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Classes at the Library's Viridian Event Center

Hobby 101: Capturing Milky Way NightScapes

2025-05-06 19:00:00 2025-05-06 20:30:00 America/Denver Classes at the Library's Viridian Event Center Learn something exciting or pick up a new hobby at these weekly classes covering a wide range of topics. Classes are perfect for beginners and taught by experienced, passionate instructors. Viridian Event Center - Viridian B

Tuesday, May 06
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-05-06 19:00:00 2025-05-06 20:30:00 America/Denver Classes at the Library's Viridian Event Center Learn something exciting or pick up a new hobby at these weekly classes covering a wide range of topics. Classes are perfect for beginners and taught by experienced, passionate instructors. Viridian Event Center - Viridian B

Learn something exciting or pick up a new hobby at these weekly classes covering a wide range of topics. Classes are perfect for beginners and taught by experienced, passionate instructors.

“Half the park is after dark” is a catchy slogan used by our national parks, and I'm encouraging people to discover this unique world with their photographic night vision. You might say I'm inviting you to "to the dark side" of landscape photography!

During the past two decades I've been able to avoid the crowds in our public lands and find amazing beauty and solitude in places that are oftentimes crawling with tourists in the daytime — it's like a whole new world of photographic opportunity!

In my presentation I hope to not only get people excited about "nightscapes" but help them find new ways of seeing and enhancing their nighttime compositions. If you've tried astrophotography in the past and found it challenging, I will help you break some of the technical barriers and make it more fun and fulfilling.

If you think you've already figured it out, let me assure you that there is much more to learn. I will show you new techniques that are opening up many exciting horizons in the astro-landscape photography genre! In other words, this is for both the beginning and advanced photographer.
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BIO: Royce Bair has been a professional magazine and illustrative advertising photographer for three decades. He is one the early innovators of a genre of night photography some call “nightscapes,” and has often been called "the founding father of landscape astrophotography." His unique images have received worldwide newspaper and magazine syndication. Royce believes the foreground is just as important as the starry night sky, and may need additional natural or artificial light enhancement for better recognition and aesthetic appreciation. Lecturing throughout the world, Royce has taught various ways to accomplish this, including his public service website on "Low Level Lighting" methods.

AGE GROUP: | Teen (ages 12 to 18) | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Class |

TAGS: | ViridianClasses | photography | #ViridianClasses |

Viridian Event Center

Phone: 801-948-7858
Branch manager
Tyler Curtis

Hours
Mon, Jul 07 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Tue, Jul 08 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Wed, Jul 09 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Thu, Jul 10 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Fri, Jul 11 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jul 12 Closed
Sun, Jul 13 Closed

Upcoming events

Wed, Jul 09, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Viridian A, B, C & Amphitheater
Unlock your inner spy at a free, top-secret training experience for kids 6 to 10 years old designed to enhance stealth, strategy, and teamwork. Look for 2026 registration in early March!

Thu, Jul 10, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Viridian A, B, C & Amphitheater
Unlock your inner spy at a free, top-secret training experience for kids 6 to 10 years old designed to enhance stealth, strategy, and teamwork. Look for 2026 registration in early March!

Fri, Jul 11, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Viridian A, B, C & Amphitheater
Unlock your inner spy at a free, top-secret training experience for kids 6 to 10 years old designed to enhance stealth, strategy, and teamwork. Look for 2026 registration in early March!

Mon, Jul 14, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Viridian A, B, C & Amphitheater
Unlock your inner spy at a free, top-secret training experience for kids 6 to 10 years old designed to enhance stealth, strategy, and teamwork. Look for 2026 registration in early March!

Tue, Jul 15, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Viridian A, B, C & Amphitheater
Unlock your inner spy at a free, top-secret training experience for kids 6 to 10 years old designed to enhance stealth, strategy, and teamwork. Look for 2026 registration in early March!

Wed, Jul 16, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Viridian A, B, C & Amphitheater
Unlock your inner spy at a free, top-secret training experience for kids 6 to 10 years old designed to enhance stealth, strategy, and teamwork. Look for 2026 registration in early March!

Fri, Aug 01, 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Viridian Outdoor Amphitheater
Our "Tribute Summer" continues as we pay tribute to the Eagles. In September will wrap up with a Beatles tribute band outdoors in the amphitheater!

Tue, Aug 12, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Viridian Outdoor Amphitheater
Learn something exciting or pick up a new hobby at these weekly classes covering a wide range of topics. Classes are perfect for beginners and taught by experienced, passionate instructors.

Sat, Aug 30, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Viridian Outdoor Amphitheater
A vibrant free festival with dazzling chalk art and family fun! Let’s transform the sidewalks at the Library’s Viridian Event Center. Artist registration opens July 15 and closes when full.

Tue, Sep 02, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Viridian B
Learn something exciting or pick up a new hobby at these weekly classes covering a wide range of topics. Classes are perfect for beginners and taught by experienced, passionate instructors.

Fri, Sep 05, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Viridian A, B & C
Our "Tribute Summer" wraps up with a Beatles tribute band outdoors in the amphitheater!

Sat, Sep 20, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Playing is learning. Little ones and families learn through loud and messy play.

Fri, Oct 03, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Viridian A, B & C
Experience the energy of live music every first Friday of the month. In Partnership with City of West Jordan and Excellence in the Community.

Sat, Oct 04, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Gather and give thanks for a bountiful harvest under the luminous glow of the moon. This event is open to all ages.