Orchid Society

The South Coast Orchid Society will present a program by Arnold Gum on how to get better results from orchid photography from cell phone cameras versus “standard” cameras. The meeting will be Monday, June 26, from 7-9 p.m. at the Whaley Park Community Center, 5620 E. Atherton St., Long Beach.

Arnold has been growing orchids for decades, in spite of his career and multiple moves. He is now an accredited orchid judge, based in San Diego, and one of the official photographers in the SoCal area for orchid awards. In fact, he has been able to take the official portraits of his own awarded plants since 2011.

He photographs everything: orchids, flowers, butterflies, wildlife, and anything that catches his eye.

Head to head, the cell phone camera often produces better results than “standard” cameras, especially if people can understand how the two kinds of camera “see” the world.

These skills can be used for all types of pictures. The meeting is free and open to the public.

For more information, email southcoastorchidsociety@gmail. com.