Digital Photography Workshop, October 2008

We are pleased to announce another Digital Workshop beginning in October of 2008.

The digital era has brought new levels of photographic control to photographers. However, there is more than ever to know about digital capture, processing and printing. This 6-day digital workshop will cover everything you need to know to build a solid base for your path as a photographer.

Learn the most up-to-date processes for professional image capture and printing.  Capture high quality images, process them using the latest tools, and print them on some of the finest printers available today.  Please see our detailed schedule for a full list of topics to be covered.

Download detailed information in the "client access" area at www.AdamAngel.com

Simply type “workshop” in the password area.

Space is limited to 6 students.

Dates:
October 18-19, October 25-26, November 1-2, 2008

Please feel free to contact me with any questions about the curriculum or equipment requirements.

China shoves the olympic torch right up Tibet's.........

I leave in a week for a trek in the Khumbu Region of Nepal.  We were originally scheduled to trek to Advanced Base Camp on the North Side of Mount Everest in Tibet.  After a year of planning and money spent we were recently told the following:

Days after receiving this letter, violence broke out in Tibet.  The demonstrations that led to the violence are the result of a half-century of brutal occupation, oppression and (if you look at the numbers) genocide.  The olympic torch will be run through Tibet and as part of the Beijing, China Olympics.  It doesn't take much imagination to see that this is a slap in the face for Tibetans and that by sanctioning these games we are in fact sanctioning this human rights violation.  The International Olympic Committee even had the vision to account for this and stated "if human rights are not acted upon to our satisfaction then we will act."  They have failed over and over to stand by their original statement.  As a result the IOC has Han Chinese blood, Tibetan blood and the blood of the military on their hands.  That is shatteringly unfortunate.  As a long time fan of the Olympics, I will never see them the same way.

I strongly urge the IOC to fulfil its pledge that it would ensure that China improved its human rights record in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games:

April 2002 the IOC said: the IOC is a responsible organisation and … if human rights are not acted upon to our satisfaction then we will act. But on April 25 2007, when pressed on issues of China's stance on human rights in Tibet, the IOC said: We are not in a position that we can give instructions to governments as to how they ought to behave.

* Despite previous promises, the staging of the Games in Beijing has not improved human rights in China and Tibet
* Free and unrestricted reporting from China and Tibet was a condition of the Games being awarded to China. Yet foreign journalists now need special permits to go to Tibet and are under surveillance there
* Without free reporting, China is given license to hide its systematic human rights abuses in Tibet

Time is running out for the IOC to act.

* I demand that the IOC forces China to drop its insistence on special permits to journalists and commit to remove any surveillance of journalists and their interviewees.  That is the least that we should expect from the Olympic Committee.

Despite the way this editorial might read to you, the Olympics have been a positive experience for me this year in that they have been key in highlighting an unethical regime's human violations and the funding of crimes against humanity.  They have also shown how our financial support and political malaise have contributed the the problem.  This could still turn out well.......

Thank you Spielberg and Sarkosy!

Adam Angel.

DROBO!

Some of you may know that I had a pretty major hard drive error earlier this year.  Low cost external hard drives are an economical solution UNLESS you have a drive failure.  Then you will pay big bucks to have the data recovered IF it can be recovered.  As a replacement solution I was looking into building two small servers, one at my home and and one at the studio.  I remembered reading about a system called DROBO, which is a small economic home style server with two to four hard drives.  Anyway, to make a long story short I bought two and am using them now.  They are incredible!  So here is the pitch, I am now a "Drobo Evengelist."

How would you like to have infinitely expandable data storage that is bone-dead simple to use and keeps your data protected even if a hard drive dies? If you're interested, you need to check out the Drobo storage robot (go to http://www.drobo.com).  Photographers, your digital archive is going to be HUGE eventually, plan ahead before you lose any of your valuable images.  Make sure to watch the demo video below!

They are offering a $25 rebate to friends and family. That’s an additional $25 off their already great price of $499.

If you are interested in buying one, go to http://www.drobostore.com and be sure to use this special code: EVANGEL so you get the $25 instant rebate. The $25 rebate expires on June 30^th, 2008.

Custom ICC Profiles and Pro Printing Services

In conjunction with the 2008 Digital Photography Workshop, we are adding Custom ICC Color Profiling to our list of Pro Services.  These high quality profiles will ensure the accuracy of your unique printer/ink/media combination.  Our standard profile service will employ a large 1728 patch color target, with larger targets available.  In addition, for those of you who have your prints made here, I am updating the studio printer profiles that will be available to you for soft-proofing.

• Targets and instructions for Custom ICC Profiles are available for download here.
  
