New Workshop on Digital Workflow for Nature Photography

I'm happy to announce my next full-day photography workshop, set for Saturday, November 21 2009 at Cox Arboretum MetroPark, just south of Dayton, Ohio. The primary topic of this program will be digital workflow for nature photography including image importing and editing using Apple Aperture, fine tuning and enhancements in Photoshop CS4, monochrome conversions using Nik Color Efex Pro and High Dynamic Range Photography using Photomatix. As of 10-6-09 there are already 10 people registered to attend. I limit my workshops to 20 attendees, so there are still 10 seats remaining, however, I expect these to fill within the next day or two. There will be another workshop this winter, most likely on a Saturday in late January or early February, so it's always a good idea for those interested to submit their names and emails to my waiting list.

New Book and Magazine Published Featuring Nature and Landscape Photography

My most recent release via the Blurb.com bookstore - "Renewal," featuring spring photography of landscapes in both Hocking Hills State Park of Ohio and Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee. This volume is available in both softcover and hardcover formats as an 8"x10" coffee-table style book, perfect for office lobbies or home. In addition to presenting stunning nature and landscape photographs from these scenic areas of Appalachia the book also includes an introspective essay titled "Life's Lessons Learned on the Trail to Ramsay Cascade." This was an article I drafted shortly after my May excursion to The Smokies and provides some insight on how life experiences are often paralleled in the most simple journeys through the natural landscape. The price for the soft-cover version is $29.95, not including shipping.



I'm also pleased to announce the first issue of what I hope to become a regular series of self-published magazines, titled "The Poet's Eye." This 24-page, 8.5x11 publication includes a brief introduction about the work presented and select images representing a particular subject, location or photographic technique. This, the first issue, features my recent work with converting high dynamic range photographs to monochrome - black and white - fine art images. The cost per issue is $7.84.



If you're a regular user of Facebook there is a group page for Jim Crotty Photography. I often post new images and information regarding published images, commercial photography assignments and my photography workshops to this interactive group page which also allows followers to post their information and comments. Check it out.

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Photography Workshops in Dayton

e Life Section of yesterday's Dayton Daily News included an article about the photography workshops that I have been doing, and have scheduled, here in the Dayton area. It's a good article and my thanks to Contributing Writer Pamela Dillon.

The only correction I need to make is regarding the article headline that reads "Local artist presents free photography workshops."

I am not offering free workshops. Five Rivers MetroParks is offering the two programs held at Wegerzyn Gardens - one and half-hour each - free of charge to the public. The first was held on Saturday, July 11 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. The follow-up program to that first session will be held at Wegerzyn on Saturday, August 8 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. These two sessions are free and open to the public courtesy of Five Rivers MetroParks.

My full-day workshop set for September 26, 2009, titled "Exploring Nature Photography - The Autumn Prairie Workshop with Jim Crotty," is a program I am presenting myself and has a fee of $89 per participant, payable by cash or check on the day of the workshop. The program, to be held at Cox Arboretum and includes a box lunch, also requires pre-registration. The September 26 workshop has already reached my limit of 20 registered participants and now has a waiting list of about four people. I'm anticipating that this full-day workshop on September 26 will be a huge success and I will most likely present a similar program this coming January or February on winter landscape photography.