Something spiritual happened last weekend.
-Sharing my secrets, sharing my secret abode- the art side of photography and printmaking with 2 fellow artists photographers. The rule was no celfone, and no distractions.
-(Day One, Saturday)- all we did was discussing photography and printmaking (history, past, future). Watching a fine art photography movie while we are being served with sumptous lunch.
We talked, share, and breath our life, passion and wants in art. We collaborated, and mapped our plans- how to prepare our images, properly print, mount, market, and sell...showing different archival papers, collected over 27 years, recent tests covering 7 years...and the do's and dont's when you embark to a fine art career, the artists to gallery ethics vis a vis gallery to artists ethics.
- (Day Two, Sunday)- all we did was shoot, unlearned, experimented, improvized...the best part was, we did all this independent exercises at our own pace, no clients to please...for me it was like an artistic retreat, a hibernation, a recharging...we shoot any found objects, alternately with a model. And the best part of it, we printed our own art photos in archival pigment inks. We will have a group art photo exhibit with my students this December at OWG. We still have 4 months to shoot and follow this path we have started last weekend. Unlearning and finding your artistic path, that's what we achieved last weekend, for me it's spiritual.
Looking forward for another "fine art career for photographers" with my next 2 students again next month. :)

Wow that is what i like Ross! Is there any chance i could apply to be one of the 2 students?

Wow that is what i like Ross! Is there any chance i could apply to be one of the 2 students?

I will PM you Mario, let me put you on the list:)

thanks Ross :)

hi sir ross. That's one experience every artist should have. Imagine, 2 days mong ibubuhos ang iyong creative juices, ang tagal ko nang gustong gawin yun... ulit. i remember when i was doing one of my paintings, i started at six in the evening straight hanggang 6 ng umaga. i was in a bare room, with only pandesal na sinawsaw sa coke at isang album ni Kitaro playing. i was in a total bliss. Also i want to thank you for that wonderful experience when me and my officemates visited OWG, it was an awakening! And that bass guitar, hanggan ngayon di ko makalimutan! After years in hibernation, gusto kong mag paint ulit. Of course photography on the side.:)

hi sir ross. That's one experience every artist should have. Imagine, 2 days mong ibubuhos ang iyong creative juices, ang tagal ko nang gustong gawin yun... ulit. i remember when i was doing one of my paintings, i started at six in the evening straight hanggang 6 ng umaga. i was in a bare room, with only pandesal na sinawsaw sa coke at isang album ni Kitaro playing. i was in a total bliss. Also i want to thank you for that wonderful experience when me and my officemates visited OWG, it was an awakening! And that bass guitar, hanggan ngayon di ko makalimutan! After years in hibernation, gusto kong mag paint ulit. Of course photography on the side.:)


Thanks for dropping by Lito...OWG as art hub is always open for you guys- the place' environment alone will wake you up again in hibernation:)

Thanks for dropping by Lito...OWG as art hub is always open for you guys- the place' environment alone will wake you up again in hibernation:)

Am new to this photography hobby and I can say that in the last two sessions at OWG within the last 30 days, I found the place (thanks to Ross, Ellen, OWG staff and the photogs who join Ross's sessions) friendly and nurturing. Thanks, Ross. More power to you.:)

hi there sir ross...
what would it take to qualify as a student of yours sir?
do you need to review my works?
i would really love to learn alot more about digital fine arts

would i qualify sir?


borj meneses

@Tony

Thanks Tony for the kind words, i set August 31, Thursday, 630pm onward as "reunion meeting" for all "alumni" of OWG, that includes Librodo students like us!:Grin: there will be model's shoot out and film showing on art photography...
In effect, the event could not only be for Canon users but (also for other camera brand users (i will provide a "private sanctum" for us:) )...mark the date and spread the word please to our collegue.

@Borj

Hi Borj
I will be glad to accept you in the fold, let's meet over a cup of coffee at OWG, text me at 09176273193...like with my past students, the learning and sharing don't stop at the end of the sessions.
:)

@Tony

Thanks Tony for the kind words, i set August 31, Thursday, 630pm onward as "reunion meeting" for all "alumni" of OWG, that includes Librodo students like us!:Grin: there will be model's shoot out and film showing on art photography...
In effect, the event could not only be for Canon users but (also for other camera brand users (i will provide a "private sanctum" for us:) )...mark the date and spread the word please to our collegue.:)

Yey, will be there and will pass on to those i can reach...:Grin:

Hi Ross, I've heard so much about you here and there :) It's nice to be in the company of masters here... I hope I have the chance to learn from you all, if my sched. permits it... Regards :)

Hi Ross,,,,,is it still possible to join? Thanks!

sir ross,
i love to go to your workshop i hope im qualified, and wanted to learn so much from you sir, with the digital fine arts

sir ross, also very interested and eager to learn, hope i can qualify? any requirements (experience and equipment)?