Explore Photo Exhibits With Me
Judy G. Rolfe Photography presents a trip to Washington D.C., to explore both the Nature's Best Photography exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Museum and other notable photography exhibitions.
The Nature's Best Photography exhibit, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History,celebrates nature through photography that brings wildlife up close and personal. More than 20,000 images from photographers around the world were judged in the annual competition to select stunning portraits of animals, plants, ocean life, and landscapes. The collection of 48 award-winning, large-format prints combines art with science and technology to take you on a photographic journey from the wild to the walls of the Smithsonian.
Curators Steven Freligh and Chuck Veatch take the group through this exhibition and will give a "behind the scenes" look at these images.
Natures Best Photography blog
http://naturesbestblog.com/
Natures Best flickr site
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]
Washington Post review
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/winners-of-the-natures-best-photography-competition/2012/03/13/gIQAWhGyBS_gallery.html
LINK FOR REGISTRATION FORMS
The Nature's Best Photography exhibit, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History,celebrates nature through photography that brings wildlife up close and personal. More than 20,000 images from photographers around the world were judged in the annual competition to select stunning portraits of animals, plants, ocean life, and landscapes. The collection of 48 award-winning, large-format prints combines art with science and technology to take you on a photographic journey from the wild to the walls of the Smithsonian.
Curators Steven Freligh and Chuck Veatch take the group through this exhibition and will give a "behind the scenes" look at these images.
Natures Best Photography blog
http://naturesbestblog.com/
Natures Best flickr site
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]
Washington Post review
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/winners-of-the-natures-best-photography-competition/2012/03/13/gIQAWhGyBS_gallery.html
LINK FOR REGISTRATION FORMS
Rehoboth Photography Weekends
Want to get out of town? Got the Winter doldrums? Did you get a new digital camera over the holidays and need some help with those bells and whistles? Delmarva Photo Safaris has the perfect remedy.A Rehoboth photography workshop weekend led by seasoned professional photographer Judy G. Rolfe in Rehoboth.We will walk the boards "making" not just "taking" pictures. Morning Photo Walks are approximately 2 hours long. Comfortable clothing, water,shoes, are recommended in addition to your digital camera & its handbook, empty media cards, fully charged batteries & backup batteries AND your enthusiasm for digital photography! Optional evening Sunset shooting and mornings after our PhotoWalks we will swap some stories (digital related preferred), and do a little chimping (chimping is a term used for reviewing your shots on your LCD screen on the back of your camera, usually accompanied by lots of ooh, oohs and aah, aahs) Canon-mount Lensbabys will be shared for interested participants.Loan of a Canon 400mm is available also.
Two-Day Wachapreague VA Photo Safari
Wachapreague is on the seaside of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Population 236. Attractions other than just the mere beauty of Wachapreague include a fleet of offshore fishing yachts, birdwatching, unfettered barrier island beaches and in short an abundance of nature. The Wachapreague Channel winds from the town, through the marsh, out to the barrier islands beaches. Between Cedar and Parramore Islands it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. Easy access to the marsh and ocean makes this a popular place for fishermen and photographers! We will go out to these Islands via boat to make our images.
We will learn a variety of techniques that will advance your technical skills and photographic vision. We focus on a number of professional field techniques to help you create dramatic and powerful nature images, including: Working with dramatic light, including sunrise and sunset and fundamentals of compositions.Traveling from the South,Wachapreague is about 35 miles north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel or from the North about 30 miles south of the Maryland state line.Interested in getting off the beaten path..
What's Included
- Photography instruction
What's Not Included (per person
- Lodging & breakfast*(Double occupancy,$45 each =$90, Singles $90.00)
- Boat out to barrier Islands for Sunrise
- Transportation while in Wachapreague
- Lunches and Dinner
Payment options;(*Price of $275 is per person)
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
We will learn a variety of techniques that will advance your technical skills and photographic vision. We focus on a number of professional field techniques to help you create dramatic and powerful nature images, including: Working with dramatic light, including sunrise and sunset and fundamentals of compositions.Traveling from the South,Wachapreague is about 35 miles north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel or from the North about 30 miles south of the Maryland state line.Interested in getting off the beaten path..
What's Included
- Photography instruction
What's Not Included (per person
- Lodging & breakfast*(Double occupancy,$45 each =$90, Singles $90.00)
- Boat out to barrier Islands for Sunrise
- Transportation while in Wachapreague
- Lunches and Dinner
Payment options;(*Price of $275 is per person)
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
Lewes Farmers Market Photo Safari Saturdays; Historic Lewes Farmers Market,Inside the fence of LHS at W. Third and Shipcarpenter
There will be a Photo Walk through the Historic Lewes Farmers Market on the above Saturdays beginning at 8am. We will walk thru theFarmers Market, a community-based, producer-only, farmers market located in theHistorical Complex off Shipcarpenter Street.The Photo Walk is approximately 2 hours long.We will meet at the corner of 3rd and Shipcarpenter Streets. Optional is grabbing a bite at Cafe Azafran, swap some stories, and do a little chimping (chimping is a term used for reviewingyour shots on your LCD screen on the back of your camera, usually accompanied by lots of ooh, oohs and aah, aahs).
What to bring: your digital camera & its handbook, empty media cards, fully charged batteries & backup batteries, water, hat, sunscreen AND your enthusiasm for digital photography!
