The Audubon Everglades Photography Group (AEPG) meetings are on the SECOND Thursday of each month. Calendar entries are updated to reflect the upcoming events. Any subsequent changes will be posted on this calendar and announced to members by email. As programs are held and recorded, videos are linked to the calendar program date in case members missed the meeting or want to review in more detail.
This section contains the list of all scheduled AEPG events: programs, critique sessions, field trips, workshops, and photo shares.
Unless indicated otherwise, all programs, critique sessions, workshops, and photo share sessions will be held remotely using ZOOM. Members may log onto the ZOOM session from 6:45pm through 7:00pm for “social time” before the program begins. Field trips will be held when opportunities are identified.
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Mon18Jan20217:00 pmZOOM
Presenter: Judy Malloch (Video)
Judy Malloch has been photographing birds and other wildlife for many years during her travels around the globe. In fact, she and her husband have a travel photography business called ‘Nature’s Tapestry’ that offers guided trips to many wonderful and photogenic destinations throughout the world. Her travels have taken her to many of the remote and beautiful wildlife refuges throughout the world. She has photographed the wildlife in the Klamath Basin and other National Parks in Oregon, the Bosque del Apache National Park and Refuge in Southern New Mexico, Alaska, and the wetlands and wildlife refuges of the Florida Everglades. Outside the United States, she has journeyed through the wildlife park of the Botswana and Kenya. On the other side of the world, her travels through the rain forests of Panama, the highlands and lowlands of Costa Rica and the Bahamian Island of Inagua have enabled her to capture amazing images of a wide variety of birds and other species.
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Thu21Jan2021
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Mon01Feb2021
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Mon15Feb20217:00 pmZOOM
Guest Photographers: Alan Chin-Lee and Jay Richard (Video)
Alan Chin Lee: a lepidopterist by education and affinity, has pursued butterflies his whole life, as both a scientist and photographer. He has been instrumental in developing butterfly exhibits at Butterfly World and the Florida Museum of Natural History. His photographs capture visitor's attention, engaging them in the subject and inviting them to delve deeper into the exhibit. Alan has also assisted Award-winning photographer, Rick Sammon, in finding and showcasing select butterfly species for his publication, "Flying Flowers." Alan’s passion for photography has been recognized in many publications such as the Kaufman Focus Guides – Butterflies of North America, A Guide to North America’s Bees – The Bees in Your Back Yard, and numerous travel magazines, Scientific Publications and calendars
Jay Richard: In the 1960’s Jay started photographing the nature and wildlife he grew up appreciating. Beginning with film cameras and dark rooms, to point & shoot, then digital cameras and computerized post processing, he was able to document his love of nature through his photography. When he retired after a 45year career as a senior technology executive, it allowed him to focus more of his time on photography. JayHawk Photography was formed in 2013 after multiple request for nature photos, programs, along with photographic excursions for all levels of photographers as well as people who simply enjoy viewing nature in New England and South East Florida. The excursions are limited to 3 or less people, and focus on expanding individual’s wildlife skills on how, when, and where to find wildlife in their natural habitat, offering the opportunity to capture the moment photographically or in one’s mind.
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Thu25Feb20216:00 pmZOOM
Workshop Leader: Lisa Langell
Workshop Description:
- Aperture, ISO and Shutter Speed confuse so many people who want to improve their photography and move away from Auto settings to do so. Learning Manual Exposure can be intimidating and challenging--and many photographers who teach these skills throw too much at the learner at once, making it all overly complicated and technical for the typical person to grasp.
- Lisa makes it simple, sensible, easy to understand, and actionable. Through a progression of activities, you will go from shooting on Auto, to using Shutter Priority or Aperture Priority, and ultimately to using Full Manual Exposure settings.
