Welcome to Charlottesville Camera Club

The judge for our competition in October will be Steven David Johnson. Steve teaches in the visual and communication arts department at Eastern Mennonite University and is department chairman. Steve specializes in nature photography with an emphasis on environmental conservation. You can view a selection of his photography at www.stevendavidjohnson.com. Learn more about his course in Conservation Photography at: http://www.emu.edu/vaca/photography/conservation-photography/. In addition to teaching, Steve has a professional background as a director of digital media, webmaster, and photographer.
His photographic credits include Orion, BBC Focus Magazine, NSTA books, National Geographic Traveler, Blue Ridge Country, Sufi Journal, Wings, Pastemagazine.com, npr.org, and The London Guardian. Steve’s photographic images and portfolios have been featured in the journals Ruminate, Numéro Cinq, Flycatcher, Newfound, Pan, and Rock and Sling. Steve also will present a program of his work as a nature photographer.

“Capture It - Sharp!"

The most common complaint from most photographers of any experience level is "my images aren't sharp," and "I can't get my focus to lock." This is often due to a lack of understanding of how the powerful autofocus (AF) system works. This workshop will give you a better understanding of focus and sharpness, and hopefully help you take photographs that you're very happy with!

Larry Bouterie and John Hulburt will present this workshop in two parts:

Basic focus topics (30 minutes):
1. Manual vs AF. How to use Live View. How AF works including spot, matrix and continuous servo modes. -- John

2. Eye diopter adjustment and inserts -- Larry

3. Depth of Field -- John

4. IS and VR, when to use and when to avoid -- Larry

Advanced topics:

5. Use of Back Button AF mode -- John

6. Diffraction related to DOF -- Larry

7. Focus stacking using Helicon -- Larry

8. Focus Fine Tuning -- Both

Why is this important? Does my camera support it?
Canon & Nikon recommendations
Other options
Demo how to use LensAlign
Questions & Discussion

Larry Bouterie and others on the CCC executive committee will introduce members to our efforts to create a presence for CCC on social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), in an effort to expand our reach and recruit new members. We need your input into making a good go of this, so we hope you can attend and participate.