November 27, 2011 by phaseonepodas
Queenstown, New Zealand
We arrived in New Zealand today. The PODAS workshop begins this Wednesday and goes for a little over a week. We have a ton of places to visit, and many are places normal tourists never see. This will be an incredible week. We arrived at a house that we are using as a staging area. There were 85 boxes of cameras, lenses, and workshop support material waiting for us. For the next two days we will be staging everything and prepping for the start on Wednesday. Be sure to follow us as I will do my best to make daily posts with images of the workshop activity.
So, today I unpacked my IQ180 gear and set it up to test it out and the image above is what I came away with. I am just blown away by how majestic New Zealand is. If tonights image is any indication of what the week will be like, then I know it will be just an amazing adventure. Stay tuned here for more each day.
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November 25, 2011 by phaseonepodas
Phase One Management team Gary Wong - Phase One China, Kevin Raber Vice President - PODAS workshops, Jacob Struckmann President with Ken Duncan (gold jacket) at Ken Duncan’s book signing in Sydney, Austrailia
In a few days the New Zealand PODAS adventure will begin. This will be an incredible workshop and you can follow it all right here at the PODAS blog. Starting on Wednesday November 30th through the 7th of December. We have an incredible line up of talented instructors and one of these outstanding instructors is Ken Duncan. Ken is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. He is also one of the worlds premier landscape photographers and just like so many others he uses Phase One cameras and lenses. A number of the Phase One management team were in Sydney Austrailia for Ken’s new book signing. We enjoyed an evening at his gallery as he launched his new book on Austrailia. Check out Ken’s Web Site to see his great work.
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Phase One Management team Gary Wong – Phase One China, Kevin Raber Vice President – PODAS workshops, Jacob Struckmann President with Ken Duncan (gold jacket) at Ken Ducan’s book signing in Sydney, Austrailia
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Phase One is working hard and will be launching the 2012 PODAS workshops in the coming weeks. We have quite a line up planned and will be visiting Mexico, Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, The Pacific Northwest, China, New Zealand, Norway, Canada and a few other locations. If you want to be part of the finest photography workshops then click onto Our PODAS web site, and register to be notified when we launch new workshops.
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November 18, 2011 by phaseonepodas
Once in a while Phase One customers share videos such as this one. It’s fun to see a photo shoot in action and especially one done with Phase One cameras and software. CLICK HERE The photographers shooting here is Melissa Rodwell, check it out.
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November 13, 2011 by phaseonepodas
Group Photo at Tea Kettle Junction
It was a sad farewell on Saturday as we dropped of the Chinese attendees from the PODAS in Death Valley to airports and hotels in Las Vegas. Not quite sure at the beginning of the week how things would go, we quickly saw that as long as we share the same passion, language and other differences can’t stand in the way. The workshops was an exceptional experience not nonly from the terms of photography but also new friendships bonded. As in all PODAS workshop we aim to give great education, but we also work hard to make sure we have fun doing it. There were lots of laughs, new phrases, shouts and cheers as we all became closer and had fun shooting some great images. We started the last day on top of Dantes Peak shooting the whole Death Valley from the highest vantage point at dawn. After a great breakfast we had a program led by Kevin and Jeff on Now That You Got The Shot What Do You Do With It. This was followed be several hours of free time to work on images. Everyone contributes to the final night slide show with 5- 10 images. After lunch we tried our hands at shooting people and this was fun. Locations were the resort gardens as well as the pool. It was fun to see the Chinese try to direct english speaking only models. Good shots were made though. After dinner we had our PODAS closing ceremonies involving toast to our new friendships and finally a fun slide show recapping our week together.
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November 10, 2011 by phaseonepodas
Ask anyone who has been on a PODAS and they will tell you don’t expect to sleep much because you will be busy. Today we left at 5AM for sunrise at Badwater. Cool place to shoot as the sun comes up. After a great breakfast Kevin Raber presented the intro to Capture One with Fai Chan’s help as the translator. We had the chance to see how by using Capture One you could turn a plain image into a dramatic shot. We had a great lunch and then were treated to a program by Jeff Schewee. Jeff is a brilliant presenter and filled everyone’s heads with new techniques and ideas. It wasn’t too long and we were back in the vans to shoot sunset at Artist Palette. This place just lights up during a sunset. Then we had a barb b q chicken and ribs dinner for a taste of true america. The Chinese attendees loved it and are having a great time.
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November 6, 2011 by phaseonepodas
This was made on the drive to Death Valley on Friday
We are in Death Valley now preparing and setting up for a PODAS workshop with visiting photographers from China. This will be our first language specify workshop we have held. While it will have some challenges as far as difference in Languages we are ready. We begin Monday afternoon and will continue all week long returning the attendees to Las Vegas airport on Saturday morning. So, stay tuned and watch as we have fun shooting in Death Valley.
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November 6, 2011 by phaseonepodas
German PODAS Workshop In Ireland (click for larger view)
All sorts of plans are underway for the next two years for PODAS workshops. Stay tuned as we begin to announce our 2112 and 2013 workshop line up. We are set to go for a German speaking PODAS in Ireland in June. Double click the picture above to se some of the details. We will have more information on our web site soon.
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October 21, 2011 by phaseonepodas
The Latest Webcast From Smibs.TV
If you haven’t caught it yet, you should – Smibs.TV. A weekly webcast TV Show hosted by Peter Urban and featuring hour long interviews with world famous fine art photographers. I enjoy this webcast a lot and always find the interviews interesting and educational. In the latest webcast Smibs.TV interviews Micahel Reichmann form Luminous Landscape. They discuss the newest video tutorial from LuLa – Camera To Print. The first few minutes of this interview though Micahel gives some of his thoughts to his participation in one our PODAS workshops held in the Palouse area of Washington State. Micahel has been an instructor on a few PODAS workshops and it’s always a privliage to have him along. Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR A LINK TO THE LATEST SMIBS.TV EDITION
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October 20, 2011 by phaseonepodas
Earnslaw Burn, New Zealand
We are happy and sad to announce that the PODAS workshop being held in New Zealand this December is sold out. While it is always nice to fill a workshop it is a disappointment to have to turn people away. PODAS workshops have been doing very well but we limit the number of people based on logistics and room availability. We are making a waiting list in case someone cancels. If you are interested in New Zealand PODAS and want to be notified if someone cancels then drop me an email. . . kwr@phaseone.com . We will be announcing workshops for 2012 soon.
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October 19, 2011 by phaseonepodas
It’s always good to see the Phase One products get high marks. The latest achievement is the DXO test rating the IQ180 digital back the highest score ever. The IQ backs are unique in design, interface, and more than anything else image quality. Check the review out by CLICKING HERE.
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