Making Mexico Color Photos into B&W: Chapel Hill Camera Club
Last night the Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Camera Club held a free workshop using Silver Efex Pro2 taught by Mark Lipton. It was fun to select a few of my color photos and work with the (free) Google program that then becomes an editing option in Lightroom. I want to share these with you. Mark first recommended […]
Mexico Travel Photography: Colors of Mexico, My Set of Five
We had a five-day photo challenge on the Facebook page I moderate, Mexican Travel Photography. I thought I’d publish the set of five photos I submitted here. Except that I couldn’t find FIVE. I only found FOUR. Oops. Lo siento. I must have been too preoccupied commenting on others’ beautiful posts. So I’m adding one here, […]
Aye, My Aching Back! Keep the DSLR or Opt for Lighter Camera?
For the past three weeks I’ve been traveling in buses, airplanes, vans, taxis and collectivos in Mexico City, and the States of Mexico and Michoacan to discover more of Mexico. I’ve walked a fair piece over cobblestones and uneven pathways. I’ve climbed pre-Hispanic archeological pyramids with steps that are taller than me. All the while, […]
2015 Day of the Dead Photography Workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico
Oaxaca, Mexico, is the place to be for Day of the Dead and you will capture it with your camera: parades, cemeteries, family traditions, special food and decor, markets, fiestas and faces. Follow the copal incense and marigold trail. Starts Sunday morning, October 30 and ends Thursday night, November 3. Cost: $995 per person. Price […]
Photojournalism Workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico–Las Cuevitas and Day of the Three Kings
Like a writer, a photojournalist captures and tells a story through the still photographs s/he takes that is accompanied by a short written narrative. Oaxaca, Mexico, during the extraordinary and magical Christmas season will be our workshop laboratory to discover and record the scenes of the season– Las Cuevitas and Day of the Three Kings […]
DSLR Camera Shopping for Novices: Oaxaca Summer 2011 Photo Expedition
Yesterday, I had a question from a novice photographer interested in attending the Summer 2011 Oaxaca Photography Expedition: Market Towns and Artisan Villages. This would be his first trip outside the United States and he does not own a DSLR camera. What should he buy based on what criteria? Some people love their Canons. Others […]