If you photograph flowers outdoors, you know how challenging creating a good photograph can be. In this lecture and audio-visual presentation, I’ll present great tips and invaluable insights on how to create memorable and evocative images of flowers outdoors. For details and register, go to:
http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_Allen-Rokach_2011-04-13
Winter is drawing to an end and that means a busy and exciting spring full of lectures and workshops around the country.
Actually, this was not a winter of hibernation for me. I gave my lecture/audio presentation on The Joy of Photographing Flowers at two Florida venues: in January at Harmon Photo in Orlando and in February at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales. Both had a full house and lots of enthusiasm. I also ran two Florida workshops: Camelias Galore! At Leu Gardens in Orlando and Discovering the Beauty of Floral Photography at Bok Tower Gardens in conjunction with my exhibit there. It was great to meet many new photographers and also reconnect with old friends who came to study there with me.
In between, Anne and I took a wonderful and very photogenic trip through Southeast Asia visiting Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. I’ll be posting my photos of those locations in my “New Shoots” soon.
For now, let me tell you about some of the great opportunities to improve your flower and garden photography in the months ahead. In addition to focusing on the particular strengths at each location – orchids, wildflowers, roses, flowers in the landscape – I am emphasizing how to make the most of your digital equipment. Since each camera is different, it’s vital to learn the menus and settings that will give you the results you want. In addition, we take time to look at the potential of after-capture computer techniques that will enhance your images.
I’ll be returning to some favorite locations – the New York Botanical Garden, Winterthur, the United States Botanical Garden, the Chicago Botanical Garden, Chanticleer and the wildflower capital of central Texas.
I’m also offering workshops at some new destinations and I hope these will give you a different experience. I’m especially proud of being listed with the prestigious Maine Media Workshops, where you’ll have a chance for a more extensive week-long learning opportunity. In addition, I’ll be doing my first workshops the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA, known for its orchids; the Norfolk Botanical Garden with its fabulous roses; my first spring workshop at the Bernheim Arboretum in Louisville, KY; and the Clark Institute of Art in Williamstown, MA.
Please see the listings below for details and tell your friends. I hope to see you at one or more of these workshops to learn and have fun together.
All the best, Allen
Spring is coming and that means a bunch of new photography workshops are on their way. I hope you’ll be able to join me at one or more. Here are the first few. More will be listed soon. Just click on the link for a full description and registration information—or go to the Workshops page.
*The Dallas workshop is sold out but is taking names for a waiting list. You can still register for the Power of Natural Light lecture, happening on Friday evening.
Want some pointers to improve your photography? Take a look at some of the tips Anne and I have put together for the Adorama Web site:
Find an environment that says something about your subject
Select the right elements in the environment
Set the subject in a characteristic environment
Adapt to the environment to get the best portrait
Make the environment a key feature of the portrait
Capture the mood with diffused light
Go with backlight for radiant leaves
Come in on a detail for color
Use a filter to remove glare from leaves
Saturate fall colors
