In this episode Alain and Natalie Briot present the 2011 Beaux Arts Photography Summit which takes place in Death Valley, California, in November 2011.

This is the first time that we offer this yearly event in Death Valley. Plus, the field workshops after the summit take us to the Easter Sierra Nevada and to Mono lake, making this event a once in a lifetime opportunity to study photography, and to create a superb collection of images from some of the most beautiful locations on Earth.

Our presenters and teachers this year are Alain Briot, Natalie Briot, Mark Nelson and Tony Sweet. A biography of all teachers and presenters is at the Summit link at:

http://beautiful-landscape.com/Workshop-Summit-11.html

A detailed description of the Summit and field workshops is also at the same link.

Be sure to listen to the podcast and visit the Summit page!

In this episode Alain and Natalie Briot talk about the importance of measuring and celebrating your achievements at the end of the year.

Alain and Natalie also take this opportunity to discuss the learning process, what differentiates beginners from achieved photographers and more.

In this episode Alain and Natalie Briot talk about New Year resolutions designed to help you improve your photography.

These range from setting goals for your photography to working on specific projects, deciding what you want to learn this year, studying the work of specific artists and much more.

In this episode Alain and Natalie Briot talk about their new Route 66 Workshop.

The focus on this conversation is the unique aspect of this workshop and the creativity and artistic freedom that attending this workshop brought to the participants. Alain and Natalie also talk about the history of Route 66.

http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/podcast/50-Route-66-Podcast.mp3

In this episode Alain and Natalie Briot discuss how to study Fine Art Photography effectively.

Topics include how to find a teacher that you like, what to look for in a workshop, understanding what is Fine Art Photography, and much more.

http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/podcast/49-studying-photography.mp3

In this episode Alain and Natalie Briot share their first impressions using the new Apple iPad 64gb

Alain and Natalie look at what the iPad offers when compared to the iPod, iPhone, laptops and desktop computers.

In this episode Alain and Natalie talk about the difficulties involved when you are creating work for a commercial and for a Fine Art Audience.

Because these 2 audiences have very different needs, you have to use a different approach, or methodology, for each of them.

Alain and Natalie discuss what these different needs are and present several proven approaches that will help you be create work that will be successful with these two audiences.

In this episode Alain and Natalie talk about the new Adjustment Layers Mastery Workshop on DVD.

Alain describes what led him to create this new tutorial and Natalie comments on her experience listening and studying with this new tutorial.

Alain and Natalie also talk about the unique aspects of this new tutorial and explain why using layers is a requirement when the goal is the creation of Fine Art Photographs.

A special offer for this new tutorial is available at this link:

This offer is for the first 40 orders only. Place your order now before it is too late.

In this episode Alain and Natalie talk about the difficulties involved with judging art in general and Fine Art Photography in particular.

This podcast is part 2 of the Alain's interview with Peter Urban. The interview was done at Alain's home and studio in Arizona.

During this interview Alain talks about how he started his photography business, his passion for photography, and many other aspects of being a professional photographer.

This episode is in movie format