No Photo Workshop in Seattle would be complete without doing a cityscape - or in this case a nightscape from Dr. Jose Rizal Park. This photo was processed with Color Efex to give it a big more flare and differentiate it from the billions of other shots from this location

Fun with Flare - we were doing an exercise where we were firing the flash to backlight the hair. After I got that shot I decided to try a few more so I could get some lens flare (by letting light intentionally spill directly into the lens). I was really happy with how this one turned out. I've only done some minor processing on it but I have some ideas about how I can make this one really cool so I look forward to editing it completely.

Amanda was never safe from the camera.

No, we didn't go to the Palouse. Can you believe this was growing out of the concrete and through a fence at an beat up industrial building? Lesson learned: Don't bitch about there being nothing to shoot - you've gotta make something out of nothing sometimes!

Joe thought it would be fun to play with the reflections in the water (something he learned on a previous workshop), so he assisted as Amanda once again was our model. This was taken in Pioneer Square in Seattle.

Joe isn't as scary as he looks - it's quite the opposite. Here he was having fun with the flash and wanted me to get a shot of him.

I botched the shot, but the idea was to reflect the building in the water from curb level. Cool idea!

Poor Amanda couldn't even have a coffee in peace! Bryan got a full blown flash shooting session going in the coffee shop with Joe holding the flash outdoors and pointing it to Amanda while we all took turns getting this shot. I wanted the students to get a chance so I only snapped two quick shots - I wasn't happy with the result, but you can see how some of the others were really cool!

Wade closes in for the macro shot

Bryan can get a little excited about the flash at night!

Goofing off between lessons I captured this shot that I enjoyed. I only did minor processing in Lightroom so it needs work, but I still enjoy it for some reason.

Amanda agreed to be my model while I tested the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for B&H. This colorful location in Pioneer square was a great place to see what that lens could do - and it didn't dissapoint

Casino Jim captures a macro shot with his award winning plastic in his back pocket

Bryan takes the "Time Expired" shot of the parking meter with Joe's "dead" body in the background - it was an awesome shot and a really creative idea!

Bryan does a video for PPSOP while Amanda records

Nikon's were the camera of choice for this workshop. Here Jim enjoys the pocket wizards for the first time with his

The Graffiti Wall was a blast. Here Bryan runs wild while we shoot so we can Understand Shutter Speed

I didn't have much time to shoot this before the water turned off, but I'm hoping I can find it again one day to get a better shot. It's a really cool thing to see in real life.

My wife hates this, but I love patterns and colors so I enjoy it. I haven't processed it so it needs a little help, but I tossed it up for fun anyway. Again these were weeds at a run down building.

Amanda volunteers her hand. Only light Lightroom processing here (including a rotated crop that I'm experimenting with).

Bryan made this look easy, but I struggled with it. Using a slower shutter speed you follow your arm in a pan to blur everything else out. I digitally added a little blur to demonstrate the idea but my result was a bit of a fail.

This was a quick, unplanned shot of Mary Lou where I blasted her with way too much flash (and still managed to get a blurry shot). It was fun though for our quick Canon shootout.

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Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - Bryan likes to make a picture so here's where he gathered the background and flower from elsewhere and assembled them on the ground. I had a pretty boring shot here, but you can see how it had potential.

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Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - Bryan dropped a flower in here to give the scene something more. I just botched the shot. :)

Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - a fail on my part but I still enjoyed the colors

Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - I wish I could have nailed one when this guy was fishing but I was busy helping others out so I came along too late. It was a perfect scene for a fisherman shot.

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Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - again, the flower was dropped in after the fact

Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - Bryan builds a scene again, and I blow it again.

Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - Just loved this image on the wall, but buttheads ruined the bottom of it. I just captured this for a photo memory

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Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - just capturing the wall in the next several shots so I could show people what it was like without any fancy photography tricks.

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Bryan wanted us to capture the light in between the bridges coming through here. It's a neat shot in some ways but I would have done it much differently if it wasn't part of an instruction moment.

Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - I had to rush off so I only got one snap, but I think the flower was added after the fact. I love the colors here and wish I had time to get something out of it.

Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - Amanda and Wade try to get creative at the dumpy warehouse building. This is near where I got my shot that looks like it was from the Palouse (to the left of Wade around the corner)

Unprocessed Random Photo from the shoot - here's another angle of Wade for the shot I included in the article. I thought shooting over his shoulder was more interesting than this composition