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Elawa Farm Announces 2 New Photo Classes

February 28, 2013

A perfect day for Elawa Farm's Autumn Garden Market

A perfect day for Elawa Farm’s Autumn Garden Market

Elawa Farm  has added two photo classes to its expanding class offerings. In planning the classes, we decided that Getting to Know Your Camera will be a great way to launch the photography program and will also serve as a “warm-up act” for the Photographing Early Summer  class which follows it.

Getting to Know Your Camera

3 Fridays, May 3-10-17    9 — 12 Noon

Photographing Early Summer at Elawa Farm Garden  

4 Fridays May 31, June 7-14-21  9 –12 Noon

About Elawa Farm

This scenic location may be new to many of you, so here’s some info about it. While not difficult to find, it is easy to miss the (very) small sign on the west side of Waukegan Road just north of Route 60.  Turn west at the sign (Middlefork Rd.), pass private homes along the way, and find Elawa tucked in to the west.

Elawa Farm was built in 1917, one of the Armour estates with buildings designed in the Georgian Colonial Revival style by David Adler and an Alfred Hopkins-designed farm complex. The Farm’s scenic 16 acres connect with over 4 miles of Lake County Forest Preserve trails and 570 acres of open prairie. The trails lead through the Middlefork Savanna, creating what the Nature Conservancy identifies as “…one of the finest examples  of a black soil, tall grass prairie in the United States…”

 

 

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Weekly Photo Tip

Get an Infrared Filter to create snow

 

Infra-red filter creates eerie snow effect.

Magnus, the faithful camera clubhouse cat, thoughtfully dropped a B+H gift card in my Christmas stocking. I used the card to order an Infrared (IR) filter which, as you will remember knocks out all wavelengths of light below the filter rating. In this case, all light below 930nm doesn’t make it through the filter, and the wavelengths that do make it require 2 1/2 minutes of exposure time. This filter is so dark red, the composing and focusing must be done before the filter is attached to the front of the lens. In addition to a tripod and ballhead, it helps to have gloves and a mug of some type of warm liquid to keep hands and insides warm while walking around behind the camera for those 150 seconds while the shutter is open.

IR filters come in varying strengths which affect the price. Mine wasn’t priced in the low-end promo department, but the effects it creates are both enjoyable and worth the price. Get one and see for yourself.

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About Jack

A classically trained musician since childhood, Jack Carlson always had the “ear” of an artist. It was only a short step to develop the artist’s “eye” as well.

The portfolio of this certified photographer reveals images that emphasize mood and composition. Their purpose is to present a feeling in addition to portrayal of person, place or thing. Sometimes that feeling is nostalgia; other times it is serenity.

Each photograph tells a story.

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