Hi, welcome to this September edition of my Instructional BLOG: Workshop at the Ranch. In this month’s article I will take a short break from learning how to Lightpaint and take a close look at Nikon’s NEW Z7 Mirrorless Camera.

I had the great honor as a Nikon Ambassador US to participate in the New Z7 Mirrorless camera debut in New York City. Although not part of the team that made Z7 images for the camera’s brochure and marketing campaign, I did have the opportunity to make pictures with Nikon’s latest achievement at the Z7 launch into the professional grade Mirrorless technology era.  Continue reading article →

Hi and welcome to this edition of Workshop at the Ranch. We are continuing this month with Part 2 of our WATR Lightpainting instructional series, and will be exploring the small world of Marco Lightpaintings.

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Hi and welcome to this edition of Workshop at the Ranch. The Workshop at the Ranch monthly article is about to embark on an 8 Part series of articles that will teach Step-by-Step the lighting technique called “Lightpainting.” Continue reading article →

Hi and welcome to the June 2018 edition of  Workshop at the Ranch my Instructional BLOG. I often post a short Photo Lesson or Image Backstory  on my Instagram (IG) each week. Here is a short series from my IG called “Road Trip Post Cards” that connected with many photographers. Come FOLLOW me and learn about photography on IG:  @daveblackphoto … It’s FREE ! Continue reading article →

Hi and welcome to the May 2018 edition of my Workshop at the Ranch – Instructional BLOG featuring Kentucky Derby Week.  Continue reading article →

Hi and welcome to the April 2018 edition of Workshop at the Ranch – my Instructional BLOG. Photoshop World 2018 Orlando is fast approaching starting on May 30 – June 2. Here is a preview/workbook of what I will be teaching. Register and come join the learning and good times at PSW 2018. https://photoshopworld.com/    Continue reading article →

Hi and welcome to the March 2018 edition of WATR: my Instructional BLOG – Workshop at the Ranch. Learn how I covert my slide transparency film Olympic Games archive into quality Digital files. Continue reading article →

Hi and welcome to this edition of Workshop at the Ranch (WATR.) Photographing sports and athletes for a career brings to mind many memories. I have had the good blessing to cover 12 Olympic Games … 6 Summer and 6 Winter. This month’s WATR features some of my favorite images and memories from the Winter Olympic Games. Continue reading article →

Hi and welcome to the January 2018 WATR 15^th Anniversary Year edition of my Instructional BLOG – Workshop at the Ranch. Let’s take a walk down the memory lane of photographic tutorials. Continue reading article →

Hi and welcome to this edition of my instructional blog; Workshop at the Ranch (WATR.) It’s that time of year to feature my favorite WATR article … the Year in Review 2017 … here are some highlights from the past 12 months.   Continue reading article →