Mark working with students on Mirror Lake at Whiteside Mountain Cove. October 13, 2009.
I lost a close, wonderful friend and fellow photographer Friday night. Mark Hutchison was a great photographer and writer whom I met in 2008 when I joined Gallery 4463 in Acworth, GA. He was one of the original members of the gallery. We had an instant respect and friendship for each other. As time went on we became closer and began working and brainstorming together often.
In September of 2009 Mark asked me to assist on his Fall Highlands Photography Workshop, which I gladly accepted for the experience. We had rain for 2 out of 3 days, but Mark still managed to provide a great experience for the participants. He and I realized we made a pretty good team.
We began working on a partnership for the 2010 workshops in Highlands, NC and my Jekyll Island workshops. We met last Wednesday and decided on 3 Highlands, 2 Jekylls and 1 North Georgia workshops. We had just begun work on advertising.
Friday night Mark passed away suddenly. I lost a close friend and mentor. Mark influenced many photographers in our area. He judged many competitions for Paulding Photography Club, Cobb Photographic Society and many more. He will be missed by many including myself. He was a great friend and I will miss him dearly.
The beautiful morning glow of sunrise light on the live oak forests just off the beach. The light is incredible this time of morning. Although very cold, you can't tell by the photo. It is always good to look around and study all the angles and not get taken in by the sunrise on the water. Hope you enjoy!!
This was day two on Driftwood beach. We wound up there both mornings at high tide, this was the first time I tried to shoot at high tidse. Next years workshops will all be timed for low tide at sunrise. This created a special problem, especially this morning as the tide was extra high. I had the distinct pleasure of standing in a fire ant hill long enough to get them all over my legs and had to shoot while being bittem every so often. No time to stop and worry about ants with this light. Hope you enjoy!!
Mark working with students on Mirror Lake at Whiteside Mountain Cove. October 13, 2009.
These shots were taken from across the marsh of the big factory in Brunswick, GA. We started right at sunset and shot until dark. The second one was taken handheld for 1/2 sec. in order to blur the factory and the car, just thought it would look different. Hope you enjoy!!
What beautiful light we had in the live oak forests. This makes for such a warm, cool contrast. I had tried to capture some good images out in these areas last year, but I really didn't pull it off until this trip. Hope you enjoy!!
On the dunes for our second morning at Jekyll. Nice sunny harsh light, great for sand shots and not a whole lot of anything else. Hope you enjoy!!
These images were taken above the Ritz Theater in downtown Brunswick, GA. This is also the gallery where I had a solo show last October and November. It has remained unrenovated for a year now and i was glad. It made for a great place with wonderful light to take the photographers on my workshop. Hope you enjoy!!
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