NEWSLETTER
October 31, 2005
It's been a few weeks
since the brochure was sent out, and hopefully most of you have
received yours by now. The trips are filling up rapidly, so if you
have a 2006 workshop in mind, please call us as soon as you can
with your registration. The website was down for two days due to
effects from Hurricane Wilma but it is functional again, so you
can also register online. If you haven't received your brochure
by next week please respond to this email to request one, as we
may not have your address on file.
PHOTOGRAPHER NEWS
Two of our photographers have news that they'd like to share with
you. First, TV crews have been following Navajo photographer LeRoy
DeJolie around Arizona for the last month. The end result
should be a 4-minute long piece on LeRoy that will air during the
"Today Show" on Thursday, November 3rd.
Set your VCRs, as we don't know when during the 3-hour long program
LeRoy's story will air. Check your local listings for time and station.
Another of our photographers, Jerry Sieve, invites
you to visit him November 18-20 and November 25-27, from 10 am to
5 pm. He's taking part in the "Hidden In The Hills
Artist Studio Tour and Sale," a free art tour in which
visitors are encouraged to visit artist studios in the Carefree/Cave
Creek area in Arizona. Besides being one of our photographers, Jerry
also does oil painting, which will be on display. More information
about the event can be found here:
www.sonoranartsleague.org/hhinfosheet.html
SHARING WEBSITES
Mark Larson is the only person this month that told me about a new
website. Mark is one of our volunteers, and his images can sometimes
be found gracing the pages of Arizona Highways magazine.
We hope you enjoy his work:
Mark Larson
www.marklarsonphotography.com
Many of the photographers who teach our classes also have websites.
The links are listed in the latest brochure and can also be found
within our Instructor pages: www.friendsofazhighways.com/abo_instr.htm
Two websites that didn't make it into our brochure but that we'd
like you to know about are the following:
David Muench
brookover-muench.com
J. Peter Mortimer
jpetermortimer.com
TIPS FROM THE PROS
Speaking of J. Peter Mortimer, this month he offers us a tip on
“Color Tone Reference in Photographs”:
Your eyes can play tricks on you when it comes to color correction
in Photoshop and other similar programs. Skin tones vary greatly
in people pictures, greens in landscape photographs vary, and here
in Arizona, rocks come in many shades of red. When working with
a photograph on the computer, some sort of “constant color
reference” can be very helpful.
One trick I've developed is to keep a folder of images that do a
good job of showing particular tones. My file contains images that
I've collected from quality printed publications. Some are ads that
show excellent skin tone - if I’m paging through a magazine
that has a picture that I think does a good job of representing
a particular skin tone type, I tear it out and put it into my folder.
Another example would be a picture that shows great looking green
trees - again, I tear it out and put it into my file (if it’s
Arizona Highways, the whole magazine goes in the folder).
Here's how this comes in handy. Before beginning Photoshop color
correction, pull an image from the file folder that has color tone
values that are similar to the ones desired in the photograph you
are going to adjust. Put the “tone sample image” aside
until after making color corrections to the photograph on the computer.
Then compare the “tone sample image” to the color-corrected
photograph on the computer screen. You may find that your original
correction was too red, or too blue, or too green, etc. With the
help of the sample image as reference, you can then bring the final
tone into better adjustment.
This same technique also works well for black and white, and black
and white “sepia” photographs. Using a “tone reference
image” is extremely helpful - do give it a try!
ARIZONA HIGHWAYS
MAGAZINE SWEEPS TWELVE JOURNALISM AWARDS
We take great pride in being a support group for Arizona Highways
magazine, and love to share their accomplishments. Back in late
September, Arizona Highways was named the Magazine of the
Year in the International Regional Magazine Association competition,
which was for work published in 2004. In addition to Magazine of
the Year, they received eleven other prestigious IRMA Awards, including
5 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronzes in a variety of categories.
More than 280,000 subscribers worldwide turn to Arizona Highways
magazine each month for its articles on special places to go and
things to do in the state of Arizona. The magazine's looking better
than ever, and in 2006 we will continue to give gift subscriptions
to all participants on workshops of 4 days or longer, which you
can choose to keep for yourself or share with family and friends.
I'll shamelessly blow their horn for a moment because, besides the
magazine, Arizona Highways also produces a popular line
of travel books, calendars and Southwestern-themed gifts. We know
many of you like giving and receiving these, so with the holidays
coming up be sure to check out this site if you haven't already:
www.shoparizonahighways.com
That's all for now. Have a nice Halloween and we'll see you again
next month!
All the best,
Robyn Noll
Director
Friends of Arizona Highways
2039 W. Lewis Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85009
Phone: toll-free (888) 790-7042
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