Improving Your Nature Photography
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Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced
November 14, 2020 1 Session (Saturday)
10:30 am-12:00 pm
Instructor: Don Saunders
Class Fee:   $25.00 non-members
                     Free BRMAA members                    
This class will provide useful real-world tips and creative ideas to help the nature photographer create better photographs.  Some of the covered topics include landscapes, wildlife and macro photography.
The emphasis will be on the nature found in the North Georgia mountains.  The techniques students will learn are determining the subject, better exposure techniques, setting up Auto Focus, eliminating distractions, better compositions, and creative technique used in a camera.  Students may bring materials to take notes with.  No camera required for class.


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Register for the Class Below

Improving Your Nature Photography-11/14/20 Registration

Call (706) 632-2144 for questions regarding this course and registration.  Payment is required to register for BRMAA courses. You may pay via PayPal above, over the phone, or visit The Art Center located at 420 West Main Street, Blue Ridge, GA 30513 to pay in person. The Programming Coordinator is in the office from 10 am - 6pm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

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Don Saunders
Don Saunders is an award winning nature photographer. He specializes in landscape and wildlife photography.
As a young boy, he developed his love of nature photography by wandering the woods near his boyhood home. Beginning in 1998, he wanted to develop his craft and attended workshops and lectures by acclaimed nature photographers John Shaw, Bill Fortney, Nancy Rotenberg, David Middleton, George Lepp, and Charles Glatzer. 
Don strives to create photographs that draw the viewer into the scene and make them feel one with the subject. He looks for unique natural lighting and special animal behavior to make his images memorable. 
 "I am constantly searching for those special moments and places where the light and subject combine to make the ordinary VERY EXTRAORDINARY!” 
Don's images have been published in books and magazines including Nature's Best Photography, EOS (published in the U.K. for Canon photographers), Blue Ridge Country, Georgia Wildlife, Virginia Wildlife, The News Observer Welcome to Fannin County and Copper Basin, NANPA Currents, and NANPA's "Impressions" and “Expressions" books.
 
His images have received numerous awards in exhibits and competitions including Georgia Council of Arts exhibited in the Georgia Governor’s office, Georgia Public Television's "Georgia Outdoors" Nature Photography contest, Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association National Juried Photography exhibit, Shepherd Center Hospital (Atlanta) Permanent Exhibit, Callaway Gardens, Fernbank Science Center, Chattahoochee Nature Center, Meadowlark Nature Photography Exhibition, and multiple awards from the Georgia Nature Photographers Association.
 
Don is a member of the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) and the Georgia Nature Photographers Association (GNPA). He resides in Georgia. 
His work is online at his web site: www.DonSaundersPhoto.com