Speaker: Don Stark learned the technical basics of 35mm B&W film photography as a teen. As a young photographer he quickly transitioned from working with B&W film to color reversal film, focusing mostly on adventure photography. His interest in photography waned after college, but renewed mid-life when he moved to Monterey in the 1990's and became exposed to the descendants of the Group f/64 movement from Carmel. There he purchased his first professional level medium format camera and re-acquainted himself with the world of B&W film photography. There he also took his first fine art photography workshops, and was introduced to the zone system. Today, he struggles to master his 4×5 large format camera, and enjoys shooting his medium format film cameras, and since 2016, has become entranced with the unique beauty of infrared photography. That exploration started with the conversion of a mirrorless digital camera, but has expanded to include working with currently available B&W IR films.

Program: Don Stark's talk will explore Infrared photography. What it is, how it looks and why. He will include a brief discussion of pre-digital IR photography and modern digital IR photography.