My first love is nature and wildlife photography. That's where the two lanes lead me to. I didn't think I'd get the chance to attend this year's program, but the opportunity came up at the last minute, so I grabbed it.
The Nature Photography Weekend is an annual photography event at Grandfather Mountain. Along with the chance to meet and compare notes with others who share an interest in nature photography the weekend includes evening presentations from some top nature photographers. This year's speakers included:
Tony Sweet
http://www.tonysweet.com/
Tony spent 20 years as a professional jazz musician before switching to photography. Tony's images show the influence of his jazz career. He's the master of photoshop improvisation.
Take a Tony Sweet workshop and you'll be talking about it years later.
Bill Fortney
http://www.billfortney.net/Welcome.html
Bill a Nikon Professional Services tech rep for the southern US, and amateur pilot. Bill is the author of America From 500 Feet, a runaway best seller of aerial nature photography.
Bill Lea
http://www.billlea.com/
Bill Lea is a perfectionist at finding "just the right light." He's the go to guy for photography in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.
Vinnie Coluci
http://www.nspwphoto.com/
Vinnie, along with his partner Melissa Southern hosts Next Step Photography Workshops. This year at Grandfather mountain his presentation was on how to get zoo photos that appear to have been taken in the wild.
Mollie Isaacs & Mary Lindhjem
http://www.awakethelight.com/
The final presentation was "Work It, Baby" by Mollie Isaacs & Mary Lindhjem of Awake The Light. Find the scene, find the scene within the scene and WORK IT!
And then there's the contest, with the Mark and Doug show. The contest offers the chance for attendees at the to photograph on the mountain and show their skills.
All I can say about the contest is to repeat THE PLEDGE: "I will not take the contest too seriously."
3 comments:
beautiful bird!
Nice job :)
Oh, brings back memories. My husband and me went to Grandfather Mountain on our honeymoon. Good job.
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