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Street & Wildlife Photography

Hands-on street and wildlife photography with digital cameras. Two stations will be available during the workshop: STATION 1: Small-subject macro photography as it applies to wildlife in nature. STATION 2: Photographic filters (neutral density, polarizers, and color filters) and the arts. This is a fun session; there will be no lecture. During the workshop, the instructor will provide handouts on street photography techniques, gear, photo design, and lighting. A book on Wildlife and Street Photography will be presented and signed.

Thursday, October 16, 2025 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Venue: Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront  

Room: Williams

Audience: High School, College/University, Museum

Tags: Photography Digital Art Art History

Pathway: Learning Discovering and experimenting with new techniques, skills, materials, and technology

This is an extended hands-on Workshop with limited spots, and requires advance registration.

You can purchase this workshop when you pre-register for the conference, or at the on-site registration desk.
On-Line Pre-Registration: $20.00, Paper Pre-Registration: $20.00 On-Site Registration: $20.00

Graphic and color design with photography

Street camera in action

Street with a fast lens

Portrait in the Streets

Wildlife with a Macro lens

Insects in the wild with a macro lens

Casual portrait late afternoon with telephoto lens

Macro and close-up camera

Digital Street Camera
Mr. Walter  Lara 

Florida School of the Arts

Walter E. Lara, RBP Career photographer, author and educator Lara’s preferred medium is black-and-white, infrared and color photographic silver materials. He utilizes a darkroom enlarger, deluxe photo papers, processed with photographic chemicals. Lara's studio and wildlife photography work is primarily digital and aims for symmetry in motion utilizing extreme optics. Lara was educated in Lima, Miami Florida, Rochester, New York, and Jacksonville, Florida. As a graduate from the most prestigious school of Photography, The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT, 90), his programs of study included Graphic Arts and Biomedical Photographic Communications. Lara is a Registered Biological Photographer (RBP) master's degree in business and arts an instructor for Florida School of the Arts, where he teaches photography. He is author of two books on photographic techniques: A View from the Wild Side and Advanced Media Lighting Design.