Impressionistic Photography using your camera as a paintbrush with Charles Needle

Award winning photographer Charles Needle speaks to our group for the first time about his impressionistic photography. Charles is another speaker that was requested by the community.

About the Talk:

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!

About Charles

Charles Needle is an award-winning, Colorado-based fine art photographer, author, speaker and workshop leader with a unique eye for design and artistic interpretation. His popular “Art of Nature” creative macro workshops have attracted students nationwide.

In 2018 and 2021, Charles earned honourable mentions in the Macro and Visual FX categories of the prestigious Annual International Mobile Photography Awards Contest. He was also a semifinalist in the 2014 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards photo contest. In 2011, Charles was selected as a finalist, among 15,000 entries worldwide, in the International Garden Photographer of the Year photography contest, sponsored by The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (London, England). This exhibition traveled throughout the United Kingdom. A popular conference and camera club speaker for more than two decades, Charles has also authored three cutting-edge instructional books.

To learn more about Charles' visit www.charlesneedlephoto.com

This talk will be recorded and made available for two weeks after the event