Tag: The Arcanum

Springing Into New Adventures

May 12, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

Last week spring seemed to finally arrive in full strength in Virginia. It was great to smell the lilacs in bloom in the yard and feel the warm caress of a southern wind blowing on my face as I hiked the trails behind our house with Peppermint. This particular spring also rekindled my creative inspiration as I was invited to join Sphere 2 of The Arcanum with professional photographer and artist Robin Griggs Wood. After graduating from Spheres 0 and […]

Categories: Flower, Nature, Photography • Tags: artistic, cohesive, flowers, green, macro, Nikon D810, photography, spring, The Arcanum, Virginia

Chasing Time

February 24, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

Now that I’m in the Level 20 Lounge in The Arcanum, I’m among those photographers waiting for Sphere 2 to open and to be selected by a new master. In the meantime, the members of the Lounge have participated in challenges, photography-related discussions and attending the Creation Wars events each Monday night. While enjoying this relative quiet time, I’ve had the opportunity to go back into my photo files from 2014 to explore. Today’s challenge was the word “time,” […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography, Uncategorized • Tags: gallop, horse, horse show, jump-off, Nikon D3s, photography, The Arcanum, time, turn

Intersections

January 22, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

The Arcanum’s Artist’s Atrium, a community on Google+, added the theme Intersections for this week’s photography challenge. As I was wandering around in my recent files looking for a photo that spoke to me of Intersections, I came across this image. I’d taken it while on my way home from a nearby scenic overlook where I’d hoped to photograph a night rocket launch over Virginia. The launch was delayed, so as I drove the 1 mile home without photos and […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: artistic, dashboard, intersection, Intersections, long exposure, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday2015, The Arcanum

Bullseye

January 18, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

The Arcanum’s Artist’s Atrium, a community on Google+, features a photography challenge each week, and this time the theme was Windows. I returned to my files from a trip to Las Vegas in 2013 where I photographed a ghost town in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada. The old mining town of Nelson was notorious for being rough and lawless, with a variety of famous murders, probably in part because it was the site of one of the biggest mining booms […]

Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: artistic, broken window, El Dorado Canyon, glass, Nelson, Nevada, Nikon D800E, old, photography, The Arcanum, window, windshield

Amazing Adventure With Angela

January 14, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

One of the best aspects of being a member of The Arcanum is connecting with photographers from all over the world who share the same passion. How fortunate I am to be living less than an hour away from Arcanum Master Angela B. Pan. After watching Angela’s performances on The Creation Wars (where she’s undefeated after two appearances!), I sent her an email introducing myself. We decided to meet for a shoot in Washington, D.C., and yesterday was the day. […]

Categories: Birds, Photography • Tags: Angela Pan Photography, artistic, birds, Jefferson Memorial, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday2015, Sony A7, sunset, The Arcanum, Tidal Basin, Washington D.C., Washington Monument

Arcanum Graduation

January 8, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

Almost nine months to the day after Laurie Rubin invited me to join her Nature and Wildlife Cohort in The Arcanum, I graduated from the Foundation Levels and Sphere 1. I’ve now joined an élite group of Arcanum apprentices who have achieved Sphere 2 and Level 20, and I’m looking forward to the Arcanum’s next great adventure in photography. The Arcanum’s structure includes Foundation Levels from 1-9 and then Sphere 1, which includes levels 10-19. For these levels an apprentice […]

Categories: Birds, Photography • Tags: artistic, bird, black and white, graduation, Laurie Rubin, Nikon D3s, photography, swan, The Arcanum

A Brand New Year

January 1, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

While spending more than eight hours driving up I-95 from South Carolina to Virginia yesterday, I had ample time to reflect on 2014 and think about the brand new year upon us. Over time, I’ve realized that New Year’s Resolutions do actually help me achieve my goals, despite the naysayers out there who dismiss them. I’ve also learned that if I make longer-term resolutions that are taken in more manageable steps, they turn out to be a great way to […]

Categories: Cat, Nature, Photography • Tags: black and white, New Year's Resolutions, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday 2015, The Arcanum, tiger

