Second Weekend Wilderness Wildlife Week - Great for Photographers

Special Larry Note                               Wednesday                            January 22, 2014                               Chuck Cooper--Collage of the Smokies WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK This Saturday is the first day of the Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge TN. The FREE event runs all week at the new LeConte Convention Center located at 2986 Teaster Lane, Pigeon Forge, TN. (It is located on Teaster Lane that runs parallel to the main road through the city. Going toward Gatlinburg, it will be on your LEFT. Most any road off the main road will get you there. It is large and easy to locate. Plenty of parking space too.) All events are FREE and FREE PARKING!!! Here is a list of photography related presentations and the dates/times they are being presented: SATURDAY January 25 9-10 AM--Ways to Improve your Photography and Develop Your Craft-Dale Knight--Room North 3 9 AM- 1 PM--Nature Photography Workshop---Kendall Chiles, Pat and Tom Cory, and Daniel Dempster--Room North 2 10:30-12:30 PM--Great Photos with Cell phones or Point and Shoot Cameras---Richard Iceland--Room North 3 1-2 PM--Creative Nature Enhanced Photography--Larry Perry--Room North 3 1:30-3:30 PM--How to Look at and Critiquing Images---Colby McLemore and Eddie Foley--Room North 2  2:30-3:30 PM---Working with Wildflowers: A photographers Delight-Jerry Whaley--Room North 3 4-5 PM -- Turn Your Photography into Art--Karen Jones--Room North 2 4:30 -6 PM---Lightroom 5 Photo Editing Software-Colby McLemore-- Room North 3 5:30-6:30 PM-Seven Steps to Becoming a Better Photographer-- Bill Fortney--Room North 2 SUNDAY JANUARY 26 9-10 AM-Travel Photgography : Beyond the Postcard-Tom and Pat Cory--Room North 2 10:30-11:30 AM-Wildlife an Nature Photo Trips: What to Take-Harry Dunn--Room North 2 Noon - 1 PM-Scenic City International Photography Exhibition---Pat Gordy--Room North 3 1:30-2:30 PM-Range of Light: Capturing the Mood of the Smokies-Jerry Whaley-Room North 2 3-4 PM-Improving Your Photographic Vision-Bill Fortney-Room North 2 4:30-5:30 PM-Digital Photo Editing---Richard Iceland--Room North 3 4:30-5:30 PM-Seasons and Weather: Watching the Smokies--Jerry Whaley--Room North 2 6-7 PM-Nighttime and Lowlight Photography-Eric Gebhart-Room North 2 TUESDAY JANUARY 28 11:30-12:30PM-Basic Photography-Jim Eastin-Room SOUTH 2 1-2 PM-Mountain Marvels: Water Falls of the Southern Appalachians-Bill Carter-Room North 3 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29 Noon-1 PM-Better Flower Photos-Bob Stephenson-Room SOUTH 2 12:30-1:30 PM-Camera Basics 101: Understanding your camera's Adjustments used in the Manual -Douglas Hubbard-Room Greenbrier Hall Section C THURSDAY JANUARY  30 7:15 PM-Spiritual Lessons from Nature---Chuck Summers and Ken Jenkins-Room--Greenbrier Hall Section A FRIDAY JANUARY 31 10:30-11:30 AM-Jewels from the Sky: Snowflake Photography-Kris Light-Room South 3 11:30-12:30 PM-What are we saying with our Photography? Chasing that Special look---Dale Knight-Room North 2 1-2 PM-Jasper and Banff Natural Parks-Canadian Wonderlands-Harry Dunn-Room North 2 1-2 PM-The Tennessee River: A Journey-Randy Hedgepath-Room South 3 2:30-3:30 PM-Photos of William Derris-1930-1956-Missy Tipton Green and Pauylette Ledbetter---Room North 3 3-4 PM-Lakes, Lighthouses, and Landscapes of the North Woods-Kendall Chiles-Room North 2 3:15-4:15 PM-America's Best Idea: Our National Parks-Chuck Summers-Room Greenbrier Hall Section A 4-5 PM-Walking Through Beauty of the Natural World-Don McGowan-Room North 2 5:30-6:30 PM-Lighting Essentials-Douglas Hubbard-Room North 2 SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1 9-10 AM-Creating Camera Clubs that CLICK-Pat Gordy-Room North 3 9-1 PM-Photography Workshop-Kendall Chiles, Don McGowan, Warren Bedell-Room North 2 10:30-11:30 AM-Intro into Digital Photography from Camera to Print-Douglas Hubbard-Room North 3 10:30-11:30 AM-Spirits of Cades Cove-Mike Meldrum-Greenbrier Hall Section B Noon-1 PM---Wildlife and Nature Photography-Tricks and Techniques-Harry Dunn-Room North 3 1:30-2:30 PM-Black and White: Give your Photographs a Timeless Appeal-Karen Jones-Room North 2 3-4 PM-Better Landscape Photos using Manual Settings-Eric Gebhart-Room North 2 4-5 PM-Capturing Wildlife with Remote infrared Camera-Joel and Kathy Zachry-Room Greenbrier Hall Section B 4-6 PM-What Separates a Snapshot from a Fine Photograph and how they are judged-Douglas Hubbard-Room North 3 4:30-6:30 PM-Nature in Photoshop-Larry Perry and Special Guest Harold Jerrell-Room North 2 7 PM-KEN JENKINS---Room Greenbrier Hall Section A WWW Photo Contest Contact Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events for rules.   NO cost to enter BUT there are CASH PRIZES!  Photos may be submitted at the Pigeon Forge Special Events office in Pigeon Forge Stoplight #5 on the left anytime up thru Friday January 25. They may be brought to the Convention Center and entered on Saturday January 25 until noon. All photos MUST BE PICKED UP between 3-6 PM on Saturday February 1 Ribbons will be awarded by 1 pm Sunday January 26 Questions: Call Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events---865-429-7396     NOTE: This letter is sent to anyone interested in receiving these photo notes. There is no charge and you are encouraged to forward these to anyone you think would benefit from reading them. If you would like to receive them direct, just send an email to me at larryperry@att.net and request to be added to the Larry Notes list.