Two Images Nominated for the 5th Annual Black and White Spider Awards

Feb 14, 2010

I am proud to share with you that two of my images got nominated for the Black and White 5th Annual Spider Awards. These images were made following a workflow (detailed below) which helps me produce them in ways that I always wanted to try but never dared in the past.

Black and White Spider Awards is the leading international award honoring black and white photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers in a prestigious annual competition and globally webcast event, reaching photo fans in over 154 countries. With a collective Judging Panel of the world's most recognized experts from SOTHEBY'S, TATE, MAGNUM PHOTOS, FRATELLI ALINARI, ARMORY SHOW, HAMILTONS of London and more, the awards are the industry's most authoritative and important photographic event for black and white and mono art.


How it all came together:

Repeat trip to the same location. Mine my subject

Visualize my next photoshoot. Not an image but a concept

Get inspired by the masters and create my own vision

Think "sideway". Push the limit of my technical and creative knowledge

Be efficient when reviewing my images in the field

Pre-postprocessing in the field - "Sketching"

Backup all my data before returning home

When home, review and enhance my "Sketching"

Print and "live" with my images for a while

Select final images and refine the post processing to realize master versions

Further refine my prints

Output my images as print and other medium format

Backup, archive, and store my master images



To learn more about my process/workflow go to http://incredibletravelphotos.smugmug.com/Workshops

Photography Extravaganza: January 16, 2010 - One Day Event

It is a One day of Photography enjoyment with hands-on, show & tell, and personal sessions.

You will have the opportunities to learn and practice the latest tips with bird photography at a local park, get close up shots of wildlife at a Nature Center, walk the One Earth - One People gallery exhibit with the curator, have your prints reviewed, and much more!

To guaranty your seat, register at www.oliverklinkphotography.com.

My First Book Release: Artan's Day: A Little Bear in a Big World

Join Oliver Klink at ModernBook for his book release and signing party.

Date: Friday, July 17th
Time: 7-10PM
Location: ModernBook, 494 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA

Artan's Day: A Little Bear in a Big World is a master combination of fine art prints and a captivating children story.



A spunky little grizzly, Artan, enjoys a long summer's day in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

He tries clamming, dreams of growing up and catching salmon, enjoys a tasty fish, faces danger, runs from a big bear with his sister, and reunites with Mom.

The photos are real and so is the story, pretty much.

Hardcover (8"x10")
62 pages
Special signed edition, with includes a 8x10 fine art prints of your choice
Price: $90

Additional Information

Book purchase

Guide to Better Pictures - Seminar at Keeble & Shuchat by Oliver Klink - June 7, 2009 (1PM - 4PM)

Call: 650-327-8996 to register and reserve your space (SKU: 4365 - Fee: $49,95).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND at Keeble Classes and Workshops

In this seminar you will learn new photographic skills, and fine tune existing ones you already have to produce first class wildlife images.

Techniques to capture wildlife in their natural settings
- Tracking
- Creatively take advantage of aperture and shutter speeds
- Optimize the background
- What can your equipment do for you

Produce First Class Wildlife images
- Quality of light
- Know what is possible in the digital darkroom to affect how you shoot in the field

Wildlife Photography Projects
- How to attract birds, mammals, and more
- Viewing your subject from different perspective
- Rejuvenate creativity

In addition to the learning experience, you will take away links to Reference material (books, mailing lists, photo contests) and Photo shoot locations (Hot spots in the Bay Area (when, where), “Hidden gems’’ (locations, when, where).

Call: 650-327-8996 to register and reserve your space (SKU: 4365 - Fee: $49,95).

Snowy Owl wins People's Choice Award at PhotoCentral Spring Show 2009

Press Release

** Oliver Klink wins People's Choice Award at PhotoCentral Spring Show 2009**

Congratulations to Oliver Klink, who wins People's Choice Award for second year at the PhotoCentral Spring Show.

Klink photographed this snowy owl at dusk near Montreal, Canada. "I am mesmorized by owls" says Klink. Exhibition is up until April 11. Make sure to visit this exciting show displaying over 150 images from 50 photographers.

To purchase the limited edition of the snowy owl, please contact PhotoCentral (510)-881-6721

For more information, http://www.photocentral.org/

Klink's work can be found at http://www.incredibletravelphotos.com/

People - Wildlife Parallels

Please join us at one of the free events to learn more about the parallels between people and wildlife photography.

Oliver

oliver@incredibletravelphotos.com

Bird Photography 101 Workshop - TWO NEW WEEKENDS ADDED

Due to popular demand (and sold out events), two new sessions have been added to

the Bird Photography 101 Workshops.

Nov 21-23, 2008
Dec 12-14, 2008

(Bird Photography 101 workshop REGISTRATION page)

Workshop Participants Feedback:

"Oliver and Yamil are expert photographers and instructors. They find your areas of weakness and explain fixes in easy to understand terms, never overloading your abilities or level of understanding. They are enthusiastic and energetic. You can't go wrong with one of their workshops. They are tops!!!
Jean Myers
http://community.webshots.com/user/birdermom

Barbi & I had a GREAT time with you and Yamil this past weekend... thank you for an informative and helpful workshop... we both learned some new tips and had a really fun time with you and the group.
Dave & Barbi Kutilek
www.BirdingPix.com

Gosh I had such a great time with you folks on the Bird 101 Workshop. I learned so much in such a short time and am excited to try my hand a bit more at bird photography!
Cokie Lepinski
www.cokielepinski.com

Thanks again for a great workshop! I had a fun time and captured some beautiful shots of many different species of birds I've never seen before.

Paul Veilleux
http://pveilleuxnaturephoto.com/

I want you to know that I loved everything that you guys taught us. My learning curve shot way up, and I understand the strategies of shooting much better now. I went out into my garden in the afternoon and experimented with some settings and got much better results than in the past. You are both very good teachers and observers of behavior. As you can imagine, that's something that appeals to me.
I plan to take more of your workshops in the future, and I have cards that I'll give to my birding friends. Your trips look wonderful, too.
Pat Bacchetti

Oliver, it was a wonderful weekend. I enjoyed it very much. You and Yamil are excellent instructors, and I want to tell you how much I learn from listening to your critiques. You really have a gift of making people know what's good about their photos, and pointing out areas for improvement, while keeping people's dignity intact. Thanks again.
JUDI L. BAKER

Oliver: I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. I really wanted to learn about exposure and how to shoot photos without depending on the fully automatic settings. I certainly got experience in that aspect. Thanks so much for sending the list of birds that we had the opportunity to photograph.
Ola Jane