Lester Lefkowitz | Closeup and Macro Photography

The Westchester Photographic Society presents Lester Lefkowitz

Close Up and Macro Photography

There’s an entire universe of beauty, fascination and intrigue on a scale not readily captured in conventional photography. This presentation will show you the basics of how to get close, and closer, to the wonderful details and never ending curiosities of both natural and man-made objects.

Lester will cover the concepts of magnification ranges, various optical and mechanical methods for getting close (diopter lenses, extension tubes, macro lenses), issues of critical focus and depth-of-field, techniques for camera support and vibration control, and lighting. You’ll see a demonstration of focus stacking to achieve “infinite” depth-of-field. Esthetics are just as important; he’ll touch on composition, background, appropriate light, image balance and subject selection.

This program is open to the public. You must be at least 18 years of age to attend.

About the Artist
Lester Lefkowitz has been a professional photographer and teacher for over thirty years. His work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, Time Magazine, and hundreds of other U.S. and international publications. Lester has created images for Microsoft, General Electric, IBM, General Motors, Citibank, Johnson & Johnson and many other Fortune500® companies. He has photographed in all fifty states, twenty-one countries and Antarctica. Lester is an engaging, enthusiastic teacher, and has taught scores of workshops at the International Center of Photography in New York City, lectured to numerous professional organizations, and annually teaches workshop in Italy. He is also the author of three books on photography, established the undergraduate art photography program at Stony Brook University, and holds a master’s degree in optical engineering.

You can see his work at www.LesterLefkowitz.com