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Fun Fotografy 

By Karl Leck

Photography has been a big part of my life for 70 years.  During the Covid catastrophe I tried to stay sane by finding interesting subjects and methods for photography at home.  I discovered many ways to make interesting images with equipment I had or could readily obtain.  Curiosity led to a lot of fun trying to use colored lights, polarizing filters, plastic items, water, oil, super close-up lenses, camera movement, flatbed scanner and specialty infrared and panorama cameras.

I have seen many photographers lose interest after years of narrowly concentrating on landscape, portrait, bird, animal or flower photography.  Most of the photography I am doing now at home is very different.  Sharing these unusual methods with my friends helps to rekindle passion for photography in all of us.  I assembled these techniques into a Fun Photography workshop for OLLI Wilmington in spring 2025.  The workshop was updated and is offered again this semester.  I provide a lot of the materials and my equipment for hands-on work.  Students are encouraged to try these unusual techniques in class and work together to make fascinating images.

This exhibit of pigment giclee prints that I call Fun Fotografy, represents the photographic techniques I use in the Fun Photography workshop.