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First Extra Large Print

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  My first time having a print of this size made, is now a reality and hanging on a customers wall. Now the story behind the print and how it came to be. A good friend of ours, who like local art for their home decor, had this large, odd sized frame and wanted one of my images to fill it. She didn't know exactly which one, until this one caught here eye. Now the fun of making it happen begins. But first, the image itself. This sailboat, due to medical emergency concerning the Captain, had washed ashore along a lonely stretch of our beach and was found by beach goers. Emergency assistance was summoned and he was life flighted to a local Pensacola hospital. That was pretty much all you heard from the media. The boat stayed beached for several months, changing positions several times as the tides came and went. This particular morning, was beautiful clear, cloudless skies, and I decided I wanted to capture the first warm morning light as it washed over the boat and surrounding landsca...

Getting Outside Your Comfort Zone

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 Getting outside your comfort zone sometimes, can be quite the experience, both for learning and growing as a photographer. A couple weeks ago, a fellow photographer friend, (Walt Ebbert Photography) told me about a Night Shooting Seminar and wanted to know if I'd be interested. After a few minutes thought, I said sure, why not. I checked out the workshop details, and it seemed as if it was pretty much going to be a downtown night photo shoot (old buildings, night scenes, etc). It said something about a model being available, but I didn't think too much about that part.  I also learned, the instructor was pretty famous in the fashion /portrait/commercial photography world, so that was pretty cool. We arrived at the workshop and were introduced to our instructor and model for the evening and that's when I learned, it was going to be more of a model shoot amongst the old downtown area, which is way out of my wheel house. We were also going to do this night shoot without use i...