Learn the secrets of photographing bugs close-up from expert photographer Bill Johnson. Bring your camera on a ‘bug hunt’ around Maplewood nature center’s native gardens as you learn how to take successful insect photos using your own equipment. Take away tips, resources and photographic techniques as well as where and how to look for insect subjects.

View photographic print examples as the end result of the photographic techniques that have been discussed.

Bill Johnson’s insect photography has been published in over 800 publications. He writes the column ‘Insect ID’ for Horticulture Magazine.

See his work at: www.billjohnsonbeyondbutterflies.com

Fee: $30/person. Prepay by August 9^th. 651-249-2170. Adults