Payment options; Indicate which date you'd like to attend by emailing [email protected]
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
What to bring: your digital camera & its handbook, empty media cards, fully charged batteries & backup batteries, water, hat, sunscreen AND your enthusiasm for digital photography!
Payment options; Indicate which date you'd like to attend by emailing [email protected]
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
Rehoboth Boardwalk Sunset Photo Walk The tour will step off from the boards at the top of Wilmington Avenue in Rehoboth
There will be a Rehoboth Photo Walk led by seasoned professional photographer Judy G. Rolfe on the boardwalk at 5pm. We will walk the boards "making" not just "taking" pictures. The Photo Walk is approximately 2.5 hours long. Comfortable clothing, water,shoes, hat and sunscreen are recommended in addition to your digital camera & its handbook, empty media cards, fully charged batteries & backup batteries AND your enthusiasm for digital photography! Optional is grabbing a breakfast, swap some stories, and do a little chimping (chimping is a term used for reviewingyour shots on your LCD screen on the back of your camera, usually accompanied by lots of ooh, oohs and aah, aahs).
Payment options;
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
Payment options;
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
Two-Day Lavender Fields Photo Safari (Capturing &Critiques) Part 1; (Capturing) Part2; (Critiques) Lavender Fields Farm, 18864 Cool Spring Rd. Milton,DE.
Forget an expensive trip to Provence, France. A two evening photo workshop with seasoned photographer Judy G. Rolfe to Lavender Fields Farm is all you need if you long to capture blooming rows of purple lavender, enjoy the beauty of this sweet smelling herb, pick your own bouquet of flowers, rest under the shade of a tree, and experience all the flavors, fragrances and healing qualities of this amazing purple flower. Judy will provide training in this hands-on workshop designed to help photographers at all levels but with a emphasis on how to use your camera to "make" great images. The second night participants bring their best 10 images (on CD or flashdrive) to be critiqued by the group. BYOB welcomed. What to bring:Your digital camera & its handbook, empty media cards, fully charged batteries & backup batteries,tripod if you have one, water, hat, sunscreen, BYOB Saturday AND your enthusiasm for digital photography!
Payment options;
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
Payment options;
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
Photo Walk: Historic Lewes Delaware
"Photo Walk: Historic Lewes Delaware": Explore Lewes ( /ˈluːɨs/) with Rolfe Photography on a Photo Walking tour, Sunday August 7th from 6-8pm, one of the best times to shoot because of the nice, warm, soft, "end-of-day" light . We will head out from Cannonball Park and are guided through the eyes of a seasoned professional photographer plus be given creative photography tips all while learning about Lewes's history.Capture amazing photographs in 17th century neighborhoods along Kings Highway,Second Street, Savannah and Pilottown Roads and the Lewes Canal Front. Explore historic sites like the The Cannonball House,Saint Peters Church, founded by Dutch colonists in Lewes in 1631 and ending at its garden labyrinth.As a professional photographer with over 15 years of experience, Judy wants to share her knowledge of Lewes plus give you tips to becoming a better observer through photography. To learn more about your Pro Photography leader check out her website. http://www.delmarvaphotosafaris.com/Disposable, digital , and film cameras and even Smartphone cameras are all welcome. The walking tour is approximately 2 hours long and covers an area of less than a mile. Comfortable clothing, shoes, hat water and sunscreen are recommended. Optional is grabbing a bite at Cafe Azafran or Cake Bar, swap some stories, and do a little chimping (chimping is a term used for reviewing your shots on your LCD screen on the back of your camera, usually accompanied by lots of ooh, oohs and aah, aahs).
Meet at Cannonball Park at 6pm. Corner of Savannah Road and Front Street, along the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. (Across the street from the Lewes Post Office).Lewes, DE. 19958
Directions:http://www.mapquest.com/#b0535ddd6f33ee005f02317b
Payment options;
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
Meet at Cannonball Park at 6pm. Corner of Savannah Road and Front Street, along the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. (Across the street from the Lewes Post Office).Lewes, DE. 19958
Directions:http://www.mapquest.com/#b0535ddd6f33ee005f02317b
Payment options;
Paying with check or cash, and registering by emailing [email protected]
Smith Island Maryland Two-Day Photo Safari Meetup at Ferry in Crisfield Md
Smith Island is located about 12 miles off the shore of Crisfield, Maryland. We would catch the ferry over, check into our BnB do some shooting at sunset, have a Smith Island traditonal dinner of soft shell crabs and for dessert the most famous dish, a locally produced cake featuring 8 to 15 thin layers, the Smith Island cake. The next morning we will head out early for a boat trip to locations around the Island to capture the abundant gulls, brown pelicans, herons cormorants, and other shorebirds. Plus try to capture some of the waterman crabbing or wander around the small island. Our day will end with the ferry back to Crisfield, the mainland. Click below for New York Time article on Smith Island.
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com
Fall Cape Cod Oyster Workshop
Professional photographer,Judy G. Rolfe will lead a Photo Workshop out to a oyster farm along the waters of Wellfleet Bay where we will make images of harvesting and shellfishermen. The workshop is scheduled to get you in the mood for the upcoming Annual Wellfleet Oyster Festival in October.
