Sherryl Belinsky

Tuesday, September 20, 11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Thalhimer Theater Pre-recorded
Free of charge, limited seating

Photographing Flowers in the Garden

Sherryl is an award-winning photographer who lives in Northern Virginia. She started her love affair with photography over 40 years ago, when she bought her first SLR (film) camera – a Pentax K1000, and her boyfriend (now her husband of 41 years) who was studying Fine Art at George Washington University taught her the principles of photography.

Over the years, she has continued to practice and fine-tune her skills as a photographer, although when her two sons were young, they were the subjects of the majority of her photos! As her sons grew older and she had more “free time”, she picked up her camera and started looking for a variety of subjects again. Her favorite types of photography are flower and nighttime (especially fireworks!).

She bought her first digital camera in late 2001, and her latest, a mirrorless, interchangeable lens digital camera, in late 2019. About 7 years ago, she started going on safaris with Washington Photo Safari and taking workshops, which has enabled her to learn new techniques and refine her ever-expanding skillset.

Learning how to photograph gardens and flowers to show their beauty in a unique way takes time, practice, and a willingness to experiment – with angles, lenses, perspectives and tossing out pre-conceived ideas, such as the whole flower needs to be in focus! In this presentation, nothing is “off the table”! To start developing and refining your artistic vision, topics will include using the principles of photography (especially composition), what kind of “gear” is needed for different effects or “looks”, the best times to photograph flowers (and what to do if you can’t go at those times), and a few techniques for creating unique images, such as Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) and multiple exposures.

“Photographing Flowers in the Garden” will be a pre-recorded presentation.