Lakewood Ranch Digital Photography Club

General Membership Meetings With Guest Speakers

General Membership Meetings are held the 1st Monday of each month (except holidays) at the Manatee Fire Rescue Administration Office, 3200 Lakewood Ranch Blvd, Bradenton, Florida.

Our Foto-Focus training sessions start at 5:15 PM. During these sessions, a club member discusses a topic to help improve your photography.

The General Membership Meetings begin at 6:30 PM. Our monthly meetings include guest speakers, demonstrations of techniques, Image of the Month competitions, and a “Share Your Work” presentation.  There is also an opportunity before the  meeting and during the break to visit and share ideas with your fellow photography enthusiasts.

We welcome potential members, visitors and guests to attend our monthly meetings. There is no cost for attending one meeting. After that, a guest must become a member to attend additional meetings and enjoy other member benefits.

Click here for recordings of many General Meetings (for members only).

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Upcoming Meetings

  • Monthly Meeting with Guest Speaker Adam Woodworth and Foto-Focus

    • March 09, 2026
    • 5:15 PM - 8:15 PM
    • 3200 Lakewood Ranch Boulevard (East Manatee Fire Rescue District Admin Office)
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    Meeting Location: Manatee Technical College – Main Campus, 6305 FL-70, Bradenton, FL 

    5:15 to 6:00 pm: Pre-Meeting Foto-Focus with Ken Hills
    Topic: Motorsports Photography: My Experience

    Ken Hills brings nearly 25 years of motorsports photography experience to this Foto-Focus session. As a credentialed shooter, he’s covered everything from local tracks to national events. Ken will walk through how he got started, the gear and techniques he relies on, and smart ways to work a track so you come home with keepers (not 400 photos of the same blurry fender).

    6:00 to 6:30 pm: Gather, Socialize, Buy 50/50 Tickets, Vote for People's Choice

    6:30 pm: General Meeting with Guest Speaker Adam Woodworth
    Topic: Night and Day

    Join us for Night and Day with Adam Woodworth, presenting via Zoom during our in-person meeting. Adam takes us across the U.S. and Canada, from Alaska to Newfoundland, featuring stars, aurora, icebergs, and more… plus tips on the Milky Way, drones, and panoramas.


    Adam's Bio:

    Adam Woodworth is a landscape and night-sky photographer based in Lubec, Maine, with more than 25 years behind the camera. He is the author of Night Sky Photography: From First Principles to Professional Results, a practical guide to creating compelling landscape astrophotography from capture through post-processing. Adam has worked with Nikon on camera and lens reviews and has contributed educational content for Nikon Learn & Explore. He has also presented at Nikon’s PhotoPlus Expo booth, and his images and articles have appeared in publications including Outdoor Photographer and DPReview.

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  • Monthly Meeting with Guest Speaker Graham Smith and Foto-Focus

    • April 13, 2026
    • 5:15 PM - 8:15 PM
    • 3200 Lakewood Ranch Boulevard (East Manatee Fire Rescue District Admin Office)
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    Meeting Location: Manatee Technical College – Main Campus, 6305 FL-70, Bradenton, FL 

    5:15 to 6:00 pm: Pre-Meeting Foto-Focus
    Topic: TBD

    6:00 to 6:30 pm: Gather, Socialize, Buy 50/50 Tickets, Vote for People's Choice

    6:30 pm: General Meeting with Guest Speaker Graham Smith

    Topic: Rocket Launch Photography

    Topics Graham will discuss include:

    • planning tips for photographing a rocket launch; 
    • where to shoot from; 
    • gear recommendations; and 
    • safety concerns.

    Graham Smith Bio 

    Graham worked 30 years with mainframe & PCs of which over 10 years on numerous Dept of Defense (NRO, CIA, NSA) installing, calibrating, repair of table imaging scanners in coordination with geospatial analysis & intelligence gathering of images taken in outer space.

    While stationed overseas, extensive traveling through UK I was able to photograph ecclesiastic old monasteries, abbeys, with stained glass windows as well as landscape photography.

    In late 1990s, started photography of one my loves (road racing) 
    As a contributing photographer for AFP (Agence France Presse) Traveling to Canada, New York, Connecticut, Ohio Georgia & Florida covering IMSA, Indy Grand-Am formats. This past March was my 27thyear covering the 12 Hours of Sebring, basically a 4-day event.

    In 2018, I accepted an offer to cover my first rocket launch (SpaceX Telstar 19). Since that launch, I’ve covered over 165 launches of SpaceX, Blue Origin, ULA (Atlas& Vulcan), & Artemis at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida & Wallops Island in Viriginia. 

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