Class: Learn to Photograph Intuitively

Mondays, April 16 - May 21, 7:30 - 8:30PM

Y Open U, YMCA Center, Blacksburg, VA

This is a workshop in visual craftsmanship covering the many aspects of composition, how to see photographic possibilities, and the essential tools for expressing your personal photographic vision.

We'll examine each of the formal tools of photography (the basic methods of photographic communication) in detail. In weekly assignments, you'll learn how each formal tool can help you express your photographic intent.

By consciously practicing with the formal tools, you train your photographic intuition, which in turn makes seeing and taking photographs easier, and improves the quality of your work.

You'll need a digital camera with wide-angle and telephoto options, basic processing software and a USB drive for bringing your photographs to class. Technical ability with your camera is a prerequisite.

Register online or by calling 961-9622. Class size is limited. Details at VTYMCA.org

Mining Winch

Prints & Books at Heartwood

Abingdon, Virginia

'Round the Mountain's new Heartwood, Southwest Virginia's Artisan Gateway is a must-see attraction with art, crafts, food, wine and local music. Look for my large framed prints of rural subjects, plus Signs of Dysfunction and Curious Surfaces.

Heartwood is on the north side of I-81 near exit 14 in Abingdon, Virginia. Take exit 14 going north and then turn right at the first traffic light. Visit HeartwoodVirginia.org for details.

Big Stone Creek

Black Rooster Gallery

Marion, Virginia

Stop in at the Black Rooster Gallery on Main Street in Marion, Virginia and browse a selection of my framed prints, matted prints, and books. They're all available at reasonable prices.

The Black Rooster Gallery is in the General Francis Marion Hotel, 107 E. Main Street in Marion, Virginia.

Curious Surfaces

My second photography book, Curious Surfaces, The stories told in the marks we leave behind, is another idea-driven photographic series in book form. This time I show the stories recorded in the fascinating surfaces found on old trains, trucks, machines and buildings.

For this project, I created my own "personal emulsion," a complex combination of post-processing steps that bring out the surface detail and make the stories inherent in these surfaces easier to read. More about Curious Surfaces

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