Description:
Russ Burden will present “Nature’s Gifts.” The show is a mixture of scenic and wildlife photos from his travels. Wildlife and landscape images are interspersed and vary in subject matter from macro shots of butterflies to grand scenics along the Oregon coast. Included are panoramas, large mammals, birds, landscapes from the South West along with many other of Russ’s favorites. The show is a twenty minute escape into the visual world of nature.

Bio:
Russ is the owner of Russ Burden Nature Photo Tours and runs workshops around the country to the best locations at the times they appear in their utmost glory. His stock work is sold through Getty Images and often shows up in magazines and advertisements around the world.
Russ writes The Tip of the Week for the Outdoor Photographer website. He also writes a weekly Photo Tip and a monthly Photoshop column for Take Great Pictures.com. Russ teaches classes of all levels for the Digital Photo Academy in addition to writing all the curriculums for the national program. Russ has been published numerous times in Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, and Petersen’s PHOTOgraphic. He has two books to his credit. Russ is a multiple time winner of the prestigious Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice Award in the Art In Nature category in addition to the Backyard Habitat category. He also won Highly Commended honors in a number of other categories. As a result, his images have appeared in the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

Mark Alison’s presentation will focus on the ways in which artists discover the various genres of photography and how they find the right fit based on purpose and happiness. There will be an open discussion segment with the presentation as well.

Mark is a portrait photographer from the Denver area. He has built his business from the ground up and achieved success in the industry. He teaches workshops and mentors growing photographers. “I enjoy expressing myself in different styles and skills. The joy I get from serving the client is where the real passion lies.”
www.markalisonphotography.com

James Hager is a freelance nature photographer who lives full-time in an
RV so that his office can be near great shooting locations throughout
western North America. His work has appeared in Nature’s Best
Photography Magazine and has been displayed in the Smithsonian. He leads photo safaris to Africa and recently returned from leading a two-week
safari to Tanzania followed by a month and a half on his own in South
Africa.

In his program, Autumn From Alaska To Zion, James will show us that
there is more to nature photography in the fall than the Maroon Bells
and yellow aspen in late September. Using landscape and wildlife images,
he will take us from Alaska in late August to Zion in early November and
provide information on where and when to capture great fall color. www.JamesHagerPhoto.com

When Mark S. Johnson thinks about sharing Impressionistic Photoshop techniques, he feels giddy. During the March 14 meeting, Mark will show how to create breathtaking kaleidoscopes from photographs, and he’ll explain why Filter Forge and Photoshop make a perfect pair for the creative photographer.

Mark S. Johnson is an Adobe Photoshop luminary, a photographer, an author, and one of the most passionate instructors you will ever encounter. Through the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, The Radiant Vista, and Boulder Digital Arts, Mark has lectured in front of and worked side-by-side with countless individuals, including Adobe’s Chief Executive Officers, Jane Goodall, the U.S. Ambassador to Finland, and Academy Award winning director, Louie Psihoyos. His tutorials appear regularly on the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and Planet Photoshop websites, and his imagery and articles have been featured in Photo Techniques, Nature’s Best, and After Capture magazines. Watch hundreds of Mark’s free and entertaining Photoshop tutorials at www.msjphotography.com