Another Digital Basics Workshop

Coming up December 5th, we'll run another Digital Photo Basics class, which is a lot of fun for both beginning photographers and those who are new to digital. We spend the morning in the classroom learning, take a break for a while outside to shoot some photos (hopefully the weather will cooperate!), then come back and learn how to get them out of the camera and onto your computer and/or share them.

I make cookies and provide snacks and drinks, then pick up wraps to order from a local shop (usually about $5-7) for lunch.

Please check our website for information/schedule and call or email us to sign up.

Ciao!

Villages of Provence...

Ahhh Provence, one of my favorite places in the world. I truly think I was Provençal in a former life... there's something about the place that puts me at ease. Of course it could also be the amazing food, culture and scenery!

We've just finalized our itinerary and pricing for our Villages of Provence Photography Workshop, September 11-18, 2010. Structured in similar fashion to our Tuscany workshop, it will be a first class tour. See our website for more details.

A Bientôt!

Tuscany 2010!

We're now accepting registration for our Villages of Tuscany workshop in May 2010. Click here to get all the info! We're still working out all the details for our Provence workshop in September 2010, but will have pricing soon... Please check the website for our current schedule as we have a lot coming up.

Ciao for now!

A Busy Autumn!

With Flagstaff Open Studios over- we had great turn out, thanks to our great artists and all those who made it out to the studio- we're now moving on to more workshop planning...

Joel's decided to offer a last minute addition to the schedule for this October- "Efficient Digital Workflow, Utilizing Lightroom." Check out the description on the website- it will be fairly advanced and very useful to those who need a little organization in their photographic life!

We've also been finalizing details for next year's "Villages of Tuscany" tour in May 2010. A new description will soon follow...

Ciao for now!

Digital Photo Basics, Planning, and a New Release!

We finished the Digital Photo Basics Workshop last weekend and I think people really enjoyed it- we did too! We'll do another one at some point because we've had a lot of interest in it.

We're also working on our Tuscany (May 2010) and Provence (September 2010) workshops, can't wait to go back to Europe! We're also looking at adding a new workshop- Vermont Fall Color for October 2010. Given that Vermont is where I grew up we'll get to a lot of places that most people don't see.

Open Studios is coming up this weekend- we're glad to have a great ceramicist, Greg Wenz, back, and we're excited to host two new artists this year- Milly Haeuptle, a local Jeweler, and Jane Boggs, a gourd artist. For complete descriptions, see the Flagstaff Open Studios Brochure, which is available online, at the Visitor's Center, or at the Coconino Center for the Arts.

The photo is Joel's NEW RELEASE for the show this weekend, called "Tramonto sulla Villa," Sunset on the Villa, from our trip to Italy in May.

Ciao!

Getting ready for Flagstaff Open Studios

Now that Joel's finished teaching his printing workshop we're converting the classroom back to a studio- getting ready for Open Studios. We're going to host 3 other artists: Greg Wenz, an awesome ceramicist from Tempe; Milly Haeuptle with hand crafted jewelry, and Jane Boggs makes masks, spirit people and vessels from gourds. AND we'll have live music with classical guitarist Craig Yarbrough and symphony cellist Melissa Cripps. Here's a link for open studios. And you can download the brochure here.

Joel should have at least one new release. I forgot to post his new release from our Studio show so here it is.

The Print Workshop

Yesterday and today, we've been running the print workshop- Joel teaches and I provide food. Saturday was intense information day and today he'll actually make a large print for all 6 participants!

And I'm making homemade blueberry muffins :)

It's a lot of fun!

Ciao for now...

Our Studio Show

We're busy preparing for our Studio Show tomorrow... cleaning up the studio, printing something new and hanging everything on the walls! Not that the studio is normally messy, but well, it is a working studio!

Click here to link to some of our NEW IMAGES!

We'll have snacks, drinks, live music and will be open from 10am-4pm. Please call for directions: 928-526-3726.

It would be nice to see some of you :)

Ciao,

Barb

A Show in Santa Fe

We're headed to a show in Santa Fe tomorrow. For anyone in the area, it will be on the plaza Saturday and Sunday. We're looking forward to some freshly roasted green chiles! Yum :)

The following weekend, we'll have our home show, then the printing workshop- busy month! And over Labor Day we're considering making a road trip up to Wyoming... more on that later!

Ciao!

Barb

More Efficient Than I Thought...

Well, Joel was more efficient than I thought and had already put a description of the new Beginning Digital Photography workshop (Sept 12) on the web site. I updated the schedule below to include a link. But to save you some scrolling here it is again: Beginning Digital Photography

New Workshop New Release and a Show

It’s been a busy week trying to get ready for this weekend’s show, especially choosing the new release.

We’ve also been working on putting together a new workshop for those of you who are new to digital photography. This will be for anyone who wants to learn the basics even if you’re an old hand at film photography but not yet familiar with your digital camera and not sure what a megapixel is...

The new release, above, is titled “Acquedotto” (aqueduct) and here's our updated schedule including the new beginning digital photography workshop:

July 4th weekend: Art in the Park- Wheeler Park Flagstaff

August 1-2: Girls Inc. Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

August 8: A Special Opening at our Studio!

August 15-16: Digital Printing Workshop (more details are on the website)

September 12: Beginning Digital Photography Workshop (details on the website)

October 14-18: Sedona Photography Workshop (more details on the website)

Coming Soon...

Ok, so I've been slacking a little with posting stuff... I'll get better, I promise! Just wanted to put up a quick note that Joel will have a couple new releases coming soon. I'll post links when we get them!

Here's our upcoming schedule in brief:

July 4th weekend: Art in the Park- Wheeler Park Flagstaff

August 1-2: Girls Inc. Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

August 8: A Special Opening at our Studio!

August 15-16: Digital Printing Workshop (more details are on the website)

October 14-18: Sedona Photography Workshop (more details on the website)

The photo (Joel took it) is from a recent hike we took near where we did our fall workshop last year- it's just as beautiful at this time of year!

Ciao for now :)

A Review

Here's a nice article about our workshop that will also refer you back to the blog! We did get a lot of positive feedback on our Tuscan Workshop... We're already planning for next year and will add Provence, France to the schedule as well.

Click here to link to the article...

Ciao!

Joel's New Release...

Ok, here's a link to Joel's new release: "Toscana I."

It's part of a new series of very limited editions he's doing... so he won't be printing very many of them!

Come see us (and his new image on canvas) at Wheeler Park in Flagstaff this Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25th.

Show hours are: 9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday, 9am-4pm Monday.

Ciao!

Keep it Going!

I've had several people suggest that I keep the blog going... so I'm going to give it a try! I'll try to make an update every week or so with information regarding our upcoming shows, workshops, and Joel's new releases.

Here's a photo we took in Le Marche. Joel also shot some really cool video of the same poppy field in the wind.

I will probably put up Joel's new release when he chooses it as well!

Ciao...