Nature Photography on the Phone and in the Field
Public Welcome Free Event Chapter Meeting Hands-On/How-To Workshop Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Drinking Fountains
PLEASE NOTE: Early start time so we have enough daylight for the outdoor portion of our program.
Presenter: John Metzler
We will start with a slide show in the auditorium and then move outside to Matthaei's gardens to take photos.
Topics to be addressed include seeing through the lens, lighting, shooting from different angles, e.g., lying on the ground, capturing the essence of the subject, and proximity to the subject.
About John Metzler
John Metzler is a partner at applEcon, LLC, an antitrust economics firm in Ann Arbor. He got his start in photography sixty years ago with a sister's Kodak Brownie, learned to shoot 35mm on his Dad's fully-manual Minolta Rangefinder ten years later, and switched to digital in 2004. An avid explorer of regional natural areas, John shares his pictures of various natural areas with their stewards to use as they choose. He began learning botany and native plants on Ellen Elliott Weatherbee's WedAm walking botany lectures in 2018, and he then joined the Michigan Botanical Society in 2022.
All of John's pictures are on his website, https://johnmetzler.smugmug.com/. All are available as full resolution downloads free of charge for non-commercial use.
PARKING: Metered parking is available at Matthaei Botanical Gardens; Matthaei members park for free.