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Mon15Mar20217:00 pmZOOM
Presenter: Cameron Darnell (Hunt's Camera) (Video)
Program Description: Warblers, a group of small insectivorous songbirds native to North America, are diverse, colorful, and photogenic. These exciting birds that can be quite tricky yet rewarding to photograph. Certain techniques--often highly specific to warbler behavior--can give wildlife photographers an edge when attempting to photograph these remarkable birds. In this workshop, Cameron will explain how to approach the challenges of warbler photography and how to create thoughtful, engaging images. He will share descriptions and image examples highlighting various techniques to demonstrate how to photograph warblers.
Cameron Darnell's autobiography: "I just graduated high school, am 19 years old, and enjoy nature, athletics, and music. I got into photography after birding for a while when I saw someone with a lens clicking shots on a bird walk seven years ago. It seemed so fun, so I tried it with a beginner digiscope setup. I was hooked immediately! I love the creative aspect of bird photography, how each viewer sees the scene differently, and can create his or her unique vision of the subject. It’s fulfilling to provide an outlet for visual wildlife conservation as well through my bird photography."
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Mon22Mar20217:00 pmZoom
Facilitator: Noah Buchanan (Hunt's Photo). (Video)
Members ask questions regarding equipment they own or are interested in.
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Mon19Apr20217:00 pmZOOM
Guest Photographer: Carl Seibert (video)
Carl has had a long career in journalism, as a news photographer, project manager, and photo editor. He fell in love with photography as an adolescent photographing school events with his dad’s Leica, which he stills owns.
As an editor, he became known for reverence for the craft, with a laser focus on honing content to its essential meaning. And cropping really tightly!
He continues to shoot and contributes to a wire service. Since the advent of the pandemic, his work has been focused on an ongoing project documenting nature close to home, now quite literally in his own back yard.
Carl evangelizes the importance of metadata to “empower honest people”, on his blog and YouTube channel, where he mixes advocacy on behalf of content creators with a steady stream of how-to content for photographers, web designers, and other content creators. He believes that communicating meta-information about the ownership and content of visuals is essential to protecting the rights of artists and preserving our visual culture.
He lives and works in South Florida with his wife and a furry management team.
Learn more about Carl at metadatamatters.blog. To see some of Carl's pictures, go to his SmugMug page at metadatamatters.blog/photos.
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Mon26Apr20217:00 pmZOOM
Facilitator: Noah Buchanan (Hunt's Photo). (Video)
Members ask questions regarding equipment they own or are interested in.
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Mon17May2021
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Mon24May20217:00 pmZOOM
Workshop Leader: Ethan Rising (Sponsored by Hunt's Camera) (Video)
Workshop Description: "In my presentation I will discuss how to practice ethical wildlife photography; through personal experiences and anecdotes, I'll share strategies on how to approach and photograph wildlife effectively without causing unnecessary stress or harm to the subject. In addition to tips on choosing the right gear and conducting appropriate research, I will elaborate on why prioritizing the animal's safety is more important than always getting 'the shot', especially in a community as competitive as the wildlife photography community."
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Mon21Jun2021
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Mon20Sep20217:00 pmZOOM
Presented by: Alan Chin Lee (Video)
See nature with a critical eye for the details that are revealed when viewed up close and personal with macro photography. From your back yard to your neighborhood and local parks, you don’t have to travel far as macro subjects are everywhere. Unlike other types of outdoor photography, macro subjects may be explored at any time of the day or night. This presentation will demonstrate how to use some of the inherent characteristics of macro photography to showcase a subject and how to compensate for some of the inherent challenges.
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Mon04Oct20217:00 pmZOOM
Presenter: Joel Such (Video)
Becoming a masterful bird photographer requires much more than just an understanding of light, composition, and camera settings. Though these three aspects are incredibly important as a bird photographer, the addition of birding and general field skills will enable you to leverage your photographic knowledge to its maximum. In this presentation, we dive into how you can improve your bird photography by learning bird vocalizations, training your eyes to detect movement, understanding habitat associations and behavior, researching your subjects’ life histories, and recognizing environmental clues. Between the artistic and focused mindset of a bird photographer and the field skills of a birder, one can develop a significant advantage in taking stunning photos of a diverse array of bird species. Whether you started out as a birder before pursuing bird photography, or vice versa, this presentation will provide useful tips for how to merge the best of these two mindsets.
