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A Call to Creativity : a presentation by Freeman Patterson

An Online Event hosted by Harbour City Photography Club in Nanaimo, BC

Date: January 19, 2021

Time: 9:30 pm

Tickets are $10/person plus HST.

To register for this event, click here.

Freeman Patterson lives at Shampers’ Bluff, New Brunswick, Canada. He is an internationally renowned photographer and writer. He has taught innumerable workshops throughout the world and has authored 15 books. Freeman is the recipient of many awards including The Order of Canada, The Photography Society of America, and the North American Nature Photography Association to name but a few.

To quote Freeman Patterson, about his art, “Every artist is, first of all, a craftperson thoroughly knowledgeable about the materials, tools, and techniques of his or her particular medium and skilled in using many of them. However, in my view, no amount of technical knowledge and competence is, of itself, sufficient to make a craftsperson into an artist. That requires caring — passionate caring about ultimate things.”

“It’s about the person who brings the creativity to the task and the tools.”

“How do I stimulate the creativity I’ve been given?”

This 1 1/2 hr. long presentation is comprised of an opening talk followed by images and a commentary and is designed for photographers, painters, and to teachers of every sort.

Wildlife & Landscape Photography Workshops (Dec 2020 to Jan 2021)

A post forwarded from Michael Bertelsen

Hello Photography Friends,

Join me in Algonquin Park and surrounding areas to photograph snow covered pines, crystalized vegetation and quiet frozen lakes. Wildlife possibilities include: moose, whitetail deer, martin, red fox, wintering birds like the ruffed and spruce grouse, pine & evening grosbeaks, pileated, hairy and downy woodpeckers, white & red-breasted nuthatches, blue & grey jays, boreal chickadee, red polls and pine siskin.

What to Expect

The 2 day workshop will focus on how to achieve attractive backgrounds using depth of field and focal length. You will learn what shutter speeds to use for specific animals to take advantage of lower ISO’s, as well as what angles are more interesting or more attractive. I will give you tips on how to locate wildlife and what time of the day each animal or bird is more active, and show you how to best compose landscapes and wildlife images. You will learn how to consistently acquire focus in thick forest, and because we are in a small group I will be available to answer and assist you with any other questions you may have.

This workshop is geared to both the beginner and advanced photographer.
Due to COVID participants will be driving in their own vehicles.
Private Workshops Also Available
Gift certificates are available for last minute shoppers!

Click here for More Information and Dates

To schedule a wildlife photography workshop, or if you have any questions please contact Michael Bertelsen

E-mail- [email protected]

Free photo e-books from Larry Frank with donation to Daily Bread Food Bank

Larry Frank is a photographer, traveler, writer, Photoshop instructor, digital retouch artist, motivational speaker and perennial student.

See sample pages of his 2-ebooks:

Stolen Moments and how I stole them – the Bible of Photographing People

Visual Rhythm – From Visual Perception to the Principles of Visual Design

Larry writes:

COVID 19 HAS CAUSED A HUNGER CRISIS

I photographed a single parent and his two children. I came face to face with an existential reality…the father goes hungry so his two children can eat. It wasn’t a pretty picture. Fact: after paying rent, light, heat, etc., the average Daily Bread Food Bank client has only $7.83 left per day to feed their family. This also is not a pretty picture. Click here to read his story.

If you can donate $25 directly to the Daily Bread Food Bank, it will be a great help as they get bulk pricing for food purchases. They’ll send you a tax receipt and, as a humble gift of thanks, I will send you my two photo eBooks, Stolen Moments and Visual Rhythm. The image below shows 28 of 267 pages of lessons on multiple topics. Hey, it’ll at least be a good read while in the bubble and you’ll have the satisfaction of helping really needy families.

For the direct link to the Daily Bread Food Bank, more sample pages and book reviews, go to www.larryfrankphoto.com and to the menu > Help Humanity By Feeding The Hungry.

To receive the 2 free e-books, please identify your camera club association in the Notes section of the Donation Page. Larry will also send you a copy of the presentation he made recently to the Richmond Hill Camera Club as an extra bonus.

Niagara Frontier Regional Camera Club – Speaker Series 2020-2021

NFRCC & Hunt’s Photo and Video are offering virtual presentations.

There are 11 speakers scheduled in this speaker series with multiple genres. The series spans from September 2020 thru August 2021 with most presentations on a Monday evening each month. You can register for the entire series of speakers for $45.00 CDN (NFRCC members) $55.00 CDN (non-members) which provide you with access to all the speakers in the series.

There is also the option pick and choose which speakers you wish to see for $10.00 CDN (NFRCC members) $12.00 CDN (non-members), for those who only wish to attend a limited number of presentations. HST is included in these prices.

Click here to find the list of speakers and registration information.

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