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As we close out the great year photographically, it’s time to get ready for 2016.<\/p>\n
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FIRST: \u00a0 Many of this year’s events are sold out or almost sold out, so with that vote of confidence, it’s time to focus on what I will teach this year.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0(Sorry about the pun “Focus in”) \u00a0couldn’t help myself. \u00a0So after months of thought I realized that my friends, clients, customers are ready for the next step. \u00a0So this year my emphasis will be on the process of stepping up our visual acuity,, your ability to see, formulate and compose for better images. \u00a0A heavier emphasis on image reviews that go deeper and teach more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SECOND: \u00a0The His Light Workshops this coming year are limited to 8 Guests.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0I want to have a closer, more tight knit experience among myself and the students. \u00a0I’m excited to see how the new formula works, I’m betting a much better experience for everyone involved.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n THIRD: \u00a0With the creation of Artists Standing For Christ, things are heating up spiritually, and I’m praying on how to best handle that in our workshops.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0I know exciting things are ahead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOURTH: \u00a0The Gear, what am I going \u00a0to carry th is year and what am I going to use.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0This one is a heck of a lot tougher. \u00a0Fuji has done a really bad thing, they’ve produce enough incredible bodies and glass that choosing is no longer easy. \u00a0My mantra has always been simplify! \u00a0It’s really hard to do so now with so many wonderful options. \u00a0My solution? \u00a0If traveling by car, I will carry two main camera bags; one with the Two X-T1s, 10-24, 16-55, 18-135, 50-140, 1.4 Converter<\/span><\/strong>, in the Second, a X-T10, \u00a014, 16, 23, 35, 56, 90<\/strong><\/span> . \u00a0In a small third bag I keep a Fuji<\/strong><\/span> X100T and an X30<\/strong><\/span>. \u00a0Of course tons of extra batteries. polarizers, auto extension tubes, and on and on!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There will be more, but that’s it for now. \u00a0I’m really looking forward stop the coming year with all of you!!!!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blessings,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n the Pilgrim<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image by one of my students, sorry, lost the info, but who ever shot it, it’s a good one!!!!!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n GET EXCITED<\/span>, \u00a0I’m currently testing something from Fuji and I can’t wait to share about it, but I can’t, not until it is officially releases, I can’t say anymore but I can tell you it is going to be EXTREMELY Big! \u00a0Be patient, it is worth it!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we close out the great year photographically, it’s time to get ready for 2016. FIRST: \u00a0 Many of this year’s events are sold out or almost sold out, so with that vote of confidence, it’s time to focus on what I will teach this year. \u00a0(Sorry about the pun “Focus in”) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15798"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15816,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15798\/revisions\/15816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}