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Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
For anyone in southern Oregon who is interested in checking out some of my photography on display and/or is in need of a coffee fix, four of my large, framed fine art prints will be on exhibit in the south Ashland Starbucks from February through April. The images on exhibit are entitled Rogue Sunrise, Land of Fire, Future Forest and Lunar Eclipse Over Mt. Shasta. They are some of my most popular images and represent a good variety of my landscape photography.
Starbucks is a corporate member of the Ashland Artisan Gallery and Art center of which I am a member and resident artist. In addition to their main gallery, the Art Center currates art shows at various corporate member locations around Ashland. As a southern Oregon artist who photographs often in the Rogue Valley it is great to have the oportunity to share my work in the community at public venues such as Starbucks.
The south Ashland Starbucks is located at 1474 Siskiyou Blvd in Ashland, Oregon.
Tags: art at starbucks coffee, Ashland Oregon Art Exhibit, photography exhibit, photography show, photos on display, sean bagshaw photography, southern oregon photographer
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
My photograph Lunar Eclipse Over Mt. Shasta was recently named Best Creative Digital Photograph of 2008 by Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards. I’m excited to announce that It is now on exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC from November 2008 through April 2009.
Out of 22,000 entries, award-winners were chosen in 19 categories. A selection of 40+ images are included in the exhibition of large-format prints accompanied by captions telling the stories behind the shots, as well as an HD video by the Discovery Channel. Through these photos, visitors will gain an appreciation for the wild through the art of nature photography.
This exhibition has been named in memory of Sandra Windland Smith Rice for her steadfast support of emerging photographers worldwide. She was a skilled nature photographer and a champion for wildlife around the world. She did work for National Geographic, Nature’s Best and Coldwater Creek and won many awards. Mrs. Rice served on Nature’s Best Foundation board and on the board for Earthfire Institute, an Idaho based nonprofit that provides safe homes for wildlife no longer able to survive in the wild.
See the Fall 2008 Special Collectors’ Edition of Nature’s Best Photography magazine for the complete catalog of 102 Winners and Highly Honored images from the 2008 contest. The winning images have also been featured on AOL, MSNBC and Pixcetera
Tags: ashland photographer, competition, landscape photographer, lunar eclipse photography, nature's best magazine, nature's best photography, photography award, smithsonian national museum of natural history, southern oregon photographer, Windland Smith Rice Awards
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Through Ashland Artisan Gallery and Art Center I am offering an outdoor fall photography workshop on Saturday, October 25 2008 from 9-12 AM. I will meet participants at Ashland Artisan Gallery before we depart on a walking photography tour of the fall scenery in downtown Ashland and Lithia Park with the goal of photographing fall colors and themes, landscapes and abstracts. I will offer my personal experience and knowledge on lighting, composition, texture color, technical settings and artistic vision. It should be a fun and casual morning of photography in a beautiful setting to learn and improve.
The workshop is open to all photography enthusiasts with basic photography knowledge, a camera and a tripod. The Art Center is able to make this workshop available for only $30. The workshop has space for 10 participants, so call or stop by the gallery early to reserve your spot. You can call Ashland Artisan Gallery at 488-5698 or come by at 163 East Main Street across from the Varsity Theater in Ashland. For more information please contact me at sean@outdoorexposurephoto.com or 840-9237.
Tags: Ashland, Ashland Artisan Gallery, class, fall photography, instruction, Oregon, outdoor exposure, outdoor photography, photographer, photography, photography classes, professional, sean bagshaw, work shop, workshop
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
  I am very excited to announce that my photo titled Lunar Eclipse Over Mt. Shasta has been selected as the category winner in the Creative Digital Category in the 2008 Windland Smith Rice International Photography Awards which is an international competition sponsored by Nature’s Best Photography Magazine. The 2008 contest received over 20,000 entries.
The award-winning photographs will be published in the 2008 Fall Awards Special Collector’s Edition of Nature’s Best Magazine, due out mid-November. In addition, my photograph will be featured in the annual exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, one of the most prestigious and highly-visited museums in the world, running from mid-November through April 2009.
Nature’s Best will be posting the winning images on www.NaturesBestPhotography.com by the end of November. In addition, the NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS will be displayed in galleries on AOL Pixcetera and MSNBC.
This is a very exciting recognition of my photography and I’m honored to be selected along with the other winners. I’ll post more information about the exhibit and magazine as it becomes available.
