News/Upcoming Meeting Newsletter
GPNP photo shoot out with Jim Griggs!
Date is Saturday, June 5th. Planned are a tour onto the refuge from 8:30 am
until 9:30 am where we can exit the vehicles and photograph the wildflowers and
any critters that are in the area. Return the the visitor center and shoot the
wildflowers in that area as well as at McPherson Lake. Lunch will be in
Lindsborg, on our own then back out to Maxwell for some more shooting before an
included dinner and wildlife tour back out on the refuge. We plan on staying
until sunset to shoot some of the nice grasses and the setting sun. Cost will be
$35, dirt cheap for all day out there.More information will be available as soon
as I have the details worked out.
For those who are not familiar with Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, it is located near
Canton, KS and occupies about 2000 acres of rolling prairie with a herds of
bison and elk.
Capture the Possibilities!
A George Lepp Seminar for Nature and Outdoor Photographers, at Great Bend, KS, on June 26th, 2010. Cost is $15 and the event is being held by the Central Kansas Photo Club with Canon and Mpix as sponsors. DOWNLOAD FLYER and REGISTRATION FORM HERE.
In the age of digital, photography is still the same—but everything’s different! Exciting new equipment, capture techniques, and software programs are redefining the field by overcoming the limitations previously set by film and expanding the possibilities for expression of every photographer’s creative vision.
Today’s digital photography involves mastering the inter-related processes of image capture and optimization. How we approach each subject determines the range of possibility for its portrayal, so get it right from the start. As George will demonstrate, there are no limits! You’ll learn how to create magnificent panoramas (even macro panoramas) and high-resolution “gigaramas,” maximize your options with expanded ISO, photograph lightning in the daytime, get unlimited depth of field for landscape and macro applications, and achieve perfect exposure with HDR composites or multiple-processing of a single image. And it’s time to embrace action—and stop action—with time-lapse movies created with your DSLR and the high-resolution video capabilities of many of the new cameras. It’s a whole new approach made easy with your familiar lenses and simple, efficient editing software!
In this seminar, George Lepp will share his many creative approaches to landscape, macro, and wildlife subjects to help you get every shoot right from the very beginning. Illustrated by George’s masterful imagery and seasoned with wit, this program is a must-see for nature and outdoor photographers who are ready to embrace all the possibilities of digital capture and composition. You’ll be inspired and energized, and ready to get better results and more enjoyment from your photography.
Mike Forsberg, the speaker for our fall 2004 meeting, builds on the success of his first book, "On Ancient Wings", with the October 2009 release of his second book "Great Plains, America's Lingering Wild". For information on Forsberg's latest book, go to: http://www.michaelforsberg.com/gpbook.html