keeps track of where I am and transmits my location to a communications satellite. I can check in whenever I want (and call for help if I need it). This all gets captured on a map. It shows many of the locations where we were shooting during the workshop. I added pictures from flickr and presto, changeo, we have an account of the workshop.
Click on the title above the map to see it in interactive mode. Enjoy.
The 2011 Death Valley photography workshop is ‘in the can.’ While it’s still fresh in my mind I’d like to share some of the highlights and photographs with you.
Well, no shooting with the new toy yesterday or today. As I haven’t given up my day job yet it’s necessary to get some consulting hours in to bring home the bacon. Besides, the client is happer when I pay some attention to them. However, the RRS L bracket came today. So I’ll be able to attach the camera to the tripod without having to use the long lens – always a good thing to be able to do.
But this weekend is going to be very exciting. First of all, it’s the 1st Annual Joshua Tree Gathering, open to anyone who owns a camera and isn’t afraid to use it. See the post. But I’m going to attempt a series of sunrise shots from first light to the sun fully up. The thing that makes this interesting is I’m going to attempt to do this as 360 degree panorama. I hope I don’t have to add HDR to the mix. Arg!
