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Motion Blur - Using Blur in Photography

Motion Blur - Using Blur in Photography

Saturday 19 October
Briarwood Ave - 1pm - 2 Hours
Louis Johnson
Learn to use intentional motion blur to enhance your photography. We will cover a range of blurring techniques including long exposures, panning and intentional camera movement for artistic purposes. Not all blurry photos are accidents!

Knowing how to control the blur can help lead you to new creative opportunities, expanding your photographic possibilities.
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$47      
Nature Photography Meetup

Nature Photography Meetup

Saturday 02 November
1307 E Wadley Ave, Midland, TX 79705 - 9:30am - 2 Hours
Louis Johnson
Join this session for tips on how to use your camera settings to creatively capture nature in a visually interesting way. We will be looking at composition, focus, and colour.

Many professional offices and places of business have large prints gracing their wall space of things such as fields of flowers, a butterfly perched on a leaf, and a single dew drop on a rose petal. These beautiful images are all around us in nature. It just takes that special "eye" to not only see it but to capture it in a way that will turn that simple little piece of nature into a beautiful piece of art. We will learn how to use different angles, light and shadows, and settings to make subjects pop.
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$47      
ABOUT MIDLAND
PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP
Come along to our photo sessions to dust off your camera and get snap-happy with a professional photography instructor.

Brush up on your camera skills and learn new photography techniques whilst on a photo walk class with other local keen photographers!

We run two hour photography sessions based on a photography theme/technique/style and they take place in various locations in Midland.

  • New to photography? We also run a popular 3 hour Beginners Guide to Photography Class once a month. And once in a while we will run special niche 3 hour classes, for example, Astrophotography - so do subscribe to our newsletter to know when the next on is!

  • Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to keen amateurs. The photography instructor is there to help you with camera settings and provide any advice you need.

  • What to bring? We recommend bringing a camera that has full manual mode or semi-manual modes (Aperture or Shutter Priority). Compact cameras and smartphones also welcome!

    The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

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    • REVIEWS
    The event was really good, Louis and the participants were on time and we went through several scenario related to Off Camera Flash. For sure, I will look for Louis to have another photography session, I learned a lot !! Thanks Louis.
    5/5
    Armando
    2024-03-11
    Louis was very prepared for this event. He was very clear when he explained the method and required settings for each shot.
    5/5
    Michael
    2024-01-15
    PHOTOGRAPHERS
    Louis Johnson
    Louis Johnson is a young, yet experienced photographer who is bringing passion and drive to the Orbel team. Born and raised in Midland TX, Louis is familiar with the area and It's many great photography locations. Having experience with a multitude of styles of photography as well as having directed many short films while in college, Louis looks to share his accumulated knowledge with the citizens of the Permian Basin.

    Louis Johnson is available for private bookings

    Available varies open to scheduling any day or time given how booked my calendar is
    Most Available: Sunday 3pm-8pm
    Services Offered: Weddings, Portraits, Graduations, Parties, Headshots, Modeling

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    PHOTOS
    Murfreesboro Photography Group
    2024-10-11
    Midland Photography Group
    2024-09-22
    Title or Location: Monahans TX
    Since I bought my first SLR in 1974 which was the all manual Richol under the Sears label I still like try new things Photography because of the bug I cought from an elderly photographer with a Deardorff front swing 8x10 view camera I met in 1969. I haven't had the Sony a6400 long but it is awesome compared even to the Olympus OM-2 that came out in 1975. It was a very windy day after a storm and I tried my favorite lens the Sony 50mm f1.8 with a 16mm extension tube and handheld a series of capt
    Credit: Charles Jones
    Instagram: bambootiger_artist
    Murfreesboro Photography Group
    2024-10-11

