On The Road
My kids are out of school early this summer. We're taking advantage of that fact and starting our summer vacation. No photo projects for June, little to no responsibility for a few weeks.
So... if you notice a delay in replies to email or comments on posts, you know why. I do have some good In The Field and In Post videos queued up to keep you company, though.
Of course, my camera won't sit idle in the bag. And no doubt you'll see some of what my lens captures in the weeks to come. Vacation photos do make their way into my professional work. The photo here is from a road trip to Death Valley. It's also in my latest book Take 5: ON1 Photo.
See you on the other side...
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Scott Davenport is a landscape photographer and photo educator and based in San Diego, California. He leads photo workshops, writes photo books, hosts podcasts, makes tutorial videos, and feels weird referring to himself in the 3rd person.
He also can't help getting his feet wet photographing at the beach.
How fast are my photo edits? Turtle slow... and I've got reasons for that