APRIL 2023 SPEAKER – MARTY GILMAN

APRIL 11TH 2023, 6.45PM: IN-PERSON MEETING ONLY

WITH MARTY GILMAN - LIGHT, LINES, LIGHTROOM

Marty’s talk will describe how light, lines, and Lightroom are all intertwined. We photograph not our subject, but the light reflected from our subject. Light is altered as it passes through water, diminishing contrast and colors. Using our knowledge and photographic tools, we can overcome this challenge to produce the best possible image. We begin by understanding the properties of light, how that applies to composition, and eventually how we can control and manipulate light and our resulting composition. He will also show how lines can either detract from a composition or improve it and describe his Lightroom quick fixes.

Marty Gilman is originally from Massachusetts, where his love of the underwater world began at an early age. He grew up in a home with 52 aquariums and continued this tradition in his adult life in his own home, where he installed a 150 gallon marine aquarium and maintained it for 30 years. He is an accomplished artist and educator in the mediums of both music and art, establishing a career teaching advanced college degrees in music, Spanish, and visual arts within the Massachusetts State College System.

Marty bought his first SLR in 1970 and became a certified diver in 1977, diving in the Boston area. In 1978 these two interests converged with his purchase of an underwater camera rig, comprised of a Canon F-1 camera, Ikelite housing, and Ikelite strobes. Marty’s interest in underwater photography flourished, and he went on to teach many underwater photography courses in the 1980s and 1990s. He ran numerous photography competitions throughout his educational career, although today he likes to emphasize his belief in the value of exhibiting art over competition. Marty has traveled to many dive locations worldwide, including many Caribbean islands, Bermuda, the Red Sea, and Hawaii. He specializes in fish portraits, and his images have been published in magazines, textbooks, and journals. He has been successful in selling his work to travel agencies, restaurants, aquarium stores, and private homes, and this practical and commercial experience can be very helpful to his students. As he acknowledges, “Selling art is much more difficult than producing art.” Today, Marty is a well-known figure in the South Florida diving community. He lives only a few miles from Blue Heron Bridge, and can often be found diving there, either from the shore or his own boat.

Favorite Quote:
“We don’t photograph the subject, but rather the light reflected from that subject.”

See Marty’s images here.

Marty Gilman is originally from Massachusetts, where his love of the underwater world began at an early age. He grew up in a home with 52 aquariums and continued this tradition in his adult life in his own home, where he installed a 150 gallon marine aquarium and maintained it for 30 years. He is an accomplished artist and educator in the mediums of both music and art, establishing a career teaching advanced college degrees in music, Spanish, and visual arts within the Massachusetts State College System.

Marty bought his first SLR in 1970 and became a certified diver in 1977, diving in the Boston area. In 1978 these two interests converged with his purchase of an underwater camera rig, comprised of a Canon F-1 camera, Ikelite housing, and Ikelite strobes. Marty’s interest in underwater photography flourished, and he went on to teach many underwater photography courses in the 1980s and 1990s. He ran numerous photography competitions throughout his educational career, although today he likes to emphasize his belief in the value of exhibiting art over competition. Marty has traveled to many dive locations worldwide, including many Caribbean islands, Bermuda, the Red Sea, and Hawaii. He specializes in fish portraits, and his images have been published in magazines, textbooks, and journals. He has been successful in selling his work to travel agencies, restaurants, aquarium stores, and private homes, and this practical and commercial experience can be very helpful to his students. As he acknowledges, “Selling art is much more difficult than producing art.” Today, Marty is a well-known figure in the South Florida diving community. He lives only a few miles from Blue Heron Bridge, and can often be found diving there, either from the shore or his own boat.

Favorite Quote:
“We don’t photograph the subject, but rather the light reflected from that subject.”

See Marty’s images here.

Marty Gilman is originally from Massachusetts, where his love of the underwater world began at an early age. He grew up in a home with 52 aquariums and continued this tradition in his adult life in his own home, where he installed a 150 gallon marine aquarium and maintained it for 30 years. He is an accomplished artist and educator in the mediums of both music and art, establishing a career teaching advanced college degrees in music, Spanish, and visual arts within the Massachusetts State College System.

Marty bought his first SLR in 1970 and became a certified diver in 1977, diving in the Boston area. In 1978 these two interests converged with his purchase of an underwater camera rig, comprised of a Canon F-1 camera, Ikelite housing, and Ikelite strobes. Marty’s interest in underwater photography flourished, and he went on to teach many underwater photography courses in the 1980s and 1990s. He ran numerous photography competitions throughout his educational career, although today he likes to emphasize his belief in the value of exhibiting art over competition. Marty has traveled to many dive locations worldwide, including many Caribbean islands, Bermuda, the Red Sea, and Hawaii. He specializes in fish portraits, and his images have been published in magazines, textbooks, and journals. He has been successful in selling his work to travel agencies, restaurants, aquarium stores, and private homes, and this practical and commercial experience can be very helpful to his students. As he acknowledges, “Selling art is much more difficult than producing art.” Today, Marty is a well-known figure in the South Florida diving community. He lives only a few miles from Blue Heron Bridge, and can often be found diving there, either from the shore or his own boat.

Favorite Quote:
“We don’t photograph the subject, but rather the light reflected from that subject.”

See Marty’s images here.