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OVCC JUNE MEETING

June 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE IN PERSON AT ovccrs@gmail.com

POLICY CHANGE FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE TO VIEW BY STREAMING OR REPLAY.  ONLY MEMBERS LIVING MORE THAN 45 MINUTES AWAY FROM EVENDALE WILL CONTINUE BEING ELIGILE TO VIEW ONLINE.  WE WILL NO LONGER OFFER REPLAY PRESENTATIONS.

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Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 3PM ON OUR MEETING DATE.

PRESENTER: RALPH NORDSTROM, COLORADO

It’s a wonder how something that appears to be a fiery caldron spans such beauty.

PRESENTATION: “THE MAGIC OF NATURAL LIGHT” in depth 90 minute program

Nature photographers, especially landscape photographers, benefit from various natural lights provided by nature. This presentation discusses different types of natural light, when they occur, challenges in capturing them, and how to process RAW files for effective images. There are over twelve unique kinds of natural lateral light to explore.

Shadows significantly influence photographs, with hard and soft shadows differing in their expressive qualities. Learn about the essential natural lights in landscape photography and their effects on images. It will be an informative journey.

We will not be able to have a Competition this evening due to the length of our main program.

BIO

Nature and art are what I grew up with and what I love.

My casual approach to photography became more focused when I took my first workshop in 2006. From that time on I have been on a journey – a journey of personal discovery. Because, as my photography evolves, as it improves, I learn more about myself. I’ve gained a lot of technical skills along the way, both in the field and in the darkroom (don’t worry, I shoot digital but I still call it the darkroom because it does the same thing and people don’t freak out like they sometimes do when I say “Photoshop”).

But the technical skills are just a means to creative expression which is what I really focus on. They are what I call the Creative Vocabulary that allows me to communicate what it is I have to say about the world.

And discovering new things in the world, in nature, and expressing them through my photographs is where I am on my journey today. The journey will never end; the destination is not clear and changes as I change. But then, isn’t it the journey and not the destination that’s important?

I also think it’s important to share the things we learn along the way rather than letting them turn to dust with our bodies when we die. That’s why I write blog posts and lead photography workshops – to pass on to others the things I have learned so they can use them in their own work.