September VPC Longmeadow Camera Club Meeting

Longmeadow, MA - The Valley Photo Center-Longmeadow Camera Club will feature a guest , award winning photographer Silvana Della Camera,will present a program about making astrolandscpes with Infrared cameras at the monthly meeting of the Valley Photo Center Longmeadow Camera Club meeting at the Longmeadow Adult Center, 231 Maple Street , Longmeadow Massachusetts at 1:30 PM on Thursday September 11, 2025. The program is free and open to members and the public that are 55 years old or older.

The program will have special appeal not only to beginner and advanced photographers, but to anyone interested in gazing the stars at night. Ms. Camera will not only show examples of her work, she explain how to make your own photographs.

"Photographing an astrolandscape is becoming increasingly popular. People are discovering that their digital cameras see very well in the dark and can capture the splendor of the starry skies. Infrared Milky Way photography ramps up the ability to see more detail of the magnificence of a star-filled landscape. Using digital infrared converted cameras expands their already impressive seeing abilities." - Silvana Della Camera

Featured Photo Above:

“This image was taken in a class 5 Bortle area in an area not far from Boston Massachusetts and suffers from a substantial amount of suburban light pollution. A class 5 Bortle translates to the Milky Way being obscured to the naked eye by the light pollution. However, note that the high clouds and galactic core are visible thanks to the infrared camera. This was photographed with a full-spectrum camera with a 680 nm filter on the lens. With a normal camera, the high clouds and galactic core are invisible. The sky appeared to be cloudless to my eye that night, but it was anything but clear. The foreground was lit up with headlights as a car went by. The bright “star” is Jupiter, followed by Saturn.”-Silvana Della Camera