Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

Sound Shooters: Telephoto Zoom Lens

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Hitomi Dames
By Hitomi Dames

I like a zoom lens because it is very convenient, so I enjoy it more than a fixed lens. There are Ultra-Wide, Standard and Telephoto Zoom Lenses. I use our telephoto zoom lens most when I go out shooting for fun.

Our telephoto Zoom lens, 75-300 mm, is old — you can only buy a used one today — and cheap. But it works pretty well.

A Subject is Far

When a subject is far away, you will naturally use a telephoto lens and want to zoom in, especially with birds.

These Mt. Rainier images are shot from a ferryboat.

A) Ć’/13, 170 mm, 1/320, ISO-250

The focal length of image A (above) is 170 mm; B (below) is zoomed in 300 mm. The longer the focal length, a subject becomes larger but it covers less area (narrow angle area).

B) Ć’/13, 300 mm, 1/250, ISO-250

A focal length is a distance between a lens and image censor (film). The illustration below shows the angle view of focal length.

Focal lengths and Angle of Views

The angles shaded in purple get smaller and smaller, as the focal length in mm gets larger and larger. This Nikon site may help more to understand.

Two subjects – near and far

Experimenting using different focal lengths, when shooting two subjects near and far is very interesting.

This silhouette image C is zoomed in (300 mm). It’s nice because of the sky color and a seagull happened to be flying by.

C) Ć’/7.1, 300 mm, 1/125, ISO-125

D) Ć’/7.1, 75 mm, 1/125, ISO-200

But, image D is more interesting to me —  to see the differences of size and distance of two subjects, and the gradation sky color.

My initial purpose for using a telephoto zoom lens was taking birds, but it is one of my main lenses now.

My hardest experience for using telephoto zoom lens was bar /bat mitzvah ceremonies, where we had to be stationed far back from bima (stage) or had to shoot from an upper balcony. And we were not allowed to use flash. The lighting was usually bad, either dark or too bright and made images contrasty.

Keep these in your mind:
  • The longer the focal length, the more shaking; so images tends to be less sharp. Faster shutter speed helps. Turn image STABILIZER on when you are not using a tripod.
  • The longer the focal length, the shallower depth of field. Even though two subjects are next to each other,  one may not sharp as the other. So watch your f-stop.

Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums

See other articles in this series by clicking Sound Shooters under Features on our main webpage.



Read more...

Washington State Ferries is having a Twitter photo contest

Friday, August 7, 2015

Photo courtesy WSDOT

By Broch Bender

We know you have the best ferry photos out there, now it’s time to share them with everyone in the state! You could even win a behind-the-scenes tour of one of these incredible vessels. Simply follow @WSFerries and tweet your scenic shots with the hashtag #WSFcontest from Aug. 10 through 17.

All or part, it’s all good
All photos must include a state ferry whether in part or whole. Any bit will do as long as we can see a part of the vessel.

Classic or current is cool
The photo does not have to be taken the week of the contest; it can be a throwback to a beautiful sunset in 2013, or even a Polaroid from 1957. However, you must have taken the photo yourself and by entering the contest you grant rights to WSF to share and repost your photo.

Don’t forget…
Photo must be shared via Twitter before noon Monday, Aug. 17, to be eligible. Follow us @WSFerries and remember to use the hashtag #WSFcontest.

The fine print
No purchase of a ferry (or ferry ticket) is required.

Winning photographs will be judged by Jeanette Mills, director of Visual Services for the University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design. The top five entries will be contacted via Twitter by August 20 and invited on a behind-the-scenes tour of a state ferry.

For more information read through the contest rules (pdf 373 kb).



Read more...

Photo contest: A Day in the Life of Kenmore

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Kenmore Camera is co sponsor of the event

The Kenmore Heritage Society today challenged photographers from throughout the region to submit their most creative work in the society’s one-day Fun Photo Contest, “A Day in the Life of Kenmore,” on Saturday, August 8.

Prizes will be awarded in each of six mystery categories, which will be disclosed at 10am on the 8th at Kenmore Camera, 6708 NE 181st St. in Kenmore. Participating photographers must attend this kickoff event.

“It’s all about creative interpretation,” said Jo Ann Evans, a director of the heritage society. “The idea is to capture images that creatively express the categories.”

Photos must be taken within the city limits of Kenmore on the day of the contest. Photographers and teams will have until midnight, August 8 to submit entries in one or more of the categories. A $10 entry fee will be charged. Families and teams may sign up as a team for a reduced fee.

