Texas School The Best Little Photography School in the World I spent last week in Addison Texas attending Texas School. This was my first time at this week-long orgy of photography education. It is intense. You spend a week with … Continue reading
It’s Good To Have A Muse muse2/ mjuːz/ noun 1.a goddess that inspires a creative artist, esp a poet Word Origin: from Old French, from Latin Mūsa, from Greek Mousa a Muse Having a fellow artist who encourages you to … Continue reading
Photography of Musicians at Sound Bites Grill The Black Market Trust Photographing musicians during a live performance can be a bit of a challenge. But I dig it! If you follow this blog you know I am charged with creating … Continue reading
Tuesday Painterly Photo Art Julieanne Kost – Adobe Photoshop Evangelist – Part One One of my heroes, Kost, has been an inspiration from the first time I saw her give a presentation on Photoshop. Knowledgeable, talented, giving, humble, and funny … Continue reading
Honored… That’s what I am when I am asked to help fellow artists, in this case musicians, to photograph and create images and packaging to help them sell their CD. Eric Miller and Ralf Illenberger are releasing a new music … Continue reading
Exercise. Makes you stronger. Exercise makes you better. Exercise doesn’t have to physical to be helpful to you. As part of a workshop I conducted for the Photographic Society in Chattanooga, Tennessee we all went down to the aquarium and … Continue reading
Received a wonderful email today! Thought I’d share with you. Hi Bob: Just a quick note to let you know that Smokin’ Blues won Best Acoustic Blues Album 2014 at the BBMAs (Blues Blast magazine Awards) last week. I went … Continue reading
As usual I am chasing birds with my camera… Adding a twist I turn the pelican, yes these images are based on a pelican. I call these mandalas… Pelican Mandala fine art image by yours truly, Bob Coates Photography Pelican … Continue reading
“Do you mind if I share an idea?” said my wife. “Oh, Oh.” thought I. This means she doesn’t like what I’m working on and wants to make a suggestion… I’m not always overly receptive. But, I know she often … Continue reading
The animals spoke to me…. Well not literally. But, I felt the need and desire to work with the images to see what I could come up with. One bird you’ll even recall from a previous post spread it’s wings … Continue reading