Recently, the Dayton Creative Syndicate welcomed new member Jim Crotty to our group. Jim was gracious enough to allow us to raffle off one of his photography courses for free. The lucky winner (and birthday girl) Ami Parikh won the prize, and here's what she had to share about her experience:

I had the opportunity to attend Jim Crotty’s half-day advanced photography workshop at Cox Arboretum MetroPark where he discussed high dynamic range (HDR) photography as well as shared tips on marketing a nature photography business. The workshop was a great learning experience for me. I have wanted to explore HDR photography for a while now. Jim gave an on-the-field demonstration (both outdoors and indoors) of shooting in HDR. He then proceeded to give live demonstrations of the digital processing of HDR images using multiple software. There was plenty of opportunity to ask questions during the workshop. The section on marketing a photography business was very helpful as Jim shared various tips as well as pitfalls of different strategies and effectively deploying available resources to establish a successful nature photography business. I would recommend this workshop to anyone who has an interest in HDR and/or nature photography or wants to establish his/her photography business.

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