Vancouver Naturalist - Nature Vancouver

Editor’s Note:
This workshop was incorrectly listed as “Digital Photagraphy” in
the last issue.
Photography Seminar
with Ron Long
March 26, 2011
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Museum - Delta
Cost: $30.00 - Limit 15 students
Whether you use a film or digital camera, photography is
photography. This seminar will provide information and
techniques that will significantly improve your photography no
matter which type of camera you are using. The seminar is fully
illustrated with hundreds of images demonstrating the techniques
being discussed. COMPOSITION will provide many suggestions
and a few simple guidelines to improve your compositions.
LIGHT will give you insights into using naturally occurring light
effects to make your photographs more interesting and exciting.
Please bring your camera, camera instruction book, notebook
and pen, lunch and snacks. Coffee, tea and juice will be
provided.
Please register by phoning or emailing Jude Grass at 604-538-
8774 - judegrass@shaw.ca, and then mailing a cheque for $30.00
payable to VNHS - Photography Seminar, to 17375 27A
Avenue, Surrey, BC V3S 0E9.
Ron Long graduated from the Photographic Arts program at
Ryerson University and for thirty-six years was employed as
a full-time photographer at Simon Fraser University. Ron, a
member of Nature Vancouver, has been a judge for the Nature
Vancouver Photo Competitions, and he coordinates competition
in March every year.
North Vancouver Teenager Takes Top U.K.
Wildlife Photography Award
On show at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington,
London, are 118 images of Nature and Wildlife. Photographers
from 81 different countries competed in 17 different categories,
some of which are: Endangered Wildlife, Behaviour of Birds,
The Underwater World, In Praise of Plants, and Wildlife Photo
Journalist. In addition there are three categories for young
wildlife photographers by age. Martin Gregus Jr. of North
Vancouver took top prize in the 11 to 14 age group for an
image of a Sandhill Crane at Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
in Ladner. In 2008, another of Martin’s images obtained a
"Specially Commended”.
The overall winner in the competition was 26 year-old Bence
Mate from Hungary. Bence Mate is an interesting observer of
wildlife as he and two colleagues are building specialized hides
in Hungary, Costa Rica and the Pantanal.
To see this material go to www.nhm.ac.uk/wildphoto, www.
matebence.hu/ and www.matkopictures.com.
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