| Date | Time | Instructor | Topic |
| 2025-01-11 | 1:00PM | Arik Gorban | People Photography Workshop |
| 2025-02-01 | 1:00pm | Mike Moats | The Properly Equipped Macro Photographer |
Instructor - Arik Gorban
Instructor Biography - Arik is a photographer and photography instructor who focuses on the creative aspects of the photographic art form.His experience covers the complete photographic process, including analog photography, darkroom work, and extensive digital imaging.He frequently judges photo contests, including multiple international Salon competitions and juried exhibitions. Arik presents photography programs internationally and exhibits his fine art photography. He also photographs events and conducts photography workshops.Arik Gorban is the recipient of numerous awards in photo contests and his work and articles have been published in the US and internationally. Arik is an FAACertified Part 107 Drone Pilot.Website www.agphotoworks.comOnline Portfolio https//agorban.myportfolio.com/
Location - FLUMC
Description - Training objective: Share posing and lighting ideas and techniques for photographing people with simple or no lighting gear. People photography has become a very popular practice these days. Many take pictures of family members, friends, or strangers. In this workshop, well discuss and practice techniques that demonstrate how to pose people and handle simple lighting. These will be applicable to formal portraits, pictures of family and kids, group shots, or informal pictures of people on the street.
The discussions will cover some camera controls, artificial lighting, posing individuals and groups, getting the right expressions, working with various light conditions (e.g., mid-day sun), positioning the subject based on the light, working in low light, and understanding white balance.
The program will be educational and entertaining. Its structured for anyone who takes pictures, whether with a phone camera, a point and shoot, or a full-featured DSLR or mirrorless.
The hands-on portion of the workshop will include working with simple lighting with a single flash and the use simple modifiers (e.g., umbrella or reflector). It will also focus on working with the subject (e.g., posing, giving directions, and getting the desired expression). Members should be able to apply the training to portrait photography with natural light.
We plan to have at least one model on site for this session.
Arik will lead a Zoom session for us on Monday, December 02, at 7:30pm to introduce us to the concepts of this workshop. This will be open to all RCC members using the regular meeting Zoom link.
A fee of $20 from each member attending the live workshop on 1/11/25 will help defray the cost of this workshop. The fee can be paid as per the instructions above or you may bring payment on the day of the workshop.
Sign up at the link below. Hope to see you there!
Member Fee - $20.00
Non Member Fee - $35.00
Fee Payment Instructions - To pay the fee by PayPal login to your personal PayPal account and send the payment to workshop@ridgewoodcameraclub.net. Please include the name of the workshop in the Note section of the PayPal payment. For non PayPal payments either give or mail them to David or Christine Amundsen. Their mailing address is 469 Van Emburgh Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Checks should be made payable to Ridgewood Camera Club.
Handout - Please copy and paste the following link into your browser address line.
Photographing People - Notes.pdf
Instructor - Mike Moats
Instructor Biography - Mike Moats is an international awardwinning full time pro macro photographer from Michigan. He is a Tamron Image Master, Vanguard Pro, and his articles and images have been published in many photo magazines for over 20 years. He has a Macro Photo Club online with over 2,800 members, from 28 countries. Mike teaches workshops and speaks at photo conference throughout the US.
Location - Zoom
Description - Being a properly equipped macro photographer is not just about the equipment, but also equipping yourself with the how-to knowledge of macro photography. Mike will cover the most important equipment for macro photography, how to control depth of field, composition, and finding character in your subjects.
Member Fee - $0.00
Non Member Fee - $10.00
Fee Payment Instructions - To pay the fee by PayPal login to your personal PayPal account and send the payment to workshop@ridgewoodcameraclub.net. Please include the name of the workshop in the Note section of the PayPal payment. For non PayPal payments either give or mail them to David or Christine Amundsen. Their mailing address is 469 Van Emburgh Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Checks should be made payable to Ridgewood Camera Club.