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  • Thursday, August 9, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Evening Photography Stroll

    Learn how to add a “wow” factor to your garden pictures at a workshop on August 9 from 7 – 8:30 at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley. Learn the top ten tips how to improve your photos, then stroll the gardens to put your knowledge into practice. Each participant will need to bring his/her camera, phone with picture capabilities or tablet to use. $12 for Massachusetts Horticultural Society members, $20 for nonmembers. Register at http://masshort.org or call 617-933-4973.

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  • Sunday, July 29, 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Sunset on the Charles: Composition and Low Light Shooting Workshop

    This Museum of Fine Arts Boston workshop on Sunday, July 29 from 6 – 9:30 combines low-light shooting and formal composition techniques while photographing along the banks of the Charles River. Cover a variety of technical strategies for achieving intriguing photographs while shooting during the “golden hour,” twilight, dusk, and at night.

    Students must bring their own DSLR camera with manual settings and supplies. Students are responsible for providing their own supplies. View the supply list by going to https://www.mfa.org/programs/studio-art-classes/adult/supply-list.

    MFA members $50, nonmembers $65. Order online at https://www.mfa.org/programs/studio-art-class/sunset-on-the-charles-composition-and-low-light-shooting-workshop-0 To order tickets by phone, call 1-800-440-6975; to order in person, visit any MFA ticket desk.

    Instructor Georgie Friedman received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in conjunction with Tufts University (2008) and her BA from UC, Santa Cruz (1996). Recent exhibitions include: Ripple Effect, Peabody Essex Museum, MA (2011-12); Above the Clouds (solo), concurrent exhibit at Carroll and Sons & Anthony Greaney, MA (2011); The 2010 DeCordova Biennial, MA; among others. She teaches a variety of photography and video based classes at several local institutions, including Boston College, SMFA and MassArt. Her current projects include photographic works and experiential video installations that highlight our physical relationship to interior vs. exterior elements and uncontrollable natural forces.

  • Thursday, April 12, 6:00 pm – Crossing Over: A Photographer in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

    Photographer Rosamond Purcell explores the hidden corners of scientific collections, the boundaries between art and science, and the mysteries of metamorphosis. In this Harvard Museum of Natural History lecture on Thursday, April 12 at 6 pm, Purcell will recount her long-standing relationship with Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology and explain how its collections have served as models and inspiration for her strangely beautiful, often unsettling images. Following the presentation, Jane Winchell, Director of The Dotty Brown Art & Nature Center at the Peabody Essex Museum, will engage Purcell and audience members in a discussion about the value of seeing natural history collections as works of art in order to better appreciate and understand nature. Free and open to the public. The lecture will take place in the Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge. Free event parking at 52 Oxford Street Garage.

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  • Wednesday, January 24, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Digital Photography: Capturing Botanic Images

    Melissa Pace, garden educator, artist and photographer, will lead a Massachusetts Horticultural Society workshop on Wednesday, January 24 from 10 – 4 that will give you an understanding of the elements of photography; line, texture, shape, space and color to add “wow” to your garden photography. This program is ideal for novice photographers using tablets, phones and simple cameras.Mass Hort Member Cost: $75; General Admission Cost $110 Register online at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/496/digital-photography-capturing-botanic-images?filter_reset=1

  • Through November 24 – Wonder World: Three Artists Define Nature’s Magic

    Berkshire Botanical Garden opens its debut exhibition with works by painter Susan Merrill and photographers Jane McWhorter and John MacGruer in its newly restored and renovated Center House, home to three new galleries featuring art inspired by the natural world.

    The new Anna and Frederick Henry Leonhardt Galleries will host its first exhibition, Wonder World: Three Artists Define Nature’s Magic, bringing to the new gallery space three distinctly unique artistic interpretations of insects, plant life, and nature. “We wanted our first exhibition to celebrate the talents of local artists who beautifully represent a larger creative community in the Berkshires,” said Matthew Larkin, BBG Board Chairman, who has overseen the design and development of the Center House galleries. “These three artists truly find their inspiration in the Berkshire landscape; a perfect match for the Garden’s galleries.”

    BUGS, a collection of paintings in pen and ink with acrylic by Susan Merrill, focuses on beneficial bugs and insects — the monarch butterfly, praying mantis, soldier beetle, dragonfly, green lacewing, and nematode — “various kinds,” she says, “so camouflaged, so elegant and beautiful.” Susan’s work has been exhibited at many venues, especially in the Berkshires where she makes her home. Her exhibition will include both original paintings and prints.

