~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cole Thompson Photography Newsletter
classic images in black & white November 23rd, 2006
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This Issue:
-- Over 350 Great Christmas Gift Ideas!
-- New Images - The West Virginia Trip
-- The Viet Nam Wall in Washington DC
-- Now Appearing In Print and Galleries
-- Popular Photography Article: The Photoshop Heretic
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It's time to pause and appreciate how much
we have and how lucky we are. I tell my children that we Americans live
better than 98% of the world; we live in a free land, enjoy democracy,
have abundant food and are blessed with many comforts. I was also privileged to spend 8 hours photographing in front of the
Viet Nam Memorial or "The "Wall." I watched with great reverence the many
people who came by to look, to say hello, to say good-bye and to honor
family they had never known. It was a very sobering experience.
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Over 350 Great Christmas Gift Ideas! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  I have over 350 great Christmas gift ideas for that "hard to shop for" person in your life, and for you too! Now you can purchase a high quality, 18X24 Giclee Poster of any of my images and have it delivered in time for Christmas! Just find an image you like, email me the name of it and it will arrive in just a few days, what could be easier? The price for the poster is $39 delivered in a tube and shipping is included. Okay, enough of the sales pitch! View
my favorite images (or any others) and choose one for a poster!
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New Images - The West Virginia Trip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  I visited West Virginia at the absolute best time of year! The weather was perfect, it was warm and the fall colors were almost at their peak. If only I had rented that convertible! I drove all around West Virginia and was surprised at how beautiful it was. I got off the highways and onto the back roads, that's the only real way to see America in my opinion. I took almost 2000 images on that trip, weeded it down to about 50 by the end of my first review and now present my final 8 images. | |
The Viet Nam Wall in Washington DC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  There is not much I can say about the Viet Nam Wall except "58,253." This is the number of names on The Wall and the title of my image above. It was a sobering experience to watch people at The Wall for 8 hours. I was impressed with the reverence that even the most casual tourist observed as they walked past the names. As I stood there, looking at the pictures of 19 year old soldiers, I couldn't help but wonder what their lives might have been like if they had lived. What contributions they might have made and what families they might have raised. I came away with only 3 final images that day, but it made a big impact on my attitude towards the men and women who serve in our military, including my two sons. | |
Now Appearing In Print and Galleries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Here's where my work is showing this month:
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Popular Photography Article: The Photoshop Heretic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Here is the article about my work in Popular Photography. It featured five "before and after" shots showing my technique of converting color images to black & white. Read the Article | |
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