Instructional
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Macro Photography at PROCAM
Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 10:30 am-12:30 pm - PROCAM, AuroraGiven the usual unpredictable and often uncomfortable weather in January, an indoor Macro photo session is planned at PROCAM on Saturday, January 31, 2026 from 10:30am to 12:30pm. PROCAM is an industry leader in retail photographic and video gear as well as printing facilities. The good folks at PROCAM have arranged a Macro session and will provide their studio, appropriate lighting and helpful instruction. They will have on hand various macros lenses (based on availability) to suit major brands for us to use. MAPS members need to bring their cameras, macro lenses and any items and props they wish to photograph, such as: Due to the excellent relationship MAPS enjoys…
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The Power of Photography Projects
Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm - Morton Arboretum Thornhill Center and ZoomYou don’t have to travel to far-off destinations to create compelling work. The inspiration for your next project might be in your backyard, along your favorite hiking trail, or hiding in a forgotten folder on your hard drive.
- Photo Processing for Camera Phones
- Stillness and Story: Art in the Winter Landscape
- SPECIAL EVENT: A Day with Anne Belmont – Queen of Flower Photography
- Introduction to Landscape and Deep-Sky Astrophotography
- Photojournalism Principles and Practices: Using Your Images for a Worthwhile Cause
- Phone Photo Processing Snapseed – Canceled
- Lightroom Classic Part 2
- Photojournalism & People Skills
- Lightroom Classic Part 1
- Phone Photo Processing Snapseed – Cancelled
- Nature: Captured and Presented
- Chair & Composition Workshop
- Strategies for Close-up and Macro Insect Photography
- Critique Night in the Arbor Room
- Birds of Prey Photo Critique & Postproduction
- Birds of Prey On-Location Photo Shoot
- Post Processing Flowers with Mike Lake
- Getting to Know Your Digital Camera with Roger Mattingly and Robert E. Potter III
- The Importance of Mentoring
- Composition and Photography—Working with Photography Using Design Concepts
- Beginner Framing (On a Budget)
- An Image Evolution – From Image Selection to Final Processing
- Creating Three Dimensionality in a Landscape Photograph
- Macro Photography at PROCAM
- Photographing Holiday Lights with Roger Mattingly
- Under the Hood Redux with Roger Mattingly
- Ellen Green & Mark Hanna – Attracting Birds from Backyards to Preserves
- MAPS Critique Night
- Panoramic Photography II with Mark Segal
- Panoramic Photography I with Mark Segal
- David Akoubian – Alaskan Brown Bears
- Hazel Meredith – Working with Textures & Overlays: Turn Ho-Hum into a Work of Art
- Roger Mattingly – Flashy Flower Photography
- Paul Lucas – Women in Landscape Photography