Camera Academy #1 of 4: "The Exposure Triangle" by Wayne Bennett: In-Person Meeting

Camera Academy is Back! Camera Academy Class #1 of 4

Monday, July 28th, 5:00 pm-6:00 pm: Camera Academy "The Exposure Triangle" by Wayne Bennett: In-Person Meeting

This will be an in-person meeting, held before the regular OCC meeting.
This will be the first of four OCC Camera Academy "boot camps" offered this year.

Join us in learning more, or refresh your knowledge about your camera and photography. Taught by highly experienced, award-winning photographers.


THIS CLASS:
Wayne will cover the basic principles of the exposure triangle and how to expose images to tell a story.

Bio:
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 that 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 Nature's 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 Nature's Best Contest.
That image was displayed at the Smithsonian until May 2010.

A new product and the brainchild of Wayne and his 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.


*Pre-registration for these classes is NOT required. All paid members of OCC can attend these classes for free. Non-members can attend for just $20 per class, or $55 for all four classes, which also includes a full year's membership in the Orlando Camera Club!

Upcoming Camera Academies:
Camera Academy #2: 8/25: Know your Camera: Matt Klinger
Camera Academy #3: 9/29 Composition: Al Aikens
Camera Academy #4: 10/27 Getting it Right in Camera: Annette Khaled

These meetings will be held in person from 5:00-6:00 pm at the Marks Street Senior Center (99 E Marks Street, Orlando, FL 32803) before the regular Orlando Camera Club meetings.

You may also like the following events from Shara Abel:

• Next month, 25th August, 05:00 pm, Camera Academy #2: "Know Your Camera" by Matt Klinger: In-Person Meeting in Orlando
• This September, 29th September, 05:00 pm, Camera Academy #3: "Image Composition" by Al Aikens: In-Person Meeting in Orlando

Also check out other Workshops in Orlando, Meetups in Orlando, Photography events in Orlando.