CIPPA Spring Flower Series
Want to take your flower photography skills to the next level? Join us for an exclusive Spring Flower Photography Series! 🌸🌿 Learn how to use lighting, composition, and macro techniques to create breathtaking floral images.
Presentation: Impressionistic Photography
How to use your camera or smartphone as a Paintbrush
3/10/2025 at 7pm Zoom
Unlock your creative potential and discover how to craft Impressionistic-looking photographs using nothing more than your digital camera or smartphone. Charles will describe the process of using long-exposure and multiple-exposure techniques to transform everyday scenes into unimaginable visual masterpieces.
Using an easy-to-understand, step-by-step approach, he will define and illustrate techniques such as Long-Exposure Pan/Tilt, "Multiple-exposure Monet" (a technique Charles invented), Multiple-Exposure Rotate Zoom, Soft-Glow Montage and Composite Montage. He will also explain how to use a free script in Photoshop to accomplish this same look if your camera does not have built-in multiple-exposure capability. You’ll learn how to see in new ways and take your photography to an entirely new, mind-blowing level.
TechTalk: Shooting Wildflowers
3/25/2025 at 7pm Zoom
During this TechTalk we will focus on the challenges of shooting Wildflowers in the field. We will discuss the outings we have planned and some of the unique challenges you might find when on one of these outings. Dealing with Harsh lighting, wind, composition, and making handheld captures. We will also talk about Macro Photography in the field.
We will discuss our outings to Ventura Botanical Gardens, Santa Cruz Islands, and Huntington Gardens. Three very different environments in which to capture images of Spring.
Outing: Ventura Botanical Garden
3/27/2025 at 9 AM
Join us for a photo walk in the Ventura Hills to take in the springtime flowers. Dan Holmes or I will lead the outing.
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Where: Ventura Botanical Garden 9 AM
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Lead: Dan Holmes / Mike Mercadante
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Tickets: Can be purchased in advance from the Ventura Botanical Gardens Website or onsite the day of.
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Address: Grant Park, 567 Poli Street, Ventura, CA 93001
Outing: Springtime on Santa Cruz Island
4/1/2025 9 AM Island Packers Boat
Join us on our springtime outing to Santa Cruz Island. We will be going to Scorpian Cove on an Island Packers boat out of Ventura Harbor. We are planning to take the 9 AM boat. You will need to be at Island Packers 45 minutes early to check-in. Please book your tickets as early as possible. Boats can fill up quickly. Reminder this is a full day outing.
Information about the hiking trails and the island can be found on the Channel Islands National Park Service Website. You should dress in layers, it will be cool in the morning, and on the way to the Island. But the temperatures will rise during the day if it's sunny. Also you will need to bring, water and lunch, since there are no facilities on the island.
Based on the trails we select hiking can be light to moderate. There is little chance we will select challenging hikes.
Outing: Spring at Huntington Gardens
4/9/2025 10AM
Spring at Huntington Gardens - Lloyd Delany will be the outing host.
Encompassing about 130 acres, the Botanical Gardens feature living collections in 16 stunning themed gardens with more than 83,000 living plants, including rare and endangered species, and a laboratory for botanical conservation and research.
The gardens in April can be colorful and varied. This is a great opportunity to share a day out in a beautiful garden setting.
Purchase your tickets in advance at the Huntington
The Channel Islands Professional Photographers Association is a non-profit, professional & enthusiast photography organization committed to advancing photographic excellence through education, inspiration, mentoring, and collaborative learning while maintaining the highest ethical practices and conduct standards. Channel Islands Professional Photographers Association, a proud affiliate of Professional Photographers of California (PPC), and community network with Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Serving Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
