by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Jan 27, 2012 | Nature, Photo Tours, Photo Workshops
In addition to my nature photography classes at Norfolk Botanical Gardens, http://www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/programs-events/calendar, programs at Johns Hopkins University http://odyssey.jhu.edu/, and weekend photo workshops at Chincoteague NWR Virginia and in Southern West Virginia, www.ospreyphoto.com, I have been teaching introductory digital editing classes based on Adobe Photoshop Elements 10. I am always searching for good books to recommend to students. While preparing for an upcoming class, I found an excellent book explaining the use of layers and masks in a way that beginners might be able to understand. The text and screen captures are useful and easy to follow. For those interested, I recommend the following book which can be purchased as a soft back or Kindle version from www.amazon.com. “Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature (2nd Edition)”
Photos from my Argentina photo tour in Dec. 2011.
by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Jan 18, 2012 | Nature, Photo Tours, Travel, Wildlife
On recent trip to Argentina, to avoid carrying laptop, I took my IPAD2 and 1 HyperDrive Colorspace UMDA and a second HyperDrive iPad2 Hard Drive. I copied by images from my compact flash cards to each HyperDrive (750 G capacity). Therefore I had 2 copies of each image file. The data transfer rate from the compact flash cards to the HyperDrives is very rapid, saving time. In With the HyperDirves I could see small versions of my files to confirm transfer and judge the quality of the images to some degree. . With the HyperDrive made for the IPAD2, I could download select images to the IPAD2 where I could enlarge them and edit them to see their quality. I could then share the images with others or send them via e-mail. I could get my e-mail and connect with the internet with the IPAD2 in locations where there was a WIFYaccess. Therefore a laptop really wasn’t necessary. Nice alternative for handling image data on long trips.HyperDrives – great asset for long trips.
by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Jan 7, 2012 | Nature, Photo Tours, Travel, Wildlife
Looking for a great place for photography, try Argentina & southern Chile. This past December I spent two weeks leading a small photo tour from a tropical rainforest north of Buenos Aires to the dry wind-swept Patagonian steppe and snow-capped Andean mountains. Capturing great wildlife and scenic photographs was our goal as we explored Valdés Peninsula, Los Glaciares National Park (NP), Torres del Paine NP in Chile, and the steamy jungle surrounding Iguazú Falls. Breaching whales, penguins by the thousands, sea lions sunning themselves, iridescent hummingbirds sipping the nectar from tropical flowers, flightless rhea mother leading her family across the road, and male guanacos on hind legs, spitting and fighting for the right to breed. Visit www.ospreyphoto.com for more programs.
Upcoming photo tour – Iceland in late June.
by Osprey Photo Workshops & Tours | Sep 21, 2011 | Nature, Photo Tours, Photo Workshops, Travel, Wildlife
Join a small group of nature photographers (3-7) to visit some of my favorite photo locations in Argentina & Chile. The photo tour includes the following. 1) Coastal Patagonia–Valdés Peninsula, with elephant seals , Southern right whales, rheas, guanacos and the large magellanic penguin colony of Punta Tombo. 2) Mt. Fitzroy plus the Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park. 3) Torres del Paine National Park in Chile with spectacular landscapes, Andean condors, Austral parakeets, Patagonian fox, and black-chested buzzard-eagles. 4) Iguazú National Park (both the Argentine & Brazilian sides), the location of a spectacular horseshoe shaped waterfalls in the midst of a lush tropical rainforest with toucans, coatis, reddish-bellied parakeets, agoutis, capuchin monkeys, tapir, and more.
Photos from my Argentina photo tour in Dec. 2011.
