It’s been a while but I mentioned how I was signed up for a couple of classes involving Butterflies. Both of the classes were offered by the Houston Arboretum.
The first class was Butterflies of Houston and the Upper Texas Gulf Coast taught by Nancy Greig, Ph.D. She is the Curator of Entomology at the Cockrell Butterfly Center.
The other class was Photographing Butterflies with Kathy Adams Clark and that’s what I want to talk about today. First of all, the Houston Arboretum is a wonderful place to go to take pictures of Butterflies! If you go there you will definitely see Butterflies, especially if you head out to this wildflower field they have. I didn’t get a chance to really explore all that much, but it is someplace I will visit again just to take pictures.
The Photographing Butterflies class was fantastic. It was about an hour lecture, then another hour or so out in the field taking pictures of Butterflies. This is the first chance I’ve ever had to meet with a professional photographer and it was definitely worth it. Here’s why. Although I may have lots of Butterflies in my backyard, it’s always been a challenge knowing where to focus to get those really crisp pictures. Another nice thing, at least for me, was asking Kathy about what it takes to be able to sell your photographs. That information alone was worth the price of the class.
So to summarize, I’d highly recommend the Houston Arboretum and any classes they offer. I really, really liked that place, and the folks they get to teach these classes are experts in their field. I’m not getting paid or trying to kiss up to anyone, that’s just honestly how I feel.
Oh yea, here’s a picture I took from the class.
Gulf Fritillary On Dead Leaf
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texdr - Hi Kathy! I really did learn alot from class and wish I could have drained your brain even more so than I did. It was really nice asking questions to something with experience rather than taking 1000′s of shots trying to figure out on my own. I’m hoping to get new camera this week. We should make a trade, you get to use the camera and I get to ask billions of questions while acting as a spotter:-).
Thanks for coming by to visit, I feel honored you found out about my little hold in the wallSeptember 28, 2009 – 9:44 pm
Kathy Adams Clark - Thanks for the kind comments. I’m glad you liked the class and got good photos.
KathySeptember 28, 2009 – 6:10 pm
LeAnn - I love this picture. I keep coming back to it again and again.September 26, 2009 – 4:13 pm