by successfulbob | landscape photography, Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, panorama, photography
While in Salt Lake City I had a chance to chase around the area for some scenic photos. On the way to Park City we passed by this area. Lots of material to work with in this scene. St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic church is an attractive piece of architecture in the field. Throw in the cattails that are changing color behind the split rail fence. Add some mountains and clouds in the background and there are lots of permutations for different looks in working the scene. My favorite is a panoramic that was stitched in the camera. The Lumix GX7 really has an incredible ability to keep lines in place while putting the image together. It will tell you if you’ve gone astray either panning too fast or too slow or offline and lets you start over to shoot it properly.
Of course, you need to get in the proper position for everything to work in the final composition. Here’s a shot of me getting the shot by Panasonic rep (and great touring partner!) Kristin Long.
Kristin Long photo of me getting the shot.
And the shot….
St Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church – Park City, Utah
by successfulbob | Lumix GH3, Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, musician photography
Happened in to Sound Bites Grill for a bite to eat and and heard some pretty cool sounds coming from the stage and wondered why I hadn’t been called to photograph the band for the ‘Wall of Fame’. I went around the corner and the owner looks and says, “Do you have your camera with you? This group needs to go on the ‘Wall’!” Well since I’ve gotten the Lumix GX7 I’ve pretty much had a camera with me all the time so I was able to say, “I do and picked up some work that night.” The camera has such a small profile and is so lightweight. Even with that I’m able to get lots of info from the files and not worry I don’t have enough pixels even though it’s a micro 4/3rds format.
As you know if you follow this blog I am a Panasonic Lumix Luminary but became one because I liked the small size of the cameras for travel. I am now finding more and more that I am using either this camera or the Lumix GH3 for 80 percent of my pro work and 100% of my travel – and as I learn more about the camera it will probably replace my current DSLR system…
Adrenaline Band image at Sound Bites Grill, Sedona, Arizona
Here’s a word or two from Charlene the lead singer and manager of the band. “That is freakin awesome!!!!!! I love your work!!!! Do you have a rate sheet or price breakdown to do future pics??”
That’s music to my ears… Are you in a music group or do you know any band that needs some photography art work? If so please give me a shout. Thanks!
by successfulbob | landscape photography, Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, photography
I’m getting ready to do a couple classes a little later this AM (9/28) at Pictureline in Salt Lake City, Utah for Digitalfest.
Had the pleasure of getting out and photographing some areas off in the mountains. I gotta tell you this is one pretty place! I made a panorama photograph using the Panasonic Lumix GX7. The in-camera photo stitching continues to make me grin… The file is sweet straight out of camera. A tiny little tweak of the color using Adobe Camera RAW followed by adding a slight vingette was all that was done in post. This was photographed standing on the roo of the car in order to just get above the treeline to let the snow covered mountains in the middle-ground sneak up a bit in the frame. Let me know what you think.
Utah Panoramic phototography of mountains near Salt Lake City.
by successfulbob | architectural photography, Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, panorama
On my way to the airport after speaking at the professional photographers of Michigan convention I was able to spend a few minutes with Jim downtown Grand Rapids along the river with all the art that’s installed right now. He gave me a great chance to play with the LumixGX7. I’m really enjoying the panoramic capabilities of the in camera stitching and the way the final output comes. Here are a couple images from the shoot.
Riverfront image along the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Airport entrance in Grand Rapids, Michigan
by successfulbob | fine art photography, Lumix GH3, Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, photography, photography education, photography seminar
What a great group in Michigan. Friendly, fun and really important – attentive when class was in session. Shared my ‘Photo-Synthesis’ Fine Art Photography program with PPM. Spoke about 4 1/2 hours. In addition to the Photoshop techniques I shared how much I like the small size and nice files to work with from my LumixGX7 and GH3.
Below are a few testimonials from the students about the program and presentation style. It was fulfilling on many levels from garnering new friendships, learning from the older members who shared their stories and adventures in photography, and being able to give back to the industry that has given me so much. Kudos to Panasonic for sponsoring my sharing to other photographers…
Photo courtesy of Carol Fabrizio, M.Photog. Fabrizio Fine Art Photography Flushing, MI cfabriziophoto.com
“I’m Darcy current president of the professional photographers of Michigan and Bob Coates was at our annual convention and Bob was awesome. Let me tell you we learned everything and my brain is just fried right now. We learn a ton from Bob. From beginners to experts, all took something home to help with their art. I recommend Bob highly to any organization that wants to hire him.” Darcy Olson, CPP – Darcy Olson Photography
“Hi Bob;
Your presentation at PPM Fall Focus Monday afternoon was awesome. It is probably the type of program that should be enjoyed first thing in the day and not after lunch as you present so much material, that I reached brain overload well before you stopped….. Your passion and high energy is definitely infused in your presentation.”
Steve
by successfulbob | Lumix GX7
I just came back from doing a program in Michigan for the Professional Photographers of Michigan. The program was on my ‘Photo – Synthesis’ system of creating art from photographic images. When I do these programs I always try to use images from the area that were captured within the 24 hour period before the program begins. This time I thought I’d give myself a really strong challenge. II wandered around the parking lot with my LumixGX7 and found a paper clip in the parking lot that had been weathered and run over by cars and was bent and just a (beautiful) mess. And I made the attempt to create art from said paperclip. There was also a stone fountain out front with a lot of different slate plates that I was able to photograph to gather textures. When I announced to the class what I was going to do I saw looks of horror, bewilderment and just plain disbelief.
I continued anyway.
About one third of the way through the program I started to feel that maybe I had made a mistake. I wasn’t sure this was going to be successful… I persevered. Everyone had an opportunity to see the thought process as I work toward creating artistic images from simple objects. I’ll let you decide – but here’s the before and after photographs from the great paperclip experiment along with some thoughts from the attendees…
“Bob, Your presentation for the Michigan photographers was excellent and refreshing. You gave so much and were clear and understandable, making learning comfortable as well as thorough. Great educational experience!”
Most sincerely,
Helen Yancy, M.Photog, M.Artist, MEI, Cr. Hon.M.Photog.
F–ASP, Hon.F-ASP, EA-ASP, Hon.EA-ASP, CPP, API
Past President, Professional photographers of America
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“Hi Bob;
Your presentation at PPM Fall Focus Monday afternoon was awesome. It is probably the type of program that should be enjoyed first thing in the day and not after lunch as you present so much material, that I reached brain overload well before you stopped. I thought I knew a little something about Photoshop and after experiencing your presentation I realized that I indeed knew A LITTLE SOMETHING, very little. You take layer masking to a new level. My mind is still trying to process everything you presented, and it feels like a plug-in device that cannot be unplugged because it is still active. I wouldn’t know where to begin to talk about what you presented, the paper clip, the “step and repeat”, the slide show, the video, your delivery, all of it was attention getting, even after I had reached a saturation point and my brain felt like “there was no more rooms left at the inn”.
Your passion and high energy is definitely infused in your presentation.”
Steve
