Barefoot and Back Roads Workshops

Barefoot and Back Roads

While we were in Spain, Arnie was robbed of his camera and one of his lenses. With all that we learned there, it seemed a good idea to write about the experience and offer some hints to help you avoid a similar mishap. Look for Beware of Thieves while Traveling.

On a good note, however, the rest of our trip in Spain went beautifully. Look for future articles on parts of our workshop adventure.A link to the blog can always be found is at the Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures website.

Workshops Filling Up

Our New England Fall Foliage workshop is sold out. Others are filling up quickly, including our new one for 2010, People & Culture of Belize. For those who want a summer workshop, we still have space in Summertime on the Maine Coast. In September, we have Fall Aspens & Ghost Towns of Colorado, Arches, Canyonlands & Moab, and Canyon de Chelly & Navajoland. For others, look at the offerings on the website.

We are excited to report that our alumni/ae (I like to specifically include the ladies) continue to sell their photographs, have solo shows, and be accepted into juried exhibitions. If any more of our alumni/ae have recent success stories, let us know, and we will include them in the next newsletter.

Lauren Golden (New England 2009, Canyon de Chelly 2009) was juried into Artist-Craftsmen of New York. As a member, she will be in their annual show in Soho. She wrote, "Of course, three of the five images I submitted were from the BCPA workshop - thought you might like to know that! Thanks for all of your support and guidance!" Congratulations, SN!

Harriet Feagin(Maine Coast 2008, Lighthouses of OBX 2008, Fall Aspens of Colorado 2009, New England 2009) is on a roll. "The West Texas Photographic Society had a juried show [with] well over 200 entries in the color division ... I did not place but did get an honorable mention. This was my first show and I felt honored to have my work even considered as one of the better entries." Wow, Harriet, that's great!

Dave Robertson(New England 2007, Arches 2008, Belize 2010) reported that his images from the Arches workshop have met with great success. "You will be pleased to know that I have been asked to present a solo exhibit of 25 images from the Moab workshop. They will be displayed for a month at Gallery 625 in Woodland, California." Indeed, Dave, that's wonderful news!

Website

I have been busy updating the website. All workshops that are finished or full for 2009 have been moved to 2010. In the spirit of making things easier for people, we are keeping our pricing for 2010 to the same level as 2009. The application and PayPal pages have been updated to reflect all this.For those who have missed it, our Fine Art section of our website is at http://www.BCphotoadventures.com/FineArt.php. It can also be accessed from the regular website. More information on this on the blog .

Please Pass the WordWe hope that all of you will pass this on to at least one person you know who loves photography as much the rest of us do. Because of the way we structure our workshops, there is tons of individual attention, making it possible for us to work with rank beginner and seasoned pro alike. In this economy, we always appreciate referrals, although we are very gratified that sign-ups for our workshops are going quite well, even in this economy. We must be doing something right!

Take care, TBC (The Barefoot Contessa, alias Margo Pinkerton) http://www.bcphotoadventures.com/ http://bcphotoadventures.wordpress.com/ http://www.zannpinkertonphotography.com/