Georgia Nature Photographers Association (GNPA) Meetup Group

Join me Saturday, May 3, at 8:00 am at the entrance to the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve in Decatur. You park on the street at the entrance. Don't leave anything in your car. There are no facilities. It is a short walk to an owl box. While two (and maybe three) owllets have fledged, they still cannot fly and are in the trees nearby as Mom feeds them. Two yellow-crowned night herons are nesting nearby and hunting for crayfish in the pond right next to the owl box. Last Saturday, I photographed wood ducks, mallards, the Mama Barred Owl eating, three owllets, Mama feeding an owllet, a night heron eating a crayfish, and a Pileated Woodpecker.

You need a long lens such as a 150-600 or 100-500. A monopod is helpful. Extra batteries and cards may also be useful. Folks there were running out last week.

Description:
Yellowstone National Park has been one of Shari Garnsey’s favorite places since childhood. It was also the first place she truly began to explore photography—armed with an old camera and a sense that capturing the world through a lens might become something important. Since then, she’s returned many times, each visit deepening her appreciation for the park and shaping her growth as a photographer. In this talk, Shari shares what she’s learned across multiple trips, including a GNPA-sponsored adventure in May 2024.
The presentation is part travelogue, part reflection, and part visual exploration of how experience and knowledge change what—and how—we see. Along the way, Shari shares practical tips for working with light, weather, and wildlife in a park that never looks the same twice.

Biography:
By day, Shari Garnsey pays the bills as a professional coach, helping teams at a Big Four audit and tax firm pursue and win high-stakes opportunities. Off the clock, she’s a devoted photographer whose passion spans nature, street, and black-and-white work. A student of photography since college, she returned to the craft after a long family-focused hiatus, and for the past 15 years has embraced the digital world with fresh perspective. Her images reflect deep curiosity, intuitive framing, and a love for quiet moments in wild spaces.

Please join us in this journey to Yellowstone national park with Shari.

We plan to showcase your photos on TV in the meeting room prior to the speaker presentation. Before the meeting please upload upto two nature photos that you have taken on the following link.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AskLvWp7bxErGMC7-zf3Q_JSE_eNP4wX?usp=share_link

This is a free event, non-GNPA members are welcome to attend.