PLEASE NOTE: OUR VENUE HAS CHANGED FOR THIS MEETING ONLY. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE LOCATION DETAILS. MEETING TIME IS STILL 7PM, MARCH 6TH.
Newman United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall at 132 NE B St. The entrance is between 6th and 7th on B St. It is downstairs in the square looking building, not the fancy cathedral church. Enter on B St between 6th and 7th. There is a parking lot on the NW corner of 7th and B. There is also plenty of street parking. Get there early, Sean Bagshaw always draws quite a crowd. He is an excellent educator and photographer.
I had shot this particular plant over a series of days trying to get the perfect shot. This small insect was there nearly every day, but getting all the elements to come together was super challenging. I wanted in my mind to get a single bloom, in the right spot plus the insect at the right spot, with sharp focus throughout. The insect was the hardest part as it NEVER stopped moving and in fact was very camera shy. Nearly every shot with the insect in it inevitably was out of focus due to movement or other focus problems. Compounding the problem was hand holding the heavy camera/lens combination, while coaxing the insect to stay high up on the blooming part of the plant. Shooting at f/29 for maximum DOF did not help either. Eventually I managed to get a couple images that I was happy with, and learned that patience outweighs skill in some instances.
Shot with a Canon 5DMKIV, 100m lens combination. Speedlights we used off camera, ISO 1250, f/29, at 1/10 sec.
Sean Bagshaw will be our guest speaker for the March 6th education meeting. Sean is a landscape/travel photographer and photo educator based in Ashland, Oregon. When he’s not creating he enjoys teaching and sharing. In addition to selling fine art prints and licensing his images, he teaches image developing, leads workshops and give presentations when able. His presentation will be based on his recent trip to Iceland and the Faroe Islands. This is one meeting that you do not want to miss!
https://www.outdoorexposurephoto.com/
PLEASE NOTE: OUR VENUE HAS CHANGED FOR THIS MEETING ONLY. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE LOCATION DETAILS. MEETING TIME IS STILL 7PM.
Newman United Baptist Church Fellowship Hall at 132 NE B St. The entrance is between 6th and 7th on B St. It is downstairs in the square looking building, not the fancy cathedral church. Enter on B St between 6th and 7th. There is a parking lot on the NW corner of 7th and B. There is also plenty of street parking. Get there early, Sean Bagshaw always draws quite a crowd. He is an excellent educator and photographer.
I made this image at the lighting studio at SOU, in my photography class we were to bring whatever we wanted to photograph while playing with the lights. I had one speed light on her face off to the right for this shot. My camera settings were, ISO 100, 70mm, f14, 1/200sec.
Congratulations! Daniel on a beautiful image. Look for Daniel’s image in print in the Daily Courier.
My lucky stars must have been active when I was driving back home around midnight one night from scouting the river. I passed this pulled over vehicle on the Indian Mary side where it looked like they were changing a tire or something and realized as I crossed Hellgate bridge that it might be worth turning left instead of right at the end of the bridge. Sure enough, the bridge was lit up beautifully by their headlights. I was able to get off a few shots before they departed and voila.
Coffee Break Susan Sheets
This is from my old neighborhood in Portland. I love that everything in this image is black and white except for her beautiful skin and the coffee.
Please send your digital entries to Russ Williamson by Sunday night Feb. 17th for our upcoming meeting on Feb. 20th. The Assigned category is Reflections.
Sign in your prints at the meeting when you arrive.
For competition guidelines see the Competition tab on the website.
