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May/June Newsletter

Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland Presents

May/June Newsletter

Saturday Afternoon
Backyard Naturalist Series
Audubon Education Center
382 Townline Road, Aurora, Ohio 44202
October 16, 2010
Digital Photography Workshop with Ian Adams

A morning classroom session followed by a field photography session in the afternoon. The classroom session covers selecting and using digital point-&-shoot and SLR cameras; basic digital camera settings; optimizing sharpness and exposure; photographing scenic vistas, close-ups, and abstracts; lighting and composition; fine-tuning digital photos on your PC or Mac; and sharing your photos via email, slide programs, websites, color prints and self-published books. The field photography session will be at the Audubon Sanctuaries in Aurora. Also included is a follow-up evening group review session on October 30, in which each participant shares 6-8 of his/her photos taken during the field session. The workshop is limited to 16 people. The fee is $100 for Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland members and $120 for non-members (includes a membership to ASGC and the National Audubon Society).
Ian Adams is an environmental photographer, writer and teacher specializing in natural, rural, historical and garden areas. Seventeen books of his color photography have been published, including Missouri Botanical Garden: Green for 150 Years, Our First Family’s Home: The Ohio Governor’s Residence & Heritage Garden, Backroads of Ohio, The Floridas, and Cuyahoga Valley National Park. His newest book, A Photographer’s Guide To Ohio, will be published by Ohio University Press in 2011. Ian has conducted more than 160 seminars and workshops in nature, garden, and digital photography throughout North America. For further information, go to www.ianadamsphotography.com . For registration information, click here.

Field Trip: Saturday 2:00 p.m., September 25, 2010
You have got to see our patch of beautiful Fringed Gentian blue expand!

Saturday, September 11, 2010
Clevland Museum of Natural History

These are among our last wildflowers to bloom in the autumn. In the late 1970’s these natives were rescued from a construction site by the late Jim Fulton and transplanted to an ideal spot in the Aurora Sanctuary appropriately near Fulton Pond! If the sun is shining, they will open and we will have a wonderful view! Meet at the Audubon Sanctuary parking lot on the South side of Pioneer Trail a few hundred yards east of Page Road in Aurora.

The film festival shows a variety of environmentally-themed films.
6 pm: Enviro-Fair Meet representatives from local environmental groups and enjoy light refreshments and a $3 beer and wine cash bar.
7 pm: Films
10 pm: Q & A with Green City Blue Lake Institute Director, David Beach
For details, click here.

The Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland (ASGC) promotes the conservation and appreciation of birds and other wildlife through habitat preservation and educational activities. It is a chapter of the National Audubon Society and is one of northeast Ohio’s oldest continuously operating environmental organizations; founded in 1928. ASGC now has over 1,200 members throughout NE Ohio and owns over 500 acres of land protected as both Audubon Sanctuaries and Ohio State Nature Preserves. It restored and renovated a building located in the Audubon Blanche Katherine Novak Sanctuary as a regional Audubon Education Center.