Professional photographer, instructor, guide, and consultant Ruth Hoyt presents her original program, “Photographing Birds in Costa Rica,” for the Kingwood Photo Club on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
Ruth Hoyt is not only a professional photographer and guide but a photography teacher for 30+ years and Texas Master Naturalist and Certified Interpretive Guide for 10+ years. An active Outdoor Writers’ Association of America member, she writes her “Set Up for Success” column for the Journal of Wildlife Photography.
During last Tuesday’s program, our speaker, Sarah Seeser with Fracture, said she would share a couple of videos about Fracture in case anyone was interested in learning more.
In addition, Sarah consulted with a Customer Support Teammate and sent the following response to a question asked by Dianne Binnie.
Question: “Different paper requires different icc profiles for printing. I have to use color management when editing to determine if the colors are what I intend. Since this is printed directly on glass, I am wondering how I would check that in adobe color management when processing my image?”
Fracture’s response: “Pinning down how colors will turn out on glass is a tricky art. There’s no exact set of guidelines for adjusting color; glass is one medium that’s very difficult to color profile like normal non-transparent materials (i.e. paper), so there’s no specific color profile that’s 100% accurate across the board. Typically, we’re unable to print neons or metallics. All files should be profiled with RGB for the best output. I usually err on the side of having more contrast, especially around finer details- Fracture prints will typically print lighter where there are a lot of highlights. If you’d like to tweak an image before uploading, I’d suggest heightening contrast in areas with a lot of details and increasing saturation in areas lit by strong lighting (especially on faces). As for color, keep in mind that vivid, deeper colors are preferable for subjects since they come out more clearly defined.”
I hope this helps your group. If anyone has other detailed questions or would like more information about this answer, they can contact our support team directly via support@fractureme.com.
Fracture is an Internet-based photo finishing service. Fracture’s main service is printing photos directly onto glass. The company is based in Gainesville, Florida.
Today, we take hundreds of photos that never see the light of day. Everything about the way that we capture and share our digital photos has changed over the past two decades. With the explosion of smartphone usage, suddenly everyone has a high-quality digital camera on them virtually at all times. As a result, we’re taking more photos than ever—nearly 1.5 trillion every year and counting. So maybe it is time to print a few!
A Fracture glass print is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Unlike traditional printing methods, printing digital images directly onto glass ensures that they go from the moment itself, to your camera roll, to your wall without losing a single detail.
Sarah Seeser, Executive Business Partner at Fracture, will walk us through how Fracture’s sustainable and environmentally-friendly printing process has changed the way we think about displaying our stunning photos in our homes, businesses, and anywhere in between.
Salticidae, the family of jumping spiders, is the most species-rich family of spiders. Their extreme diversity and beauty can serve as an effective gateway to arachnid-acceptance and teaching the important role spiders play in ecosystems all over the world. In this presentation, our speaker will go over their approach to finding and photographing them, how they see, how they hunt, and more! Not only will the presentation be about his work with salticids, it’ll be full of macro-photography advice applicable to anyone interested in close-up photography in the field!
Our speaker, Thomas Shahan, is an artist and photographer based out of Oklahoma, United States, who utilizes his background in printmaking to bring a creative approach to high-magnification macrophotography. He has worked as an imaging specialist for the Oregon Department of Agriculture, a video game artist, and a book illustrator.
With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art from the University of Oklahoma, his photographs have appeared in National Geographic, national television programs, and museums throughout the world. Despite an interest in all fields of entomology, his passion lies with arachnids, specifically salticids.
Mike Mezeul II is an extreme nature and landscape photographer based out of Dallas, Texas. His work focuses on documenting the power and beauty within the world’s most powerful natural events, focusing primarily on severe weather and volcanoes. When he is not on a project or assignment, he spends his time leading workshops around the world in which he shares his passion for photography through inspiring and educating individuals of all ages and skill levels. To view his portfolio and most recent work, please visit www.mikemezphotography.com.
In this presentation, come join Mike as he shares the stories behind the images from the past 20 years of documenting some of nature’s most powerful thunderstorms. He will discuss how he safely approaches storms, photographic techniques, and why he travels over 10,000 miles each year documenting storms.
