The f164 Project

by Gavin Seim: In a few weeks I’ll be loading our the trailer as myself and my family will embark on a month long photo adventure. It’s like nothing I’ve ever done and I’m very excited. The final destination will be Twin Cities MN, where I’ll be teaching my HDR and LR workshops, but the trip itself will be all about photography. I intend to try new things, explore new places and push my skills a bit further.

With that in mind, plus the fact that I plan to embark on these sort of adventures more regularly, I’ve started a new site. Don’t worry, I’m not closing my other projects. But I’ve been planning for some time to make a site for my fine art work. I did that, but with a bit of a twist. Instead of just making another portfolio site, I did what I wanted to do. I made a travelogue and a journal. A book of notes if you will. It’s called f164.

It’s not that I don’t enjoy Pro Photo Show, Seim Effects, or my client blogs. But this is more like a diary where I can share what I learn, show what I’ve made and let me hair down (though my hair is not very long).

While on my trip and beyond there’s likely to be quite a bit of activity on 164. I hope you’ll join in and share our journey. Pro Photo Show will remain active, and some favorite posts from f164 may even make it over here. But if you want to see a bit more  of the emblazoned adventurous photograoher, come on over to f164.

PS. On a side note, I’m pretty proud of the f164 site. I built it all in WordPress, using the Twenty Ten theme and a lot of CSS tweaking.

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  1. Hi Gavin, love your stuff so hope you don’t take this the wrong way, but the first thing I see of your f164 header is “fart and travels of Gavin Seim” which may not gve the first impression you want. I note that the tab on my browser has ‘the Art and Travels…” so you might want to add the word “the” to your header, although I can see how that would mess with the spacing.
    Keep up the good work
    Cheers
    Tony

  2. Great site! I look forward to following you on this project. Your portraits are amazing, but there is just something special about your landscapes. I can’t wait to see what you capture on your trip.

    -Derek

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I'm from WA State USA and started studying photography in 97. I started work as a pro (using that word loosely because I sucked) using film at age 16. I learned fast but was not as easy to find training then. Sometimes I beat my head against the wall until I figured stuff out.

As digital dawned I went all in and got to study with masters like Ken Whitmire. In 09 I founded the Pro Photo Show podcast. I started promoting tone-focused editing. When Lightroom arrived, I started developing tools to make editing and workflow better.

20 years of study and photography around the country earned me a Master of Photography (M.Photog) from PPA. I got to see my workshops and tools featured in publications across the industry. Once I even won the prestigious HotOne award for my "EXposed" light and tone workshop.

Wanting something calmer, I moved to Mexico in 2017. It's a land of magical light. I'm here now exploring light and trying to master my weak areas. I make videos of that for my Youtube channel, sharing what I learn. I hope you'll stick around and be part of Light Hunters Tribe... Gavin

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