Motorcycle Headstone [Canon 5D]
Madrid, New Mexico April 29, 2009
(click in the image for a larger version)
The 3rd day of the Santa Fe Creative Eye class was spent in the digital lab, using Lightroom to sort through all the photos we had taken the day before at Ghost Ranch. In addition to learning how to organize photos, apply keywords and filter images searches based on a variety of different criteria, we also delved into the Lightroom Develop module and explored the many ways to use that program to improve and enhance digital photographs.
The photo above was taken after class that day on a location scouting trip I made to the cemetery in Madrid, New Mexico. Along with many old graves with simple (and in some cases, very weathered and falling apart) wooden crosses or headstones, the Madrid graveyard also has many very unique and ecclectic markers that reflect the creative and irreverent nature of the town and many of its inhabitants. The motorcycle-themed grave marker in the image above was inscribed on the opposite side with "Riding in Front". The photo was taken just minutes before the sun slipped behind the distant hills. Minor adjustments were made in Lightroom.
If you're interested in spending a creative week in a beuatiful location improving your digital photography and digital darkroom skills, I have an upcoming class that is very similar in content to this New Mexico workshop: Real World Digital Photography 1 will be offered at the Maine Media Workshops June 7 to 13. Click the class title for more information.
Other Upcoming Workshops:
The Creative Digital Darkroom
July 6 — 11, 2009
CT Media/Photography Institue
Farmington, Connecticut
Real World Digital Photography 2
October 4 — 11, 2009
Maine Media Workshops
Rockport, Maine
The Creative Collage with Photoshop CS4
November 5 — 11, 2009
Mesilla Digital Imaging Workshops
Mesilla, New Mexico
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