Welcome to Charlottesville Camera Club

Photogropher and scientist Jürgen Leyet will talk to us via Zoom about some of creative photo opportunities available after dark. Here are some details:

Adding artificial light to photos taken at night can be done through a number of techniques. Light painting adds additional light to existing surfaces, but light drawing is one of the few techniques where a photographer can actively create unique and intriguing content, rather than simply photographing existing scenes. The following topics will be covered:

• Introduction to light painting equipment & settings
• Trigonometry for photographers: the exposure triangle
• Capturing time so you can spend it on painting
• Adding light
• Exposure considerations and the square root paradigm
• Angles: how geometry creates intrigue
• Buy or do it yourself: the light painter’s toolbox
• Photo editing considerations

Throughout the presentation, Jürgen will demonstrate a number of light painting tools, show how to use them, and how they look in many visual examples. 

Join us at Ivy Creek Natural Area in Charlottesville for a hands-on workshop Saturday, June 28 at 4 pm. We’ll meet in the education center, where Gerry Bishop will give us a brief introduction to understanding our camera’s capabilities. Then we’ll go outside for some practice shooting flowers, buildings, landscapes, or whatever interests us. Several seasoned camera club members will be there to to assist with setting up a shot, choosing the best settings, and suggesting some approaches we may not have considered. This is a great chance to get some one-on-one help.

Please let Tracy Kaminer know if you plan to attend.

Got some photos you'd like to share with your fellow members? Want some helpful suggestions on how to improve your photography skills? Just want to see what others in the club are shooting these days, and how they're using editing software to optimize their photos? Then our photo review sessions are a great place to spend some time.

If you haven't yet joined us in these Zoom gatherings, you should at least give it a try. Just show up and see what you think. Then, if you decide you want to show some of your own photos, go to the CCC website (www.cvillecameraclub.org) and click on Competition Info > Uploading in the left-side column for more information. (Don't worry: The photo reviews are not at all about competition!)

Got some photos you'd like to share with your fellow members? Want some helpful suggestions on how to improve your photography skills? Just want to see what others in the club are shooting these days, and how they're using editing software to optimize their photos? Then our photo review sessions are a great place to spend some time.

If you haven't yet joined us in these Zoom gatherings, you should at least give it a try. Just show up and see what you think. Then, if you decide you want to show some of your own photos, go to the CCC website (www.cvillecameraclub.org) and click on Competition Info > Uploading in the left-side column for more information. (Don't worry: The photo reviews are not at all about competition!)

We've all seen and admired fellow-club-member Ken Whittaker's magnificent photos of butterflies and other common insects. Ken has kindly volunteered to show us the tools and techniques he uses so successfully.

Why, you ask, didn't we get this presentation before our June competition? That wasn't possible, sorry to say, but think of it this way: Now that you know how challenging it can be to capture these small and elusive subjects, you'll have all the more reason to join us for this presentation! :-)