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. Examples of volunteer opportunities include, leading of photo walks at the Refuge, creating photo journals of major restoration projects at the Refuge, and others.
December 5th our guest speaker and presenter will be Andrew Studer. Andrew is a professional commercial photographer and timelapse cinematographer based in Portland. With a huge passion for the outdoors, Andrew is constantly seeking out adventure and unique and engaging ways to capture what he sees. His work has been features in National Geographic, CBS news, BBC and many others. Andrew will present a selection of his nature photos and as a bonus also regal us with his incredible “Faces of Bhutan”. January 2nd there will be no Photo Society meeting. February 6th our guest speaker and presenter is Rebecca Benoit. Rebecca is an award-winning photographer and Adobe Certified Expert in Lightroom. She has been teaching photography since 2002 for private groups and clients as well as for Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, Sherwood Foundation for the Arts and several other camera clubs and Meetup groups. She is an Assistant Organizer for the Portland Vancouver Photography and Women Learning Photography Together Meetup groups in Portland. Her photography has been shown in galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest. Rebecca has agreed to do a presentation on photo editing using Lightroom.
April 2nd 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! |
March 5th our guest speaker and presenter is Susan Dimock. Susan Dimock is a retired clinical social worker and