Star Filled Night Photography Lecture

This is a free, one-hour lecture sponsored by Pixels Foto & Frame. You can use their meet-up page (https://www.meetup.com/Utah-Photography-and-Photoshop-Training/events/91508192/) to RSVP, but I hope you'll also become a member of my meet-up group, so you can receive announcements about future lectures, photo walks, and workshops! (Note: seats are going fast! The room has a capacity for 100, and Pixels Foto & Frame has already accepted 77 reservations!)

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/c/6/e/event_192863662.jpegThis lecture will include a digital slide show. I will talk about how to photograph the night sky, with beautiful landscape features from National Parks within Utah and Idaho. I will explain how to capture stars and the Milky Way, including the landscape, in one exposure. You'll learn how to make adjustments for man-made light pollution and moonlight, and how to use both to your advantage.

Star Filled Night Photography" or "NightScapes" are single exposures of the starry night sky that include a recognizable landscape feature. These can be captured by anyone with a DSLR. I will discuss the basic equipment requirements and the natural conditions needed to capture "NightScapes", as well as how to overcome some of the challenges in this type of night photography. Light painting and how to use natural light to enhance landscape features will also be demonstrated.

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/0/b/a/event_192864762.jpegBIO: Royce Bair has been a professional illustrative photographer and an international lecturer for over three decades. His photos have been used by corporations like General Motors and IBM, and published in magazines ranging from the Smithsonian to National Geographic. During this same period, he has built and sold five photo-related businesses. In the past two years, he has embarked on a new adventure of sleepless nights, as he attempts to photograph the night sky in a style he calls, "NightScapes". Royce and his wife, Linda, are the parents of five children.