Tuesday, April 4 @ 7:00 PM

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Photographing Critters in Your Yard

by Ian Clark

Getting started with wildlife photography doesn’t require a huge effort or even travel. You likely have interesting critters coming and going through your yard, photographing them is a great place to start. This presentation will give you some tips on how to attract wildlife to your yard or to find critters locally, how to get them where you want them and tips on gear and camera settings. The show is designed for people with DSLR or digital mirrorless cameras.

Hope you’ll join us!

About Ian

Ian spent many years operating commercial photo labs and tackling technical photographic problems, including a stint as the Manager of the Photographic Section at NASA’s Langley Research Center. He has a B.S. from the Rochester Institute of Technology and did his master’s work at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He has been a news stringer off and on since 1975. For many years, he has traveled extensively to photograph railroads, focusing on our remaining steam locomotives. He is trying to retire and spend more time on nature photography.

Ian is a Juried Member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, the New Hampshire Arts Association and the Vermont Hand Crafters, as well as being a member of a number of arts organizations.

March 2023

February 14, 2023 admin

Tuesday, March 7 @ 7:00 PM

Online, a Zoom link will be sent.

Infrared Photography

by Bill Barnett

Today there is a lot of interest in infrared photography. It is a way to explore new worlds and capture fine art images. It changes the appearance of an image by creating false tones or colors. It stimulates your creativity.

In this program Bill will explore what infrared (actually near infrared) radiation is and how it renders photographs of the world. Pure infrared radiation produces only black and white images, but also including part of the visible spectrum allows colored images to be created.

The images shown in this program are the result of an extended personal project where images from across Connecticut were captured using a series of filters. Filters included a normal visible filter and a variety of filters that admitted infrared radiation plus part of the visible spectrum. Each filter produced a different result.

Bill will begin by briefly describing the Infrared Connecticut project and the reasons it was undertaken. He will describe the equipment used and compare the photographs that can be obtained using different filters. Finally, he will describe the post processing steps required for each type of filter. The presentation will conclude with a showcase selected from the many images captured during the project.

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