Evans’s advice: “Be spontaneous and have fun.”

Winners will be announced at an awards celebration at 1pm Sunday, August 23, at Kenmore Camera, cosponsor of the photo contest.




Read more...

Sound Shooters: Silhouette

Saturday, July 25, 2015

By Hitomi Dames

I wrote about negative space as background in White Space/ Negative Space

But you can photograph subject(s) as negative space — just shoot your subject as a silhouette.

♦Silhouette

    Expose for background: The background has to be brighter than the subject.
    You may have to manually focus the lens since the subject is dark.

Canadian geese

Jumping on Richmond Beach


♦Multiple subjects and Partial Silhouettes

December Morning

George Washington and Olympic Mountain Range


The best time for shooting silhouettes is around sunset or sunrise.

Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums



Read more...

Sound Shooters: Camera Flash Off and On

Saturday, July 18, 2015

By Hitomi Dames

Our cat is very camera shy and hates to have her picture taken.

When she sees me holding a camera, she usually yawns and turns her back on me. Or she closes her eyes, especially when the flash fires. You can see my old posts from my old blog.

♦No Flash
So I had to approach her little by little.

Flash not fired, ISO 320, FL 57 mm, f-2.8, 1/200
♦ Flash On
And then I turned on the flash and shot. :D

Flash fired, ISO 320, FL 55 mm, f-2.8, 1/200

Then I quickly got at her eye level and got a closeup shot with flash on. :D

Flash fired, ISO 320, FL 70 mm, f-2.8, 1/250

The camera flash and sun light from back made a very nice portrait.

All the images above are not processed at all to show you the difference. Here is the processed image. I  gave it a little warm color. A little makes a big difference.

Processed image
Thank you Momo for not closing your eyes!

Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums



Read more...

Sound Shooters: Point-and-Shoot Camera

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Hitomi Dames
By Hitomi Dames

We have a point-and-shoot camera and keep it in our car just in case. But we rarely use it and didn't know our Canon PowerShot A3300 well.

I happened to discover this point-and-shoot camera can take pretty good images when I shot these fresh garlic at a local farmers market.


So I challenged with this point-and-shoot camera when I went shopping. 

My challenge was to take close up images without zooming in with the lens because using a zoom lens isn't effective with a subject this small. So when I photograph veggies and plants at the farmers market, I have to get very close to my subject. It is a nice place to practice. The vendors don't mind my taking pictures of their wares close up.

First I just shot with “standard mode” without thinking. Then I thought I should have used “macro mode”.

Left is standard mode. Right is macro mode.

But I don't see any difference by switching from standard to macro. I checked meta data after downloading files to my computer. Guess what? They are all the same f-stop, shutter speed and ISO. It doesn't matter whether I use standard or macro mode.

My next challenge was how close I can get to a subject. Since point-and-shoot is auto lens focus only, you cannot adjust the focus manually as you can with a DSLR.  

I found that you can get pretty close to the subject. In fact, you can get as close as three centimeters. And it focused surprisingly well. 



So all of the sea holly images were shot with same focal length. I used the widest lens, 28 mm on this camera.

Now I can understand why people like to take photos with a smart phone.


Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums



Read more...

Sound Shooters: White Space / Negative Space

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Hitomi Dames
By Hitomi Dames
Photos by Hitomi Dames except as noted

I am not a minimalist, but I like using white space or negative space and creating a clean work.

White Space / Negative Space

You can think negative space and white space are the same.

The nothing or empty space in your composition is called:
  • negative space in art;
  • white space in design.
I’m sure you have seen this “Rubin’s vase“ before. You can see two faces in this image. 

Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons
By Rubin

Negative space itself can be subject. 
  • Some artists start drawing negative space first.
  • Some start drawing shadow first rather than the subject.
You can't do that in photography, but if you have an eye to see negative space you include it within a frame and shoot.

These are examples using negative space /white space in my photography.

Flower with Negative / White space

I framed this dahlia with the negative space on one side.

Dahlia

The background, petals of amaryllis (image below) has the effect of white space which creates an interesting composition. 

Music notes


Open Space

I sometimes call white space ‘open space’ in images like below. Open space makes your work feel free and light.

Spider in Open Space

If you include sky, you can create white space easily. 

UW Campus

The negative space (sky) image below is broken to 5 pieces by the foreground object, and that makes an interesting composition.

Space Needle and Eagle



Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums



Read more...

