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Tamron Meetup – Brook Hollow Winery – Sept 13

September 7, 2021March 26, 2024John Tworsky

Tamron Meetup – Brook Hollow Winery – This is a Tamron sponsored event not run by Bergen County Camera. This event is open to everyone.

Tamron Meetup – Brook Hollow Winery

Tamron Photo Meet Up – Brook Hollow Winery Photo Trip

New Date – Change Due to Weather – Monday September 13th – 1:00 – 5:00pm

Meet up Location: 594 NJ-94, Columbia, NJ 07832

Join Patty Gregitis and Ken Hubbard from Tamron, for a fun filled photography meet up at beautiful Brook Hollow Winery. We will be at Brook Hollow from 1:00 – 5:00pm loaning lenses and answering all your photography questions as you stroll through the lush vineyards capturing images of the fully ripened grapes. First 20 individuals to borrow a lens will receive a wine tasting on us! Must be registered on meet-up to qualify and 21 years of age for wine tastings.

Additional bonus rebates available on select Tamron Lenses

About Ken Hubbard: Ken Hubbard is the Field Services Manager for Tamron. He is responsible for the company’s events, including Tamron’s popular consumer workshop series. Ken has had nationwide gallery showings of his portrait and landscape photography and teaches enthusiasts how to take better photos at numerous events. Ken’s extensive background in the field of photography is unique and diverse. He has traveled extensively throughout the US and the result is a consistent output of breathtaking photographs that continually challenge the boundaries of the genre.

Click here to Register Now for Tamron’s Photo Meet Up at Brook Hollow Winery.

View our most recent blog posts about upcoming Bergen County Camera events here.

June Customer Spotlight – Lori Ordover

June 2, 2021June 4, 2021Carly Rahl

Welcome to our twenty-seventh Bergen County Camera Customer Spotlight. This monthly posting features a customer who’s made an impression on us. They might have grown in their understanding of photography, gained a mastery of the craft and / or have become a strong advocate of our way of doing business in the world of photography. During the next month you will see this customer’s images displayed on our digital signs in store, in our emails, blog posts and social media.

Lori Ordover @lordover is our customer spotlight for the month of June. We hope you both enjoy and are inspired by this new addition to In Focus and look forward to your comments and suggestions. Below you will find a word from Lori, followed by some of her images in the gallery below.

April Customer Spotlight – Bruce Brettschneider

March 30, 2021April 6, 2021Carly Rahl

Welcome to our twenty-sixth Bergen County Camera Customer Spotlight. This monthly posting features a customer who’s made an impression on us. They might have grown in their understanding of photography, gained a mastery of the craft and / or have become a strong advocate of our way of doing business in the world of photography. During the next month you will see this customer’s images displayed on our digital signs in store, in our emails, blog posts and social media.

February Customer Spotlight – Hank Gans

February 3, 2021February 4, 2021Carly Rahl

Welcome to our twenty-fifth Bergen County Camera Customer Spotlight. This monthly posting features a customer who’s made an impression on us. They might have grown in their understanding of photography, gained a mastery of the craft and / or have become a strong advocate of our way of doing business in the world of photography. During the next month you will see this customer’s images displayed on our digital signs in store, in our emails, blog posts and social media.

Bob Krist: Old Souls and Timeless Places

December 4, 2020March 21, 2024Carly Rahl

Focus Session - Bob Krist Book Talk: Old Souls & Timeless Places

Bob Krist: Old Souls and Timeless Places – Focus Session + Book Talk

Bob Krist: Old Souls and Timeless Places – Book Talk – Saturday Morning – December 5th 2020 at 9:30am

Missed the Focus Session? Watch the replay here. – Learn more about Bob Krist here.

Looking for more photo books? Check out our other available photo books here.

November Customer Spotlight – Lorraine Nelson

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020Carly Rahl

Welcome to our twenty-fourth Bergen County Camera Customer Spotlight. This monthly posting features a customer who’s made an impression on us. They might have grown in their understanding of photography, gained a mastery of the craft and / or have become a strong advocate of our way of doing business in the world of photography. During the next month you will see this customer’s images displayed on our digital signs in store, in our emails, blog posts and social media.

Jim Wright’s New Book & Birding Spots

August 12, 2020October 13, 2020Carly Rahl

Feel free to stop by Bergen County Camera to check out Jim’s newest book, and to purchase a signed copy!

Missed Jim’s Focus Session? Check out the replay here.

Book cover - The Real James Bond by Jim Wright : A true story of identity theft, avian intrigue & Ian Fleming — You can order a signed copy of The Real James Bond here.

You can contact Matt Wozniak of Conserve Wildlife Foundation about contributing your N.J. wildlife photos to CWF’s social media campaign at matt.wozniak@conservewildlifenj.org

You can read the interactive e-book I did about Bald Eagles for Duke Farms and Conserve Wildlife Foundation here.

You can see my Cuba photo e-book here.

You can see the e-book I did last year featuring my “Bird Watcher” columns for The Record here.

Bird Police: Identify and Correct Badge — You can contact Katie Andersen about ordering a “Bird Police” sticker or badge at birderkmandersen@hotmail.com.

Some locations

Apps

Merlin Birding App (mentioned by Jim)

August Customer Spotlight – Nancy Panicucci-Roma

August 7, 2020October 13, 2020Carly Rahl

Welcome to our twenty-third Bergen County Camera Customer Spotlight. This monthly posting features a customer who’s made an impression on us. They might have grown in their understanding of photography, gained a mastery of the craft and / or have become a strong advocate of our way of doing business in the world of photography. During the next month you will see this customer’s images displayed on our digital signs in store, in our emails, blog posts and social media.

Saturday Morning Focus Sessions

July 21, 2020October 18, 2020Carly Rahl

All of our Focus Sessions are currently being offered online – and are free to attend!

Check out Summit for our current offerings and registration

This Saturday’s Focus Session – Bergen County Horse Rescue

Current Schedule:

July 25 – Bergen County Horse Rescue with Paul Carretta and Jennifer White

August 1 – TBA

August 8 – Jim Wright – Every Picture Tells a Story — More details on Summit

August 15 – TBA

August 22 – Nancy Panicucci-Roma

Portrait Tips from a BCC Pro!

May 15, 2020December 15, 2020Jeremy Lebled

What is the key to great Backgrounds for Portraits?

What is the key to great backgrounds for portraits you ask? Honestly its pretty simple! The key is “less is more” and to “keep it simple”. With Portraits you want to have as few distractions from the background as possible. When you have distractions and a bunch of clutter behind your subject it will take away from the photo rather than adding to it. To make a strong portrait you do not want to distract the viewer and take away the focus on your subject. So try placing your subject on a simple, uncluttered background from the start. If that is not possible. I would suggest to either remove as much as you can from the background. Or if you are outside try to position yourself and angle your camera in different angles so you do not get random people walking in the background and so forth. Another thing that helps when you are shooting around other people outside is to shoot with a telephoto/prime lens that has a fast aperture. That will help compress and completely blur out anyone or anything in the background. So lets recap! The key to great backgrounds is “less is more” and “keep it simple”. This will immensely help your chances of getting “the shot”. Which we all love getting! Keep shooting and stay safe.

Till next time..

All my best,

Jeremy Lebled – Bergen County Camera Specialist