Brittany Colt grew up in the state of Washington where the rolling fields and deep pine forest were her playground. Being born blind in one eye motivated her to photograph the beautiful scenery that was set before her. Eyesight was something that she never took for granted. It helped Brittany value her ability to recognize and capture those fleeting moments of life.
Brittany first found her passion for photography at age ten while on a family vacation in the Olympic National Forest located in the state of Washington. Her passion for the art form grew exponentially, along with developing a strong desire of capturing more intimate subjects. The way Brittany “sees” is unique and has helped shape her photographic style.
Brittany’s creative journey began by photographing landscapes and continued further into the applications of portraiture and wedding photography. This led to her establishing a photography company in 2012, while also working in the Film Industry in Portland, Oregon. In 2016, Brittany started a formal degree program in Graphic Design. These combined experiences in Graphic Design and the Film Industry helped mold and influence her attention towards light, color and composition in her work.
In 2018 Brittany developed an additional interest in teaching photography and started working as a Staff Photographer for The Ansel Adams Gallery (TAAG) and is currently the Education Coordinator for TAAG. Brittany loves to challenge her students and expand their minds, not only technically, but creatively as well. Working in a national park and The Ansel Adams Gallery has combined her passion for being in the great outdoors, teaching photography, and photographing the wilderness of Yosemite.
Have you wanted to photograph the night sky but don’t know where to start? Learn what it takes to capture luscious Milky Way landscapes (starscapes), constellations, glowing pink nebula, galaxies and more. This presentation will cover astrophotography using a range of gear – from a camera and tripod to star trackers to computerized telescopes with dedicated astro cameras. The night sky is an endlessly fascinating subject for photographers of all skill levels.
Milky Way over the Frio River
Our speaker, Rich Wilbourn, is a retired IT/Business Project Manager with a lifelong interest in both astronomy and photography. As a teenager, he started an astronomy club in his hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, built his own telescopes and even ground his own telescope mirrors. While pursuing a degree in astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin, he worked as a summer intern at McDonald Observatory in west Texas. Rich’s interest in photography go back to the days of film and include developing and printing black and white images. In recent years much of his photography includes wildlife and nature subjects – particularly the abundant birdlife found along the Texas coast. You can follow Rich on Instagram at @rwilbourn.
Our speaker, Earl Nottingham, is considered one of Texas’ preeminent photographers. He attended the Art Institute of Atlanta and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Photography from East Texas State University.
After operating as a freelance photographer for several years, he took over as chief photographer for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 1996, where he then served for 25 years, retiring in 2021. His assignments for TPWD and its magazine took him to every corner of the state, documenting its landscape, people and historical treasures. Based in Temple, Texas, Earl continues shooting professional assignments and teaching workshops.
Earl will speak about the many ways that TPWD is involved in conservation efforts throughout Texas outdoors and the way photography is used to bring it to the public’s attention through engaging images.
Earl’s book, “Wild Focus” was published December 6, 2021 and is currently available from several online sites including Texas A&M University Press and Amazon.
Professional photographer, Kathy Adams Clark will share things she learned while playing/working during this time. Microphones, computer cameras, sound quality, audio quality, lighting for video conferences, plus macro photography, backyard photography, flower photography, and other things she has worked on during this time inside.
Kathy has been a professional nature photographer since 1995. She is the owner of a stock agency called KAC Productions that represents the work of fifteen outstanding nature photographers. Kathy’s work has been published in many well-known, well-respected newspapers and magazines. Her photos have also appeared in ad campaigns, guidebooks, textbooks, and brochures. In addition, her photos appear every week in the “Nature” column in the Houston Chronicle written by her husband, Gary, and have appeared in all of Gary’s books. In addition, Gary and Kathy have worked on seven book projects over the years. “Texas Wildlife Portfolio”, “Texas Gulf Coast Impressions”, “Portrait of Houston”, “Texas: A Photographic Journey”, “Backroads of the Texas Hill Country”, “Enjoying Big Bend National Park” and “Photographing Big Bend National Park”.
Kathy teaches photography through Leisure Learning in Houston and at local and national events. She leads photo tours in the United States and abroad for Strabo Tours. Kathy is Past-President of the North American Nature Photography Association.
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