October General Meeting - John Vaeth - Photographing your Work

John is a member of the Woodturners Guild of North Carolina who recently moved to Oregon and joined the Northwest Woodturners.  

Woodworking and photography have long been two of his creative passions.  As a photographic specialist for Kodak, he traveled and taught photography throughout the U.S.  He also worked as a studio photographer, honing his lighting skills doing still-life photography and portraiture.  He has presented his “Photographing Woodturnings” IRD to numerous woodturning clubs as well as for Trent Bosch’s Virtual Woodworking Demo series.

John's presentation includes:

•   Equipment selection – using smartphones and DSLRs
•    Backgrounds
•    What to aim for in a picture - light direction and quality
•    Composition
•    Understanding lighting ratios
•    Understanding depth of field
•    Photographing glossy, translucent, and textured surfaces
•    Finishing touches with image processing software

At the meeting, John will demonstrate his setup and show many examples of what he likes (or doesn’t like) in pictures of his woodturnings and describe how to achieve a specific result.