January 16, 2023: Mollie Isaacs will do a hybrid Zoom presentation titled “Abstracts with Impact”. Abstracts are the poetry of photography. They allow your imagination & your creativity to soar. Abstracts allow you to incorporate line, shape, form & color to create images that are unique & artistic. And, it allows you to be completely free of...
February 20, 2023: Matt Payne will present “Methods for Tapping Into Your Creativity” in a hybrid Zoom session. By focusing on what speaks to us as a person in the field, we can hone in on what makes photography an incredible creative pursuit in a more consistent way without using rules or tropes. Using some of Matt's own...
March 20, 2023: Alan Ross will do a hybrid Zoom presentation titled “The Magic of Black-and-White”. Alan feels that black-and-white, by its very nature, is an abstraction of “reality”. A sky can be light or dark without looking wrong. Colors can be skewed without anything looking wrong. But with color, unless doing something clearly wild, there is...
April 17, 2023: John Barclay will do a hybrid Zoom presentation titled “Dream - Believe - Create”. John states: There was a time when I felt I could not create anything. My self-talk was - I am not a creative person, I’m not smart enough, I can’t do this. After seeing images projected at the first workshop...
May 15, 2023: Oliver Wright comes to BPS from England & will do a hybrid Zoom presentation titled “What I’ve Been Doing in the Last 12 Months”. During his talk, Oliver will take us through his last year or so of photographic travels, projects & adventures. There will be a mix of wildlife & macro from the...
May 22 at 7:00 PM is BPS Member Photo Competition & Critique Night. This will be a LIVE, IN-PERSON session with our judge, R. Anthony Hoff, present at the GoggleWorks to give his critiques & then show a few submitted examples of his image edits with actionable suggestions. Refreshments will be served. Let’s have a big turnout....
September 18, 2023 at 7 PM: Xuan Hui Ng will present “In Nature’s Embrace” from Japan details to follow
"Film is not dead, in fact it is very much alive and growing!!" A discussion of the many aspects of shooting film: where to buy film and cameras, the types of film you can use, developing equipment and chemicals for both B&W and color, slide and motion picture film. Also, how to get your negatives...
Simon d'Entremont will present “Taking your Bird and Wildlife Photography to the Next Level” via Zoom from Canada in a hybrid session. This talk is thanks to a major donation from Dr. and Mrs. Leigh Reeves. Simon will go over some of his top tips about wildlife photography, including gear, settings, field techniques & strategies for pretty pictures....
October 30 at 7:00 PM is the last BPS Member Photo Competition & Critique Night of 2023. This will be a recorded, hybrid meeting using Zoom for those who decide not to join us at the GoggleWorks. The theme for this competition is Tranquility, Peace, Calm, Contemplative, Quiet in both Pictorial & Nature categories. As our world...