Kimball Library News 4/26/21

 Can you believe we are already nearly ready to launch our summer line-up? We can’t wait to have more people come by for some programming in our beautiful Library Courtyard.

INSIDE OUT MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LOOSE: Starting May 3^rd, infants through age 3 with their caregivers are invited to join us for simple stories, rhymes, finger plays, and songs modeling after Mother Goose curriculum. Please feel welcome to stay after the session to allow for playtime and socializing for all ages.

If you sign up, we consider you registered for multiple sessions. We are limited if we need to meet inside to 15 total bodies, so register all the people in your party if they will be in the room. We will attempt to meet outside as often as possible in the Library Courtyard weather permitting.

Anyone over the age of three is expected to wear masks and practice social distancing. Email Kathy Watson at kwatson@kimballlibrary.com for specific questions. This session will meet many Mondays May through August. Check the online event calendar for specific dates.

PHOTOGRAPHY WITH EVA MCDERMOTT: Are you interested in expanding your photography skills? Sign up for this four week session program designed to help you build your confidence in creating and capturing great photographic images using a DSLR or advanced mirrorless camera.

The class will be hands-on so come join us and bring an adventurous heart, creative spirit and your camera. Our priority is your safety. Therefore, social distancing and masks are required. Registration is limited to a maximum of 15. We will be meeting inside and sometimes weather permitting outside. Dates include May 17 & 24, and June 7 & 14. The class is from 1-2:30 PM.

Week 1 - Getting to know your camera: You will learn about basic camera settings such as ISO, aperture, shutter speed, and what situations are best for using aperture priority, shutter speed priority, and program modes. Other topics that will be covered include controlling depth of field, camera focus modes, use of telephoto, wide angle, and macro lenses / settings, and what affects image quality?

Week 2 - Photographic approach to different subjects will be discussed (people, landscapes, natural abstracts, macro, architecture), as well as Rules of Composition, Breaking the Rules, Visual Design and the Art of Seeing.

Week 3 - The Quality of Light: Ambient, Flash, Special Lighting Situations, Light and Shadow Play, Storm Light, Forest Light, Coastal Light, Sunrise, Sunset will be covered. The use of graduated filters to balance the lighting in a scene will be discussed and demonstrated as well as the use of polarizers and neutral density filters, and In Camera Special Effects (motion blur, coated filters).

Week 4 - Processing Basics and resources, RAW vs. JPEG, Black and White, cropping and effect on image quality, special effects, HDR (high dynamic range processing). Enhancing the artistic appeal of your photographs. Presentation of your photographs beyond posting on the web.

When registering please indicate your experience level and type of camera.

About the Presenter: Photography has been Eva's hobby and passion for many years. Her current focus of work is seascapes, landscapes, and nature abstracts using both film and digital cameras. Her photographic journey began when she was a teenager and bought her first camera, a 35mm Minolta range finder. Much of her initial work was with cityscapes near where she grew up in NYC and NJ. Having grown up in the urban landscape, she longed to spend more time in less crowded, natural spaces and thus developed a love for the outdoors, hiking and photography.

She is a Landscape Gallery Moderator for Nature Photographers Network. You can view more of her fine art photography work at her website, www.naturephotographers.network.

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