Coastal Camera Club presents our 5th Annual Virtual Beach Bash February 22 and February 23, 2025 featuring two exciting speakers.
Reservations are now open for the Coastal Camera Club’s Virtual Beach Bash free Zoom with nationally known speakers Jackie Kramer and Tony Sweet. Join us for what promises to be another exciting and informative weekend. You can sign up for one or both presentations.
Saturday 2/22/2025 @ 3pm EST
On Wings and Wonder with Jackie Kramer
Sunday 2/23/2025 @ 3pm EST
Minimalism with Tony Sweet
The Coastal Camera Club, located in Lewes, Delaware, USA invites you to attend our free annual Beach Bash zoom presentations. Prior to COVID-19, our club hosted the Photo Beach Bash on a weekend day in late winter at a conference hotel in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. For the past four years we have successfully gone virtual with past speakers Kristi Odom, Joe Brady, David duChemin, Colleen Miniuk, Joe Edelman, Chuck Kimmerle and Bob Coates attracting an audience of over 500 from around the world. Please join us on the weekend of February 22-23, 2025, for these exciting presentations by nationally known speakers Jackie Kramer and Tony Sweet
This event will be free of charge, but you must sign up using our EventBrite link found below.
This is the link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-virtual-photo-beach-bash-february-22-23-registration-1047904088337
The Coastal Camera Club is a tax exempt 501(c)3. We would greatly appreciate tax exempt (for U.S. residents) donations using the DONATE link below. Donations received above our expenses for this event will be offered in a scholarship to an individual obtaining a Photo Imaging Associates Degree at Delaware Technical Institute. All those who donate will be automatically entered in two raffles. Jackie Kramer will donate a 1.5 hour online editing session on birds in Lightroom and Photoshop. This is a class for 3 individuals which will be held on April 10, 2025 @ 4pm EDT on zoom. Tony Sweet is offering 2 of his hard covered books. The winners will be drawn at 8pm on the day of each talk and the winners will be notified by email.
Donations:
https://www.coastalcameraclub.com/about/donate/
In addition, the CCC is holding our regular club meetings via zoom for the foreseeable future. Any interested photographers are welcome to join our club by going to our website at CoastalCameraClub.com/join-us/
Saturday February 22, 2025 from 3pm EST, lasting about 2 hours, including Q&A
"On Wings and Wonder" with Jackie Kramer
Jackie's presentation will delve into the wonderful world of birds as seen through the eyes of an artist and animal lover. She will talk about practical matters in the field and techniques that complement each other in the making of images that represent the beauty, the energy, the colors, the character, and more of her subjects. Jackie will touch on various topics - from preparation, to equipment, to the photography, to post-processing. Jackie will dive into Lightroom and Photoshop to demonstrate how she edits a typical bird image and also how she adds some creative elements when she feels so inclined. Vivid examples throughout her talk will inspire you to plan your own adventure, anywhere from the backyard to a faraway location, so you can share the beauty of our natural world with others through your unique vision and lens.
About Jackie:
Jackie has been photographing the natural world, with an emphasis on flowers and birds since high school.
Jackie is a Lensbaby Ambassador and KelbyOne instructor who has received international acclaim for her images. Her work has been published in numerous online and print magazines.
Jackie's true passion is to encourage people to live their legacy, which she does primarily through her Facebook group, Phlorography - Artistic Floral Photography, with thousands of passionate floral photographers from around the world. She is committed to supporting other photographers and using photography as a medium to build relationships and enrich each other’s lives. Jackie has been leading photography tours to Central and South America to photograph birds for several years and looks forward to going back every year to visit different locations and in different season.
Click HERE for Jackie's Website
Sunday February 23, 2025, 3 PM EST, lasting about 2 hours including Q&A.
“Minimalism" with Tony Sweet
Minimalism in photography is a hot topic where style is characterized by simplicity, where the aim is to capture subjects with a minimalistic approach, often emphasizing clean lines, uncluttered compositions, and a sense of space or emptiness. It focuses on conveying the essence of the subject by eliminating any unnecessary elements, leading to contemplative and zen-like quietness. However, there are many kinds of minimalism, that will be illustrated.
Questions are encouraged throughout the presentation and at the end.
About Tony:
Tony Sweet is a Professional photographer, Workshop leader, Author, and a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens.
Coming from an artistic background as a professional jazz artist and professional close up magician (sleight of hand artist), to professional nature/ fine art photographer, Tony has always sought creative, deeply personal endeavors. The transition from jazz artist to nature photographer was a seamless transition as both require an improvisational nature and an ability to adapt to quickly changing conditions.
Tony was named a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens and has been published worldwide for over 35 years. He has authored 8 books, contributing to many others, co-produced an educational DVD series, and continues to teach and lecture throughout the US, Canada, Iceland, and Cuba. His article on macro photography was published in the New York Times.
Tony is co-owner, along with Susan Milestone, of their Visual Artistry location workshops series, Creativity Seminars, private virtual training sessions, private location workshops, and ZOOM presentations to photographic societies worldwide
Click HERE for Tony's Website