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‘G Dan Mitchell Featured Photographer’ Interview at Aperture Academy

I would like to thank Aperture Academy for making me the subject of their June “Featured Photographer” interview. (Thanks are also due to photographer Brian Rueb for setting up and conducting the interview.) As some of you know, I’m rarely at a loss for words… so the interview is long – but you might enjoy reading a few things about me that I probably have not mentioned here at the blog.

While you are there, take a look in the sidebar to see the list of previous interview subjects. I’m honored to be on a long list that includes the following photographers: Bret Edge,  Alex ModyColby BrownBrian RuebRichard BernabeGuy TalQT LuongStephen W. OachsJoshua HolkoArt WolfeDylan FoxRod ThomasIan PlantSteve SierenMiles MorganJay & Varina PatelJon CornforthPaul MarcelliniNeal PritchardRyan DyarFloris van BreugelElleene “Ellie” StoneDavid CobbSean BagshawAdam Attoun, and Jesse Estes. You could probably spend half a day reading all of these interviews!

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Backpacking Photography Season Once Again!

Backpackers, Near Milestone Basin
Backpackers, Near Milestone Basin

Backpackers, Near Milestone Basin. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

It seems like a good time to once again share my Backpacking Photography Equipment post, since summer is nearly upon us, and many of you will soon be joining me to head into the back-country to make photographs. Some of you  are trying to figure out the best balances of gear, weight, bulk, and complexity for doing photography on the trail using the trial and error (trail and error? trail of terror?) approach. Few years back I thought it might be helpful to share “my own backpacking equipment” list along with some ideas about how to select and use it.

The article is here: My Backpacking Photographing Equipment.

Enjoy! And see you on the trail!

A little more about the photograph included in this post… The two backpackers are my long-time “trail buddies,” Owen and Caroline, with whom I’ve spent many weeks on the trail in the High Sierra. On this trip we visited a lonely and less-visited area in the Upper Kern River drainage. The night before we had camped in a place where it was almost possible to convince oneself that no one else had been there before – a truly rare and cherished Sierra experience. The next morning we descended a drainage that passed through beautiful rock-garden meadows filled with tumbling streams. As the two of them crossed this meadow I quickly dropped my pack and made a couple of handheld shots.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Text, photographs, and other media are © Copyright G Dan Mitchell (or others when indicated) and are not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

Ending Soon: The Nocturnes 20th Anniversary Night Photography Show

As they say, all good things must come to an end, and the 20th Anniversary Nocturnes Night Photography Exhibit in San Francisco ends this weekend. I believe that the exhibit will close on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and have yet to see this extensive collection of night photography, go now! (I’ll be there during the final hour or so on Saturday.)

The Nocturnes 20th Anniversary Photography Exhibit
Opening Reception: November 9, 2011, 6:30 – 9 p.m.
Free

Exhibit runs through December 3rd.

Harvey Milk Photo Center
50 Scott Street, Duboce Park
San Francisco, California 94117
(415) 554-9522

“In 1991, ten pioneering Bay Area photographers displayed their work as “The Nocturnes” in a curated show on night photography. Twenty years later, The Nocturnes are still having “full moon gatherings”, educating new photographers, and enjoying the camaraderie of like-minded artists that realize that some of the best photos are taken after the sun sets. This curated exhibit is a retrospective on the work of some of the most well-known night photographers as well as those just getting started.” (From the event web site.)

I’m pleased to say that two of my prints are included in this show. If you are a San Francisco Bay Area night photographer, a fan of night (and other) photography, or happen to be visiting the area, I invite you to drop in and see some wonderful night photography by a diverse and talented group of photographers.

Black Friday Updates

I may continue to post a few more Black Friday updates today. This one might interest some of my readers:

Craft & Vision is offering 50% off their whole photography eBook collection, including Michael Frye’s eBook Light & Land: Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom. Or you can get a $40 gift certificate for $20. All these discounts are today only. Michael also now also has iPhone and iPad versions of his Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite app.

And, this one at B&H:

The Canon G12 camera has been reduced to $379.00. We own one of these as our “stick in the pocket and take anywhere” camera, but it also produces really fine image quality and can even shoot in raw mode.

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