Artist’s Statement "Light, not objects, is the source of color!" Isaac Newton, 16th Century Nature photography is all about capturing dynamic light! Naturally, you want to know 'What is dynamic light?' At dawn or dusk, light passes through miles of atmosphere. Whether direct or reflected, such light takes on qualities of the atmosphere. It then paints nature in remarkable, dramatically vivid colors. As a nature photographer, I find dynamic light is the process of waiting for just the right moment in light's rapid change to capture a captivating landscape in nature’s wilds and wilderness. Paths of Light is a book which illustrates lights transition from dawn to dusk. Many of these images come from the Four Corners area, Southwestern United States. In competition with peers, judges, juried exhibitions, and magazine contest solicitations, we've been accorded awards and a magazine cover. We provide three venues to help you explore Paths of Light. We show you the image; many won competition awards. We describe the challenge, excitement, and emotion of each capture. And finally, we discuss technical aspects from capture to competition display. We lead Digital Photography Adventure Tours to 4 Corners of southwest US… Anasazi Adventures ~ Photograph Anasazi Ruins in Natural Settings Bisti Adventures ~ Step onto Mars and Photograph Surreal Hoodoo Shapes When you start with a camera and end up with an award-winning image - a lot of learning, careful thought, and deep emotion goes into this intricate process. We take you into wilderness, help you compose, talk about the best light, tell you the History and Heritage of each region… We present Lightroom 2 and CS4 Workshops. When the Light is NOT Right, we show you how to gather high dynamic range images (HDR) and panoramas, quickly process, then display in such enduring collections as Keepers, Fine Art, and Competitions! Dr. Joe Bridwell is an Award-Winning Photographer, Tour Guide, Writer, and Storyteller... Come with Joe; Joe enjoys bringing Natural History and a talented photographer’s eye to Digital Wilderness Tours. The 4 Corners Region has ancient rainforests, dinosaurs, Anasazi civilizations, magnificent archeological ruins in remote, protected canyon heads, and scarred remnants of relatively recent volcanic explosions. A Blog (www.PathwaysofLight.blogspot.com), Books, Digital Tours, and Workshops are available from Joe to offer expert guidance for your Cultural, Heritage, Natural History, and Digital Instincts! http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Bisti-Art/Bisti-Art/JoeCamelVanDSC44437x4/115577625_aRU3t-Ti.jpg http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Peoples Choice/ 2009-11-26T16:02:54Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />Long Ago and Far Away… Salvadore Dali was famous for creating surreal paintings, with sepulchural effects. On another planetary world long ago, we found an ancient hoodoo, falling in dis ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Peoples-Choice/Peoples-Choice/2310667_s4jvP#282134705_MYcU5" title="Long Ago and Far Away… Salvadore Dali was famous for creating surreal paintings, with sepulchural effects. On another planetary world long ago, we found an ancient hoodoo, falling in dis ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Peoples-Choice/Peoples-Choice/LongAgoandFarAwayXIIDSC7246cs3/282134705_MYcU5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Long Ago and Far Away… Salvadore Dali was famous for creating surreal paintings, with sepulchural effects. On another planetary world long ago, we found an ancient hoodoo, falling in dis ..." title="Long Ago and Far Away… Salvadore Dali was famous for creating surreal paintings, with sepulchural effects. On another planetary world long ago, we found an ancient hoodoo, falling in dis ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-03T07:35:29Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Peoples-Choice/Peoples-Choice/LongAgoandFarAwayXIIDSC7246cs3/282134705_MYcU5-Th.jpg 2005-11-04 17:21:47 <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />Lavender Dawn Dawn can be such a soft, wondrous time… The softness of sunrise is tempered by a sand dune with its subtle, wind-sculpted curve. As our eye sweeps nature’s gorgeous curve, ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Peoples-Choice/Peoples-Choice/2310667_s4jvP#273388638_jt8sW" title="Lavender Dawn Dawn can be such a soft, wondrous time… The softness of sunrise is tempered by a sand dune with its subtle, wind-sculpted curve. As our eye sweeps nature’s gorgeous curve, ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Peoples-Choice/Peoples-Choice/LavenderDawnIIIDSCN600110x/273388638_jt8sW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Lavender Dawn Dawn can be such a soft, wondrous time… The softness of sunrise is tempered by a sand dune with its subtle, wind-sculpted curve. As our eye sweeps nature’s gorgeous curve, ..." title="Lavender Dawn Dawn can be such a soft, wondrous time… The softness of sunrise is tempered by a sand dune with its subtle, wind-sculpted curve. 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Five sand hill cranes, eager to land, are a left-handed question mark. Sunset, deep peach in color, gives the cranes a gorgeous ambien ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Peoples-Choice/Peoples-Choice/2310667_s4jvP#273388803_pSR2t" title="Peach Landing I love inverse symmetry of this image. Five sand hill cranes, eager to land, are a left-handed question mark. Sunset, deep peach in color, gives the cranes a gorgeous ambien ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Peoples-Choice/Peoples-Choice/PeachLandingIIIDSC036210x/273388803_pSR2t-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Peach Landing I love inverse symmetry of this image. Five sand hill cranes, eager to land, are a left-handed question mark. Sunset, deep peach in color, gives the cranes a gorgeous ambien ..." title="Peach Landing I love inverse symmetry of this image. Five sand hill cranes, eager to land, are a left-handed question mark. 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