“The Light of Midnight: Photographing the Landscape at Night"

YOU ARE INVITED TO AN EVENING WITH MARK BOWIE

Co-Sponsored by

Charter Oak Photographic Society and Hunt’s Photo & Video at Charter Oak Photographic Society, Inc.

The Elmwood Community Church, 26 Newington Road

West Hartford, CT (Conte Hall – Lower Level)

On Monday, May 16, 2011 Mark Bowie of Pittsfield, MA will be presenting his program

“The Light of Midnight: Photographing the Landscape at Night"

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you, your camera club, and friends to come and be our guest (no charge). Our meeting begins at 7:15 p.m. SHARP!

Nature photographer Mark Bowie, a specialist on photographing the landscape at night, will give a presentation on nocturnal landscape photography. He will demonstrate techniques for determining nighttime exposures, focusing in the dark, shooting long exposures, double exposures, timed intervals, and “painting” with artificial light. He will discuss shooting exposures only seconds long to eight hours, with tips on photographing star trails, planets, moonlit landscapes, lightning, fireworks, city lights and the Northern Lights.

Learn how to capture the mystery, wonder and magic of this little explored facet of the photographic landscape. At night, the camera allows us to record phenomena we are physically incapable of seeing. The photographer can never quite be sure of what he or she will create. That’s part of the allure and the excitement!

Mark Bowie is a professional nature photographer and writer. His work has been published internationally in books, on calendars and posters, and in advertising media. His first two coffee table books, Adirondack Waters: Spirit of the Mountains and In Stoddard's Footsteps: The Adirondacks Then & Now, for which he photographed the landscape at the exact locations the pioneer photographer did over 100 years ago, have become a landmark regional publications. He recently released his third book, The Adirondacks: In Celebration of the Seasons. Mark also leads digital and landscape photography workshops as a staff instructor for the Adirondack Photography Institute. He is sponsored by Hunt’s Photo, and his stock photography is represented by Animals Animals/Earth Scenes.

Hunt’s Photo and Video, New England’s largest retailer of photographic, video, and digital imaging products will be on hand for your photographic shopping pleasure. If you have any special requests or items you want them to bring that evening, call Gary Farber at 781-462-2332 or Email Gary at DigitalGuyGary@wbhunt.com. You can also contact Shawn Davis at 413-585-9430 or sdavis@wbhunt.com.

Directions to Charter Oak Photographic Society, Inc.

From the East: Go West on I84 to Exit 42 (this is a Left Exit), Trout Brook Drive. Stay to the Right at the Exit fork. At the stop sign, go straight a short distance to the traffic light. At the traffic light take a Right on South Quaker Lane. At the next traffic light take a Left on New Britain Avenue. At the next traffic light take a Right on Route 173 South, Newington Road.

The church is behind CVS (CVS on corner, DO NOT PARK IN CVS LOT). There is parking
available in the church yard immediately before the church or across the street.
From the West: Go East on I84 to Exit 41, South Main Street/Elmwood. At the end of the Exit take a Right on South Main Street. Get in the Left Lane, and at the 2nd traffic light take a Left on New Britain Avenue. At the 3rd traffic light on New Britain Avenue, take a Right on Route 173

South, Newington Road. The church is behind CVS (CVS on corner, DO NOT PARK IN CVS LOT). There is parking available in the church yard immediately before the church or across the street.


From the South: Take Route 91 North to Exit 22 N-S. Stay Left and get on 22 N, Route 9 North. Continue on Route 9 North and follow signs for Newington/West Hartford. Take Exit 29 Route 175. At the end of the Exit go straight across onto Fenn Road. At the 4th traffic light on Fenn Road take a Right on West Hill Road. At the 2nd traffic light take a Left on Willard Avenue which becomes Newington Road, Route 173 North. The church is about 1 mile on your Right. There is parking available in the church yard immediately after the church or across the street. DO NOT PARK IN CVS LOT.
Option From the South: Go North on Route 5 & 15 (Berlin Turnpike) to the Exit for Route 175 Newington/Wethersfield (across from the Siesta Motel). At the end of the Exit take a Left on Route 175 West. This becomes East Cedar Street and then Cedar Street. At the 5th traffic light take a Right on Route 173 North, Willard Avenue which becomes Newington Road. The church is about 3.5 miles on your Right. There is parking available in the church yard immediately after the church or across the street. DO NOT PARK IN CVS LOT.

From the North: Go South on Route 91 to Route I84 West. Go West on Route I84 and follow directions above for From the East.

Entering the Building:

Conte Hall enter by going down the steps (outside church) that are on the side of the building off the parking lot. You will enter the kitchen area. Conte Hall is to the Right of the kitchen, but use the door to the Left and take your first Right into Conte Hall.