• The current "Pro Price List" is available for download here and includes a link to the targets.
  

We look forward to continuing our relationship with you this year, and hope to serve you even better in the new year.

Adam

Andy Mahre skiing our local hill, White Pass, WA. Enough Said.

Kangshung Face, Mt. Everest Trek 2008 changes back to ABC

It's no secret, the Chinese Mountaineering Authority (CMA) loves Eric Simonson. Those of you who have been following my travel plans for the next year know that instead of the usual Mt. Everest Advanced Base Camp trek that I usually lead in April, we were planning a trip to the remote East Face on Everest for 2008. This was due to a trekking restriction placed by the CMA (for 2008) on trekking groups going to ABC. The Chinese will be running the Olympic Torch to the Summit of Everest and feel that it is in their best interest to limit extraneous traffic during that time. We have however been granted an exception to be there, and of course consider ourselves lucky to have the privilege of being there during this historic event. To view updated information on the 2008 trek please follow this link to the website of International Mountain Guides.
Advanced Base Camp Trek, 21,000'. Mt. Everest, Tibet 2008

Livestrong Challenge

The weekend of our 100 mile ride is upon us, and we are very excited. Shanna and I have been training very hard and are in top shape.

The weather forecast calls for:

wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Looks "sporting."

Together we raised $1625.00.
Thank you to all who supported our fund raising efforts.
A special thanks to Denise Weise who will accompany us to watch Asia while we ride. What a lifesaver.

Wish us luck with the weather.
Adam

Digital Workshop 2008 Update

Only 3 Spots left.
"Early Registration" Ends Oct. 5th
Last chance to save $300.

The digital era has brought new levels of photographic control to photographers. However, there is more than ever to know about digital capture, processing and printing. This 6-day digital workshop will cover everything you need to know to build a solid base for your path as a photographer.

• Learn the most up-to-date processes for professional image capture and printing.
  
• Capture high quality images, process them using the latest tools, and print them on some of the finest printers available today.

Please see our detailed schedule for a full list of topics to be covered.

Download detailed information in the client access area at www.AdamAngel.com
Simply type “workshop” in the password area.

Space is limited to 6 students.

Dates:
January 12-13, February 2-3, February 23-24, 2008

Please feel free to contact me with any questions about the curriculum or equipment requirements.

Kangshung Face, Mt. Everest Trek 2008

I am excited to announce that I will lead a 27 day trek to Mt. Everest's Kangshung Face in the Spring of 2008. The trip is organized by Eric Simonson of International Mountain Guides. Only a handful of trekking groups and expeditions penetrate this remote area each year. This is a great trek, culminating with an overnight stay at Kangshung Base Camp and the opportunity to climb to over 19,000 ft. We are really looking forward to visiting this much less traveled side of Everest. The trek will also include the incredibly scenic Rongbuk Monastery, and Base Camp on the North Side of Mt. Everest.

• Everest has three faces. The Kangshung is the least visited and arguably the most beautiful and serene.

• Our journey to the Kangshung travels the impressive Lhasa–Kathmandu "Friendship Highway," to Gyantse and Shigatse to Shekar. In Shekar we will meet our Nepalese Sherpa Dendi, and his entire crew that will take impeccable care of us along our trek. From Shekar we travel by jeep to Kharta where we will meet our Yak drivers and begin our trek. We begin in the typical Tibetan alpine desert of Mt. Everest's rain shadow before descending into the subtropical forests of willow, scrub juniper, and rhododendron created by India's summer monsoon. We enjoy icy views of Makalu, Lhotse, Lhotse Shar, Phetangtse, and Chomolonzo.

• Our return circles back to Kharta where we drive to and spend a night at the fabled Rongbuk Monastery, beneath Everest’s North Face. We will also travel to Base camp and up to the toe of the East Ronbuk Glacier. We then return to Kathmandu.

This trek will be of special interest to photographers.

Digital Workshop 2008

Full, stay tuned for workshop announcements

We are pleased to announce our first Digital Workshop beginning in January of 2008.

The digital era has brought new levels of photographic control to photographers. However, there is more than ever to know about digital capture, processing and printing. This 6-day digital workshop will cover everything you need to know to build a solid base for your path as a photographer.

• Learn the most up-to-date processes for professional image capture and printing.
  
• Capture high quality images, process them using the latest tools, and print them on some of the finest printers available today.

Please see our detailed schedule for a full list of topics to be covered.

Download detailed information in the client access area at www.AdamAngel.com
Simply type “workshop” in the password area.

Space is limited to 6 students.

Dates:
January 12-13, February 2-3, February 23-24, 2008

Please feel free to contact me with any questions about the curriculum or equipment requirements.