Join me for a new webinar

Photographers at sunset, Skagit Flats, Washington

Don’t miss this upcoming webinar where I will talk composition, technique and impact. I will also answer questions and review 20 photographs from the audience!

When: Monday November 3, 2014 at 6pm PST (9PM EST)

Where: Wherever you can connect!

How: Sign-up on photographywebinars.com and be sure to use the coupon code ‘wolfe‘ to get in for only $7!

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Compelling Image Contest Deadline November 13!

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Art Wolfe’s The Compelling Image contest has run over four different chapters in the past year, and the final deadline for Chapter IV will close on November 13.

There’s still time to present your wildlife, nature and landscape work, and to win a prize package that includes a DSLR camera, a $250 Amazon gift card, a $100 B&H gift card, a signed Art Wolfe photo book, a PHOTO+ membership package, and prominent placement in the Winners’ Gallery on Shutterlove.com. All honorable mentions will also be featured in the Shutterlove gallery.

In the evocative spirit of conservation and appreciation, the above image, “Dawn of a New Day” by Long Nguyen, was selected as an Honorable Mention in Chapter II of The Compelling Image.

Need inspiration? Check out the previous winners and honorable mentions here.

Visit www.thecompellingimagecontest.com for all information on how to enter.

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Opening of Windland Smith Rice International Awards Exhibition at the Smithsonian

Cuernos del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Opening today on the 2nd Floor the National Museum of Natural History Presents the Annual Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards Exhibition.

Within a 4,000 square foot exhibition hall, 60 large-format prints are displayed—some at nearly life-sized proportions—with two accompanying HD videos. Museum visitors are taken along on a virtual global safari and are introduced to the image-makers and their stories from behind the camera lens.

Art is featured as the Photographer of the Year in recognition of his extraordinary body of
work over the past 40 years and the contributions he has made to natural history awareness. “Photographers everywhere are making a difference in the way we see the world and our place in it,” says Wolfe. “Never stop looking: no matter where you are,
there are good photographs to be made.”

Art will be doing a book signing of Earth Is My Witness on November 13, as well as attending the awards presentations that night.

www.naturesbestphotography.com

See the full News Release

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Q3 2014 Images

July 1 to October 1 found me photographing landscapes & wildlife near and far: caribou in Svalbard, Norway; a hummingbird nest in my own backyard in Seattle; brown bears in Alaska; Canon Beach, Oregon; Palouse wheatfields and the sleeping volcano of Mt. Rainier in Washington State; wildlife in Kenya, Uganda, and the Surma people of Ethiopia.

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Critique Class NYC

What: Assignment & Assessment Workshop with Art Wolfe
When: October 25-26 4:30-8:30pm, with a meet & greet October 24 at 6pm
Where: The Rotella Gallery in SOHO, New York

Join Art for a critique class at the gorgeous Rotella Gallery in SOHO. Whether you’re an emerging photographer, an aspiring pro about to knock on the editor’s door, a mid-career shooter in search of tactical insight for advancing in business, or simply a keen amateur wanting to become as good as you can, this very special photography course opportunity is one you won’t want to miss. Space is limited.

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Upcoming Events in California

Art of Composition in Los Angeles October 18

Art of Composition in San Francisco October 19

Earth Is My Witness presentation & signing at the Morrison Planetarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco October 20

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Last Chance to Join Art in Arizona

Page Arizona, Lake Powell, Canyonlands Workshop with Art Wolfe

Don’t miss the opportunity to photograph with a master in one of the most beautiful and abstract regions in the United States.

Art Wolfe is leading a three day workshop which includes a full day tour of four different remote canyons with a Navajo guide. Art and his assistant Gavriel Jecan will work closely with all of the participants in the field, provide classroom lectures, and a classroom critique. This workshop is limited to 8 participants so this will be an intimate experience that will not only yield many beautiful photographs but also memories to cherish for a lifetime.

If you would like to attend the Page, Arizona workshop, we would like to offer you free admission in the Tempe, Arizona Art of Composition seminar that will take place on October 12th. Just use the coupon code “awblogaz” on the Art Wolfe Store. (You must have both the Workshop and the Seminar in your cart for the discount to appear.)

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Mountain Gorillas, Uganda

The Gorilla Forest Camp nestled in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a tremendous place to see the endangered mountain gorillas as well as other wildlife large & small. I love photographing the gorillas, their calm intelligence shines through in their eyes. Now, on to Ethiopia!

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Dick Busher Photo Exhibit

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Image will be displayed as a 50 x 40 inch print ©Dick Busher

Art book publisher extraordinaire (Johsel Namkung – A Retrospective) and photographer Dick Busher is having a small show of his personal images at the Sand Point Grill in Seattle’s Laurelhurst neighborhood. The prints will be on display during August and September.

This will be his first show of personal work in many years, a “coming out again” event, so to speak, now that he is retired from the world of commercial photography.

The images are nature/landscape in genre, mostly close ups. The sizes range from 20 x 16 to 44 x 55 inches. Digital inkjet prints made from scans of 4 x 5 inch color transparencies.

The Sand Point Grill is a wonderful restaurant. The Bartlesons are the owners/chefs. He does the entrees, and she does the deserts. They also have a full bar. Hours are 5 – 10pm, Monday to Sunday. The food is fantastic. The address is 5412 Sand Point Way NE, about a mile NE from Children’s Hospital.

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David Slater and the Monkey “Selfie”

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David Slater is currently embroiled in an argument with Wikimedia over the now famous ‘monkey selfie’ images.

Like other conservation photographers at the iLCP, I support David Slater’s copyright to the now famous ‘selfies’ of the critically endangered crested black macaque.

Read the iLCP press release and learn more about David Slater & help support Sulawesi Crested Macaque Conservation.

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