Travel Photography with Depth and Intensity

Great new travel photography book – Rabari – Encounters With the Nomadic Tribe

It would not surprise anyone who knows me well at all that I am a complete geography nerd. Many long years ago, when I was but a young thing, I was quite sure of what I wanted to be.

I envisioned myself, camera in hand, heading off into the wilds of….anywhere.

I could see myself traveling the globe, exploring little known places, meeting some of the world’s most exotic and obscure people and sending all that footage back to The National Geographic Magazine.

That’s not quite how things fell out, but that doesn’t mean I don’t still feel a certain leap in my chest when a copy of that august and venerable magazine lands in my hands.

Considering my serious, decades long, National Geographic addiction, imagine my delight upon receiving an advance copy of Rabari – Encounters With the Nomadic Tribe.

Travel Photography Book - Rabari, Encounters with the nomadic tribe

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New Asheville Commercial Photography Studio Now Open

Settled in and ready to work!

After living and working in the Atlanta area for the better part of the past 20 years, we’ve relocated to the mountains of beautiful western North Carolina, near the Asheville area.

After several months of settling in, taking care of business and getting the lay of the land, the new Asheville commercial photography studio is now open for business. Check out the new website design at deborahwolfe.net.

Focus on commercial photography.

After spending more than a decade primarily photographing The Great American Family, I am now focusing on my real passion – commercial photography.

The new Asheville Commercial Photography Studio specializes in architectural photography, interiors photography, exteriors photography, product photography and food photography.

Asheville Commercial Photographer Deborah Wolfe

Life is good!

Just thought I’d throw that last part in because I believe it’s very important to focus on what’s right in our lives and gives thanks for those things. In that spirit…..LIFE IS SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD and the future’s so bright I have to wear shades!!!

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Wake Up Sleepy Heads. It’s Black Friday!

Totally Rad is having a MAD CRAZY Black Friday Sale.

Prices 25% – 30% off for everyone.

My Readers Receive an ADDITIONAL 15% off!

That’s a total of 40% – 45% SAVINGS YOU GET TO KEEP IN YOUR POCKETS!

Just in case you slept through the whole thing missed it the first time, get all the gooey details here -

Time for Totally Rad’s Annual Black Friday Sale

How Do You Cash in on All This Goodness?

First you have to visit Totally Rad:

Then, use this coupon code before you check out and your additional 15% discount will be added:

Totally Rad Black Friday Sale

Hope you all had a grand Turkey Day and aren’t too hung over from all that good food, and no doubt good company : )

Me? Why yes, I did indeed have a fabulous Thanksgiving Day feast with family and friends, and thank you for asking.

Check out some my reviews on the Totally Rad line of products:

RadLab is a Game Changer

Totally Rad Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets

New Presets from Totally Rad Really Deliver

Totally Rad Black & White Presets Produce Glorious Images

New Totally Rad Lightroom Presets ‘Effects’ Add Visual Interest to Photographs

Totally Rad Lightroom Presets Total Package

Totally Rad Actions RULE!

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Time for Totally Rad’s Annual Black Friday Sale

Savings of up to 25% – 30% for ONE DAY ONLY!

24 Hours Only on 11/25/2011.

If you’re already acquainted with Totally Rad’s products, then I don’t have to tell you how fantastic they are. If you’ve either been living in a cave in Nepal never heard of them or used them before, now could be the time. This is SERIOUS money STAYING in your pockets people.

 

Totally Rad Black Friday Sale

For example, lets say you decide to purchase RadLab, which usually sells for $149.00. At 25% off that would be….let’s see….carry the one, dot the ‘i’……cross the ‘t’….move the zero …an astonishing $37.25 SAVINGS. 

Think of all the lottery tickets you could buy with that.

But Really, That Ain’t All Folks

For some inexplicable and magical reason, Doug Boutwell has granted yours truly a little something extra for my readers. A coupon. Worth another 15% off. On top of the aforementioned 25% – 30% off.

Just When You Thought Math Didn’t Matter

Soooooo….let’s go back to that equation, only now we’ll carry the 2, divide by 4, move the decimal point over to the left, nudge MawMaw off the couch, and viola’….

That $37.25 jumped to $59.60 that stays in your pocket!

You could buy a LOT of Cheetos with that kind of money. But enough about my little fetishes. So without further ado, I give you the….

SUPER SECRET COUPON CODE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 15% SAVINGS!

Totally Rad Black Friday Sale

Just use that code when you check out with your goods and the extra 15% will be applied. No no, please. Really, sit back down. No need to say thank you. Your happiness and success are thanks enough.

Want to Learn More?

If you’re anything like me and want to attain world domination to learn a little more about things before you sign on the dotted line, you could check out any of my reviews on Totally Rad’s various products:

RadLab is a Game Changer

Totally Rad Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets

New Presets from Totally Rad Really Deliver

Totally Rad Black & White Presets Produce Glorious Images

New Totally Rad Lightroom Presets ‘Effects’ Add Visual Interest to Photographs

Totally Rad Lightroom Presets Total Package

Totally Rad Actions RULE!

So head on over to Totally Rad and take a little ‘pre-shopping’ look around.

Totally Rad Black Friday Sale

Totally Rad Black Friday Sale

 

 

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Goodbye Steve Jobs

Travel well and shine your light.

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.

Life is brief, and then you die, you know?

And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.”

 

Steve Jobs

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How to Photograph and Light a Large Group Outside – Tutorial

Great Lighting Questions From Readers

I often get really great emails from many of my readers.

Occasionally I think an email deserves a more detailed response because it could benefit many more people than just the individual asking the question. Such is the recent email from one of my readers, Val Patel.

Val says,

“Hello Deborah,
I enjoyed reading your studio tutorials.  They have wealth of information.

The question I have is you said you used two lights for the photography large group, what was the placement of these lights?

Also, another question I have is how do you set up lights when there is no backdrop (or a wall) but a natural background of plants, flowers and trees?

I will be photographing large groups in a pre-wedding party this week-end.  So, your reply will help me tremendously.

Thanks and regards,

Val Patel”

Hello Val (and everyone!)

In the post being referred to, How to Photograph Large Groups in the Studio I did use only two lights. I wanted to keep that vivid orange background super saturated, therefore I did not light it directly. Instead, I only lit the subjects and allowed their lighting to spill over and  slightly illuminate the background.

Lighting a Large Group Outside With Nature as a Backdrop

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Buy a Book and You Could Win a FREE Canon T3i

DPS is giving away a FREE Canon T3i body and lens to some lucky buyer of Click! How to Take Gorgeous Photos of Your Kids

Yes, you read correctly. Buy a copy of the new and fabulous e-book from Digital Photography School, Click! How to Take Gorgeous Photos of Your Kids before October 19, 2011, and you will automatically be eligible to win a Canon EOS Rebel T3i body and lens. That is a THOUSAND dollar bundle of creative potential prize.

Let’s Talk About the Book for a Moment.

I have been photographing children for almost 25 years and if I was going to write a book about children’s photography, Click! How to Take Gorgeous Photos of Your Kids would be that book.

Click! How to Take Gorgeous Photos of Your Kids

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