By Linda Martinson

October 2007. I was attending a Digital Fine Print Workflow class taught by George DeWolfe at Santa Fe Workshops. It was an outstanding class: instruction, content and classmates. George led us through an elegant workflow that created a closed loop from capture to print and produced excellent and consistent prints. The workflow was based on Lightroom and Photoshop CS3 and was simple, powerful and replicable. George has an artist’s eye for arresting photographic images and a master craftsman’s eye for detail and precision. We were delighted with our week’s work and final prints. 

Throughout the course, George referred often to his contemplative approach to photography aimed at a clear visual expression of reality, conceptual interpretations unnecessary, where a calm and aware mind unites with the primary elements of human vision. As George explained it, contemplation is about mindfulness; paying attention, in the present moment, to where you are and what you are seeing and thereby noticing things that cannot be accessed by language. 

Southern Image Photo Works

Long before I first peered through the lens of a camera I fell in love with the natural World. As a boy I felt the wonderment of nature stir my soul. I continued to develop a profound relationship with the Earth. Suddenly my inner artist awoke. With the camera as my tool I came to see the World in a whole new way. As the awareness of the light around me began to develop so did the awareness of the light within. The instantaneous capture of a moment in time can become eternal when shared and experienced through the eyes of others. I would like to thank you for being a part of this process.

David Koll
Southern Image Photo Works southimage@bellsouth.net
828 299-7867 fineartamerica.com/profiles/david-koll

Photo by: Ken Czarnomski