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Are you looking to expand your capabilities with your digital or film camera. In additon to learning how to compose images in an outdoor setting, this class will help increase your comfort level with your equipment.  Geared toward beginners and intermediates from teens to seniors, attendees have included hobbyists, birders, artists and carvers seeking to improve on the gathering of reference material and nature lover's looking to expand their capabilities. At the end, you will be able to take your camera off automatic and you take the photograph you want instead of what your camera thinks you want…..and done right, there is little need for software manipulation!!

    What's the workshop about?

    f-stop? Shutter speed? What do these things do? Manual or automatic? Printing a photograph? Wide angle vs. macro vs telephoto? Are any of these questions you have asked or photography questions you have ever asked? They and many more will be answered in this outdoor and nature photography workshop and intermediates We’ll talk what fools those automatic light meters (and how to compensate for them), coping with changing light conditions outdoors, compostion and more. You’ll get notes, reprints, have some fun, learn a lot and walk away taking photographs rather than having your camera snap a picture for you.

    We’ll look at maximizing equipment at minimal costs and the tradeoffs on equipment, metering, etc photography We’ll have optional  shooting sessions in many sessions.

    Open discussion and questions are encouraged, allowing participants to get some specific questions answered. The free exchange of information and ideas has proven to be helpful to all participants.

    What do you get? Each participant gets a binder containing the discussion notes, reprints of many articles to reinforce some of the discussion and other information.

    What do you have to bring to the workshop?  

    Some enthusiasm for photography, a willingness to learn and some patience. Depending upon the time and location,  participants are asked to bring a bag lunch  Most people bring a camera (everything from disposables to the top-of-line have been in the same workshop) if they want some specific questions answered about it or if they plan to shoot as part of the workshop.

    More information: Contact the location noted above or Sol Levine at naturpix@mindspring.com

     

    Show Schedule for 2011 (some dates are tentative)

  • DATE NAME & LOCATION SPONSOR (and website if applicable)

    Feb 12 - 13

    East Carolina Wildlife Art Show
    Washington, NC

    East Carolina Wildfowl Guild

    http://www.eastcarolinawildfowlguild.com

    Feb 18 - 20

    Southeastern Wildlife Exposition
    Charleston, SC

    www.sewe.com

    Note: Photograph exhibit will be at the Embassy Suites, Charleston

    Mar 18 - 21

    Rappahonock River Waterfowl Show

    White Stone Firehouse
    White Stone, VA

    www.rrws.org

    Mar 25 - 27

    Patuxent Wildlife Art Show & Sale

    National Wildlife Visitor Center
    Patuxent Research Refuge
    Scarlet Tanager Drive
    Laurel. MD

     

    http://www.friendspwrc.org/ArtShow22nd


  • Exhibits Scheduled for 2011

    DATES NAME & LOCATION SPONSOR (and website if applicable)
    Feb 23 - Apr. 25 Town of Cary
    Herb Young Community Center
    101 Wilkinson Avenue
    Cary, NC
    Town of Cary Cultural Resources Division www.townofcary.org/Departments/Parks__Recreation___Cultural_Resources/Facilities/Community

    Mar 1 - 31

    (Group Exhibit)
    Holly Springs Cultural Center
    300 W. Ballentine Street
    Holly Springs, NC

    Multi-artist with the North Carolina Wildlife Artists Society
    www.ncwas.com and www.hollyspringsnc.us/dept/park/culture



    Mar 1 - 31

    (Group Exhibit)
    The Clayton Center
    2nd & Fayetteville Sts.
    Clayton, NC

    Multi-artist with the North Carolina Wildlife Artists Society

    www.claytonvisualarts.com
    June 1 - June 30 Daggerwing Nature Center
    11200 Park Access Road
    Boca Raton, FL
    Palm Beach Country Parks and Recreation
    www.pbcgov.com/parks/nature/daggerwing_nature_center/