Photographers invited to capture “timeless visions” at Seattle's Dunn Gardens

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Photo courtesy Dunn Gardens

Photographers are invited to join the centennial celebration of an historic Seattle garden by using their lenses and competing for the chance to have their impressions published, displayed and archived. The contest is one in a series of activities and events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Dunn Gardens, one of the most historic and horticulturally significant gardens in the Pacific Northwest.

Submissions based on the theme “Timeless visions: Dunn Gardens through the camera lens” will be accepted until October 26, 2015. Both amateur and professional photographers are encouraged to participate.

Outdoor digital images may be submitted in two categories – landscape and detail. Photographers may take photos during docent-led tours, special events and open days. Up to three entries in each category plus a caption of up to 50 words may be submitted by contestants. Complete contest rules, criteria and conditions are on the Dunn Gardens website

“We are looking for high quality, striking photographs depicting the garden’s timeless beauty,” said Beth Weir, executive director of Dunn Gardens. She said judges will give preference to photographs that illustrate the historic Olmsted structure and design or highlight the impact of seasonal change on the magnificent garden.

Dunn Gardens, located in Seattle’s Broadview neighborhood, is the only Olmsted-designed private garden in the Pacific Northwest that is open to the public for tours. Once a family’s rural retreat and now a member of the National Registry of Historic Places, this hidden 7.5 acre gem has many distinctive features including deciduous trees , rare seasonal plants, trilliums, a great lawn, water features and a woodland glen of rhododendrons.

The Olmsted Brothers believed gardens should be places of respite and are renowned for their ideals of naturalistic groupings of trees. Other Olmsted legacies in Seattle include the boulevard system, numerous parks and playgrounds, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (credited with shaping the University of Washington campus), and other public and private landscapes, including more than 30 residential grounds. Elsewhere, the Olmsted designs include Central Park in New York, the U.S. Capitol Grounds in Washington D.C., and Boston Commons.

Dunn Gardens is part of the E.B. Dunn Historic Garden Trust and supported by volunteers, memberships, donations, fundraising events, tours and other activities. Special events for its centennial, in addition to the photo contest, include lectures by noted garden historians, a Music on the Lawn concert (on July 29) and a Dunnton Abbey garden party (on Aug. 8).



Read more...

Sound Shooters: Real Estate Photography

Saturday, June 27, 2015

By Joel Dames

If you want to be a real-estate photographer, get to know a listing agent. The listing agent is the seller's agent. The buyer’s agent has no interest in your photography services.

Perhaps the best place to meet the listing agent is during a weekend open house. Most of the day they are sitting around waiting for someone to walk in and if no one is there, most will be happy to chat. Offer to do a shoot free. You can use the images for your portfolio.

Another option is to contract the broker at the office the listing agent is attached to. You can ask if you can give a presentation on real estate photography at one of their meetings.

Real-Estate Photography 101

Learn all you need to know for a presentation in two downloadable books by Larry Lohrman: Photography for Real Estate and Business of Real Estate Photography.

Most of the information in these two books can be found on his blog. This is The Place to hang out for real estate photography. If you are starting out and need the basics, go to: The Real Estate Photography 101 Category

Photography For Real Estate Flickr group is where group members post images to the group photo discussion area and give feedback to each other and carry on group discussions. It is like attending a free 24/7 real-estate photography workshop with the best real-estate photographers around.

Lens

Even for a large room, a wide angle lens allows you to fill the frame with the room. A popular lens for real-estate photography for the Cannon camera is the 10 - 18mm lens ( about $249 ) on Amazon. I use a Tokina 11 - 16mm lens ( about $440 ) because of the wide 2.8 aperture.

I love the ability to open the lens wide to achieve bokeh, where everything is blurred but the subject, because I use this lens for many projects besides real estate.

Some photographers use small speedlight off-camera flash. Flash gives the room a bright sunlit consistent color. An HDR capture without flash may likely have a warmer ambience. But if you don't like the warm colors generated without flash, you can adjust in post processing.

High Density Resolution (HDR)

I took three to five exposures for each room and put them together in an HDR program called Photomatix.

Smaller house HDR

Larger house HDR

It is not a hard program to work with and once you get the hang of it, it is addictive. You can create warm colors as I've done in these two images, or you can go for a surrealistic effect. For real estate images, though, you want to keep images looking real and untouched as possible.

