Good morning everyone! :)

At Nottingham Contemporary with stairs to ?

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2008. Central Park Lake. San Remo towers in background. In 2008 I began to shoot with digital infrared. This was done with a camera that was modified to only transmit infrared to the sensor; at a spot by the willow trees where I like to sit down and get away from the noise and rush of the city.

http://www.beckermanphoto.com/central-park-lake-infrared.html

Pixels: 8640 x 5760, $10 for High Rez file
Price is definitely going to change.

Sometimes it feels good to go back and try to rework older images.. this is an image from the Palouse from our last workshop. I just good news that construction around Steptoe Butte will be delayed till October so we will be in good shape for this years upcoming Spring workshop in the Palouse. If you are maybe interested send me a message..

After a few posts in color I thought it would be good to post some B&W :)

When I see this building I think of a Klingon battleship ! Maybe it's just me with an overdose of stories with Leonard, Sheldon, Howard, Raj and Penny ...

When you think you need two lights, use one light. When you think you need three lights, use one light. Lots you can do with only one light.

More on lighting here:
www.ricksammon.info.

Explore the light,
Rick

Black and white photography, like most photographers I know, continues to fascinate me even with all the methods for pushing digital images to their limits. With Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, Nik Software and a host of others, we have very accessible means to create black and white photos that mimic those taken yesteryear. I'm not knocking on creating digital black and white images (because that's what this album is full of), but rather in appreciation of the roots of my inspiration. Besides, it's fun to remove the color from the scene and see what a difference it makes.

White Scar high up in the Yorkshire Dales as the mist rolled in
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Sometimes, I like to simply walk up to someone, camera at my side, and tell them how beautiful they are (or what a great smile they have, or how happy they look, etc). And then walk away. Many will see the camera and ask if I want to take their picture to which I occasionally reply "Nope. I just needed to tell you." It's one of the ways I like to pay it forward. And it makes me happy.

(pause)

That's sometimes. Other times, I say "absolutely."
And then take a picture. Or 2. Or 20. And then make sure I get an email so I can send them off to them with a thank you. It's another one of the ways I like to pay it forward. And it makes me happy.


Tonight is a NEW episode of LIFE Through The Lens and I have been invited to talk about the idea of Paying It Forward and how that relates to the photography community. With me will be the incredible +Robin Griggs Wood (who is working on a Mentorship program that has me incredibly excited)

So please join +Kerry Murphy +Kelli Seeger Kim +Tamara Pruessner +Karen Hutton(can't wait to hear her say my name) +Ron Clifford +Tana Teel +Anna Nguyen tonight February 28 at 6pmPT/9pmET live on +Karen Hutton's stream or www.vidcastnetwork.com with +Keith Barrett

The Underground Lake

There is a series of cave systems that run under the huge mountains of Guilin in southern China. Reed Flute Cave is one of the more famous ones so I made a slight detour to go check it out. Like most places in China, there were a good number of tourists around so I quietly waited for them to pass so that I could have the place to myself and take pictures. The problem was that they would turn off the lights as soon as the tourists passed by so I was often left in the middle of a huge underground chamber with nothing but my cat eyes to guide me to safety. It was a little bit eerie, but all together awesome! I would point my camera at the ceiling and leave the shutter open for minutes at a time to collect all the faint light reflecting off some distant stalactite.

I finally made my way to the largest chamber where a small lake made a perfect reflection of the alien-looking rock formation on the other end. As I was waiting for my camera to gather all the light, my mind started to wonder what was lying deep in this ancient underground lake. As I kept staring at the dark water, listening to the single drops of water sliding off the stalactites and delicately swan-diving into the lake, I started to feel a hypnotic pull to walk into the lake. Lucky for me I was traveling with my guide, Bart, who tripped over something, made a loud noise and brought me back to the present moment … and that is why you hire a guide, ladies and gentlemen. They can keep you from taking a dip in scary underground lakes.

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