TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2025 - FOCUS STACKING with Roy Patience
On August 26, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Antelope Valley Senior Center, Roy Patience will speak to us about the world of focus stacking - from visualizing the scene to producing the results. There will be numerous images, a few insects, many flowers, a few spiders, and only one equation. He will introduce you to focus bracketing and focus stacking.
By the end of this presentation, you will have the information you need to try your first focus stack.
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81502695548?pwd=2iFKh5mRYtQd5of66Zx51EaGI1vs35.1
Roy Patience Bio: Roy received his first camera, an Asahi Pentax, in 1963 and that began his journey into closeup photography. 
His first accessory was a set of Spiratone extension tubes that allowed him to take all sorts of photos of tiny objects. After graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in Physics, he spent 35 years in the defense industry, working for General Dynamics and Hughes Aircraft on a variety of projects ranging from reconnaissance airplanes to all sorts of space-based infrared sensors. After retiring, he renewed his interest in focus stacking of the natural world, ranging from wildflowers to insects to sand. 
That required numerous bits of new equipment like macro flashes, automated focusing rails, bellows, reversed enlarge lenses, microscope objectives, and specialized focus stacking software. Now that newer cameras have incorporated focus bracketing into their firmware, he has more technology to master.