Real-Estate Photographer for Hire

One of the largest U.S. companies hiring real-estate photographers is right here in Seattle. Vicaso supplies the real-estate clients, paying you to go out and do the shoot. You choose how many hours per week. No post processing is necessary. Fill out their online application




Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums

Update: Original article did not have the smaller house photo.

Read more...

Sound Shooters: Photography in Gardens

Thursday, June 18, 2015

By Hitomi Dames

After we bought our first digital EOS Rebel in 2003, it took several months for me to start photographing. I wasn't a photographer then. And I didn't know what I wanted to shoot.

On the following year our friend took us to the Chinese garden in West Seattle. That spring day I began to photograph in gardens.

Here is "Spring Light" I shot at the Chinese Garden.

Spring Light
Photo by Hitomi Danes

Focal Length 55 mm, Ć’/10, Shutter Speed 1/200, ISO 100

You might have thought I shot this with a macro lens, but it was a 18 -55 mm zoom lens which came with my Rebel. My first year I only had this lens. Actually we had pro zoom lens but it is heavy and expensive, so I was afraid to use it. 

Choice of Lenses

Now I use mainly the 100 mm macro lens for flowers but I also carry wide lens with me to get the entire garden.

Don't run out to buy a new lens. You can use many different lenses in gardens.

1. 18 -55 mm Zoom lens

a )  Focal Length 51 mm,  Ć’/5.6, S 1/100, ISO 100

Japanese Garden
Photo by Hitomi Dames
Zoomed in on full scene

Remember, you can shoot close-up with this zoom lens if a flower is large enough like peony. But as with any lens, as you get closer to the flower, lens autofocus won't work as well, so best to focus the lens manually.

2. 100 mm Macro Lens

Macro lens get in closer than a zoom lens.
Ć’/5.6,  Shutter Speed 1/80, ISO 400

Peony shot with a macro lens
Photo by Hitomi Dames
I did not have more than one camera when I travelled Japan, so I was constantly changing lenses back and forth.

3. 17-85 mm Zoom Lens

I sometimes shoot two shots at the same scene; one focusing on the foreground, another midground focus or background. The garden stays the same with each shot, of course, so you get a variety of images simply by changing focus and angle.

a ) Focal Length 73mm, Ć’/7.1, Shutter Speed 1/160, ISO 800


Focusing on the midground object
Photo by Hitomi Dames

I also shot focusing the plant in foreground at this scene. If you want everything to be in focus, you need to increase the f-stop to maybe f/16 or even more.

Still Life Portrait

b ) Focal Length 64mm, f/6.3. Shutter Speed 1/100, ISO 200 (17-85mm lens)

Zoomed in to create still life portrait
Photo by Hitomi Dames

4. 75 -300 mm Zoom Lens

A telephoto comes in handy when you shoot flowers on a tall tree. And when you don't want to or /can't get close to a flower.

Focal Length 265 mm, Ć’/5.6, Shutter Speed 1/50, ISO 200

Mimosas
Photo by Hitomi Dames


I always think which camera and lens to bring each time. I usually carry at least one camera and two lenses. Often I take two cameras (meaning one lens each camera, of course). Sometimes two cameras and three lenses.

There are zoom lenses like 18-200mm, 28 -300mm. I wish I had a 18-200 zoom lens for traveling.

However, even if I had a 18-200 zoom lens, it is a good idea to bring an extra lens, and even an extra camera. I experienced either camera or lens failure when I got on location, but fortunately I had extra of both. Bring extra batteries and camera cards too.

Garden Tours

Garden tours are the perfect place to hone photo skills.

Don't miss the chance to hone your photography garden shooting this Saturday, 20 June.
Music and Art in the gardens at the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park.

Musicians will perform and artists will display their artwork. Master Gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions.

Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums



Read more...

Sound Shooters: Eye-Popping Dynamic Range HDR Images

Thursday, June 11, 2015

By Joel and Hitomi Dames

Dynamic Range

I bought my last film camera, a Canon EOS 1N in mid-1990. We switched to digital when the first Canon Rebel came out in 2003. It was an exciting move from negative film to digital, but a clunky step-down at that time as far as dynamic range.

Dynamic range refers to tonal range, the difference between the brightest and darkest luminance you can capture. With film you might overexpose by 2 or 3 stops without a care. You had to be really shabby to blow out a scene, because film has so many more tones to work with between dark and light tones.

Histogram

The horizontal axis of the histogram (see previous article) are tonal variations with 0 (total darkness) on the left side and 255 (whiteout) on the right. The vertical axis is the number of pixels in each tone.

