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Improve Your Wildlife and Nature Photography: Tips on Photographic Principles, Techniques and Artistic Input | Photography Seminar Shooting Outside the Box: Taking Your Creative Photo Skills to the Next Level | Photography Seminar A Special Interactive Workshop with special guest lecturer, Stacey Sather Meeting Location: GTM Research Reserve, Classroom 1 Meeting Location: GTM Research Reserve, Classroom 2 SATURDAY 3 TO 5 P.M. THURSDAY 1 TO 2:30 P.M. Price: $40 | Max No of People: 20 | Difficulty Level: Intermediate to Advanced Are you curious about what separates the special photos from all the others in a judge’s mind during a photo contest? Kevin shares his experience as a judge and what makes a photo stand out, offering tips to move your photography to the next level of creativity. We’ll view images from the participants discussing what could have been done to make it a better photo (bring 2 – 4 jpeg images on a thumb drive, with at least 900 pixels in the largest dimension). Kevin and Stacey will emphasize the value of each photographer’s artistic vision and how to put more feeling into images while still maintaining basic compositional requirements. Price: $40 | Max No of People: 40 | Difficulty Level: Intermediate to Advanced Photographers of all skill levels will benefit from the varied topics covered. The introduction covers principles of composition and awareness of lighting, with compensation for light and dark subjects and creative use of lighting for special effects. Other topics include optimum camera settings and techniques for shooting wildlife in action, and hand held versus tripod photography. If you want to take your images to the next level of proficiency and artistic value, try this short workshop. Photo Safari to Anastasia State Park –Wildlife and Nature Photography Instruction | Field Workshop North Shore Boat Excursion: Birding, Photography, Nature Study and Relaxation | Field Workshop Meeting Location: Anastasia State Park FRIDAY 6:45 TO 10:30 A.M. | SA T