Hal Looney Photography

I have trained and traveled with some of America’s premier photographers. Works by these top artists, as well as my own, are displayed at Bluewood Gallery, 36 W Jordan St, Brevard, NC, my newest venture. The gallery is a merger of two top WNC photography galleries, offering teaching workshops, seminars, custom printing, framing and canvas stretching.

Recently, as owner of Bluewood Photography, I have focused on teaching, facilitating seminars and workshops, and expanding Bluewood into a center for photography. I often speak at area camera clubs, adult education and conservation organizations, helping satisfy my main goal of sharing images and experiences from remarkable wild places with others.

Quail Hunting, Thomasville, GA

Photos of a remarkable experience with Buddy and Portia Hendrick, and new friends at Mill Pond Plantation – quail hunting and relaxation. New gallery to be added soon.

Migratory Songbird Photoshoot

On January 14th and 15th intern Hannah Davis and I visited Gary Carter’s certified Migratory Bird Habitat to photograph birds with some friends. Shooting took place from a blind, with Gary Carter creating a variety of backdrops and perches for us. Biologist Robert Smith also brought us some wonderful reptiles to photograph including a Woma Python, African Rock Python, and a Parachute Gecko.

Portraiture Workshops

A few selected images of models from our Bluewood Gallery “Portraiture Workshop” which featured Jon Holloway, noted photographer and teacher from Greenwood, SC.

Contact me at 828.883.4142 for information on upcoming teaching and travel workshops, or check out the events page at Bluewood Photography for more details.

Canvas Printing

Recently I built a rack system in my studio workshop to hold large canvas prints. Here I am drying 14 – 24 x 36″ laminated canvas prints simultaneously.   This particular system can accommodate up to 18 large prints at a time.

Below is my new pneumatic gallery stretching machine.  It is capable of assembling up to 60″ canvas prints onto stretcher bars.

I just finished printing and stretching 70 -24 x 36″ canvases with these and they turned out to be great time savers – both!

Costa Rica

At first light in Monteverde, Costa Rica, two “early birds”, of which I was one, were rewarded with the initial sighting of the Resplendent Quetzal.

I photographed this gorgeous bird with my Canon 1D MkIV, 300mm f/2.8, with a Better Beamer fill flash at 1000 ISO, and felt fortunate to get this image of the bird which I am told is hard to find in this particular area of the country.

Other images from this 9 day trip to various parts of the country can be found on my website: www.hallooney.com.