Weston Photography Newsletter

Greetings! Sorry I didn't post last month's email up on the site. I only sent it via my constant contact newsletter. So if you would like to sign up its easy. Just go to Sign up for our Newsletter its at the top of every page on our website and then you will be kept up to date even if this newsletter doesn't get updated. The time just seems to fly by and I don't alway get my chores done. In August I went to McCall, Idaho with my girlfriend to celebrate a friend's 50th B Day. We swam in the beautiful lake, soaked up the warm sunshine and had a great visit with our dear friend Jenny! Kim Weston - Print of the Month Please take a minute to view Kim's Print of the Month. Afua & Bowl. A special offer available until the end of October 2011. $250 normally $400. Visitors August and September were busy months with at least a dozen visitors from all parts of the world coming to visit us here at Wildcat Hill. A couple of the many highlights were meeting the director of The Center for Creative Photography, Katharine Martinez and Ruth McCutcheon. And Carmel Mayor Sue McCloud, her nephew Stuart and his family. Bodie House We have also had lots of guests come and stay in Bodie House. George Holz a very accomplished photographer from upstate NY, came and stayed a week with us while I was gone. Kim and George had fun visiting, photographing and printing in Kim's darkroom. (Well, Kim printed). Then he returned with his son Josh and we celebrated his 15th birthday. We meet so many cool people! Workshops Labor Day was the last workshop of our 2011 season at Wildcat Hill. We had a fun full weekend with our models coming up from Los Angeles, and our participants coming from all over the world (we had a special guest from Israel). We had a wonderful time getting to know each other and the models did a superb job. We are so lucky to have them. We had one new model, Russia. A beautiful person with an amazing name. We had 2 women which is always great for the dynamics of the group. 4 of the participants were returnees. Thank you everyone! Our special guest artists for the night: Huntington Witherill and Chuck Davis. Huntington has a show at The Center for Photographic Art, up until Oct. 1 and Chuck was just involved in Monterey's Underwater Shoot-out &  film festival. He and several other underwater photographers gave great presentations of their prior work. Amazing! Kim is still teaching this winter - one on one workshops or darkroom instruction whatever is your fancy.  And remember to book your winter vacation with us! I just talked to Christa Meola she is back from her wonderful workshop in Florence, Italy and she gave me some wonderful tips. I get to go to Italy in October! I am so excited! Hard work pays off! Zach is having a great time being home going to the local JC and he evens gets to surf now and again. We met with the Chair Professor from the School of Business at CSUMB. It looks like Zach will be continuing his major in business after all. That's all for now, thanks for buying our prints, coming to our workshops, staying in Bodie House and becoming our friends! Take Care, Gina, Kim and Zach

