The Wassenberg Camera Club will meet next week on Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center.\u00a0\u201cWildlife\u201d will be the competition theme in prints and slides that evening.<\/p>\n
Although college kids on spring break may be your first thought, we are talking here about\u00a0animals, birds, reptiles, and insects that are living in their own natural habitat. We concede that probably some place on this earth someone has made one of these creatures a pet, and\/or trained it to do something on command, but they are not the subjects we are talking about.\u00a0We want those that carry on day-to-day activities in their own environment in spite of human intervention.<\/p>\n
Probably the biggest key to your success is patience and being willing to wait until all of right elements in the picture come together.\u00a0Use that time to observe your subject and see what, when and how it behaves.\u00a0The more you observe, the more you will be able to anticipate when that special set of circumstances may develop for an exceptional picture. Consider taking not only the dramatic close-ups of your subject, but also backing off to include the environment of the subject, thus providing even more information about the subject, and\/or what it’s doing.<\/p>\n
How large a telephoto lens you will need, depends on how close you can get to your subject and its size.\u00a0Subject size however, may call instead for a macro lens to get up close to the subject.\u00a0In the former case, and to lesser degree in the latter,\u00a0you will need a good support for the lens and camera.\u00a0This might range from a tripod to a stump, camera bag, or car door.<\/p>\n
Use the fastest shutter speed you can\u00a0to minimize camera shake and\u00a0the smallest lens opening that still provides both the proper exposure and the greatest depth of field.\u00a0Remember, equipment is important, but patience is key, and\u00a0May 9 at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center is the place to be.<\/p>\n
If you have any questions regarding our camera club, classes or programs or would like to sign up please call the Wassenberg Art Center at 419.238.6837, email\u00a0info@wassenbergartcenter.org<\/a> or register for classes online at\u00a0wassenbergartcenter.org<\/a>. Hours during exhibits are Tuesday through Sunday 1\u20135 p.m. The Wassenberg Art Center is located at 643 S. Washington St. in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Wassenberg Camera Club will meet next week on Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center.\u00a0\u201cWildlife\u201d will be the competition theme in prints and slides that evening. Although college kids on spring break may be your first thought, we are talking here about\u00a0animals, birds, reptiles, and insects that are living in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 05:55:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}