Monthly Meetings
Third Tuesday of each month
7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center
January Speaker - Greg Basco
Greg Basco, a native St. Louisan, is a resident Costa Rican professional photographer and environmentalist. Greg will join us on Tuesday, January 17th, for an extended presentation based on his popular blog feature, Behind the Lens, in which he explains the technical and artistic decisions that went into making some of his favorite images. Though focused on the rainforest, these techniques are transferable to other habitats and will provide you with new and creative ideas for your own nature photography.
Greg enjoys a working relationship with Canon, BH Photo Video, Think Tank and Induro. He is a BBC/Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice prizewinner. His photos have been published in National Geographic and other magazines and have been used in many books, public exhibits, calendars and other projects. Greg's latest work in progress is a coffee table book of artistic photos of Costa Rica's national parks and reserves. To learn more about Greg and his photography, visit his web site: www.deepgreenphotography.com. To get a preview of his talk, link to the Behind the Lens feature on his blog from his web site. Greg is both very knowledgeable and an engaging presenter with a great sense of humor, so it should be a wonderful evening.
In addition to his doing his own photography, Greg truly enjoys working with other photographers through his photo tours and workshops. To learn more about his photo tours, visit www.fotoverdetours.com, Costa Rica's first and only travel agency dedicated to nature photography.
Share and Show
The Share and Show portion of each meeting is where members share up to FOUR of their images, along with short descriptions. Digital files should be brought in on a labeled USB flash drive or CD-ROM and given to the Jerry Miller by 6:45. Image names should include the name of the member and should be in a folder with the member's name. Vertical images should be sized with a height of 768 pixels; horizontal images with a width of 768 pixels; and saved as .jpg files. Do not forget to pick up your flash drives and CD-ROMs before you leave the meeting.
Directions to Powder Valley
Powder Valley is off Cragwold Road, with access only from Geyer Road. Coming from 270, take 44 east and exit immediately at Watson Road, turn left on Geyer Road, and left on Cragwold. From 44 (coming east or west), take the Lindbergh Blvd. exit, go south on Lindberg to Watson, then west on Watson to Geyer Road. Go right (north) on Geyer to Cragwold and then turn left onto Cragwold. Please use the side entrance on the south end of the building, closest to the parking lot because the main entrance will be locked. Proceed up to the hall to the auditorium.
