On the coast of Georgia lies the port
city of Savannah. This small city attracts millions of visitors each
year, who take delight in the Savannah Historic District,
architecture of the colonial homes, and the scenery of the many
inner-city parks.
One of the photogenic sections of
Savannah is the Riverwalk. And this is where images can feature
musicians, street photography and of course the Savannah River
activities such as the coming and going of large cargo ships. The
background is composed of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge.
The outskirts of Savannah offer more
photographic opportunities. This was witnessed during a Bryan Peterson Photography Workshop, the first for the highly renown
professional photographer. Bryan and his local assistant had a group
of eight aspiring photographers, including myself, travel to Tybee
Island, Jekyll Island, and a small shrimp town of Darien.
During the first day of a 3-day
workshop, Bryan Peterson walked his students into the use of flash
photography, motion and creative reflection photography, and the
scenery of the Savannah Riverwalk. The second and third day
consisted of sunrise images, macro-photography, and framing.
All-in-all, the photography workshop brought out the professionalism
in each of its students. Instead of shooting like tourist, Bryan
taught his students to view things in a different light.
For quite a while, I have seen other professional photographers shoot with PocketWizards. And it was no different at the Bryan Peterson Photo Workshop. Bryan used the PocketWizard Plus III as one of his tools in shooting flash photography. I decided when I come back home that I will purchase two of them along with some color gels.
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