On October 5 at 7:30, Clyde Butcher, the world renowned, very large format, Florida Everglades photographer will hold a special Zoom session for Berks Photographic Society members titled “Art Comes From The Heart”. Clyde will explain how he graduated in architecture in 1964 & how he became a professional landscape photographer in 1969, first in B&W, then in color,...
Rich returns to BPS after his very well received presentation on "Both Sides of Judging" in February 2020. This new talk isn't a lesson in basic composition, it is a serious but entertaining look at the 3 fundamental building blocks required to create great photography. Rich has been a professional and fine art photographer since...
On October 26 at 7:30 PM, professional photographer Joe Pizzuto will present "Word on the Street..." in a Zoom session to the Berks Photographic Society (BPS). Joe will discuss street photography as an explorative process & personal vision, based on his work & that of other artists. He will address the definition of street photography, its...
On November 2 at 7:30 PM, Frank Plucinsky will present a "Skylum Software Update" in a Zoom session to the Berks Photographic Society (BPS). Skylum’s Luminar 4 can be a plugin for Lightroom and Photoshop as well as a standalone image editor. New photographers will appreciate the simple one-click presets (looks) and the user-friendly...
On November 16 at 7:30 PM, Lisa & Tom Cuchara will present their new program “Wabi-Sabi” via Zoom. This program will explore the beauty of imperfect and/or unconventional subjects. This...
BPS Scavenger Hunt BPS will be hosting a Scavenger Hunt virtually this year. In order to allow for better social distancing, we are expanding the length of time for this...
BPS member Valerie A. Hoffman will present "Finding Beauty in the Broken" via Zoom. This program will cover a variety of abandoned, broken and rusty subjects that Valerie has...
Knapp & Ella Hudson will speak on “Staying Inspired in Your Photography” via Zoom. This couple will address how their backgrounds & marriage influenced their photographic journey together. They help run the Portland Camera Club, one of the oldest in the nation, established in 1899, & will share some insider tidbits on running a camera club....
“Street photography” is maddeningly indefinable. It is difficult to do well. It requires close encounters with strangers. It involves lots of walking. The pay is…... So why do it? In this lively presentation, it will become obvious why this presenter is never out in public without his compact camera. Barry Bub MD, a native...
Dawn Surrat will speak on “The Photographic Object” via Zoom. Dawn will discuss her use of three dimensional objects & mixed media to tell a story, to create empathy & to connect to a memory. She accomplishes this with a variety of mediums and techniques, including transfer, dry and wet media, digital imagery, box building...