Natural Light Photography with Ken Johnson

This class & presentation explores using the ISO’s of your camera without using flash. This covers low light, night & available light photography. All images used in class presentation cover many photography subjects & all exposure information is on every slide done in Power Point. Images have been taken with 6 different cameras from 2004 – 2017. Some using tripod & many handheld.

“Let talk about photographing Hot Air Balloons”

Tom Ewart is a working professional photographer with over 30 years working experience from everything from commercial to events to sports. This will be an evening exploring all aspects of photographing Hot Air Balloon and Hot Air Balloon Festivals. Tom will explain what all goes on at most event and why. Some basic Balloon Knowledge and how to get the most out of photographing these 7 story, sometimes glowing, but usually beautifle beasts. Combining elements of color, light, fire and man’s desire for flight, hot air balloons can provide for some really appealing visual works of art. Tom has been either the official photographer or part of the official photography crew at many balloon events around the country including the granddaddy of the all the Alburquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico where 500-600 hot air balloons take flight over the 9 day event. Bring any questions you may have and we will discuss them. There are several local festivals in the area we will talk about, including Muskogee, Ok (starts the following day—Tom will the official photographer for the balloon operations at that event), Aug 17-18 and the Arkansas Balloon Championships Sept 7-9 in Harrison, AR.

Tom Ewart
http://www.nwaphoto.com/

Lena will go over some model posing tips as well as how to plan a creative shoot. From costumes to face and body painting with paints, latex and glitter. She will review safety information when using these items and items that are safe to use.

Dragonfly expert Bob Thomas will lecture at 6:00 p.m. regarding how best to photograph dragonflies followed by catch and release of dragonflies. Once a dragonfly is caught in a net, it will sit on your hand for 10 or 15 seconds before flying away. This makes close up photographs possible even for the beginning photographer.