Thank you for following this blog over the last week. The Blog was posted so interested people could follow and see what attendees were doing at the PODAS event. It’s amazing how many people have watched what we have been doing. For the most part I have received nothing but positive feedback about the event. [...]
Archive for November, 2009
About This Blog – About The Pictures
Posted in PODAS on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We Close Out A Great Event
Posted in Daily Blog, Death Valley PODAS 2009, Instructors, PODAS on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PODAS winds down. Thursday was the last day of the PODAS Death Valley experience. After an afternoon of working on images attendees were asked to contribute images to the workshop slide show and also to provide 2 images for their 30×40 prints. We had a final farewell Steak Bar B Q that evening. And, believe [...]
Now That You Got It what Do You Do With It
Posted in Daily Blog, Death Valley PODAS 2009, Instructors, PODAS, Workshops on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Thursday and the workshop is winding to a close. The last classroom workshop we decided should be a special one. It was titled, Now That I Got It What Do I Do With It. The concept is that everyone took so many great images what do you do with them when you are home. [...]
Chief Technologist Shoots With PODAS Attendees
Posted in Daily Blog, Death Valley PODAS 2009, Instructors, PODAS on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In Phase One’s efforts to make PODAS a remarkable experience we decided that we should have our chief technologist Claus Molgaard participate. The thought behind this was it would do both attendees and Phase One good. The attendees benefit to be ale to talk to and have conversations with Claus. Phase One benefits as Claus [...]
Photographing Models In The Landscape
Posted in PODAS on November 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, on Wednesday afternoon and evening we decided to shake things up a bit and break the routine of shooting just landscapes. Now we were going to put models in the landscape and boy did we have fun. Four models from las Vegas arrived and we took them and the whole workshop group out to [...]
Photographing A Ghost Town
Posted in Daily Blog, Death Valley PODAS 2009, PODAS on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Wednesday Morning we decided to take a field trip with all five vans and everyone to Rhyolite an old ghost town outside of the park. What a fun experience this was. The area was large enough that the group spread out all over. Everyone seeking their own shots. The town consisted of old ruins [...]
The PODAS Group Shot
Posted in Daily Blog, Death Valley PODAS 2009 on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s Wednesday and at sunrise we visited Rhyolite a ghost town right outside the Death VAlley National Park. It was there that we did our PODAS – Death Valley Experience group photo. We’re all having fun. Lots of stuff to share for Wednesday. Check back for more.
Death Valley Looses Internet
Posted in PODAS on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sorry for not having any posts up sooner. Seems that the internet in Death Valley had failed. We have been without internet since late Tuesday evening. If you are reading this then that means we are now back in business. Look for more blogs posts soon as they get uploaded. Thanks for visiting us and [...]
A Panel Of Experts
Posted in PODAS on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the highlights of Tuesday evening was a panel discussion. Our instructors Bill Atkinson, Claus Molgaard, Mark Dubovoy, Michael Reichmann and Jeff Schewe all participated as a panel to answer questions from the attendees. This questions ranged from where the future of digital imaging was going, color management, how to take [...]
A Fun, Informative Day and Some Great Photos
Posted in Daily Blog, Death Valley PODAS 2009, PODAS on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday begins with the alarm at 4AM. By 4:45 everyone is at the vans and no one is complaining. Maybe we are moving slow and not the most wide awake but everyone is excited about the shoot for the morning. Once again the vans are off to different locations. We have been rotating the [...]
Monday Was A Busy Day
Posted in Death Valley PODAS 2009, PODAS, Workshops on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Monday was a very busy day. After Monday afternoon’s program by Bill Atkinson everyone headed to their vans and took off to a number of different locations. Two vans including mine went to Artists Drive and particularly the Artist’s Palette. This is an area of Death Valley that is aptly named because when the sun [...]
It’s An Early Morning
Posted in PODAS on November 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s 4 AM and the alarm is sounding. Time to get up for the first of four days of sunrise shoots at the PODAS Death Valley experience. It is pitch black dark, are we all crazy? The answer is pretty much yes, but our sanity returns quickly when we arrive at the location for today [...]
