Natural Light: Mastering a Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool by photographer Mitchell Kanashkevich

Digital Photography School (DPS) recently released  Natural Light: Mastering a Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool  by photographer Mitchell Kanashkevich.

This beautiful e-book is so inspiring it just could be the thing to get you out of a rut,take off your flash and go outside and create amazing natural light photos  with your camera.

Kanashkevich takes you thru a visual journey of captivating images he's created explaining the types of natural  lighting scenarios you will encounter and how he approached the situation as he photographed it and how he improved the images in post processing to better bring out shadows and highlights.

Looking at his images I imagined that some photographers would see certain scenes and instantly pull out a flash unit killing the whole meaning of the situation or turning dusk into a boring overly lit image that lost the whole point of why it should have been photographed.

The ebook is beautifully laid out in ebook format which you can read on your computer or any of your devices like an iPad,iPod or iPhone.



I've not photographed the incredible situations that Kanashkevich has but I've photographed hundreds of concerts back in the day.I'd notice that the lighting designer often was very skilled in positioning the color,and type of light that went with each song and perfectly sculpted the singer or band int the most expressive light.Then comes along a photographer with a blinding flash in a quiet moment only to wake up the dead with a blast of light but killing off any resemblance of what the stage show was meant to look like.

Though this book does not cover that type of situation,it was a reminder to be mindful of what is before you and creating the best of what you can with just your camera and lens.
Mother nature is only one light that twists and turns,hides,wraps around and bends and can light as no human can!


This book is so inspiring,I will  put my new Olympus OM-D and Leica lenses thru my own natural light adventures after reading this inspiring book.
For more info and purchase info,click on the link below.
  http://digital-photography-school.com/naturallight

Tammy McCann...Sings "I'll Be Seeing You"...Katten/Landau Studio...(of The Auditorium Theatre)...Sat August 25...8pm

Tammy McCann...Sings "I'll Be Seeing You"...Katten/Landau Studio...(of The Auditorium Theatre)...Sat August 25...8pm

 425 S. Wabash, Chicago Illinois

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oeUY2Na3f0

Seats Still Available for Taste Concerts in Chicago

Seats Still Available for Taste Concerts

Music Fans Can Purchase Seats for $25; Lawn Remains Free

 

With less than one week remaining until the start of the Taste of Chicago, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events is reminding music fans that tickets are available for purchase online until Monday at midnight, and then available for purchase onsite on the day of the show.

 

For only $25, festival goers can have a seat in the pavilion at the band shell for headline performers Jennifer Hudson; Death Cab for Cutie; Michael Franti & Spearhead and Fitz & the Tantrums; Chaka Khan and Dierks Bentley at the Taste of Chicago, July 11-15.  Thus far, more than 5,637 tickets have sold for the event.  Lawn seating for up to 30,000 people remains free of charge.

 

In addition, only a few seats remain for the Celebrity Chef du Jour on Sunday, July 15.  Culinary fans can join Jimmy Bannos of Heaven on Seven for a three-course, sit-down meal in a specially decorated, air conditioned dining pavilion that for an advance ticket price of $40 per person.  The mean will include Poached Louisiana Gulf Shrimp on a Fried Green Tomato with a Lemon Remoulade and Micro Greens; Pan Seared Chicken Thighs with Andouille Sausage,Summer Tomatoes, Basil and a Balsamic Reduction and Blueberry Bayou Blasters.

 

The 32^nd Annual Taste of Chicago features 40 different food booths vending over 200 menu items each day including the new Pop Ups feature.  Each day three new restaurants that are also new to Taste will appear in booths numbered 22-24.  Those include such diverse restaurants as Jin Ju, Garifuna Flava Caribbean Restaurant and Karyn’s on Green.

 

Petrillo Music Shell Concerts

Wednesday, July 11

Presented by the City of Chicago

Jennifer Hudson

Luke James

5:30 p.m.

 

Thursday, July 12

Presented by 93XRT

Death Cab for Cutie 

Calexico

5:30 p.m.

 

Friday, July 13

Presented by the City of Chicago

Michael Franti & Spearhead

Fitz & the Tantrums

5:30 p.m.

 

Saturday, July 14

Presented by V-103

Chaka Khan

Raphael Saadiq

5:30 p.m.

 

Sunday, July 15

Presented by Bud Light

Dierks Bentley

Lindi Ortega

3:30 p.m.

 

The 32nd Annual Taste of Chicago is July 11-15 in Grant Park.  For more information on the festival, call 312.744.3316; TTY 312.744.2964 or visit the event website at www.tasteofchicago.us

   Become a fan of Taste on Facebook at Taste of Chicago or follow the event on twitter at @tasteofchi2012.

Taste of Chicago is produced, programmed and managed by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and sponsored by Aquafina, BP Team USA Experience, Bud Light, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Tribune, CLTV-ChicagoLand’s Television, Communications Direct, Dominick's, Gallo Family Vineyards, Humana, Hyatt Regency Chicago, LaGrou Distribution System, Pepsi, Shoreline Sightseeing, Univision Radio, US99.5, V-103, WGN-Television, WTTW Check Please and 93XRT.

The Trailer Festival

One month to go until submissions for the 2012 festival close.  

The mission of The Trailer Festival is to sell films and scripts to the entertainment industry, with whom we have direct contact.  The first two events were attended by industry exclusively and included Fox, Disney, Paramount and PBS. After each festival the trailers are placed in an Online Screening Room and for a year after the event Hollywood managers, producers and distributors log in to view filmmakers' work.

So far there have been over 200 requests for DVDs and scripts. Please visit the Success Stories page on our website for more information The Trailer Festival

 

  

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Two Weeks Left - International Photography Awards 2012

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Only two weeks left to submit your best photographs and seize the opportunity to put your work in front of over 70 international photography professionals, to exhibit your work during the Tenth Annual Lucie Awards event / Lucie Week in Los Angeles, and to compete for $20,000 in prizes!   Extended Deadline: July 16, 2012 (11:59pm PDT) visit www.photoawards.com now!  The Lucie Foundation | 550 N. Larchmont Boulevard Suite 100 | Los Angeles, CA 90004 | 310-659-0122 www.luciefoundation.org

Call for Volunteers for the Used Book Sale @Women and Children First Chicago

Call For Volunteers for the Used Book Sale   Women & Children First Hours: M-T 11-7, W-TH-F 11-9, Sat 10-7, Sun 11-6 Chicago, Illinois 60640 wcfbooks@aol.com   Used Book Sale Do you love sunshine, books, and Women & Children First Bookstore? Volunteers are needed to help us during our annual used book sale (July 28 and July 29). Meet nice people, enjoy fun in the sun, and have first pick of the goods. Our annual Used Book Sale, a fundraiser for the Women's Voices Fund and the bookstore, is the last weekend of July, and we need your help to make it successful. If you have the time and willingness to pitch in for a three-hour shift on Saturday, July 28, or Sunday, July 29, we would really appreciate it. The work is somewhat strenuous, especially for the set up and break down shifts, so please only volunteer if you are strong enough to carry out long folding tables and boxes and boxes of books. The afternoon shifts will require transporting some boxes of books but mostly re-stocking the tables and keeping them straightened up--and, of course, helping customers and selling books! The four shifts both days are: 8:00-11:00 a.m. (set up) 11:00-3:00 p.m. and 3:00-6:00 p.m. (re-stocking, and selling books) 6:00-7:30 p.m. (break down) For more information or to sign up, please stop by or call the store (773-769-9299) or email wcfbooks@gmail.com.