This webinar is part of the Fred & Edie Greene Speaker Series

Black and White Digital Expression
David Laronde

David’s presentation will focus on how he expresses his images in black and white. To do this he will discuss what subjects look best when expressed as a black and white image, what to look for in a subject, and how he processes his black and white images. His presentation will show how he captures and adjusts his images in black and white so that they become meaningful images to him.
 
Bio:
David Laronde has spent the last 40 years of his photographic career thinking about shape, form, and colour. That’s an odd thing to say for someone giving a presentation on expression in black and white photographic imagery, but black and white images are not just images with the absence of colour as colours translate differently in black and white. The inspiration for all his images has always been to photograph moments that were meaningful to him and black and white can often impress a different meaning than a colour image.

David Laronde is a Canadian photographer based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, although he is hardly there,  preferring to split his time between the ski resort of Whistler and the lake community of Osoyoos, both of which are also in British Columbia.

David has been designated by the Professional Photographers of America as a Certified Professional Photographer and as a Master Professional Photographer. His credentials outside the professional world include FCAPA, APSA, ARPS, and EFIAP/diamond 1.

Non-members of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia can register for the presentation using the following link: Registration through Eventbrite

PGNS members can go to the members only page for the WebEx link to the meeting.

This webinar is part of the Fred & Edie Greene Speaker Series

Timelapse Imagery
Shiv Verma

A time-lapse video essentially compresses time into a smaller space, creating some exceptional and evocative results.

In theory, time-lapse videos are easy to create – after all, you simply take a few hundred photos, one after another, line them up in a video application and you are done. Not true, if you want to create a stunning, seamless, flicker-free time-lapse video. There is a lot more involved than setting up a camera and capturing the sequence.

With digital cameras, we have infinite possibilities to capture time-lapse sequences and create exceptional video with even the simplest digital point-and-shoot cameras to DSLRs. This session will provide the basics necessary to create time-lapse videos.

We will cover the following topics:
Equipment

Camera settings

Intervalometer settings

Settings based on the speed of activity

Creating a quick video using Lightroom

Creating a video using LR Timelapse

Bio:
Through his images he wants to share with you the magic, his emotions, and his experiences from the moment he presses the camera’s shutter.

As much as Shiv enjoys the process of image capture, from stills to motion, he equally enjoys the post-process. The software and tools he uses, vary by image and subject matter, but he strongly believes that these techniques are represented as an integral part of his creation.

Shiv believes that his work, whether it be creatures, scapes, or still life, is most successful when it exudes the beauty and richness of life. To Shiv, a successful image is a personal opinion, what is more relevant than the subjective quality of an image, is how personally compelling that image is and the emotions it triggers in the viewer.

Shiv devotes a great deal of his time formally reviewing photography-related products, to education in digital photography and he is a speaker and competition judge. Shiv leads photo tours and workshops worldwide, typically one tour a month.

His book Time-Lapse Imagery was published in February 2014.

Shiv belongs to multiple photographic clubs and associations and serves as President of the New England Camera Club Council and Vice Chair of the Massachusetts Camera Naturalists. He is the immediate past Vice President of Learning and Technology of the Photographic Society of America. Additionally he is a member of the Professional Photographers Association of America; past Board Member, General Chairman of the PSA International, and Chairman of the Nature Division, PSA (Photographic Society of America); a member of the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA), and Greater Lynn Photographic Association.

Shiv is proud to have been elected a Fellow of the Photographic Society of America in 2020, an Associate in 2013. He was elected an Honorary Member of the New England Camera Club Council in 2022, and a Master Member in 2008.

Non-members of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia can register for the presentation using the following link: Registration through Eventbrite

PGNS members can go to the members only page for the WebEx link to the meeting.

This webinar is part of the Fred & Edie Greene Speaker Series

Lost in Fog – Photographing the Foggy Landscape
Ed McGuirk

Fog is often referred to as the “Photographers Best Friend”, and is a wonderful element to include in landscape images. Fog has many moods that can add a lot of drama and emotion to images. Fog can be soft, delicate, and very ethereal looking. Or it can create very moody and mysterious looking images. Fog can simplify images by reducing distractions and softening backgrounds. It can also be used to isolate subjects, and create a sense of depth in compositions.

This program will cover the technical, creative and post-processing aspects of photographing foggy landscapes, including the following topics;

– What is fog, and what causes it to occur
– How to evaluate weather conditions to predict when fog is likely to occur.
– What are the different types of fog, and what places do they occur
– Simplifying compositions and backgrounds with fog.
– Using fog to create a sense of depth in compositions.
– Emphasizing light with fog (sunbeams and backlit fog).
– How to use fog to add mood, emotion and drama to your images.
– In-field shooting strategies to get better fog images
– Post-processing fog images using Lightroom

BIO:
Ed McGuirk is a Massachusetts based landscape and nature photographer whose work concentrates on New England. He belongs to the Sudbury Valley Nature Photographers and the Massachusetts Camera Naturalists. His work has earned numerous honors, including the Lynn Salon’s Videtta Award, NECCC Nature Image of the Year, Highly Commended in the USA Landscape Photographer of the Year, and NPN’s Nature Photographer of the Year in 2021. Ed’s work has been published in “Outdoor Photographer”, “Nature Photographers.net” and other publications. To see more of Ed’s work, visit his website at http://www.edmcguirkphoto.com

Non-members of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia can register for the presentation using the following link: Registration through Eventbrite

PGNS members can go to the members only page for the WebEx link to the meeting.