OCC Camera Academy

Mon Jun 12 2023 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

Marks Street Senior Center, 99 E Marks St, Orlando, FL 32803-3814 | Orlando

Shara Abel
Publisher/HostShara Abel
OCC Camera Academy
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OCC is hosting three sessions of Camera Academy "boot camps" offered this summer.
Come learn more about your camera and some photography basics, taught by highly experienced award-winning photographers.
There will be a field trip after the last session where participants can use their new skills in the field.
So come join the adventure! And who knows, you may decide to enter some of the informal or formal competitions when you are done!
Any paid member of OCC can join these classes for free. Non-members can attend for just $20 a class, or $55 for all three classes, which would entitle them to a full year's membership in the Orlando Camera Club!
These meetings will be held in person 6:30-7:30 pm at the Marks Street Senior Center while the Formal Competition Results meetings are being held on Zoom. If you don't want to miss the competition results on Zoom, don't worry they are recorded, as are most of our Zoom meetings. You can find the recordings in the "Member" area on the OCC website.
April 10. Matt Klinger "Know Your Camera”
Matt will cover many basic features and settings for most DSLRs and Mirrorless cameras, a few more advanced features, and some additional equipment/gear that most new photographers will probably find useful
June 12. Wayne Bennett "Understanding Exposure”
Wayne will cover the basic principles of the exposure triangle and how to expose images to tell a story.
Aug 14. Jeffri Moore “Composition"
Using examples from Jeffri's photography, she'll review the common principles of composition. Her goal is to provide ideas to the attendees to help them create photographs that are pleasing to the viewer.
Instructor Bios:
Matt Klinger: Matt Klinger has been a member of the Orlando Camera Club for over a decade, serving as both the Competition Director and President of the club. He enjoys a wide variety of photography genres but especially likes photographing people and landscapes. Matt resides in Winter Garden with his wife Julie and currently makes his living photographing corporate events, weddings, and headshots. He is also an FAA-certified Drone Pilot and holds a current Florida Real Estate License. Matt and his wife enjoy traveling and have visited many places across the U.S. as well as the Caribbean, Mexico, and Europe.

Wayne Bennett: Wayne Bennett is a dentist by profession (retired in 2014) and has been a professional photographer for the past 25 years, specializing in the area of nature
photography.
The Great American Photography Weekends (GAPW), Bill Fortney in particular, was
the spark that ignited his turnaround in photography. He enjoyed an association of
about 15 years with GAPW and has had the opportunity to learn from and teach
with the best of the best in nature photography, including, John Shaw, Rod Planck,
Pat O'Hara, Art Wolfe, Bryan Peterson, and of course Bill Fortney.
After GAPW, Wayne taught photography at Disney Institute in Orlando, FL. He
has/continues to shoot stock for Sharpshooters, Corbis, and Alamy Agencies and has
been published in a number of publications, including Outdoor Photographer.
He continues to teach photography through seminars and workshops. Aside from
making presentations at the Orlando Camera Club, he has made presentations at
camera clubs in Ormond Beach, Vero Beach, and Melbourne.
A few years ago, Wayne started WMB Productions, a company, which brings the
biggest names in photography to the Orlando area for seminars and workshops. He
has had photographers such as Bill Fortney, Adam Jones, Bryan Peterson, Rick
Sammon, Tony Sweet, RC Concepcion (from NAPP), Tim Grey, Bob Krist and Rob
Sheppard (editor of Outdoor Photographer magazine).
Wayne has traveled extensively in the United States and around the world. He has
photographed on all continents except Antarctica.
Wayne is proud to be a charter member of NANPA (North American Nature
Photographers Association) and the Orlando Camera Club. He was the second
President of the OCC.
The OCC’s image of the year (in its annual competition) is named after Wayne, The
Wayne Bennett Award.
Wayne has recently had a specialty filter from Singh-Ray Filters named after him,
the Singh-Ray Wayne Bennett Smoky Vision Polarizer. Singh-Ray makes the finest
photographic filters in the world.
In 2008, nine members of the Orlando Camera club, including Wayne, submitted a
portfolio of 20 images (selected from over 350 submitted) to the Natures Best
Magazine Windland Smith Rice International Photo Competition and won! There
were 85 camera clubs worldwide that submitted portfolios to the competition. A
composite of 9 of the images was hanging in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural
History in Washington, DC until May 2009.
Wayne had an image selected as Highly Honored in the 2009 Natures Best Contest.
That image was displayed at the Smithsonian until May 2010.
A new product and the brainchild of Wayne and good friend Ken Blye is the PUFFIN
PAD. The Puffin Pad has just been introduced to the photo marketplace. It is a light-
weight alternative to the bean bag.

Jeffri Moore: Jeffri has been around art in some form most of her life. In 2008, she renewed her interest in photography and enjoys making images of a wide variety of subjects. She has been a member of the Orlando Camera Club since 2008. Jeffri attended the Judging Academy held by the OCC in 2011 and was a judge at multiple OCC competitions. She has given presentations on Camera Phone Photography to several organizations including the OCC and the St. Augustine Camera Club. Jeffri was President of the Oviedo Photo Club from June 2010 to January 2013. Her photographs have been published in several publications and have been on display at the University of Florida’s Research & Academic Center in Lake Nona. Jeffri is an award-winning photographer and her photographs have been displayed in several locations in Central Florida. She loves to tutor/mentor anyone with a desire to learn about photography and editing. For the last few years, Jeffri enjoys creating art with her images.
Photo Credit: Jeffri Moore
This will be an In-Person meeting at
Marks Street Senior Center
99 E Marks St.
Orlando, FL 32803
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Marks Street Senior Center, 99 E Marks St, Orlando, FL 32803-3814, United States

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