Featured Speaker: Mary Day Long on Infra-Red Photography To the uninitiated, infrared photography can seem daunting or mysterious, especially since there are several types, with distinct uses and looks. This presentation will touch only briefly on far infrared or heat radiation photography, focusing instead on the practical and artistic aspects of capturing NIR (Near Infrared Range) images. Capturing light that’s just beyond the range of … Continue reading Mary Day Long, January 16, 2020 »

Featured Speaker: Ted Keller Ted enjoys speaking to camera clubs and other groups interested in photography.  His topic for this evening is shown below. The Value of Practice (artificial experience exercises) This presentation provides insight for ensuring that exceptional photo opportunities aren’t missed!  Momentary light shafts disappear; wildlife scampers and flies; rainbows fade; kids’ expressions change; and guides move us along. Photographers can drastically decrease … Continue reading Ted Keller, November 21, 2019 »

Featured Speaker: Stephen Brkich on Photographing in Alaska Stephen Brkich just returned from another Alaska trip in September and will be presenting some fantastic photos at this meeting. About Stephen Brkich Stephen has been using a camera since 1979 when he received one at Christmas.  It was a Canon AT-1 that was all manual. Its first use was for a School trip to Washington DC … Continue reading Stephen Brkich, October 17, 2019 »

The club members have expressed a desire to have all their submitted photographs critiqued, so this meeting has no speaker in order to allow time for these critiques.  In the past few meetings, only one photograph from each photographer was critiqued, but the judge will critique all photographs in this meeting, time permitting. This is a free, public meeting so invite a buddy! but we … Continue reading Competition Only Meeting, September 5, 2019 »

Phil Hawkins on Processing RAW Images You can unlock the potential of your digital images by choosing to shoot in the camera’s RAW format. Today this is much easier than it used to be, but it still takes knowing different options. Phil Hawkins will introduce his work flow for using DxO Photolab to do post-production of RAW images. For those of you who are wedded … Continue reading Processing RAW Images and Round Table on Programs – Thursday, August 15, 2019 »

Phil Hawkins on Photographing Yosemite National Park Phil Hawkins, NAPfS President and Yosemite National Park workshop leader for 14 years, will be showing his award-winning park images as well as recommending the best places to go at different times of the year and how to organize yourself and gear to prepare for what you will encounter in different seasons. Plus, he’ll reveal directions to hidden … Continue reading Yosemite Adventures – August 1, 2019 »