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DPA Composition in the Field Workshop: Wildflower Expedition

Apr
28
2011
by Eric | 1 Comment

Saturday May 7th – 10am-2pm ~ DPA Instructor Eric Sahlin $50 per person

April showers bring May flowers and with the years increasingly turning wet, it is especially true in Northern California.  I will be teaching a composition in the field workshop at Tilden Regional Wilderness.

I will cover:

  • Telephotos, macros and extension tubes
  • Compositional techniques
  • Use of Fill and Ring flash
  • Bounce cards

Please bring your DSLR and all the gear in your kit.

Photo ©Eric Sahlin Photography

The group will assemble at the Quarry Picnic area at 10am. After a few notes Eric will lead the hike up Quarry, across Big Springs Trail and back down Seaview. It’s an easy hike (under 1 mile) and there’ll be plenty of stops along the way. Please wear appropriate shoes and bring water and a lunch for the journey. All Levels welcome.

Photos ©Eric Sahlin Photography

Photo ©Eric Sahlin Photography

 

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DPA Composition in the Field: The Golden Gate Bridge

Apr
17
2011
by Eric | 3 Comments

Saturday April 30th  – 2pm – 6pm

How many times have you driven across the Golden Gate Bridge thinking that you have got to get some pictures of this iconic landmark and never manage to quite get to it. An expedition is just the thing! There are thousands of potential compositions there that would offer numerous opportunities for your photographic interpretation.

Bridge at Blue Hour

The class will assemble at the north end of the bridge at the first car park on Conzelman Rd. It is pretty busy there so you should try to be early. From there, we’ll proceed to the bridge on the east side and walk the length of it and back. It can be gusty on the bridge so please bring a windbreaker. It is also very noisy on the span itself, so you also might want to bring earplugs to cut out the ambient road din.

You should end up back at the headlands closer to sunset for those powerful shots of the western side glowing bright red.

Topics covered will be composition, depth of field, image compression, macro photography and polarization. So grab your walking shoes, your kit and your polarizer and join us for this expedition!,

All photos on this page ©Eric Sahlin

Composition in the Field classes are $50.00. For more information or to register by phone, contact our student liaison at our toll free number: 877.372.2231 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 877.372.2231 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. or click here and scroll down to April 30th. to register on line.

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Eureka! And the North Coast

Oct
26
2010
by Eric | 1 Comment

For years we’ve been devoting our 3-day get always to going South along the coast. This year we decided to venture up North for a change of pace.

Although it’s a very long drive it is well worth the journey. The images can be seen here in the  Eureka/North Coast Slideshow

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Fern Cottage

Apr
07
2010
by Eric | 5 Comments

Fern Cottage was the second of four facilities I shot for the East Bay Regional Park District. I posed a few challenges with it’s layout and the fact that the building was nestled in a grove of tall redwoods.

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California Cool

Feb
12
2010
by Eric | 3 Comments

“California Cool ” was a video promotion piece produced for Russell Abraham to promote his upcoming book published by Images Publishing. We interviewed some of the leading California modernist architects and included many of the images from the book. The video features top California architects: Mark Cigolle, Steven Ehrlich, Stephen Kanner, Robert Swatt, and Zoltan Pali taking about modernism and why California is such a great location for modernism.

Video Duration: 5:52 minutes

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409 & 499 Illinois St.

Apr
20
2009
by Eric | Comments Off

Shorenstein hired me to shoot this massive, full city block, set of buildings. It was hard to get a good angle on it as there were no building close enough to get a reasonable elevated shot. All that I was able to work with was a 10′ dirt mound directly across the street which gave me wild distortion. I was able to overcome some of the distortions in my stitch together, but not completely.

The rear had the additional challenge that no landscaping had been completed. I did a quick job of entourage for the foreground. One of the other challenges was that I had to shoot two exterior sculptures -both covered in chrome.

You can see those images and more at the gallery for 409 & 499 Illinois St.

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