Shows


2010

Mountain Light Gallery, Bishop, Ca. January 16, 2010. 


Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, Ca.  February 14, 2010


City of Ventura Spring ArtWalk.  April 17 & 18, 2010


Ventura County Medical Center:  Juried show of 8 Ventura Artists. Curated by Gerald Zwers,


2009

First Annual Ventura Art Festival, Ventura Ca. November 2010


Featured Artist for the  City of Ventura Spring ArtWalk - April 2009.  The featured image was “Remnant” - which you can see in the Photo of the Week portfolio.


Discovery: The Photography of Dan Holmes.

MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY, Ventura. Apr 4-May 31:  www.venturamuseum.org


Circle of Care Foundation - Dreams on Canvas, Van Nuys, Ca.


Albinger Archeological Museum,  113 E Main St. Ventura. A series of Landscape Images


Ventura County Medical Center:  Juried show of 8 Ventura Artists. Curated by Gerald Zwers,


Red Brick Gallery: 315 E Main St., Ventura 805-643-6400 - Spring and Summer shows


Ventura Harvest ArtWalk: October 24 & 25th Closet Crafters - 378 E Main St. Ventura




Awards

2010

CIPPA - Channel Islands Professional Photographers Association - 2009 Nature and Landscape Photographer of the Year.


PPC and PPA Western States: top 10 photographers, 2010


2009

“A Study in Aspen” was recognized as a nominee in the 2008 International Black and White Spider Awards:  http://www.thespiderawards.com/gallery/index

               

Nature Categoryhttp://www.thespiderawards.com/gallery/gallery.php?x=p&cid=21&g=n


CIPPA - Channel Islands Professional Photographers Association - 2008 Nature and Landscape Photographer of the Year.


I was chosen as the 2009 Nature Photographer of the Year by the PPC - Professional Photographers of California.


At the PPC Convention in Pasadena, I received a Kodak Professional Gallery Award for “A Study in Aspen”.



Kodak introduced the Gallery Awards in 1985 as a way to honor and promote the importance and value of excellence in professional photography.

We’re proud to continue to work to elevate the importance of professional, quality imaging within the industry, as well as with customers. Kodak has always represented quality imaging through our many products and services, and it’s a connection we’re pleased to make.

The Gallery Awards are judged on a state or regional basis, with winners going on to compete at the national level for a Gallery Elite Award.

KODAK Gallery Award Statue

An elegant engraved crystal trylon will be presented to the winning photographers regionally, along with a specially designed lapel pin. The winning printmaking labs will receive a Certificate of Excellence.

 

Happenings

Photography Workshops



Spring  2010 Photo Workshops


I am working with Mary Perez of Vita Art Center in Ventura with a

full line up of photography workshops


- Beyond the Snapshot, the Basics

- Get it right in the Camera, the Fundamentals

- After the Shoot - Basics of Digital Work-flow

  1. -- Photo Editing - Basics of Adobe Lightroom

  2. -- Shooting Ventura - a 2 day photography workshop


click here for Vita's website - for the schedule and to register!


Vita Art - Ventura


http://www.vitaexplorations.com 

Bell Arts Factory, 432 N Ventura Ave # 101, Ventura, CA


Sponsored by: Vita Explorations, Image Source, Dexter's Camera, & Fast Frame





I am also working with with Mel and Karen Carll of the

SCV Center for Photography:


- Basics of Adobe Lightroom


 We will cover the 5 modules of Lightroom, with the main focus on the Library and Develop modules: importing and managing files, photo editing and color correcting, using and creating presets, exporting and finishing in Photoshop, and ways to show your work!


- Digital Asset Management

 

Digital Cameras take millions of nice photos. What do you do with all of them?  

How do you edit them, store them, protect them, and show them? Most of all,

how do you find them?  This workshop covers "What happens after the shoot."

Topics will include digital work-flow, file naming, cataloging and

showing. This workshop will be beneficial for photographers that would

like to learn more about "DAM" - Digital Asset Management

We will use Adobe Lightroom, and Microsoft's Expression Media

to help you get, and stay organized.


Click here for sign up info:



 

About Dan’s Workshops:

Hi Dan,

Wow!  on the photos and thank you for an inspirational day.  I started out not sure what to do but ended up totally lost in the experience of shooting.  I understand why you say “just get out there and shoot”.

Freda Massaro


Hi Dan,

Just wanted to let you know that I found your Basic Workshop extremely valuable. The information and tools I learned will help me with my photography and enhance what we learned in the Introductory Workshop.  Thank you for offering the workshop!

Mary Barnes


“Dynamite & then some! - the course was on target and expanded my imagination/ability to see and create images”


“Great! Excellent info! The course provided what I asked for & the course material was excellent!

I appreciated Dan’s enthusiasm and The Bell Arts Factory is a lovely space.”


Dan

Thanks for the workshop. It was very interesting to remember a lot of what I had read throughout many years. It was a lot of material but it was good to see the concepts with the pictures you had taken. You are knowledgeable and it showed.

Another very interesting thing was comparing all the different pictures, so varied, in the same place and lightning by all the participants. And as you say, it is not the brushes, sometimes not even a lot of experience. I was surprised to see the creativity of the youngest, Lauren.


Thanks again for a very enjoyable experience.

Arturo Albin


I found Dan’s class very informative and he conveyed many topics with clarity and patience.  He connected with his class, answering many unique questions. His format was very comfortable and no one was pressured.  The critique following our free time shoot was also informative and well done. It was obvious that all class members enjoyed themselves and found the time and money well spent!


Thanks again Dan

Judd Kennedy

Art by Judd


“Dan provided good examples of what to do and not to do, with an appropriate balance of facts and the importance of the rules”.


Dan .... I neglected to tell you how much I appreciate the hand-outs you gave us.    So  Thank You! ... I came home inspired to begin re-saving files ... right away!!  Pat O.

 

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Welcome to the website of Dan Holmes, an award winning professional photographer.  Dan Holmes provides,  photography workshops, and is a member of PPC - Professional Photographers of California, CIPPA - Channel Islands Professional Photographers Association , Dan Holmes is a Board Member of CIPPA, Earned CIPPA Professional Photographer of the Year New Artist - 2006, Nature 2007, Nature and Landscape 2009.  Dan Holmes was named PPC Professional Photographer of the Year - Nature 2009.  Dan teaches photography workshops in Basic Photography, Fundamentals of Photography, Digital Asset Management (DAM), Photography tours, Composition, tools and techniques of photography, digital photography, and more.