Last night we had fun experimenting with the camera and some flashes and flashlights at night. This barn was lit over during the evening with both flashes and flashlights over the course of a 6 minute exposure. Always fun to experiment… Enjoy.
Join me at the North American Nature Photography Summit 2011
March 4th, 2011In just 1 short week, I’ll be conducting the High School Scholarship Program for the North American Nature Photography Association. This annual event allows 10 students the opportunity to come work with myself and several other very talented instructors as well as industry professionals and world-class photographers from across the globe. It’s an amazing opportunity for these young students to develop their photographic skills, and also to make life-long friendships with like-minded individuals.
In addition to the High School Program, I will be co-teaching a post-summit field trip workshop with the very talented photographer and DSLR video expert, Ian Shive. Together we will be exploring the use of DSLR cameras to record and compile video clips into a dynamic and engaging multimedia production.
For more information about the summit, visit http://www.naturephotographysummit.com
The 2010 class of scholarship students:
New Book Review
December 16th, 2010Check out Tom Chaney’s review of my Mammoth Cave National Park for the Columbia Magazine, a paper for Columbia and Adair County, Kentucky.
Seasons Greetings!
December 6th, 2010Yes, it’s that .time of year again, when your favorite radio stations begin to play non-stop Christmas music, and your mailbox collapses with the weight of the advertisements filling the newspaper. It’s also a fantastic time to celebrate the year and rejoice in family and friends. I’m traveling at the moment, and while visiting a good friend in Atlanta Georgia, he suggested that we stop by and photograph a house with perhaps the definitive collection of inflatable decorations. We visited the residence just around sunset, so the light illuminating the ornaments and the ambient natural light would be well balanced.
As a child, we used to take a drive every Christmas eve, just after church to see what decorations were around in our area of New York. It was special to see so many other people, in other areas of the country just as thrilled about someone’s extravagant display as I was as a kid.
Have a great holiday season, and enjoy.
Puttering around with some old files on a rainy day…
November 4th, 2010Well, it’s raining pretty hard here in New York, and I’m fast at work on the November issue of the Klass Photo newsletter. For one of the articles, I’ve decided to revisit some images from a past trip to Lake Louise in Canada. It’s a truly amazing place – one you just can’t get enough of, it’s almost unbelievable. I thought I would share one of the pictures I worked on with Nik’s newest HDR software. There will be an upcoming article on the creating of the image (it was really easy) in the upcoming newsletter – check back in a few days and the article should be up. Raymond Klass Photography Newsletter
Video featured on Voyageurs Park Association Website
October 28th, 2010My Voyageurs National Park video is currently featured on the front page of the Voyageurs Park Association. The association is responsible for helping the park, and was a great positive influence on my project in the area. I’ve know the director and staff for several years, and have nothing but the greatest respect for the important work they do in the area.
Check out their website, and my video of course at Voyageurs.org
Autumn in the Pocono Mountains
October 28th, 2010Had a great group this past weekend at a wonderful location – the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. We held our class at the Pocono Environmental Education Center, and traveled throughout the area visiting this year’s hot spots for fall colors. Amazing reflections, waterfalls, and delightful macro shots were taken by this year’s students during our weekend adventure.
In looking through some of the student’s personal websites, I thought I would highlight one of the students – Paul Schmitt. He’s got an impressive collection of images in his Flickr Photostream, capped off with some of his delightful images from last weekend. If you have a chance, check out some of his images at Paul Schmitt’s Photostream
Back home again…
October 26th, 2010I’m back home – the color is just getting good in Southern New York. I just wanted to share a link for a video that one of the workshop participants on the Maine 2010 trip put together with some images, inspirations, and thoughts. A thanks goes out to Irene for putting this wonderful little piece together.
If you’ve ever wondered what the workshop experience is like, she captured the week we spent photographing fall in Maine perfectly.
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
October 20th, 2010We had a great last evening shoot for the workshop in Maine. We visited Bass Harbor Lighthouse, and got really lucky with some amazing light. Here’s one of the HDR I snapped off as a teaching example. It’s a composite of 5 pictures at different exposures, blended in Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro. Enjoy.
Maine Continued…
October 20th, 2010A couple of test images taken to demonstrate Nik Software’s new HDR Efex Pro software – available at http://www.niksoftware.com
These images were taken at Little Hunters Beach in Acadia National Park in Maine. They are composed of multiple exposures, and were processed in a couple minutes using the new software. I had previously been using Fotomatix’s HDR software to process, and wanted to try Nik’s newest plugin. I wasn’t disappointed – see for yourself. If you’re interested in purchasing any of their products, you can use the promo code “KLASS” to obtain a 15% discount – they’re a great company willing to extend a special discount for workshop participants of mine, and those who visit the website.
Enjoy.
