Tualatin River Photographic Society

Who we are: The Friends Photo Society organizes monthly meetings focused on nature photography in the North West. These meetings typically consist of a presentation by a professional photographer, followed by a sharing of nature photos made by the attendees. In addition to guest speakers, we are planning to organize photo walks on the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge led by experienced photographers. The Friends Photo Society is a great opportunity to improve your photography skills, to network with other photographers and meet like-minded folks!

All Photo Society meetings are free and open to both members of the Friends and non-members. Monthly meetings are held at the Visitor Center at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, 19255 SW Pacific Hwy, Sherwood, OR 97140. on the first Thursday of every month at 7 PM .

The Friends Photo Society also offers some wonderful volunteering opportunities with the Refuge such as leading of photo walks at the Refuge, creating photo journals of major restoration projects at the Refuge, having your photos enhance our web page and social media, and others.

Do you enjoy taking nature photos? Would you like to improve your photographic skills? Come to one of our monthly gatherings to learn from the best!

TBD Our guest speaker and presenter is Irene Vlach. Irene is a store volunteer and also a member of the FOR board. She has offered to share with us her photo impressions of a recent visit to Patagonia.

July, August and September There will be no Photo Society meetings

October 1st Our guest speaker and presenter is Mike Dimock. “Back in the early days the medium format film camera I used limited me to working with landscapes. Once I was unencumbered and found the flexibility of more modern equipment I found that I really was more interested in photographing wildlife than landscapes. While I love working great sunsets or waterfalls, it is lying in the mud trying to work with a small shorebird or sitting in a meadow with a Savannah Sparrow that really gets me going.” Mike has offered to focus his presentation on shorebirds

November 5th Our guest speaker and presenter is Zeb Andrews (https://www.zebandrews.photos/about-me)." My adventures with photography began back in 2001 with a waterfall and a Pentax K1000. Since then it has been a near-nonstop journey. I use my cameras to teach me how to see the world more keenly, to appreciate details and subtleties to a greater extent, to enjoy the fine, yet passing, qualities of light and time. I invest myself more in the process of photography than the results."

December 3rd Our guest speaker and presenter is Jennifer Costello. She has been a wedding and portrait photographer for 18 years, capturing 500+ weddings and 200+ portraits. In 2011, Jennifer created Portland Photo Tour as a different way to learn photography than was traditionally being offered. Since then, she has had the pleasure of instructing 2000+ students and still counting! Jennifer offered to teach a class on the more technical aspects of photography, camera settings, etc. If you want to take control over your camera instead of relying on automatic settings, you should attend!

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the mission of the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Complex

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