Category: Events
September 12, 2016
I have been “missing in action” for several months now and I apologize for that! Life has been busy with many family events, a foot surgery, a trip to Newfoundland and some time taken to “regroup” mentally, physically, spiritually and photographically. My sincere thanks to all those who checked up on me during that absence.
Life is good and I’m now preparing for my next adventure: my annual trip to Bandon in October. I’m really looking forward to creating something new in this familiar place.
While in Bandon I would like to invite anyone in the area to come by for a meet-up where we could get to know each other and do some shooting together.
I will be available on Saturday 10/15/2016 at 9 am, I’ll be at the parking lot overlooking the beach where 11th Street SW runs into the ocean, right next to the Bandon Beach Motel.
If you have any questions, please email me at: Cole@ColeThompsonPhotography.com
I hope you can make it!
Cole
June 19, 2015
(Isolated – Chuzenji-ko, Japan)
Hello Salt Lake City and Las Vegas, I’m coming to speak!
What will I be speaking about? Black and White and Vision, of course.
If you live in the area, I’d love to meet you!
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Nevada Camera Club in Las Vegas
Date: Friday, July 10th, 2015
Time: 7 pm
Location: Nellis Masonic Lodge #46
Address: 2200 West Mesquite Ave., Las Vegas NV 89106
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Wasatch Camera Club in Salt Lake City
Date: Thursday, July 16th, 2015
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Salt Lake Public Library
Address: 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT – 801-524-8200
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My presentation is 75 minutes long and I’ll showing lots of images, telling lots of stories (some of which are even true) and talking about a lot of things including:
- Vision
- Passion
- Why B&W Appeals to Me
- What I Look for in a B&W Image
- My Conversion from Photographer to Artist
- Copying Ansel Adams
- My Vision Epiphany
- What is Fine Art?
- The Role of Equipment and Processes
- Listening to Other’s Advice
- Asking Others for Advice
- Simplify
- Photographic Rules
- Cole’s Rule of Thirds
- Photographic Celibacy
- How Long do Projects Take?
- Some Before and After Images
- My Six Photoshop Tools
- Always Stop!
- Comparing and Competing
- How I Choose a Project
- Be Open to New Possibilities
- How I Found My Vision
- Why do I create?
- How to Make Money From Your Photography
- And Many Stories From My Portfolios.
Whew…all this in 75 minutes!
And at the end, I’ll be giving away three prints.
I do hope that I’ll get a chance to meet you.
Cole
January 16, 2015
I’m back from Easter Island and have begun working on the several thousand images I shot. Many were very long exposures and that gave me lots of time to think, and one thought that I had was:
You shoot a lot, you hope a little and you’re grateful to get just one or two.And that’s the truth: I shot a lot of images and while I’m hoping for several good ones, I’ll be grateful to get just a few. It’s funny how when you’re viewing images in the field every one looks like a killer, but the reality is that the public will only see about 1 out of every 250 images that I shoot.
And while it’s important to create great images, it’s almost equally as important to only show the good ones!
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I’ll be presenting my work to the Alpenglow Camera Club in Granby, Colorado on Wednesday, February 4th.
My presentation is entitled “Why Black and White?” and we will be meeting at the Granby Public Library at 7 pm.
If you’re in the area, I’d love to meet you!
Cole
January 11, 2013
The Ghosts of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Two Exhibitions
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January 18th through January 29th, 2013
Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles
Celebrating Auschwitz-Birkenau Liberation Day
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Friday, February 1st, 2013
Brick Wall Photographic Gallery, Spokane
Exhibition will run through the month of February
March 30, 2012
I was a 14 year old boy living in Rochester, NY when I discovered photography. Now some 45 years later I return to Rochester to exhibit, speak and conduct a workshop.
I will be exhibiting “The Ghosts of Auschwitz-Birkenau” and speaking about my experience at the Death Camps and well as sharing impressions from my meetings with Holocaust survivors.
My workshop is titled “Simple Secrets to Great Black and White Photography” and I’ll be sharing my “simple” philosophy, demonstrating my long exposure techniques and showing how I process my b&w images while using only six tools in Photoshop.
All events will be conducted at:
Image City Photography Gallery
722 University Ave.
Rochester, NY 14607
http://www.imagecityphotographygallery.com/
585-271-2540