Tags: award, international awards, lunar eclipse, magazine, museum of natural history, nature, nature's best photography, photo, photography, photography contest, photography magazine, smithsonian, windland smith rice
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
 Over recent months there have been some new developments for Outdoor Exposure Photography that are worth sharing. A new lifestyle magazine called Northwest, which is being distributed in 15 States through Barnes and Noble and Borders Book Stores, has begun publishing many of my images, including the cover of the upcoming issue. Photo Researchers, a large stock photography agency in New York, is now representing my photography and marketing it to publishers across the US and in 35 other countries. I am also being represented by a new art consultancy out of Colorado called Western Photo Gallery which sells fine art prints to corporate clients. BetterPhoto.com is the premier website for online photography courses and critiques from top professionals. Their monthly photo contests receive as many as 40,000 entries and their newsletter goes out to over 25,000 individuals. Several of my photos have recently been recognized by BetterPhoto including two second place awards and two photo of the day features.
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
One of the things I enjoy most about being a photographer is sharing my images, vision and experiences with others, and I’m always looking for ways to make my photography accessible. Fine art prints are a great way to experience the full impact of my work, but books, posters, cards, slide shows and even my website are other ways that I have been able to share my photos publicly. For quite a while I have wanted to offer sceensavers featuring collections of my images because it is an inexpensive way for people to acquire a collection of my work, but I didn’t have a good way to create screensavers files.
I’m excited to say that I have found a solution to that problem. A software application I recently discovered, called Pictures to EXE, allows me to create stand alone screensaver files that can be delivered via email and easily installed in the Windows screensaver menu. Each screensaver can also be run as a slide show, independent of the screensaver mode.
At this time I have completed two screensaver collections, which are available HERE. The Landscape and Nature screensaver features 30 of my most dramatic and well known outdoor images. The Rogue Valley screensaver is a collection of 30 iconic images from around the Rogue Valley which is my home.
In the future I will be adding additional screensaver collections with themes like Winter, Mountains, Adventure and Water. The images in my screensavers have been optimized for viewing on a computer monitor and have amazing color, sharpness and contrast.
The screensavers are safe and easy to use on any Windows based PC computer. They arrive as an email attachment which you save on your hard drive. Once saved, right click on the file and select “Install” and it will be added to your screensaver menu. By double clicking on the screensaver file it can also be viewed as a slide show independent of the screensaver mode.
Unfortunately, the screensaver file format created by Pictures to EXE is not supported by the Mac operating system, so my screen savers are only available to PC users at this time.
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
On the popular photography website www.BetterPhoto.com my photo Crimson Gorge recently won the honor of Photo of the Day. Photo of the Day showcases outstanding pictures from BetterPhoto’s monthly photo contest and goes out by email to over 26,000 people!
You can read comments from BetterPhoto readers HERE.
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
A year ago I was traveling through the southwest right about the time of the world famous Albuquerque International Balloon Festival. With as many as 700 colorful hot air balloons taking to the skies it is a big attraction for photographers and I was tempted to add it to my itinerary. However, I had also heard about the crowds, traffic jams, shortage of places to stay and all the other headaches you would expect with any event as big and widely known. I decided to pass.
 This year I found a great substitute in the Montague Rotary Balloon Fair in northern California the third week of September. What it lacks in sheer volume of balloons it more than makes up for with a great setting in the Mt. Shasta Valley, friendly organizers and balloon teams, easy access, on sight camping, plentiful parking and minimal crowds. Spectators have access to the launching field and can walk among the balloons during the inflation and launch process, making this an easy photo op for anyone with a camera. Spectators can even volunteer to crew for a balloon team, helping them to inflate and launch as well as chase, land and pack their balloons.
 This year about 30 balloons took part in the fair. While a far cry from 700, 30 balloons is still an impressive site and makes for an exhilarating visual and photographic experience. Montague is about seven miles east of Yreka, just off of Interstate 5 in northern California. Montague is less than an hour from where I live in southern Oregon. I was so enthralled photographing the balloons on Friday morning that I returned on Saturday and Sunday as well. I recommend this event to anyone, especially families.
For more information you can visit the balloon fair website at http://clubs.district5110.org/shastavalley/balloonfair/
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
The Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is one of the largest and most esteemed international photography competitions in the world. This year was the biggest on record with over 32,000 entries from 78 different countries. While not a category winner, I’m am very proud that my photograph “Future Forest” was a finalist in the competition. The winners of this competion represent the best outdoor photographers in the world. Past winners include well know photographers such as Frans Lanting, Doug Allen and Karl Ammann. Considering the quantity and quality of entries and the rigorous three month judging process, I am honored that one of my images made it to the final round.
You can check out past year’s winners at the competition website HERE. This year’s winners will be posted to the site in late October in conjunction with publishing the winning photos in the November issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine and the openning of the exhibition at the Natural History Museum of England.
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Beginning on July 10, 2007 Pangea in downtown Ashland will feature a show of my large, framed prints. The show will hang until August 21. The exhibit will feature many of my most iconic images from the last year or two. You are invited to drop by Pangea anytime to view the photographs. Pangea is located at 272 East Main Street. I’ll post more information if there will be a First Friday Artwalk openning of the show in August.
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