Walking With Boreal Wildflowers

[finnbay]

Our 3-day workshop was a resounding success! Photo subjects showed up where they were supposed to, Mother Nature was supportive and we had four great clients for the weekend.

Thank you

Deb:

Genni:

Jackie:

And Bonnie:

Steve and I got to do some shooting during the second two days of the workshop:

Some of the things we were able to shoot:

[finnbay]

And a few more:

[LeeKen]

Fantastic work! You guys are awesome! Hard to pick a favorite out of either of your posts, but I do like the spider and her prey.

Thanks for sharing.

[Steve Foss]

Thanks Ken. Nice work! It was a great time with great folks. I'll be posting some here soon. Got a lot of other work going on this week.

[Steve Foss]

Here are some of mine from the workshop. As Ken alluded to, our mission was not to capture art, but to nurture the talent of other emerging photo artists.

Nevertheless, we did get a few licks in over the few days.

We were truly blessed by weather. Friday was sunny and quite warm, but with some nice light clouds from time to time. And, since it was totally a wildflower day, we were able to photograph all day long in the sun, with the help of a few light diffusion aids. Saturday delivered a bit of drizzle now and then along the shore, but very little, and the dark skies allowed us to make scenic photographs throughout the day as well. Sunday was quite drizzly, with intermittent lapses in the drizzle, but it never go so bad that we couldn't continue working.

Since Ken has posted images of our participants, I won't add to those. I will say that all four of the photographers we worked with had great desire to bring art to their photography, and were talented, good company, and determined shooters.

This first batch of images was from Saturday along Lake Superior. The theme of the day was cottony water via long, long exposures. Subjects included some North Shore streams and waterfalls, which Ken and I did not photograph much this time. But such exposures also can render Lake Superior in an interesting and, sometimes inspiring, way, and you'll note that a few of these images follow the theme. A couple of them clearly require a large print to bring out the grandeur of such a mighty body of water.

[dockothebay]

Wonderful images guys! I hope I have a few that will be worth sharing here. It was a great weekend, Thanks again!

[Steve Foss]

Jackie, flow them in. I know you have some excellent stuff.

[Steve Foss]

Here are some more before I expire into bed. Mmmmmm, sleeeeep.

[finnbay]

Wow, Steve! Great work! Thanks for all the work you did on this workshop!

[yakfisher]

I am amazed by how many predators go for the back of the neck/base of the skull, it must be instinctual in so many species. Love both of the spider and the bee shots.

Ken, I really like the drama in the first shoreline shot both the sky and the water look angry.

Steve, the turtle shot is great.

Looks like you had a very successful workshop. Thanks for all the sharing you guys do. Both the photos as well as your tips.

[captainshane]

Alot of nice pictures! I really like the lupines and the "bee eating spider".

[Steve Foss]

Thanks for the feedback, folks.

Ken, it WAS a lot of work, wasn't it? But for me there's work that's work and work that's fun, and this was work that's fun. And will be again this fall.

[finnbay]

Well said!

[Dave S]

Hey Ken, you do realize that's my cousin in your first photo? Surprised Foss didn't recognize the last name.

[finnbay]

Wow! It really is a small world!

[dockothebay]

I was fortunate to spend last weekend "On the Road with Ken & Steve." I learned so much, but my macro skills are not quite as "macro" as theirs, so I figured I'd share a few images I captured over the 3 days.

Thank again Ken and Steve for your preparation and for sharing so much.

For some reason the yellow lady's don't seem to be showing up, I'll do a couple of posts

Ferns in the bog

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

Pink Lady's Slipper

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

Spotted Coralroot

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

Yellow Lady's Slippers

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

Two Island River

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

Evening on the Big Lake

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

Lake Superior's unique rock beach

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

[dockothebay]

A few more

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

Got a little carried away with post-processing tricks on the iPad

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

Root cellar for the Sugarloaf Logging Company, no I did NOT go inside, despite Mr Foss's encouragement!

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

And when I returned to our cabin in was delight to find the Showy Lady's Slippers blooming here!

photo by JackieSchu, on Flickr

[dockothebay]

Ok, I'm not sure why some of these didn't upload properly! Sorry for all the white space!

[Dave S]

Wow! It really is a small world!

Looks like a great time was had by all. Thanks for sharing the pics.

[finnbay]

You are right! We were able to discuss some of what she has accomplished and it was amazing!

Jackie - what marvelous photos! Particularly like the spotted, Two Island and the root cellar! Well done!

[Steve Foss]

Surprised Foss didn't recognize the last name.

Why assume that? I'm sometimes perceived as a Chatty Cathy, but I don't speak of everything I know.

Deb was not eager for her accomplishments to be tallied. It took a friend of hers to get the story told. In a world where people tend to be eager to blow their own horns, Deb (and the whole group last weekend) was a refreshing change.

Jackie, thank you so much. I see some really fine work here. Among the nice images, I'm especially captivated by the river work, and the effects on the root cellar photograph imply a ghostly figure lurking near the door. Hmmmm, speaking of ghosts.

[MuleShack]

Very nice work by everyone here. Sounds like it was a nice learning experience and fun class.

Jackie, I like the river shot and the 3 lady slippers, very nice.

[eyeguy 54]

Excellent series all! Fun looking at your work. Makes me want to take a class and get a better camera.

[fishinchicks]

Love the Two Island River, Jackie!