Flying High

December 2, 2014 by Tricia Booker Photography

The Arcanum’s Creation Wars last night (see yesterday’s blog post for more information) resulted in an excellent battle, with the lion image tying for second for Master Laurie Rubin’s Arcanum cohort. The winner’s photograph was amazing and well-deserved for the top honors. It’s a conceptual image, and I was so impressed with the photographer’s imagination, vision and creativity, along with her artistic talents. If you have a moment, here’s a link to Lucia Ferreira’s blog post with the winning photo […]

Categories: Birds, Cat, Nature, Photography • Tags: artistic, bird, Laurie Rubin, lion, Lucia Ferreira, MacPhun, Nikon D3s, Nikon D800E, photography, raptor, The Arcanum, The Creation Wars, wildlife

The Arcanum’s Creation Wars

December 1, 2014 by Tricia Booker Photography

If you were going to war, what would you take with you? Of course, the first thought would be a weapon of some sort, and then you might consider the “what ifs.” What if I’m attacked on multiple sides and need another set of eyes? What if I’m losing the battle and need a quick getaway? Well, wouldn’t a lion serve all of these purposes? He would stand by you in battle, with sharp teeth and slashing claws, scanning the […]

Categories: Nature, Photography • Tags: Arcanum Master, Creation Wars, Laurie Rubin, lion, nature, Nikon D800E, photography, The Arcanum, Trey Ratcliff, wildlife

A Serene Swan

November 25, 2014 by Tricia Booker Photography

I’ve been so busy the past few weeks with travel to Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio for meetings and assignments, I haven’t had much time for personal photography. But I did manage to edit a few recent images in between magazine deadlines, including this swan that I stalked. One of the benefits of being a member of The Arcanum is having access to hundreds of tutorials and educational videos in the Grand Library. Whenever I have a spare moment, (especially when […]

Categories: Birds, Nature, Photography • Tags: artistic, bird, MacPhun, nature, Nikon D3s, photography, swan, The Arcanum, Tonality Pro, Virginia

Lonaconing Silk Mill

October 14, 2014 by Tricia Booker Photography

I felt as if I’d been dropped 100 years into the past last Sunday during an adventure in Western Maryland. It all started after I’d accepted an invitation to shoot the Lonaconing Silk Mill in Lonaconing, Maryland, with an Arcanum Master named A.D. Wheeler. He was taking a photographic road trip and invited any Arcanum apprentices to join him as he traveled from New York to Pennsylvania to Virginia. I gratefully accepted, and arranged to meet him at an abandoned […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: abandoned, artistic, HDR, Lonaconing, Lonaconing Silk Mill, Maryland, Nikon D800E, photography, Sony A7, The Arcanum, Western Maryland

The Storyteller

September 4, 2014 by Tricia Booker Photography

It’s approaching five months since I began my journey with The Arcanum, and, if I could describe this time in one word it’s “inspired.” I have always loved photography and creating images, but sometimes I’d find myself stuck in the same routines, focusing primarily on my work and the images that I knew I needed to take, which aren’t necessarily the ones that recharged my creative engine. Having The Arcanum in my life has allowed me, so far, to avoid […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: artistic, photography, storyteller, The Arcanum

The Arcanum Updated

August 5, 2014 by Tricia Booker Photography

I’ve now been a member of The Arcanum for about four months, and it’s been a wonderful experience. As a member of Laurie Rubin‘s Wildlife and Nature Cohort, I’ve been inspired to challenge myself in a variety of ways, through photographing different animals, using post-processing methods and software in new ways, as well as thinking creatively outside my comfort zone. After spending the month of July at Horse Shows by the Bay in Traverse City, Michigan, I asked Laurie if […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: artistic, horse, horse show, Horse Shows by the Bay, Laurie Rubin, Michigan, Nikon D3s, photography, The Arcanum

The Arcanum

May 1, 2014 by Tricia Booker Photography

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… The Arcanum, “the magical academy for the mastery of the arts,” was born. Well, not really. But, for some reason, when I first stumbled upon The Arcanum website and concept I was instantly reminded of the Star Wars movies. As I delved deeper into discovering what The Arcanum was all about, I realized there indeed is a similarity to popular fantasy movies such as Star Wars and Harry Potter. The […]

Categories: Birds, Nature, Photography • Tags: birds, nature, Nikon D3s, Nikon D800E, photography, The Arcanum, wildlife