"Digital Cactus and Succulent Photography"
Presented by Irwin Lightstone
Vice President, Cactus and Succulent Society of America
Digital Cactus and Succulent Photography 2023
Whether it's by cellphone or a more traditional camera, we take pictures of the plants we love. In his program, Irwin provides tips on how to create images with greater visual impact and personal meaning. At the same time, he will discuss how photography can reinforce the joy, wonder, and appreciation we experience with our hobby.
Pursuing his passion over his profession, Irwin closed his law practice of 29 years to become a full-time photographer. From 2010 through 2013, he was a staff photographer, then head of the photography department of the Wilson History and Research Center in Little Rock Arkansas. Since that time, he has pursued his artistic vision. Specializing in highly detailed, artistic images of cacti and succulents, Irwin’s images are widely published and collected. Publications that featured his work include the Cactus and Succulent Journal, Hasseltonia, Sansevieria, To The Point, CactusWorld, and several National Geographic publications. In addition to private workshops and numerous programs for plant societies and photography clubs throughout the country, he’s led workshops and programs sponsored by the Dallas Museum of Art, the International Photography Hall of Fame, The Huntington, the North America Association of Nature Photography, and the CSSA. Irwin is the longtime President of the North Texas Cactus and Succulent Society. He is Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America.
Irwin lives in Dallas with his wife (Robin), one cat, two cars and more than a few plants.
If you have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 you are welcome to come and join us for this excellent in person presentation (masks will be highly encouraged but not required). This meeting will also be a Zoom program and will be an important educational and informational event you must see. Also, if using Zoom, be sure to log in to win a $25.00 gift certificate from TCSS or choose a copy of the new 3rd edition of the Field Guide to Cacti & Other Succulents of Arizona. Plant give aways will take place at the in person meeting but that portion of the program, because of the recording, will not appear on Zoom. When leaving the live in person meeting, please enjoy excellent refreshments provided by our member volunteers and also, everyone can get a free plant offered to you by the TCSS.