Hagerman Photo Club - Storm Chasing with Anita Oakley

Saturday, September 18th at 1:00 PM Online via ZOOM (Registration Required)

Registration  

Would you like to take great photos of a storm? Well, Anita Oakley will talk about why she chases storms, how to prepare for a chase and safety. She will share images from her three years chasing between Texas and South Dakota and cover her equipment and shooting strategy. For those who are interested in trying to chase, she will offer suggestions for getting started. 

Anita Oakley has always loved photography and has been drawn to nature and wildlife. Once her children were grown, she resumed her hobby, took classes, and got serious about it. She is now building a professional reputation, having been published on the Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris website, in Nature Photographer magazine, and on the Nature Photographer Web. She has a good following on Instagram as @anitaophotos.

Business trips took her to India, Australia, Germany, South Africa, and England – and she got hooked on travel. So the logical progression was to marry her passions for photography and travel. She has shot puffins in Iceland, polar bears in Svalbard, cheetahs in Kenya. In 2019 she started chasing severe weather in the Plains states, and she can’t wait for the 2022 chase season.

The 2021 Nature Photo Contest Begins!

Entries will be accepted from September 1st through September 30, 2021.

See the Contest Information.

Photo Club Videos

Note: Video streaming is limited to 60 minutes from Dropbox. To see the full video, you will need to download the video to your device.  Be aware that video files are very large.

Wide Angle Landscapes with Sean Fitzgerald

Watch Video   Presented July 12, 2021

Many photographers are scared to use a wide-angle lens, or never seem to like the results. That is a shame. Sean will demonstrate how photographers can use their wide-angle lens as a storytelling tool or as an artistic instrument to help take unique images that are both intimate and sweeping. Sean will help you learn how you can see the world from the unique perspective that wide-angle photography provides.

Sean Fitzgerald is a Dallas-based nature, conservation, and travel photographer. Sean’s work has been published in a wide variety of publications, including the New York Times, Outdoor Photographer, Nature Conservancy, Audubon, Photo District News, Backpacker, Bicycling, Texas Highways, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and many more. His fine-art prints are found in private and corporate art collections and large-scale installations across the country, including hospitals, banks, museums, and convention centers. Sean leads photo workshops for Ted Turner Reserves. His work is varied but focuses primarily on Texas and endangered ecosystems such as Texas prairies. Sean is a past president of the North American Nature Photography Association and a member of the American Society of Media Photographers. You can see more of his images at www.seanfitzgerald.com. He has taken a lead role in the efforts of photography organizations to modernize the copyright system to better protect visual artists and is also actively involved with protecting artist rights on public lands. 

Watch Video Presented May 15, 2021

Want to know more about using Adobe Lightroom to process your photos? Brian Loflin will present an online overview of Photoshop Lightroom, one of the most user-friendly and powerful photo editing suites. He will outline the requirements to get started, how to manage your library of images, and an in-depth demonstration of Lightroom’s ease of processing. In addition, registered attendees will receive a complete, step-by-step process of one of his own images from import of images fresh from a shoot, through export for use outside the computer.

Brian Loflin is a highly respected photographer, author, teacher, and consultant. His seasoned professional career spans more than five decades in the advertising, aviation, bio-medical, and publishing industry.

Brian is a graduate biologist with an extensive background in marketing and communications. As a highly regarded teacher, his passion is about passing his knowledge and vision along to others. In addition to hosting a variety of photography workshops, he currently teaches a new curriculum of Wildlife Photography at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He held similar teaching positions at the University of Texas at Austin, University of California at Riverside, and Riverside Community College.

Have you tried photographing wildflowers and been disappointed with the results? Did you discover that seemingly small issues can very quickly ruin a photograph as well as your entire wildflower photography experience? Carol Henrichs will show us how do you deal with ever-changing environmental conditions. She will also discuss tips and tricks for addressing issues related to tools & equipment, sun, wind, and clouds.

Carol Fox Henrichs is an interpretive nature photographer and photo artist. She considers this her encore career, which she began in earnest after retiring from Texas A&M University. Her published works have appeared in the North American Nature Photography’s annual publication and Ranch and Rural Magazine and she has won numerous awards. Carol began her photography education in 2004, earned a Professional Photography Diploma from the Photography Institute and successfully completed the Cameras, Exposure, and Photography program from Michigan State University. Ever the teacher, she leads workshops and prior to COVID, photo tours.