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Posts Tagged ‘outdoor photography’
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
 Puerto Escondido Lighthouse On Tuesday, May 11 at 7:00 pm I will be giving a slide presentation to the Southern Oregon Photographic Association. In images and words, I will share a retrospective of my year in photography. Since last spring I have had some wonderful adventures with my camera including photographing locations in the Columbia Gorge, the Oregon Cascades, Lassen Volcanic National Park, the Utah desert, the Oregon coast, Mexican mining towns and beaches and many great spots right here in the Rogue Valley. In addition to sharing some of my photographic vision of the natural world, I will also tell some tall travel tales and discuss some of the techniques I use to create my images. Call Terry Tuttle at 541-779-3396 or go to www.sopacameraclub.org for information.
Tags: landscape photography, nature photography, outdoor photography, photography
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
I really enjoy almost every aspect of the work I do. Going out in search of light and visually enticing scenes to photograph takes effort, but it is also good fun and a worthy challenge. The countless hours I spend painstakingly guiding each image through my workflow, applying the processing and developing skills I have learned over the last decade is also quite enjoyable and rewarding too. So is producing prints, and sharing my images with others on various websites, in publicatons and at galleries and exhibits. However, I have to admit that the tide of progress often stops flowing when it comes time to introduce new images on my own website. We all have portions of our work that is less engaging and more tedious than others. The process of putting new images on my site, which is the way that I share them with my largest audience, requires several layers of work I don’t particularly look forward to.
I’ll spare you all the details, but in brief it requires renumbering all the images to be uploaded, creating web sized images and thumbnails for each image, giving each image a title, keywords, caption and the organizing it into various departments and categories within the structure of my site. Once all the data entry is complete the database is uploaded to the software that uses the information to create the web pages and link structure for the new content. Any mistakes or typos cause havoc on my site, so I have to look carefully for bugs, repair them in the database and then allow the software to build the site again. Depending on how many images there are, the entire process can take me as much as a week.
Needless to say, this chore often slips off the top of my to do list to make way for more engaging or more pressing business. It has been nearly eight months since I last added new images to www.OutdoorExposurePhoto.com but I finally got it done. The good news is that there is now a large collection of new work created in the last year up on my site just waiting to meet the public. If you are keen to take a look at the photography I’ve been up to I invite you to take a look at my latest additions.
I wonder when I’ll catch up with the hundreds of stock images still waiting for their turn to see the light of day?
Tags: landscape photography, new images, new work, outdoor photography, recent work, recently added photography, sean, sean bagshaw photography, southern, southern oregon photographer
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Talented outdoor photographer, Adrian Klein, is now producing a great podcast called Pacific Northwest Photography. Adrian recently interviewed me for his podcast, which you can listen to on the player above. During our conversation we chatted about favorite locations, adventures and photography equipment. I also give the behind the scenes tales of the two images below. You can also get the complete story behind my intolerance of goat flavored food products.
I highly recommend checking out Adrian’s photography at www.adrianklein.com
and his photography blog at http://adriankleinphoto.blogspot.com/
On Adrian’s home page you can subscribe to his PNWP Podcast by clicking the red musical note.
 Lunar Eclipse Over Mt. Shasta  Double Falls, Glacier National Park
Tags: digital photography, landscape photography, nature photography, northwest photography, oregon photographer, outdoor photography, photography interview, photography podcast, photography techniques, professional photographer, sean bagshaw, southern oregon photographer
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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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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Photography is all about light. Without it, no photo. However it goes far beyond that. The type, direction, color, amount and quality of light, as well as the photographer’s ability to see and manage the light, are serious contributors to the success of a photo. The ability to see, feel and anticipate light as well as know how the camera will capture light are skills that take a long time to acquire. Some light is right for some scenes but completely wrong for others. The best way to learn what works and what doesn’t is to get out and shoot in all lighting conditions and stick around to shoot the same subject as light is changing, all the while making special note of how the light looks to the eye.
Sometimes it is difficult to know by eye just how much impact the light going to have on a photograph. The best way to realize the impact of light is to compare photos of the same subject matter under different lighting. The following two photographs really illustrate the value of such an exercise. These photos were taken less than two minutes apart, one before the sun rose over the horizon and the second, just after. There are times when the soft glowing light that comes just before sunrise gives perfect even, luminescent lighting to a scene, picking up subtle details and working its way into the deepest shadows. However, in this case, there isn’t enough separation of elements or correctly angled surfaces in the scene. The even lighting causes the tree, rocks and mountains to appear muddy and not well defined and the sky washes out to an unattractive white.
What a difference a little time makes. In the second image, just a few seconds later, bright, warm, low angle direct sunlight has broken over the horizon, side lighting the scene. It brings out color and adds needed definition and depth to the image, all things the eye looks for. In addition, the direct sunlight coming in at 90 degrees to the camera lens allow for the best polarization effect from a circular polarizer, enhancing the color of the tree and rocks and helping to darken the blue sky.
The composition itself isn’t particularly interesting, but the addition of the right light can make a surprising difference in how appealing it is to the eye. This is a great example of a particular type of light enhancing an image. Unfortunately, it isn’t a perfect formula for success and you shouldn’t try to achieve the same type of lighting for every image you take. In another situation you might find that the pre sunrise light actually creates the most appealing image.
It all comes down to time spent shooting in all lighting conditions, becoming more familiar with what works and increasing your chances of being there when the light is right.
Tags: landscape photography, light, outdoor photography, photography, photography technique
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
 A few months back, Christopher Robinson, editor of Outdoor Photographer Magazine, contacted me to see if I would be interested in being one of the featured photographers in the upcoming annual Landscape Photography Special Issue. I was astonished to find out that I was on OP’s radar and that they were interested in featuring me in the special issue. Outdoor Photographer is the foremost US publication on outdoor photography with an annual circulation of over 2.3 million. The magazine regularly features the work of many of the best known landscape and outdoor photographers including David Muench, Frans Lanting, Art Wolfe, Thomas Mangelsen and Galen Rowell. To be published alongside so many who have given me inspiration is pretty humbling stuff.
In the upcoming Landscape Special, author William Sawalich interviews myself and two other on-the-rise outdoor photographers. Here is a brief excerpt from the intro to the article. “The Outdoor Photographer 2008 Landscape Annual features the work of three artists who each takes a somewhat different look at landscape photography. Rodney Lough, Shane McDermott and Sean Bagshaw are all widely recognized photographers who have made their mark by taking steps away from the more staid, traditional landscape scene.”
Subscription issues are already in the mail and copies should hit the news stands soon if you want to pick one up. You can also read the article online HERE (my feature is on the third page). The online article gives readers the option to leave a comment at the bottom of the page if you are so inclined.
Tags: Christopher Robinson, Landscape Annual, New Photographers, Outdoor Photographer Magazine, outdoor photography, photography article, Rodney Lough, Shane McDermott, William Sawalich
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