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Come and join us on Friday, September 10th for a field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, led by Bill & Leslie Sutton.  This should be a fun filled day with lots to see and do.  The Aquarium is open from 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. every day.  To avoid some of the morning commute traffic, we will meet at 10:00 A.M. at the fountain just outside the main entrance to the building for a group photo and some hints on how to get the best photos.  Admission to the Aquarium is $24.95 per person for adults however, if you order your tickets on line at www.aquariumofpacific.org you will get a $5 discount off of the adult admission price so the price of your ticket will be $19.95 (which is cheaper than their senior price of $21.95 for people who are 62+).  In addition to their numerous exhibits, the Aquarium has various tour packages such as a behind the scenes tour and a harbor tour available at extra cost.  For a full description of their tour packages and pricing visit their website or inquire at the front gate.

Please join us on September 21 at the AV Senior Center for our General Meeting , featuring Michael E. Gordon.

Michael is an award-winning fine art landscape photographer of unusual and overlooked natural landscapes of  California and beyond. A lifelong student of nature and wilderness, Michael’s intimate relationship with the landscape yields photographs of great depth and clarity. He is best  known for his black and white  ‘Desert’ series which, says Broughton Quarterly, portrays “stunning ethereal beauty from terrain where others see only a bleak landscape.” 

Revised Date:  September 23 and 24
Led by David and Christine Wilkins

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Due to the low availability of motel rooms in Lone Pine on the 24th of September this trip was shifted one day sooner.
There is a bike race in Lone Pine that weekend.

Last year LPA made a trip to Mono Lake and Bodie and photographed star trails at Mono Lake on a moonless night in September.  For this trip there will be a full moon so it’s time to try something different.  One can take landscape pictures with the light of the full moon.  They look as if they were taken in daylight complete with shadows except stars are visible.  One can also create star trail pictures although only the brightest stars will create trails.  Camera settings will be completely different from moonless shots.  Friday night we will set up and do a star trail shot by moonlight if the weather cooperates.

A Beginner’s Step by Step guide to using other exposure settings, besides “auto”

Led by Douglas Wade

Most people who have a nice camera with lots of buttons and options, but they are leaving it set on "auto". Are you one of these people? Would you like to get more from your camera? For beginners, explaining different exposure priority settings. Exposure priority settings, manual and those picture buttons will be explained.

6:00pm, September 28, AV Senior Center

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Let’s practice action photography!  Come join us at the arena in Acton to photograph gymkhana… speed events on horseback.  It’s a great spot to practice panning, stopping the action, and a great subject matter too.  Horses!  We did this a trip a few years ago, and everyone had lots of fun, and got some super photos.  Read our past trip report and check out the photos too: Action Ranger Gymkhana - October 9, 2007.

Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 - Led by Helen Henry

Adobe has offered PSA member camera clubs the opportunity to host a Lightroom 3 demo event, and has even donated a copy of Lightroom 3 and other prizes to be raffled off.   Lightroom 3 software helps you bring out the best in your photography, whether you're perfecting one image, searching for ten, processing hundreds, or organizing thousands.  The intuitive controls have been designed with the photographer in mind.   

6:00pm, October 26, AV Senior Center