====================1st Friday Meeting===================  Seven Ponds Photo Club Education Meeting 1st  Friday August 2, 2019  7 PM   Location :Seven Ponds Nature Center 3854 Crawford Road, Dryden, MI 48428-9776    Topic: Nature Photography Compostions & Creative Techniques Speaker: David Stimac  Assignment "Leave it Alone" Send your images and Assignment Images to share to Stu at7pondsphoto@gmail.com By Friday 8-2-2019 At Noon Cookies by -Looking for Volunteer Nature Photography Compostions & Creative Techniques Club member, David Stimac will discuss and illustrate his tips on making well composed images. He will also cover creative in-camera techniques including intentional motion blurs, multiple exposures and panoramics. About David Stimac: David has had an interest in natural history since early on and has drawn, painted, carved and photographed animals and plants for over forty years. He's an avid birder, hunter and naturalist and spends as much time as he can outdoors. Waterfowl, in particular, have inspired him for most of his life. He's fascinated by their beauty, behavior and migrations. David hopes that his work conveys the awe and respect that he feels for them and all living things. His formal education took place at the College for Creative Studies, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration. David has worked as an illustrator, graphic designer and freelance photographer for over twenty-five years. His work has appeared in Ducks Unlimited, Wildfowl Magazine, Gray's Sporting Journal, Sports Afield, National Geographic Books, Ranger Rick, Your Big Backyard, Birdwatcher's Digest, and Living Bird.  He also uses his photography to teach others about our native flora and fauna in various presentations, and he especially enjoys helping new photographers learn more about their equipment, technique and subject matter. His workshops help participants master their cameras so that they can better express thei