Weston Photography Newsletter - June 2011

Greetings! Our last newsletter left off as we were getting ready to go to the San Miguel Mission for a 3 day "Retreat Workshop" with Kim Weston, Randy Efros and Roman Loranc. We spent 3 days and nights in the San Miguel Mission quarters. The rooms were clean and sparse with crisp white bedspreads and the Mother Mary watched over you as you slept. Upon our arrival we toured the mission with archeologist Ruben Mendoza while he explained the history and some of important events that took place there. We rose early to photograph in the morning light, met as a group in the afternoons, and then back out to photograph in the evenings when the light was still good. We stayed up late to do some night photography in the mission hallways with Father Larry, watching Roman Loranc create some of his magical photographs! Martin Vargas Garcia taught us how to use a flashlight and "paint with light" and we ran around the mission in the night - until my battery ran out on my digital camera. Not good. What a magical weekend it was spending time with friends and playing in such a quiet sacred space. Thanks to all that came. Photos from the workshop are due on July 1st for consideration for the San Miguel Workshop Book, that we will be publishing soon! Paris in May The last 2 weeks of May we spent in Paris! It was our first visit and we stayed right in the heart of the city, next to the Pompidou Museum. This museum was built with all of the infrastructure on the outside. Very interesting! The Parisian's don't like it, they think it is very ugly. The Pompidou has a following of tourists, locals, nomads, gypsies, and homeless. At times we felt like we were in the heart of Disneyland. During the day, the musicians and the drumming or the chanting or whatever, never seemed to stop. When we rented the apartment it said it was lively during the day and quiet at night. Well we can tell you that the city never sleeps (near the Pompidou) and the Parisians are up all night long! And the city gets up very slowly. We toured many of the famous museums like The Louvre, Musee d' Orsay, The Orangerie - this was my favorite. The museum houses Paul Guillaume's collection of impressionists paintings! It was so amazing to see the work in person. We went because our dear friend Sylvie Blum was going to be there. She took some iconic photographs while she was there. She got up before dawn and photographed in the early morning light before everyone was up. Kim photographed in our apt. It had lot of windows and wonderful afternoon light! All in all we had a wonderful time and are so glad we went! June Print of the Month Be sure to visit our POM Page to see our monthly Kim Weston special. This photograph was taken here in the Highlands just south of Wildcat Hill. This special offer available until the end of June! Back to work and the swing of things We have so much to share with you all but don't want to burn you out so remember you can sign up for our RSS feed on our website and then when we post something new on the site it comes straight to your mailbox. There are lots of new posts on the site. Just go to the home page and you will see them. We are looking forward to the Edward Weston Show at the Monterey Museum of Art which opens this weekend on Friday, June 17, 2011. Workshops We have had some really fun and amazing workshops this year so far! Next week we will have Mark Comon's group up from Long Beach for 2 back to back, Studio Nude Workshops. We will have our wonderful models, Larva and Sara coming back up from LA, and a new model Jazmine, who will be coming up with them. Jonathan will be returning to model for us as well. Looking forward to it! Kim will be in Phoenix teaching 2 Platinum Workshops with Randy Efros on June 25 and 26, 2011. Contact the Phoenix Art Museum for more details and to register. He also has a painted photograph in a show at the museum. Keep in touch Don't forget to keep in touch by visiting our site and checking us out on face book. Bodie House is open for most of July if you want to come and have a summer vacation. Highway 1 is now open. Thank you Thanks for buying our Print of the Month! Coming to our workshops and staying in Bodie House! We have really enjoyed seeing all of our returning participants and all the new photography enthusiasts we have met this year! Keep up the good work and soon I will be contacting you to share some of your photographs, so everyone can see the work that we are creating here! I am having fun with the new site and am currently redesigning the Weston Scholarship Site with Roger Smith of RAS Design Media. Didn't expect to redesign it so soon but WordPress is so easy to use who can resist? Take care, Gina, Kim and Zach P.S.  Zach is the head instructor for the summer program at the Junior Lifeguard Program in Monterey. He is a Seasonal California State Lifeguard. GO ZACH!

Weston Photography Newsletter - May 2011

Greetings! Colorado River Rafting Trip Exciting stuff happening at the Weston household. Zach and Kim went rafting down the Colorado River for 8 days a few weeks ago. "A life changing experience" says Zach. More photos to come soon! May Print of the Month - Special Offer Kim's May Print of the Month  "Summer Daydream" was taken down at his father's property in Garrapata Canyon on the Big Sur Coast. He was out photographing with Roman Loranc that day. The print will be available at the discounted price of $250 until May 31st. Send me an email or you can buy it right online using paypal. Get Updates Weston Photography Updates Edward Weston Exhibits/Events/Lectures Focusing In Group Workshops History of Photography Kim Weston Kim Weston Photography Archive Kim Weston Shoots News & Events Nude Workshop Photographs Nudes Photography Inspiration Photography Workshops Point Lobos Print of the Month Private Photography Workshops Sales and Promotions Special Edition Book Still Lifes Supporter Highlight Tours Tutorials Uncategorized Videos Welcome to Wildcat Weston Family Legacy Weston Photography Newsletter Weston Workshop Highlight Wildcat Hill Workshops/Testimonials Zach Weston Back to Top Contact Collector Guarantee FAQ Prints | FAQ Print of the Month Club | FAQ's Workshops | FAQ Shipping | FAQ Edward Weston | FAQ Subscribe Links Pricing Information Privacy Policy Terms of Service Cancellation Policy Non-Disclosure Weston Photography, 251 Highway 1, Carmel, CA 93923, United States of America8312332111info@kimweston.com Copyright © 2024 Weston Photography, LLC | All Rights Reserved