Dennis Goulet

Interview Posted on Deep Green Photography

Dennis — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:03:58 +0000

My friend and award-winning photographer Greg Basco has posted an interview he conducted with me for his website, Deep Green Photography. The interview includes some thoughtful questions on how I view my photography and the tools and techniques I use to make my images. Unfortunately, Greg has re-architected his website and the interview is no longer available.

This is a copy of the text and images from the interview. DennisGoulet_DeepGreenBlog_Interview

Inspiring a Poet

Dennis — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:23:15 +0000

One way I share my photography is to make showcase presentations; groups of slides set to music. I have two shows completed that I have presented at camera clubs and at the NECCC annual conference. I was asked to show one at the Cortland Place assisted living facility in Greenville, RI for a change of pace from their normal entertainment activities. The show “Favorite Places, Favorite Images” was well attended and well received. One resident, a retired first-grade teacher, was so moved by the show she got out of bed at midnight to write this poem.

Scenes in Couplets

by Francis Dinneen, Cortland Place

We say lovely scenes – not a car, house or steeple.

Just flowers, birds and faraway tiny people.

In the yard we saw Indian Pipes and other fungi.

And butterflies whose colors struck the eye.

Craggy mountains with their ancient folds

And striking deserts – eons old.

Hills and Valleys made a scene.

I even remember a lovely ravine.

Ancient trees so gangly and stark.

How many years since they’d had bark?

There were streams and gulleys and a water fall.

So much beauty – can’t remember it all.

I recall a desert stretching forever.

I heard someone murmur, “Well I never!”

I saw a double rainbow with all six shades.

Glowing through the mist – a colorful sight it made.

Then there were creatures, some of them small.

Little bugs and snakes, can’t recall all.

Next came the lion – mouth open to roar.

Great fun to look at – not to adore!

There was a geyser in old Yellowstone –

Believe me when I say, it doesn’t ‘geys’ alone!

Clouds and sunsets were there for us.

We got them free – no need to fuss.

The musical scores surrounding them all –

There only one phrase – they did us enthrall.

I’m sure to have omitted a scene or two –

Or three or four – possibly more.

It was a marvelous, splendid afternoon.

Will you please, I beg you, come back soon.

Audubon Magazine Birds In Focus Winner

Dennis — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:45:37 +0000

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

My image of a Green-breasted Mango was selected as the Grand Prize Winner of the Audubon Magazine Birds In Focus photography contest. It was selected from the 8,000 entries in this year’s competition. The image is one of the thousands of images I captured during my trip to Costa Rica in March 2010. You can find the announcement of the winners at Audubon Magazine.

Another of my entries was selected as one of the Top 100 images of the contest and can be seen here. Rather than tell you which one is mine, I’ll leave it to you to explore all of these wonderful images. After you see these images, you’ll understand how honored I am that my image was selected from among those images.

Click on the thumbnail to view a larger image.