Shiv Verma
Shiv Verma, APSA, MNEC is a published author, photographer, educator and technologist. He is a member of the Panasonic Lumix Luminary Team, an X-Rite Coloratti and a Master at the Arcanum. He has been photographing for over 50 years and has evolved his photography to express his intense devotion to wildlife and nature. Over the years has earned numerous awards and recognition both nationally and internationally. Shiv devotes a great deal of his time formally reviewing photography related products, to education in digital photography and is a speaker and competition judge. He conducts photo tours and workshops worldwide and typically has one tour a month.
Shiv’s book Time-Lapse Imagery was published in February 2014. He has been writing for one of the world’s largest photography education sites “Digital Photography School” with about 1.5 million subscribers. He is also a co-host on TWiP (This Week in Photography) a weekly photography podcast that is the 7th largest in the world.
Shiv’s book Time-Lapse Imagery was published in February 2014. He has been writing for one of the world’s largest photography education sites “Digital Photography School” with about 1.5 million subscribers. He is also a co-host on TWiP (This Week in Photography) a weekly photography podcast that is the 7th largest in the world.
He belongs to multiple photographic clubs and associations and serves as Vice President of the Digital Circuit NECCC (New England Camera Club Council), a member of the Professional Photographers Association of America, past General Chairman of the PSA International (Photographic Society of America), past Chairman of Nature Division, PSA; Director of the instructional and essay sets, PSA.
Shiv was elected as an Associate of the Photographic Society of America in 2013 and was elected a Master Member of the New England Camera Club Council in 2008.
Shiv's Seminars & Field Workshops
In Field Photography at St. Augustine Alligator Farm
THUR 7 - 10 A.M.
This field workshop workshop is designed to be interactive and inspirational. You will learn purpose, visualization, creativity and the best techniques for capturing stunning images of wildlife. You will learn to move away from suffocating compositions and create environmental images that provide the viewer a sense of place, tell a story and communicate the essence of the subject’s existence. Camera techniques and settings will be briefly covered but we will concentrate on composition and creating images that exude mood and drama.
You will get the most from this workshop if you familiarize yourself with all you equipment and have a good understanding of manual exposure.
Field Workshop
Meeting Location: Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
Price: $100 + Annual Photo Pass
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Max No. of People: 12
Suggested Gear List: A DSLR or Mirrorless Camera, Lenses: (or near equivalent) Long Tele 70-200, Super Tele 100-400 or longer, A sturdy tripod (not mandatory), Speedlight with a Better Beamer or Magmod Wildlife Kit, and Polarizer
Macro/Close-up and Image Stacking Photography
THUR 3 - 4:30 P.M.
Macro photography lets you explore and create exciting photographs of a whole new and intimate world. Zeroing in to create an interesting abstract or just filling the frame with a tiny flower, insect or a jewel.
This program will address the challenges you'll face with Macro Photography and the methods and tools used to overcome those challenges. We will deal with the lighting and equipment, as well as several techniques to get better images. This includes selecting the appropriate equipment; lighting and stacking.
You will understand the importance of Depth-of-Field as it affects Macro Photos. You will learn how to create high-magnification images using macro lenses, tubes, and diopters. In addition, you will learn how to create one completely focused image from several partially focused images. This focus stacking technique is Ideal for macro-photography as well as landscape photography when the sharpness of the entire scene is important.
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S.
Price: $25
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Max No People: 30
Light Painting - Still Life
FRI 1 -2:30 P.M.
This program is designed to show you the process of Light Painting Still Life to create fine-art. In this program, you will learn how to apply light sculpting techniques and how to maximize the digital process. A full demonstration of a light painting will be shown and then the process of combining multiple images to create the final work of art will be demonstrated.
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S.
Price: $25
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Max No. of People: 30
Timelapse Imagery
FRI 3 - 4:30 P.M.
A time-lapse video essentially compresses time into a smaller space, creating some exceptional and evocative results.
In theory, time-lapse videos are easy to create – after all, you simply take a few hundred photos, one after another, line them up in a video application and you are done. Not true, if you want to create a stunning, seamless, flicker-free time-lapse video. There is a lot more involved than setting up a camera and capturing the sequence.
With digital cameras, we have infinite possibilities to capture time-lapse sequences and create exceptional video with even the simplest digital point-and-shoot cameras to DSLRs. This session will provide the basics necessary to create time-lapse videos.
We will cover the following topics:
Equipment
Camera settings
Intervalometer settings
Settings based on the speed of activity
Creating a quick video using Lightroom
Creating a video using LR Timelapse
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S.
Price: $25
Difficulty Level: All Levels
Max No. of People: 30
Composition - The Instrument of Photographic Communication
SAT 1 - 2:30 P.M.
The ability to communicate your message is crucial in photography. Organizing the elements into a strong and compelling composition and then exposing are the primary components of this program.
The advent of digital equipment allows for instant feedback, but it is you the maker who needs to use this vehicle of instant feedback to improve and strengthen the message. Furthermore, software-based editing tools allow you to refine and enhance the design elements even after the camera has exposed and the message captured – conveyed. The digital medium allows us to communicate in ways that would have been too complex or virtually impossible in the analog capture.
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S.
Price: $25
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Max No. of People: 30
Video - for Photographers
SAT 3 - 5:00 P.M.
This is an extended session that covers all basic aspects of video creation.
Equipment for video and how to best utilize them. This will include rails, jibs, sliders, gimbals, etc.
Understanding resolution
Exposure, shutter speed, and shutter angles
Switching devices
Lighting equipment and technique. Use of portable and stage lighting, getting the best look, use of shadows for effect
Audio recording. Equipment, including recorders, microphones (types), how to wire your subjects for interviews, stage performance, and outdoors.
Pre-production – The Montage - creating the story, developing the scenes, developing the takes that depict the intent.
We will cover the basic types of shots that effectively tell the story.
Composition and framing
Camera movement techniques, focus techniques, and the use of assistive devices like rails, tracks, jibs, and cranes.
Controlling the viewer's perspective
Enhancing the viewer's experience
Slow motion and frame-rates
Ensure footage is captured correctly the first time including Exposure setting, Balancing for Lighting, Camera White balancing and Multi-Camera Matching with specific emphasis on skin tone. We will demonstrate the use of scopes and waveforms to establish camera settings and matching. This takes advantage of seeing the “final” look while shooting using video monitors and recorders.
We will cover multi-camera use, and audio syncing.
Post Production - Save time in editing to get to the creative work faster: Monitor Calibration, Color Grading and how it can be used with standard tools used in conjunction with Software DaVinci Resolve 16 and Final Cut Pro X.
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S.
Price: $25
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Max No. of People: 30
Photographing Horses on Beach at Sunrise
SUN 6:15 - 8:30 A.M.
The nature of light is not only ephemeral it is constantly changing. In this workshop, you will learn concepts of light, exposure and how to tame it to create stunning images.
We will photograph on location working with horses, riders and seascapes to create compelling images from short to extremely long exposures.
Field Workshop
Meeting Location: Frank B. Butler County Park EAST, 5860 A1A South
Price: $100
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Max No. of People: 20
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