Left to Right: Mark Ward, Denise Ippolito, Tom Cuchara, Kate Ryan, Lisa Cuchara, Fiona Keyes, Stephanie Brooks, Don Shroder (on one knee) Mary Stamper (my assistant), Ralph Lindgren, Jerry Fuqua, Tom Snyder and Rhonda Pagano. At the workshop but not in the photo- Donna Laviola, Ann Darlington, Nancylee Mudd and her husband Jim. Nancy, I hope you feel better soon 
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Today was my Cairnwood Estates Workshop. Some members of the Lehigh Valley Photography Club and the Main Line Camera Club attended as well as some others. All in all it was a great day of fun and photography. I met some really nice folks and had the chance to shoot with some folks I already knew. We created HDR images both inside and outside of the estate. I was impressed by the creativity and eagerness of the group. We spent time also creating pleasing zoom blurs. Below are a couple of my favorite blurs that I created. The first one is a candelabra against some ornate wallpaper. To create the effect I used a one second exposure along with my 24-105mm zoom lens. To process the image I used a texture technique in the Render Lighting Filter in Photoshop, which I cover in detail in my “Guide to Creative Filters and Effects“. The second image is a hand held 10 second blur of the Christmas Tree that adorned the entrance. The crazy look of the lights appealed to me. I also used a soft green color overlay to add to the softness. To learn more about creating pleasing blurs you can sign up for my On-line Blur course or check out my “Guide to Pleasing Blurs” that I co-wrote with Arthur Morris. I will be giving my slide show/lecture “A Blend of Art and Nature” to the Lehigh Valley Photography Club on March 15th 2012 at 7:00 pm. For more details or to find out how you can attend this program click here.
Candelabra zoom blur at Cairnwood Estates
Tomorrow I head over to Longwood Gardens with several of the clients above along with some others for lots of spectacular holiday flowers!!
______________________________________________________________ denise ippolito
Don’t forget to enter ~ THE BIRDS AS ART 1st International Bird Photography Competition
It was a fun time, as usual. For those who haven’t been to one of Denise’s workshops, please consider coming to one if at all possible. We’ve had a great time at them all.
Thanks for the kind words Mary, it was a fun day
denise
These are two nice images. I especially like the Christmas tree one. It was very Christmassy of you to post a red one and a green one!
Thanks Dennis, I appreciate it. I love doing blurs and I could have done them all day
denise
wow, these are really cool Denise!!! Next you’ll be using fractalius on a xmas tree
That’s if you don’t beat me to it Cynthia! You are fracting everything-and well!
denise
Where was the snow??? Looks like a lot of smiling faces.
I hoped for snow but we didn’t get any. It was a great group. I enjoyed working with all of them very much.
denise
Creative shots Denise. It looks like a great workshop.
Thanks Phillip, It was a great group of folks and we did have some nice weather
denise
Looks like everyone had lots of fun. Love the candelabra zoom blur and the Christmas tree lights turned out really cool!
Thank you Andrew, It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed the group so much.
denise
Nice group shot. I like the abstracts also.
Thank you for the kind words.
denise
Looks like the workshop was fun for all. Very nice group shot and creative images.
Hi Jimi, We had a good time and the group was great! Thanks for the tweet!!
denise
Apparently with all the smiles, everyone enjoyed their day! Your first image with the candelabra is my favorite. Really nice!
Thanks Debra, it was a great day!
denise