Please join your fellow members for a Special Presentation on September 25th, “An Introduction to Light Painting” by Chris Nicholson.

Presentation Summary

In the process of learning night photography, you learn a lot about gear, focus, and exposure, and how to capture star points and trails. Then, before long, you start to wonder what to do with the dark foreground. In this presentation, Chris Nicholson will review the fundamentals of adding light to those shadows to reveal all the potential for that night composition.

Chris will discuss light painting tools, angle of light, proper technique, determining how much light to add, and more. By the end of this talk, you’ll feel more confident getting into dark environments to start painting, opening up whole new worlds of photographic opportunity.

Bio

Chris Nicholson is the author of Photographing National Parks and is a partner and director of content for National Parks at Night. As a former magazine editor and longtime magazine contributor, Chris’s work has appeared in over 40 books and periodicals. He has served as a book editor for National Parks Traveler, a content consultant for Chimani national park travel guide apps, and a writer for various photography websites. Chris is co-director of the Great Smoky Mountains Photo Fest, has taught for CreativeLive, is a regular presenter for Out of Chicago and the B&H Event Space, and he speaks at photography conferences and events around the U.S.

https://www.nationalparksatnight.com/

Some Samples of Chris’s Photos

Who Should Attend

This presentation is for all photographers! Lightpainting is a great technique to learn if you’re at all interested in shooting at night. FYI: Lightpainting is our assignment for November!

How to Attend

We will send the Zoom invitation to all current (2025) members a few days before 08/25/2025.

Non -Members – If you are interested in joining us to see what we are all about, we will send you a Zoom Invitation for our Exhibit/Comments Night only. Special Presentations are for current members only. Our Exhibit/Comment Nights are on the 3rd Thursday of each month except December. Please send your Name and Email address with the Subject line “Zoom Invite Needed for MEETING on (appropriate date) to mytbcc@gmail.com so we can get the invitation to you.

I hope to see you at our Exhibit/Comment Night on September 18th, and our Education Night on September 25, 2025, for this special presentation. 

Keep pressing that shutter button!

Lynn Wiezycki, TBCC President