    Midland Photography Group
    2024-09-20
    Title or Location: Midland Memorial Hospital
    I am using a street photographer approach to take a quick capture of a scene unobtrusively and with the shallow depth of field I can the point of interest on the Sony a6400 by touching the screen and along with my postprocessing approach I hope to achieve a semi abstract effect, like here, where I have indistinguishable pedestrians to mark space and scale,reminiscent of an architect drawing , to just get an artistic feel of the space and time like a painters pleinair approach. That's my internal
    Credit: Charles Jones
    Murfreesboro Photography Group
    2024-10-11
    Midland Photography Group
    2024-07-28
    Title or Location: Bear Run, Pennsylvania
    As a member of a tour group at Frank Lloyd Wright's famous house, FallingWater, I was trailing behind the crowd on the walk up to the house. I turned around to look at the pathway behind us, and this is what I saw.
    Credit: Jeff Schartz
    Facebook: Beauty in the Basin
    Instagram: @alleycatphotos

    Fort Worth Photography Group
    2024-10-09
    Midland Photography Group
    2024-01-15
    Title or Location: Amaryllis Study in Light
    This beauty has been brightening up our home during the blahs of Winter. I was not feeling well and rejected my morning walk. I noticed that the blooms on the Amaryllis were beginning to wane, so I took some time to capture it. Nikon Z8 24-120 mm @ 24mm f/4 ISO 200 - OCF one speedlight camera left 1/256th with a GOBO.
    Credit: Carol Bynum
    Instagram: @caroldbynum
    Fort Worth Photography Group
    2024-10-09

    Midland Photography Group
    2023-12-13
    Title or Location: White Crowned Sparrow
    Drove all over town on Sunday, including I-20 Nature Preserve and came home with an empty card. Bummer. So I set up towards the little patio we have and waited. Not too long and the seed block we have attracted several species. Certainly a more comfortable environment!
    Credit: CarolB
    Instagram: @caroldbynum
    Minneapolis Photography Group
    2024-10-09
    Seattle Photography Group
    2024-10-13
    Title or Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
    I wasn't sure I would be getting a good shot of the moon that night with all of the clouds that were lingering along the horizon. It popped up for the perfect alignment with the needle at the top of the Space Needle. My favorite part is how the moonlight is shining on the water. This was taken about 8 miles from the Space Needle on Bainbridge Island.
    Credit: Kristin L. Raught
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristin.raught.37625/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinlraught/

    Orange County Photography Group
    2024-10-11
    Title or Location: This photo was taken on the Chobe River, Botswana, Africa
    We spotted this eagle sitting on a dead tree limb. I raised my camera to take the shot when he just started to fly away. Lucky shot.
    Credit: Colleen Bevacqua
    Atlanta Photography Club
    2024-10-09
    Title or Location: Buford, GA

    Credit: Srijan Reddy Gangidi
    Instagram: zoinkedpanda
    Las Vegas Photography Group
    2024-10-08
    Title or Location: Hayden Lake, Idaho
    This is the annual salmon Spawn at Hayden Lake, Idaho. This was my 1st visit to the area to witness the Osprey diving down in the lake to catch huge red Kokanee Salmon.
    Credit: Allen Lynn
    Instagram: @frontierwestphotography

    Wigan Photography Group
    2024-10-08
    Title or Location: How Bridge Cemetery
    I heard there was a flock of Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) at Howbridge Cemetery Atherton. Being a cemetery setting respect and care was taken using long lens from footpath. This bird is extremely photogenic and looks like a painting, the feathers are so fine the photos of them appear to be over edited but all I do is maybe crop and lightning.I always shoot in Raw info here Canon 7D 400mm f5.6 1/250, ISO500
    Credit: Steve Johnson
    Anchorage Photography Group
    2024-10-07
    Title or Location: Lake George , Knik Glacier Alaska
    Photo was takin on a trip up to Knik Glacier Alaska to do some filming for the Croatia National News and the BBC . 19mm F/2.8
    Credit: Martin Martin Alaska
    Facebook: Martin Martin Alaska
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