The histogram shows tonal distribution of the millions of pixels captured in the image. For good exposure, the curve should be touching, but not scrunched against the right side. That way you capture as much exposure as possible in the shadows without blowing out the brightest tones.

Exposure Value ( EV )

Dynamic range is expressed as Exposure Value (EV). EV are tones from shadows to highlights expressed as a number. A scene in direct sunlight has an EV of 15. A Christmas tree of lights has an EV of 4 or 5.

The Nikon D7200 ( about $1200 ) has a landscape dynamic EV range of 14.6 stops. The top of the line Canon EOS 1DX ( about $5,000 ) has An EV landscape range of 11.8.  But if a camera has a dynamic  range of 8 EV stops, you will usually get good exposure, and most new cameras go beyond a range of 8 EV.

There are times, though, when the tones from shadow to highlight of a scene go beyond what you can capture in 8 stops. You must choose between exposing for shadow and blowing out highlight, or capturing highlight and letting shadows go black. A wedding dress in bright sunlight exemplifies the problem.

We can perceive the fine details of the white wedding dress, because we can perceive an EV range of about 24 luminance stops. A method of capturing that wedding dress in bright sunlight that comes close to what we perceive is with a high dynamic range ( HDR ) capture.

Creating HDR Images

HDR is simple and the results can be stunning. Take three exposures of the same image and fuse them together into a single image. Though some new cameras come with built in HDR, for creative control of the final image, many photographers use a program called Photomatix. 

The camera with built in HDR takes three images, but we take as many as twelve. My wife, Hitomi, prefers a natural look. I sometimes want my images to pop. With HDR images, we experiment with both and usually end up somewhere between. We are the deciders, not the camera.

We shoot an annual apprentice graduation for the Seattle Mechanical Contractors Association. In 2010, the ceremony took place at the Museum of Flight. When I saw the huge open space with airplanes dangling from the ceiling, I decided to take an HDR shot for the cover image. I wanted to get all the details in the shadow and not blow out the bright window light.

Low-dynamic range underexposed image

Low-dynamic range overexposed image

High dynamic range HDR image

This was not really a good scene for HDR, though, because people were moving about and multiple exposures with people moving cause ghosting.  As it turned out, though, I like ghosting in this image, since it gives an ambience of motion.

Bracketing Exposures

For an HDR image, you bracket exposures, overexposing to illuminate dark areas and under exposing to tone down overexposed highlights. You don't need to sacrifice shadow for highlight or highlight for shadow. Whether you rely on the camera or do it yourself, it is possible to get a good composite with just three exposures: overexposed, underexposed, and in-between exposure.

If you underexpose two stops and overexpose two stops, you extend the tonal range considerably. I always do that for an HDR, but sometimes I add two additional images, one underexposed four stops and another overexposed four stops. I end up with an expanded tonal range, and a balanced, if not eye-popping HDR image when I combine the five images (as opposed to just three) in Photomatix.


Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums

Read more...

Sound Shooters: Histogram

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Histogram

A histogram is a graph illustrating whether an image is under, over, or well exposed. It illustrates exposure in the form of a distribution curve; underexposed left of center, overexposed right of center. After shooting an image, we check the histogram and use a combination of the visual image and the histogram.

We always shoot in manual mode. You can shoot in one of the auto modes, but you won’t have full control over exposure. Exposure can be thrown off by sunlight or any bright source of light in the composition.

ISO, Speed, f-stop

If the histogram is weighted to the left dark side, you need to bring in more light. You can raise the ISO, lower the speed, or lower the f-stop. The lower the number f-stop, the wider the iris. So if the image is underexposed and dark, you correct with a lower number f-stop that opens the iris. For an overexposed, too light image, you do the opposite with ISO, speed, or f-stop number (widen the aperture).

Basically, that is what lighting and exposure is about. With practice, you get to know what is throwing exposure off. For example, in this 2004 session, we photographed this portrait of the bride looking at herself in the mirror. The light from the flash reflecting off the mirror caused the iris to close and the bride’s image to be underexposed and dark. We might not have realized this unless we looked at the histogram.

Underexposed


The curve is scrunched at the left dark side of the histogram. The colors show the red, green, and blue pixels ( RGB ).

Good Exposure

We retook the image, this time making sure the flash was not reflected back by the mirror. And the new image and histogram looks more balanced.

Good exposure

Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums



Read more...

Sound Shooters: introducing a new column on photography

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Joel Dames

We welcome professional photographers Joel and Hitomi Dames, who will be writing a regular column for the Shoreline Area News.

