June 2025 Meeting
Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 7:00pm
Refer to Meeting Announcement
Judge:
Phil Witt
Theme:
Bees, Butterflies, and More!
Bees and butterflies are among the most commonly seen insects this time of year, but there are many more insects and other small invertebrates--spiders, millipedes, and snails, for example--waiting to be found and photographed! Some of the best places to find a good subject are flower gardens or open meadows of wildflowers. Many invertebrates are also common around--and in!--ponds or streams. Some subjects will be most active around midday, but early morning and even nighttime are great times to go hunting. Can you capture a spider in its web after dark? How about a dew-covered dragonfly on a cool morning? Consider a super-closeup of a willing subject, or a wider view of a small creature interacting with its environment. And please remember--we're limiting this theme to invertebrates. No frogs, snakes, turtles, etc.
The judge this month is Phil Witt. Phil has been photographing nature since he got his first SLR camera in the late 70s. An avid birder, he is a volunteer at the Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary of New Jersey Audubon in
Bernardsville, N.J., where he co-leads the photography workshop series, and he is currently on N.J.
Audubon’s Board of Directors. He is a past president of the Camera Naturalist Photo Club, New Jersey’s
only nature-only photography club. He judges photography competitions and presents
instructional programs at photography clubs throughout New Jersey. He received the New Jersey
Federation of Camera Club’s 2017 Citation for service to photography in the state. He and his
wife enjoy traveling the world for photography--Antarctica, the Galapagos, Tanzania, Iceland, and Costa Rica, among others.
When not birding or photographing, he is a forensic psychologist, specializing in legal cases and
court testimony.
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