David Salmanowitz participated in the recent Myanmar workshop with Art Wolfe.

www.davidsalmanowitz.com

“It was a real treat hanging out with Art and Gavriel for our time together in Myanmar. There is always something to be learned from photographers whose work I admire, and this time that was surely the case. Things were learned from what was said, and a lot from just watching how they both would react to a situation. The critiques were invaluable; from a suggested different crop, different angle, … all things to end up with a finer photograph. Seeing Art, Gavriel, and Chris’s (the other participant) work I was given new ideas as to trying some thing I might have not thought of. That said it was also just so much fun all our time together–could not have asked for or gotten more”.

A gallery of images by Vietnam workshop participants Elaine Nakamura & Steve Reeves.

Art will be on creativeLIVE today at 11am PST for the final installment of his three part workshop entitled “The Creative Eye”.

And don’t forget, today is the last day that we are giving away a copy of Art’s landscape book Edge of the Earth | Corner of the Sky. Retweet with #EOECOS to be included in the daily random drawing.

BLOG: open edition prints – Images by Art Wolfe

Would you like a chance to win an Art Wolfe Open Edition Print? Sure you Do!

This is how: forward us your friends! Have someone you know sign up for any one of the Art Wolfe Spring Tours and we will enter your name in a drawing for a 16 x 20 signed, unframed, Art Wolfe print of your choice! Limited to the open edition gallery of images only – This gives you over 200 image choices. We will announce 1 winner from each of the cities at the end of the tour on June 14^th.

Simply have the person signing up mention your first and last name when registering online. If you get more than one person to sign up, you get more than one entry in the drawing.

And don’t forget the special pricing discount ends this weekend!

Art will be on creativeLIVE today at 11am PST for part two of his three part workshop entitled “The Creative Eye”.

And don’t forget that we are giving away a copy of Art’s landscape book Edge of the Earth | Corner of the Sky every day for the next week. Retweet with #EOECOS to be included in the daily random drawing.

Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO ©Art Wolfe

Last week’s winner of Art’s book–Edge of the Earth | Corner of the Sky was Elmer Ticas. Congratulations, Elmer! Now, with the success of last week’s drawing, we have decided to give away a copy of the book everyday from now until the final creativeLIVE workshop being held next Tuesday. That is 9 more chances to win a free book!

Retweet this blog post to be entered into a random drawing being held everyday until the workshop ends next Tuesday. Add #EOECOS to all of your tweets.

In addition we are pleased to announce that creativeLIVE has joined forces with B and H Photo in New York, this is great news for the creativeLIVE team, who is based out of the Art Wolfe Gallery in SODO, Seattle, Washington.

Time is running out! You still have until May 1 to sign-up for the Art Wolfe Spring Tour photography workshops and receive the early sign-up discount price of $195, but after May 1^st it will be $295.

And here’s some good news: Lowepro and X-Rite have generously donated door prizes to be given away at each city!

Lowepro is providing the Pro Runner 350 AW pack. This is Art’s personal pack of choice, it allows him to carry all of his necessary photo equipment in addition to his 15″ laptop. It’s below the maximum legal carry-on size so you never have to part with your valuable gear on the airplane, and the harness system is supportive and comfortable to allow you to wear this pack for hikes and travel while on location.

X-Rite has contributed the ColorChecker Passport, a great tool for managing and controlling color. This compact color chart is designed to be taken into the field and photographed. The included software integrates with Adobe’s Creative Suite and lets you quickly and consistently edit your color to get perfectly mastered images time after time. Another great tool.

With more reasons and a discounted price for the remainder of this month why wouldn’t you sign up?

Tomorrow (April 20,2010 11am-1pm PST) on creativeLIVE.com Art will begin teaching his Creative Eye Workshop. If you have ever wondered how a simple set of stacked rocks like these can become visually stronger like the image below, you need to join this live workshop series. The best part is that it is free! Yes free! In addition, if you are in the Seattle area you can watch the event in person at the Art Wolfe Studio in SoDo. The address is:
1944 First Avenue South
Seattle WA 98134

Want a chance to win a free copy of Art Wolfe’s book Edge of Earth|Corner of Sky? Retweet this workshop to be entered into a random drawing. Add #EOECOS to all of your tweets.

Chris Martin participated in the recent Vietnam & Cambodia workshop with Art Wolfe. If you are interested in Chris’ photography, please contact him through his website & blog:

Blog:  www.chrismartinphotography.wordpress.com

Website: www.chrisphoto.ca

“I have long admired Art Wolfe’s photography and the artistic strengths he brings to his images.  Joining his photo tour to Myanmar, I expected to visit amazing locations and make some great photographs within the settings as chosen by Art and his assistant Gavriel.  The reality far exceeded these expectations as Art and Gavriel’s skill in connecting with people, coupled with our guide’s expert knowledge of the places we visited, made every day exceptional.  The beautiful images made all came while having a great time travelling together, eating delicious food, traveling easily (whether by van, boat, plane or hot air balloon) and staying in very comfortable accommodations.

What I did not anticipate, and what made this tour outstanding, was the openness with which Art shared his keen eye for composition, color and the extra elements added (or subtracted) that can elevate an image into something special.  Both Art and Gavriel openly shared their methods of approaching every scene, the images they visualized making and then the steps they took to create them.  The conversations while on location and constructive critiques of images made by the group, has made a tangible difference in my photography.  Further, the clarity of my own vision has jumped forward as a direct result of Art’s mentorship.  To share in Art’s thought process from imagining an idea through to realizing it as an image is an incredible opportunity for any photographer.  I am already planning for my next tour with Art Wolfe’s team.”

“In retrospect of my recent trip to Vietnam and Cambodia I like to thank Art and Gavriel for their wonderful  help and assistance during our travels to interesting places. I always seemed to be in trouble with my awkward tripod, the technical aspects of my  camera, etc. But Gavriel and Art were present, helped and blocked out the technical difficulties to make a decent shot. How much did I learn!!!  Many, many thanks.  I have a different approach towards photography now. I am not only reporting a trip in images, I am composing my picture. Your way of looking at a scene had quite an impact on my photographic approach. Thank you, Art and Gavriel for inspiring me. Photography  will be a lifelong passion, I cannot stop anymore.”