By Joel Dames

Hitomi and I are Shoreline photographers, shooting all kinds of events: weddings, bar/bat mitzvah, auctions, portraits, commercial /real estate, and photo booths for most of these. We would like to share some of the things we learned over the years with other Shoreline area photographers.

Hitomi Dames
I think my first assignment was for “East Magazine.” I travelled to the mountainous hot springs of Niigata, Japan in lovely snowy winter to capture Snow Country of Yasurnari Kawabata’s novel by that name. This was back in 1970 and I was super surprised when the lodge I stayed at put me in a bunk bed with a room full of giggling high school girls.

For about ten years I published feature photo articles for The Japan Times (national daily English-language newspaper). Then I published in newspapers and magazines, including “WAC Magazine”, (Washington Athletic Club), “Islands Magazine”, and an award for best series in “Linking Ring - International Brotherhood of Magicians.”

Hitomi joined me in 2006 and started displaying her work in galleries and winning awards from the get go, nine in all. 

This is our third year capturing events for City of Shoreline including parks, events, housing documentary and Monster Dash Photo Booth.

Now we want to share techniques we have learned over the years that anyone can use for better images.

Photo Booth - Not Just a Tiny (Open with huge background), Portraits, Events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings, Albums



Read more...

LFP Garden Club: How to improve your flower and garden photography

Saturday, April 11, 2015

© Charles R Needle

Photographer Charles Needle is the featured speaker at the Tuesday, April 14 meeting of the Lake Forest Park Garden club.

"How to Improve Your Flower and Garden Photography."

© Charles R Needle

Charles will discuss all the basics of flower and garden photography, including equipment and helpful photo accessories, basic camera settings, composition, lighting and creative camera techniques for making striking and unusual close-ups and gardenscapes.

He will begin his presentation with a short multimedia slideshow of his work, followed by a lecture and plenty of time for Q/A afterwards.

© Charles R Needle

While we won't have time for hands-on shooting, feel free to bring your camera to enhance the learning experience. And a notepad would also be highly recommended!

© Charles R Needle
LFP Garden Club Meeting 9:30-11:30am, Tuesday, April 14, Third Place Commons, upper level Town Center, intersection of Ballinger Way and Bothell Way in Lake Forest Park.

Monthly business meeting at 9:30am, and public program at 10.

Charles Needle Photography "Capturing nature's essence with heart and vision."

211 Kirkland Avenue - Suite 503, Kirkland WA 98033-6408, 425-968-2884




Read more...

Enter the How I Get in Motion photo contest

Monday, October 6, 2014

What moves you? How about a $75 Amazon gift card!

King County In Motion is hosting the How I Get In Motion Photo Contest!

Upload your photo by October 15 to this website to show how you get around by bike, foot, bus, or shared ride for a chance to win a $75, $50, or $25 Amazon gift card!

You can also upload a photo to your Instagram or Twitter account or to the In Motion Facebook page with #HowIGetInMotion for a chance to win.

If email is best, just send your photo and they’ll make sure it gets to the right place. Vote on your favorite photos for a chance to win one of three $10 Starbucks gift cards.


Read more...

Showcase your photography at Swedish/Edmonds’ new expansion

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Submit Your Northwest Landscape and Nature Photos by July 17

As an engaged community partner, Swedish /Edmonds would like to display local photography to enhance the healing environment of their new hospital expansion, scheduled to break ground this September and be complete fall 2015. Members of the community are invited to submit digital images that if selected, will be turned into long-lasting pieces of art to showcase in the new Swedish/Edmonds facility.

Images should promote healing, health and community. The design concept of the new facility involves the natural northwest landscape, including the many glacial features that helped form our region 15,000 years ago.

Photo submission requirements:
  1. Submissions are due Thursday, July 17, 2014.
  2. Images must be submitted electronically, in one-sheet PDFs or Word documents.
  3. Place up to 10 images on one 8.5” by 11” sheet with your name, street address, email address and telephone number (minimum 72 dpi).
  4. Selected photographs must be a minimum of 300 dpi, 8” by 10” print size. 

Submit photos and questions to Kathleen Moles.


Read more...
ShorelineAreaNews.com
Facebook: Shoreline Area News
Twitter: @ShorelineArea
Daily Email edition (don't forget to respond to the Follow.it email)

  © Blogger template The Professional Template II by Ourblogtemplates.com 2009

Back to TOP