Shiv Verma

Shiv Verma, FPSA, MNEC is a published author, photographer, educator, and technologist. He is a Panasonic Lumix Global Ambassador, Wacom Pro-Artist, and an X-Rite Coloratti. 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 belongs to multiple photographic clubs and associations and serves as Vice President of the New England Camera Club Council. He is the immediate past Vice President of Learning and Technology of the Photographic Society of America. He is a member of the Professional Photographers Association of America; past Board Member, General Chairman of the PSA International, and Chairman of Nature Division, PSA (Photographic Society of America). In addition, he is a member of the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA), Greater Lynn Photographic Association, and the Massachusetts Camera Naturalists.

Class 1:
Focus Stacking

The program will cover how to focus stack using techniques for both macro and landscape images. The process of combining the individual images will also be demonstrated using various software.

Photographers generally do not want out-of-focus images unless it is for artistic purposes. No matter what camera and lens combination the plane of focus is just that a very fine region. This is physics and cannot be undone. Based on the lens and aperture used we can capture images that have an acceptable range of focus, but not every detail can be captured equally sharp

In many cases, the depth of field (DOF) can be so shallow that the resulting capture can have areas of importance lacking details and sharpness. Smaller apertures may increase DOF, but apertures beyond the sweet spot will result in diffraction and unsharp characteristics. Also, stopping down the aperture will require slower shutter speed or increased ISO. One resulting in blur, the other, noise.

To capture an image using the best aperture and shutter speed combination for sharp focus from the front to the back of an image requires focus stacking. A technique that can help resolve this problem.

Landscape and macro photography are two genres of photography that benefit most from using this procedure. 

Class 2:
Time-lapse Imagery

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 an exceptional video with even the simplest digital point and shoots to DSLR’s. 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