civilized ku # 202 ~ a good time was had by all

Various windows • click to embiggenLast Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aaron (the Cinemascapist) held his first photo workshop. It was a great success. Testimonials from the participants - who came from across the US of A - were many and brimming with praise and satisfaction.

Aaron did a great job and his idea for a last-evening gallery show (on Saturday) with work created by workshop participants was a great success (and lasted well past midnight). The opening was very well attended and 3 participants actually sold prints.

FYI, the last morning (Saturday) was reserved for "darkroom" work, AKA - Photoshop work, in the local community college computer lab where the participants worked on their workshop created images (2 ea.) for the show. The files were sent to me at around 12:30PM and by 4:15PM I was standing in the gallery (35 miles away) with an art case filled with 20×24' prints ready for hanging.

Also FYI, on Friday the workshop group visited me at my home primarily for the purpose of seeing Aaron's large-format gallery prints which are stored (and displayed) at my house. They were also in my village for a workshop photo location/shoot. Most of the group were followers of The Landscapist and one was surprised to find out that the Landscapist was the father of the Cinemascapist. As always, it was a pleasure and a treat to actually meet, in the flesh, readers of my blog.

One of the group, John Bailey - from the Boston area, joined me that evening for dinner in Saranac Lake. John is a Landscapist follower from way back - I presented some of his work back in December of 2006. You can see it (with a link to more) HERE.

My congratulations to Aaron for a job well done and here's hoping that the event gets even bigger and better next year. And to all of the workshop participants, it was great to meet you and spend time together, especially at the gallery show. For those of you who will continue to use my wide-format custom printing services, I look forward to building a one-on-one working relationship.