Posts Tagged: Falling Water

blog post: 2013 fall foliage workshop

“Knock on the sky and listen to the sound.” — Zen Saying

Autumn is my favorite time of year.  I love the profound colors, pungent fragrances and autumnal foods this time of the year, but mostly I feel that Autumn it is an opportunity to reflect on the events and goals that previously occurred in Spring and Summer, and consider resting and regrouping through the Winter months to (hopefully) face the changing seasons once again.

I see beautiful colors throughout the Winter, Spring’s colors are bountiful and Summer moves from chartreuse to forest green, but Autumn? …visually there is no other season like it!

So to help you create from this most visually stimulating time of year I’m offering a 3-hour Photography Workshop on October 12th + 27th, from 6 AM to 9 AM and then again on October 13th + 26, 3 PM to 6 PM at Mingo Creek County Park.

The goal?  …is first, to help you envision your photos and then secondly, help you create from all the potential that will surround us.

You will learn:

  • ISO, Aperture + Shutter Speed: the Exposure Triangle and head home with your own Zen Photography Exposure Guide
  • To apply the principles of composition and how to view scenes differently.
  • Understand how those camera dials can help you achieve what you envision.
  • Learn to shoot comfortably in M (Manual) Mode.
  • Understand how different lenses will affect your exposure and composition.

What to bring:

  • Your enthusiasm + questions
  • A Tripod
  • Your DSLR Camera
  • All the Lenses you have
  • Compact Flash Cards

CLICK HERE to register – pre-pay/pre-purchase required.  Once you register, you’ll be given the meet-up location.

Namaste, Team Zen | Joanne Bartone

ABOUT THE PHOTO ABOVE:
Canon EOS 7D  |  Canon 24-70mm L f/2.8 @ 70 mm  |  ISO: 200  |  f/8  | 1/8  |  Falling Water, Farmington, PA  | Image refined cropped and enhanced for color + tonality in PS5

blog post: tortoise or hair

“It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.” —  Wisdom of Confucius

The fable of the tortoise and the hare comes to mind here…let me make myself an example: i move and think with awareness, so at times, i can appear to be slow.  my grandmother would always encourage me by saying “slow but steady; that is how you will have success.”  she was right.

At times we may wish that our success was quicker, but wishing does not get us closer to our desires.  the steady drip of water wears even the hardest rock over time.  consider allowing the process to unfold.

At Zen Photography Workshops + Retreats we help you to be consciously present in your daily deeds to help you move the mountains you were meant to move. 

Namaste, Team Zen | Joanne Bartone

ABOUT THE PHOTO ABOVE:
Canon EOS 5D  |  Canon 24-70mm L f/2.8 @ 24mm  |  ISO: 100  |  f/4.0  | 1/30  |  Falling Water  |  Mill Run PA  | Image refined, cropped and enhanced for color + tonality in PS5