Join award-winning photographer and wildlife biologist Jack Jeffrey for “Hawaii Nature Photography: Field Work, Instruction and Critique” in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The public is invited to sign up for either day or both.
Learn to photograph scenery, plants, flowers, insects, birds (only if visible), and other native natural history subjects the way the professionals do.
Various aspects of photography will be discussed including equipment, exposure, composition, lighting, scenic photography close-up photography and photo ethics.
Selected photos taken each day by participants will be reviewed and critiqued, and valuable information will be provided to help improve participants’ abilities. This seminar will be limited to 10 participants each day.
“On Saturday, we’ll meet for a PowerPoint presentation and Q & A session,” said Jeffrey. “Then we’ll drive to Nahuku (Thurston Lava Tube) to photograph along the Escape Road within a native fern forest. There will be opportunities to photograph numerous native plants, scenes of the forest, and maybe even a happy face spider.”
“We’ll also try our hands at photographing inside a lava tube and, if we’re lucky, get photos of native birds feeding on mamane and ohia lehua blossoms. After lunch, we’ll download our images for a group critique of selected photos,” he added.
On Sunday, the day begins at the Mauna Ulu Parking lot to photograph interesting lava formations in the area. Rainbow-hued lava drips, lava trees, and weird lava flows will be the target for photography in the morning light.
A recipient of the prestigious National Sierra Club 2002 Ansel Adams’ Award for Conservation Photography, Jeffrey contends “public awareness is the greatest asset to Hawaii’s imperiled species.”
For more information, call 985-7373 or visit www.fhvnp.org.
