Photographing Kiawah:
How the Pros See Us
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By Tina Schell
ach year the Kiawah Island Photography Club
hosts a number of professional photographers
who come in to help club members improve
their skills. Typically, these visits will include
a presentation, which is illustrated by examples of their work,
a photography shoot for a limited number of members, and a
critique of participating members’ results following the shoot,
which is open to all club members. Participants feel strongly
that this is one of the best ways to develop new skills and to
see our beautiful environment with “new eyes.”
Many of the professionals who have visited over the years
are seeing Kiawah for the first time. Typically, they will come
in early to partner with a club member “scouting” for the best
location, and often they will stay a bit longer to enjoy (and
often shoot) some of Kiawah’s outstanding natural beauty. It
is always rewarding to hear professional photographers who
have seen some of the most incredible scenery the world
offers raving about the nature we enjoy on a daily basis.
Thanks to the cooperation of the KI Photography Club,
and the generosity of the artists, we are able to present the
remarkable images of several of the nationally renowned
photographers who have visited with us over the years.
Alongside their work, we have included some of the results of
the local club members who participated in their workshops.
One thing is certain; Kiawah presents as beautiful a landscape
as you will find anywhere. As Dorothy once said, there really
IS “No place like home.”
Denise Ippolito
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Naturally Kiawah