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Mon18Oct20217:00 pmZOOM
Please click here for a description of critique categories for this session and standards for submitting your images.
Guest Photographer: Alan Chin Lee and Jay Richard
Alan Chin Lee: a lepidopterist by education and affinity, has pursued butterflies his whole life, as both a scientist and photographer. He has been instrumental in developing butterfly exhibits at Butterfly World and the Florida Museum of Natural History. His photographs capture visitor's attention, engaging them in the subject and inviting them to delve deeper into the exhibit. Alan has also assisted Award-winning photographer, Rick Sammon, in finding and showcasing select butterfly species for his publication, "Flying Flowers." Alan’s passion for photography has been recognized in many publications such as the Kaufman Focus Guides – Butterflies of North America, A Guide to North America’s Bees – The Bees in Your Back Yard, and numerous travel magazines, Scientific Publications and calendars
Jay Richard: In the 1960’s Jay started photographing the nature and wildlife he grew up appreciating. Beginning with film cameras and dark rooms, to point & shoot, then digital cameras and computerized post processing, he was able to document his love of nature through his photography. When he retired after a 45year career as a senior technology executive, it allowed him to focus more of his time on photography. JayHawk Photography was formed in 2013 after multiple request for nature photos, programs, along with photographic excursions for all levels of photographers as well as people who simply enjoy viewing nature in New England and South East Florida. The excursions are limited to 3 or less people, and focus on expanding individual’s wildlife skills on how, when, and where to find wildlife in their natural habitat, offering the opportunity to capture the moment photographically or in one’s mind.
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Mon01Nov20217:00 pmZoom
Presenter: Lisa Langell (Video)
Do you know what the MOST important thing is that you need to create in your images if they are going to capture people's attention? I'll tell you the answer to this critical feature and several more during this fun, interactive and educational session.
You will learn:
- The most important ingredient in an image to "wow the audience"
- Compositions that hold the viewer's attention
- How incorporating contrast matters
- Additional tips, exercises and live activities that will help you recognize what makes high-quality images-
- How, why, and what you can do to create your own!
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Mon29Nov20217:00 pmZoom
Presenter: Hector Astorga (Video)
This presentation is for individuals that want to take their wildlife photography to the next level. Hector will share the techniques that he uses while in the field photographing wildlife. Perspective, camera settings, reaction time, and composing in camera are some of the topics he will discuss with us. He will share how he photographs and how he plans ahead of a photo outing. This process has made him very successful in creating his wildlife images.
Bio
Hector D. Astorga is a full-time wildlife photographer based in South Texas. His love of nature and the outdoors began as a child in his native country, Honduras. He is the ranch manager of the Santa Clara Ranch, a photography destination that hosts wildlife photographers from all over the world. He leads and conducts photography tours and workshops at multiple locations in North, Central, and South America, Europe, and Africa.
He has won numerous national and international awards for his work. In 2019 one of his images won the wildlife division of the prestigious Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice International Awards. With over 25,000 entries from photographers in 63 different countries, the Nature's Best competition is one of the premier photography competitions in the world. His images have also won the top awards in the NANPA Showcase, National Wildlife Federation Photo Competition, and the Wildlife in Focus and Valley Land Fund wildlife photography contests in Texas.
Hector is one of the "We Will Not Be Tamed" Ambassadors for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. The ambassadors are a group of remarkable Texan outdoorsmen and women who stand together and tell stories about Texas, the place that has given them so much. He uses his work for land and wildlife conservation in his home state.
To learn more about Hector visit his website at http://www.hectorastorga.com