    John MacGruer and Jane McWhorter, who collectively run the full-service communications company Blue Sky Productions, each bring their signature photographic styles to the exhibition with their collection, BOTANICALS. McWhorter, best known for her large, elegant and evocative images of plant life, focuses on the form and texture of her organic subjects, which are both beautiful and compelling. MacGruer’s background in film is evidenced in this exhibition through a visually infused sense of motion, particularly in his stunning photographs capturing milkweed seedpods dispersed by wind. Both photographers have exhibited their work throughout the Berkshires and beyond. Jane McWhorter’s Sunflower pictured below.

    The galleries are located in the original, C 1700s section of the renovated Center House, considered to be one of the oldest structures in Stockbridge. The galleries are open Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and Sundays, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. and weekdays by appointment by calling 413 298-3926. The exhibition runs through November 24.

  • Saturday, October 28, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm – Nature Photography Workshop

    Improve your photographs of nature in this half-day workshop – a talk followed by hands-on experience. The class takes place on Saturday, October 28 beginning at 9:00 am at the Arnold Arboretum at one of the most beautiful times of year. The instructor is Erik Gehring, a freelance photographer and multi-media producer.

    Learn about composition, color, light, depth of field and focus. Bring your camera and manual and familiarize yourself with the operation of your camera prior to the workshop. $70 fee. Register at www.my.arboretum.harvard.edu. Image copyright Erik Gehring.

  • Saturday, October 14, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Foliage Photography in the Public Garden

    Saturday, October 14, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Foliage Photography in the Public Garden

    Join Christopher Padgett for this special Boston Center for Adult Education class on Saturday, October 14 from noon – 3 that focuses on gaining technical skills while taking fun photographs of the Public Garden and Boston Common during the peak of leaf-peeping. Class will start at the BCAE at 122 Arlington Street and the group will move on to the Public Garden down the street. Students should be intermediate-level photographers and bring their own digital cameras. It is recommended that if students have a tripod they bring it to the class.

    Christopher Padgett is a photographer based in Salem, Massachusetts whose passion lies in landscape and architecture photography. Unfortunately, buildings usually don’t buy photos of themselves, so he does occasional weddings and family portraits as well. His work has been published online, in several Greater Boston magazines, and sold in North Shore boutiques. Chris also has twelve years of commercial radio experience, hosting morning shows in three different state capitols over ten years, podcasting to the world from friends’ homes and even running a pirate radio station from the top of Beacon Hill at one point, but don’t tell the FCC that part. $65. Register online at www.bcae.org.

  • Saturday, September 30 – Deadline for Picture This: Your Great Outdoors Photo Contest

    Once again Mass Audubon is seeking photos that highlight people in nature and the beauty of Massachusetts wildlife and landscapes. “We can’t wait to see what you have in store for us this year! Find everything you need to know about how and what to enter at http://www.massaudubon.org/news-events/photo-contest/enter-the-contest. For those who have entered before, we have updated the submission guidelines along with the prizes.” Happy snapping.

  • Saturday, August 12, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Garden Photography Workshop

    On Saturday, August 12 from 9 – 2, take your garden photography from good to great by capturing Tower Hill Botanic Garden at its most beautiful. This course is ideal for Photographers with some knowledge of manual camera settings who want to take their abilities to the next level. Join Steve McGrath as he reveals his tips and techniques for taking quality close up as well as Landscape Photography in the gardens. We will discuss how to use wide-angle, normal and telephoto lenses most effectively in the garden to strengthen your composition for maximum impact. Learn to sharpen your awareness of light on the landscape and use creative white balance and ISO for expanding your images. We will view our images after an extensive day in the gardens. Bring a camera with macro capabilities, a sturdy tripod if you have one,and a large memory card.

    Steve McGrath is a professional freelance photographer and photography teacher who has been creating images for 20 years. Steve first began by shooting sports photography for local high schools, then weddings, and stock agencies. Then his love of the outdoors led him to focusing more on his true passion, “nature photography”. Steve was an active member of the Gateway Camera Club for many years, and has won many ribbons and awards at fairs and competitions through the group and on his own. Several of his images have been published in school text books. His favorite places to shoot are Acadia National Park in Maine, the Green Mountains of Vermont, and the Cape Cod National Seashore.

    $60 for Tower Hill members, $75 for nonmembers. Register online at https://towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org/pages/event-registration-form—garden-photography-workshop

  • Saturday, May 6, 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Nature Photography Workshop

    Improve your photographs of nature in this half-day workshop with freelance photographer Erik Gehring, including a talk followed by hands-on experience in the Arnold Arboretum at one of the most beautiful times of year. Learn about composition, color, light, depth of field, and focus. Bring your camera and manual and familiarize yourself with the operation of your camera prior to the workshop. Level: beginner/advanced beginner. Class size: approximately 10.
    Fee $70. The 12:30 – 4 class will begin in the Hunnewell Building of the Arboretum. Offered with the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Art. Photo below by Erik Gehring.  Register at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?EventID=1.