Updates

Site Redesign!

March 22, 2011 by Drew Fulton 1 Comment

As you probably have noticed, things look a lot different around here recently. I have switched themes and have a new design that I am really excited about. This particular theme has some really great options and new functions that I plan on taking advantage of in the next few months.

As some of you know, I’ve had a wild few months but am excited about what is on my upcoming agenda. Next Monday I will be starting a Masters program through Full Sail University based out of Winter Park, Florida. I will be studying Education Media Design & Technology through a one year online program. It has been a long time since I have had classes and assignments, but I am excited about getting back into school and all the challenges that go with that.

Also, I have really missed writing for this blog and I have especially missed the interaction and feedback I get through the comments. As spring is slowly arriving here in New York, I am going to be returning to this blog and hopefully generating some good discussion. I hope to spend at least a couple days each week photographing and plan to be posting a lot of images. However, with school starting on Monday, I am not sure what sort of free time I will have. In any case, I have been spending some time with my photo archives this winter and will be pulling images from there if I don’t have anything new to post.

Anyway, I’d like to officially welcome you to the new Wanderer’s Apprentice, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts and comments in upcoming discussions. Stick around and let me know what you think!

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Park Photo Guides Grand Opening!

November 2, 2010 by Drew Fulton Leave a Comment

It has grown very quiet around here in recent months and I must apologize but my time has been consumed with preparing the launch of Park Photo Guides. This new website offers site guides for nature photographers that cover the nation’s national parks and other popular photographic destinations. These site guides are written by photographers with extensive experience photographing in the park and know both where to go and where to avoid. The guides are available as PDF eBooks and will be updated regularly, free of charge.

Right now, we have two guides for sale covering Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, but we have more currently in development and I will be updating the site as they are published. I hope to have at least one or two more published by the end of this year and a large wave coming next year.

In the meantime, if you are considering a trip to South Florida to photograph birds or the unique landscape of the Everglades, be sure to stop by and check out our site guides!

Additionally, we are offering a 25% discount for our first two weeks so be sure to pick up a copy of the guides before November 15th to take advantage of the sale!

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: discount, national park, nature photography, Park Photo Guides, sale, site guide, travel

Quick Update! Now in Maryland

August 12, 2010 by Drew Fulton 1 Comment

I just wanted to put a quick update on the blog while I have a moment. We spent a week in New York City while my wife excavated the ship found at the World Trade Center. I was fortunate enough to get on site several days and create a series of spherical panoramas showing different stages of the excavation. We have now moved down to Maryland, where we have been for about 10 days and have another 10 or so days left. Here, we are documenting every single timber. Without getting into the technical details, my photographs will be used to create 3D models of each piece so the ship can be reassembled virtually at a later date. Carrie is carefully measuring and tracing each piece, creating 1:1 traces.

It is a fun and interesting process but requires meticulous precision and painstaking attention to detail. We will be here through the end of next week and then its back to New York where Carrie will be starting class and I’ll be processing the photos, video, and time lapse sequences I have created over the last month. I also will be able to get back to blogging regularly and get to all those things on my to do list that got pushed back for this project.

Check out the panos in the meantime and I’ll be in touch soon!

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: archaeology, artifacts, conservation, excavation, shipwreck, world trade center ship

Off to New York City!

July 25, 2010 by Drew Fulton Leave a Comment

It has been quiet around here all summer and I apologize that my brief hiatus turned into a much longer break. However, I have had an extremely busy and productive summer with a lot to show, though not much new photography. I’d like to take a quick moment to announce that this morning my wife and I are headed down to New York City for the next 10 days or so. As you may know, my wife is an archaeologist ,and she will be working on excavating the ship that has recently been found at the site of the World Trade Center. It’s an extremely exciting opportunity and it should make for a fun time in the city.

There is a chance that I will be able to get on site and create a series of panoramas of the ship and the excavation but we aren’t sure yet. Details are still being worked out so I am just headed down prepared to either shoot or work from the hotel. Whatever happens, We will be in the city for at least the next week or so. I’ll post some more details about the project sometime this coming week once I know more myself.

If you are in the City and want to meet up for coffee or a drink, shoot me an email or leave a comment here. Hope everyone has a great week!

Filed Under: Daily Musings, New York, Updates Tagged With: archaeology, excavation, New York City, ship, World Trade Center

A Short Hiatus

May 21, 2010 by Drew Fulton 1 Comment

I have found that over the last few weeks, despite my best intentions, I have neglected my duties here at Wanderer’s Apprentice. I simply haven’t been getting out and photographing like I planned and thereby don’t have the images to post. The last few weeks and the next few that are coming up are extraordinarily busy for me, so I have decided to take a short break from posting here at Wanderer’s Apprentice.

This doesn’t mean things will be completely silent, but posts will be sporadic at best. I’ve got a lot on my plate so my focus has to fall elsewhere. I am currently in the final stages of launching the website for my Costa Rican project, Canopy in the Clouds. We’ll be going live next week with a soft release prior to a day of meetings at National Geographic about the project on Thursday. The official launch will be coming shortly after those meetings, and we look forward to getting the project out there after two and half years of hard work.

In addition to this major launch, I’ve got two new business ventures in the works, at least one of which should be launching here in the next month, followed by the second later this summer. Add to that the fact that my wife and I are moving next weekend over Memorial Day and trying to get ready for that. Ultimately, it comes down to the fact that I have a lot of on my plate and while I hope to share when I get out to photograph, I don’t see that happening as much as I had hoped. I’ll be back in early to mid June depending on my schedule but hope to see you then!

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Announcement: Monday Night Lecture

May 9, 2010 by Drew Fulton Leave a Comment

Evening in the Everglades - Everglades National Park, Florida

I have a quick announcement for those readers in the central New York and Ithaca area. Monday night (yes that’s tomorrow) I will be presenting a talk on the Everglades at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for the Cayuga Bird Club. The meeting starts at 7:30 and I will probably start talking about 8:00. All are welcome to attend. If you’ll be there, let me know so I can say hi afterwards. Sorry for the short notice, but hope to see you there.

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: Cayuga Bird Club, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Everglades, lecture, update

Feeling Better: Back next week

April 23, 2010 by Drew Fulton Leave a Comment

Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) - Milnesand, New Mexico

Thanks for all the feel better comments and emails. I am getting there, slowly but surely and I will be back on Monday with a full week of posts, I promise. After that, spring Migration should be pretty much in full swing and I will try to be out photographing on a daily basis so there should be lots of new content up and coming. See you then and hope everyone has a great weekend!

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Sick for a day…

April 21, 2010 by Drew Fulton 1 Comment

If you are here looking to learn more about Lesser Prairie Chickens, you’ll have to check back tomorrow. I woke up this morning with a nasty bug and simply don’t have the energy to write a good post for you today. I’ll be back when I get my head back on my shoulders! Thanks for understanding.