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  • Saturday, July 9, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – Outdoor Creative Flower Photography

    The lilies and dozens of other flowers are in bloom throughout Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston.  Bring your camera and imagination, and learn how to make flower photographs worthy of framing and displaying on your walls. This one-day, hands-on workshop with fine-art photographer Joel Shore of MetWest Gallery explores lighting, composition, and simple techniques to improve your work and draw compliments. Learn how an inexpensive, vinyl shower-curtain liner can become your most-valuable tool! At day’s end, we’ll use a digital projector to review your images.

    Do you have flower photos you love, or ones that disappointed? Bring them in (on a flash drive or prints), too! Whether a novice or experienced hobbyist, this workshop is for you. One-on-one coaching is provided throughout the day. You should be comfortable with operation of your camera, however. Point-and-shoot digital cameras with macro (close-up) capability or a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera with a macro lens are welcome. Bring your tripod. Other useful tools: a cable or wireless shutter release and knee pads or garden kneeling pad. We’ll be outdoors much of the day; sunscreen and a hat for your personal protection are advised. For DSLR owners, we expect to have a variety of Lensbaby lenses in Canon and Nikon mounts available. Contact Joel Shore (joel@MetWestGallery.com) with questions This is an all-day workshop. For lunch, we recommend Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s own Twigs Café. Alternatively, you can bring your own lunch. The closest fast-food establishment is in Clinton, a 14-mile round-trip drive.

    You may purchase tickets to this event ($80 THBG members, $90 non-members) on line at www.towerhillbg.org, or by calling 508-869-6111. Rain date is Sunday, July 10. Photo image below copyright Joel Shore.

  • Saturday, April 2, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – Creative Flower Photography

    Unfulfilled by your flower photographs? Discover your artistic side in this Saturday, April 2 one-day, hands-on workshop at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Massachusetts with fine-art photographer Joel Shore of MetWest Gallery. Learn how lighting and composition improves your photos, experiment with iridescent glass and reflections, explore how to get closer to your subject, and discover why seeing less lets you see so much more. Do you have flower photos you love, or ones that disappointed? Bring them in!

    A digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera and tripod are required. A macro lens is strongly recommended. A cable or wireless shutter release is preferred, but your camera’s self-timer will suffice. Point-and-shoot cameras are not recommended unless they allow you to set both the shutter speed and aperture manually. We plan to have a variety of Lensbaby lenses in Canon and Nikon mounts available.

    This is an all-day ( 9:30 – 4:30) workshop. For lunch, we recommend Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s own Twigs Café. Alternatively, you can bring your own lunch. The closest fast-food establishment is in Clinton, a 14-mile round-trip drive. Workshop price is $80 for THBG members, $90 for non-members. To register (and this class fills quickly – a February session was sold out before The Garden Club of the Back Bay web site even had a chance to publicize it!) log on to www.towerhillbg.org.