Bruce's lecture will include highlights from his career at National Geographic with stories behind the photographs. How do you capture on camera what you see with your eyes? He'll try and show you. He'll explain where ideas come from and how to prepare yourself for those serendipitous moments that make the best pictures.

Presenter Bio

Bruce Dale, Bruce Dale Photography

Bruce Dale has produced over two thousand published photographs in National Geographic during his travels in over 75 countries. Recognitions include twice named Magazine Photographer of the Year, 1989 White House Photographer of the Year, and honors for his digital work from the Smithsonian Institution. In addition to many other awards, one of his photographs now journeys beyond the solar system on board NASA's Voyager Spacecraft as testimony about planet Earth. His versatility ranges from anthropological studies of Gypsies and American Mountain People, to highly technical work such as mounting remote cameras on the vertical stabilizer of a jumbo jet to make in-flight photos. A half dozen stories in China, Bats, Roadrunners, a book on the American Southwest, and a splendid collection of landscape images contribute to his portfolio. In 2007, National Geographic published a collection of his infrared photography at Arlington National cemetery and panoramas from recent work in India. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dale got an early start in photography and had over 50 photographs published in newspapers before his graduation from High School. He worked as a medical photographer for the Cleveland Clinic, joined the Toledo Blade at 19 and was a staffer there for seven years before joining National Geographic where he stayed for thirty years. An early devotee of digital photography, Dale has become an expert on the subject, finding it adds tremendously to the creativity he brings to advertising campaigns. In addition, he continues with photojournalism assignments; lectures; and teaches on location with students at photographic workshops throughout the year.