Essence to Reverie, Don Komarechka, www.donkom.ca

The Saugeen Shores Camera Club is hosting an evening with professional nature, macro and landscape photographer from Barrie, Ontario, Don Komarechka.

From auroras to pollen, insects to infrared, Komarechka’s photographic adventures reveal a deeper understanding of how the universe works. Exploring the world that we cannot see with our own eyes has been a common thread in Komarechka’s career as a professional photographer.

Always science-minded but never formally trained, Komarechka uses photography as a way to explore and understand the world around him. Photographing something unusual or unknown is the perfect excuse to learn something new. Komarechka’s work often pushes up against technical limitations of modern camera equipment and the physical limitations of light itself.

Komarechka’s first book, Sky Crystals: Unravelling the Mysteries of Snowflakes, shows his attention to detail and since he began studying the science of snowflakes, nearly four years prior to the publication of his book, photographing snowflakes has become a nonstop passion.

Komarechka helped design a new coin that features one of his images - a six-sided dendrite ice crystal - which uses a special enamel that is a first for the Royal Canadian Mint. The coin shimmers and sparkles just like a snowflake. His work with macrophotography has been highlighted in international publications as well as being featured in an episode of The Nature of Things with David Suzuki. He has made a guest appearances on Canada AM and Global TV's The Morning Show.

Vision Beyond Seeing is a two hour photographic journey into the unseen world, an evening of inspiration and creativity, technical knowledge, psychology and understanding.

It will be held at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre, 33 Victoria Street North in Southampton on Thursday, April 20 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and admission is $10.00 per person.

Tickets are available at Port’s Emporium in Port Elgin, Bayberry’s of High Street in Southampton, Foto Source (Parson’s) in Owen Sound and also Foto Art in Owen Sound.

The event will feature a cash bar and a chance to win a signed copy of Don’s book Sky Crystals: Unravelling the Mysteries of Snowflakes.

Don Komarechka will be at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre in Southampton on April 20 as the Saugeen Shores Camera Club hosts Vision Beyond Seeing.