Insect Photography at Lake Merritt Gardens

Get involved in citizen science by helping take photos in the Lake Merritt gardens for an insect guide!Insect Sciences Museum of California (ISMC) is sponsoring an intermediate-level insect photography workshop with Bay Area photographer (and CCNH naturalist) Damon Tighe.

This workshop will help to increase your skills in insect photography with DSLR and point-and-shoot cameras. In the field topics covered will be shooting with different lenses (telephoto, standard and macro) and how to use flash effectively in the field (direct, bounced, and filtered).

Please bring your camera(s), flashes, spare batteries and laptop computer (there will be a secured storage area for items while we are in the field). Bring drinking water & snacks, and wear comfortable hiking shoes, sun hat, and layers of clothing.

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