Jeff Sagar Photography
Website: www.jeffsagarphotography.com
Bio
It’s all my uncle’s fault, he let me use his camera to take a few shots when I was around 12 and it sparked my passionfor photography…there was something very special about clicking that shutter and capturing a special moment! I’mnow retired from a 40 year career in Information Technology and am excited to be out there capturing beautiful landscape and nature images. I also teach photography classes at the Dublin Community Rec Center, and I have a busy real estate photography business.
What I love about photography is that it's a beautiful melding of something a little technical that also engages the artistic part of me. For me, photography is really all about the journey – planning the trip, discovering and exploring new places, learning and experimenting with different techniques, and meeting interesting people along the way.
Even before my interest in photography started, I was fascinated by everything about the sun, moon, planets and “space.” I had an inexpensive telescope, and my goal was to take pictures through my telescope, thus the connection with my passion for photography.
Presentation description:
A total solar eclipse is a very special celestial event that mystified and instilled fear in our ancestors during ancient times. They had no way of knowing what was happening. To fully experience a total solar eclipse, you must be within the narrow path of the Moon’s shadow. As totality approaches, you notice the dimming and special quality of the light around you and the drop in temperature. Nature quiets, and you too become hushed as the Moon’s shadow creeps toward you. The ominous darkening of the sky can be seen and felt and the final quick moments before totality are incredibly powerful. The brilliant “diamond ring” – a last gleam of sunlight seen against the lunar silhouette – heralds the start of totality. The remaining arc of sunlight reduces until there are only tiny beads of it shining through the valleys of the Moon creating an effect called “Bailey’s Beads.” And then you are plunged into darkness, standing in the shadow of the Moon. Totality.
This presentation will discuss how to photograph and experience this awe inspiring event.
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