2012 COUNTDOWN - THE WINNER!

THE 2012 COUNTDOWN - THE WINNER! 

Over the past week we've counted down the most popular 25 images of 2012 as determined by how members of the Blue Lion “Pride” responded to them during the year on various social media sites.  If you happened to miss any of the previous countdown posts just click on them here!

• Part 1 – Images 25-22
• Part 2 – Images 21-18
• Part 3 – Images 17-14
• Part 4 – Images 13-10
• Part 5 – Images 9-6
• Part 6 – Images 5-2

The Most popular Blue Lion image of 2012 is:

#1 – INLET SUNSET

This photograph was taken from Garden City, South Carolina looking west across Murrell’s inlet to the village of the same name. I had gone out the night before in hope of shooting good sunset shots, but was greeted by a rather pedestrian sunset. A chance visit to the town of Garden City the following day let me realize there was a great vantage point across the inlet that would afford a much better view of the setting sun. This image was the result!

If you are in the Dallas area this coming summer and would like your children to get an introduction to Nature Photography, I will be teaching several weeks of Nature Photography Camp in June and July. I will post details when they become available in March. If you’d like to see some of the work of my “Nature Photography Campers from 2012 please click on the following links:

• Nature Photography Camp Week #1 Morning Session

• Nature Photography Camp Week #1 Afternoon Session

• Nature Photography Camp Week #2 Morning Session

• Nature Photography Camp - Week 2 Afternoon Session

Thanks so much for all your support and encouragement this year. I am looking forward to an exciting and productive 2013!

2012 Nature Photography Camp - Week 2 Afternoon Session

This is the final  posting of my 2012 Nature Photography Camp Series.

(FYI - This is a reposting of Nature Photography Camp Week #1 Morning Session and Nature Photography Camp Week #1 Afternoon Session, Nature Photography Camp Week #2 Morning Session, but the video clip has been updated to reflect this group of campers!)

This summer I had a great two weeks sharing my love of nature photography during my Nature Photography Camp hosted at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas. Each week, there were two sessions, a morning session from 8:30am until 11:30am and an afternoon session from 12:30pm until 3:30pm. The age range of the campers was from age 8 to 13.

In addition to learning the basics of the camera they brought with them or that we supplied, they learned about what makes a photograph interesting to an audience and how they could be think about the final result when they were actually shooting.

The campers took two field trips to have a chance to shoot a variety of natural settings - On Tuesday we visited the Texas Discovery Gardens which has a SUPERB two story butterfly house that was a thrill to explore. On Thursday, we visited the world class Dallas Arboretum to shoot a combination of the plants, flowers and the amazing Dale Chihuly glass sculptures on exhibit there until November.

At the end of the week, I had each of the campers submit three of their favorite images to a collection that they critiqued and which I share with you here. This video is the collection from the Week1 morning group. The week 2 Morning group will be posted tomorrow. The video from the Week 2 Afternoon group will be posted on Wednesday.

2012 Nature Photography Camp - Week 2 Afternoon Session

Should you have questions or interest in my Nature photography camp for Summer 2013, please feel free to email me by clicking HERE

Nature Photography Camp Week #2 Morning Session

FYI - This is a reposting of Nature Photography Camp Week #1 Morning Session and Nature Photography Camp Week #1 Afternoon Session, but the video clip has been updated to reflect this group of campers!)

This summer I had a great two weeks sharing my love of nature photography during my Nature Photography Camp hosted at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas. Each week, there were two sessions, a morning session from 8:30am until 11:30am and an afternoon session from 12:30pm until 3:30pm. The age range of the campers was from age 8 to 13.

In addition to learning the basics of the camera they brought with them or that we supplied, they learned about what makes a photograph interesting to an audience and how they could be think about the final result when they were actually shooting.

The campers took two field trips to have a chance to shoot a variety of natural settings - On Tuesday we visited the Texas Discovery Gardens which has a SUPERB two story butterfly house that was a thrill to explore. On Thursday, we visited the world class Dallas Arboretum to shoot a combination of the plants, flowers and the amazing Dale Chihuly glass sculptures on exhibit there until November.

At the end of the week, I had each of the campers submit three of their favorite images to a collection that they critiqued and which I share with you here. This video is the collection from the Week1 morning group. The week 2 Morning group will be posted tomorrow. The video from the Week 2 Afternoon group will be posted on Wednesday.

2012 Nature Photography Camp - Week 2 Morning Session

Should you have questions or interest in my Nature photography camp for Summer 2013, please feel free to email me by clicking HERE

Nature Photography Camp Week #1 Afternoon Session

FYI - This is a reposting of Nature Photography Camp Week #1 Morning Session , but the video clip has been updated to reflect this group of campers!)  

This summer I had a great two weeks sharing my love of nature photography during my Nature Photography Camp hosted at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas. Each week, there were two sessions, a morning session from 8:30am until 11:30am and an afternoon session from 12:30pm until 3:30pm.  The age range of the campers was from age 8 to 13.

In addition to learning the basics of the camera they brought with them or that we supplied, they learned about what makes a photograph interesting to an audience and how they could be think about the final result when they were actually shooting.

The campers took two field trips to have a chance to shoot a variety of natural settings - On Tuesday we visited the Texas Discovery Gardens which has a SUPERB two story butterfly house that was a thrill to explore. On Thursday, we visited the world class Dallas Arboretum to shoot a combination of the plants, flowers and the amazing Dale Chihuly glass sculptures on exhibit there until November.

At the end of the week, I had each of the campers submit three of their favorite images to a collection that they critiqued and which I share with you here. This video is the collection from the Week1 morning group. The week 2 Morning group will be posted tomorrow. The videos from both week 2 groups will be posted on Tuesday and Wednesday.

2012 Nature Photography Camp - Week 1 Afternoon Session

Should you have questions or  interest in my Nature photography camp for Summer 2013, please feel free to email me by clicking HERE

Nature Photography Camp Week #1 Morning Session

This summer I had a great two weeks sharing my love of nature photography during my Nature Photography Camp hosted at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas. Each week, there were two sessions, a morning session from 8:30am until 11:30am and an afternoon session from 12:30pm until 3:30pm.  The age range of the campers was from age 8 to 13.

In addition to learning the basics of the camera they brought with them or that we supplied, they learned about what makes a photograph interesting to an audience and how they could be think about the final result when they were actually shooting.

The campers took two field trips to have a chance to shoot a variety of natural settings - On Tuesday we visited the Texas Discovery Gardens which has a SUPERB two story butterfly house that was a thrill to explore. On Thursday, we visited the world class Dallas Arboretum to shoot a combination of the plants, flowers and the amazing Dale Chihuly glass sculptures on exhibit there until November.

At the end of the week, I had each of the campers submit three of their favorite images to a collection that they critiqued and which I share with you here. This video is the collection from the Week1 morning group. The week 2 Morning group will be posted tomorrow. The videos from both week 2 groups will be posted on Tuesday and Wednesday.

2012 Nature Photography Camp - Week 1 Morning Session

Should you have questions or  interest in my Nature photography camp for Summer 2013, please feel free to email me by clicking HERE