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This month in the news we will cover several photo tips in addition to news about art fairs and competitions!  If you would like to see the pictures from this falls Residency at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, go to: www.petersen-photography.com.  130 of the best are in the Pictured Rocks Gallery, The Panorama Gallery and the Limited Edition gallery.  All these prints are available for Christmas delivery, and are for sale.

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Recently I returned from the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore where I was the “Artist In Residence”.  The National Park Service selects one artist per year for this amazing opportunity, and this year I was selected.  I took many pictures and a few of them will be in this news letter, and others in the upcoming newsletters!  Thank you to the many supporters and underwriters of the trip, and a special thanks to the National Park Service, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore for selecting me!

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In this news letter, along with news, we will talk about using Polarizer’s for fall photography and for those using point and shoot cameras, we will talk about the sports program mode.

Artist in Residence: Wednesday September 28 I leave for the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore for my 3 weeks as Artist in Residence. While I am there I am going to be making two presentations:
On Thursday Evening, October 6th, 7PM at the Alger Heritage Center in Munising I will be giving a presentation titled “Photography Techniques for Capturing the Pictured Rock National Lakeshore”. This is open to the public and free of charge!
On Friday October 7th, I will be doing a photo walk to the Au Sable light station. Meet at the Hurricane River Campground in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore at 4:30 and join me for an evening of photographing the Light Station and beach. This is also free and should be a lot of fun.

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New Website: My new web site is online and ready to go!  In the coming week I will be loading all the prints that I sold at Art Fairs this summer, to give everyone an opportunity to purchase any of those pictures online!  Check out www.petersen-photography.com and watch for the art fair gallery.  While you are online, be sure and friend our face book pages Petersen Photography or Paul Petersen.

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This month our photo tips: 1. how to use one of the program modes on your little point and shoot camera, and 2.  for more advanced photographers, we will talk about tripod selection.

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