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Tomorrow (Thursday) is the day!!!!! Here’s everything you need to know.

You can still join us. We’ll take ticket purchases right at the door, so if you’ve been on the fence, just show up.

Bring your camera and a tripod. Throw a warm layer or two in the car too, since it can get cool once the sun goes down.

Your instructor is Juan Aguilera. The man knows his craft, and getting to learn from him under the stars is a rare thing.

We’re timing this to the Perseid meteor shower. If the sky turns foggy or smoky and the meteors hide, we’re pivoting to light painting, so you’ll walk away with new skills either way.

Here’s the part I love most: every dollar of profit from this class goes straight to Through the Lens, our free bilingual mobile youth photography program. By showing up tomorrow, you’re helping kids in our valley get their hands on a camera and access to this art. Think of the children.

And yes, there will be excellent wine.

I could not be more excited. See you at Mongata! taken in Mȯngata Winery by @jaguilera66

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You’ll walk away from Mongata on August 13 having actually photographed the Perseids. Not just watched them. Photographed them, with a glass of wine in you and Juan Aguilera’s settings still fresh in your head.

That’s the feeling we’re going for. Standing under a sky full of falling stars, camera in hand, knowing exactly what to do with it.

Juan Aguilera is walking you through everything before you ever step outside. Settings, composition, the whole thing. Then you get to point your camera at a sky doing something you’ve never seen before.

6:30 to 8:30, we’re inside with wine learning how to actually shoot the gorgeous meteor shower. 8:30 to 9:30, we’re outside under the Perseids putting it to use. All skill levels. All cameras.

$55 gets you in the door with a bottle of Mongata wine. Everything above $36 goes straight to Through the Lens, putting cameras in kids’ hands across the valley. Scholarship seats available, just reach out before you register. Link in bio! taken in Mȯngata Winery by @jaguilera66

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“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong people.”
— Seneca
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#SanJuanIsland #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest #BeachPhotography #Driftwood #TwilightPhotography #MoodyGrams #LandscapePhotography #EveningLight #CampfireVibes #CoastalLiving #NaturePhotography #QuietMoments #LightAndShadow #Stillness #Perception taken in San Juan Island by @jaguilera66

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“For nothing is more revealing than light. It turns the ordinary into a landmark.”
— Louis Kahn
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#GraysHarborLighthouse #Lighthouse #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BNWPhotography #InfraredPhotography #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest #CoastalPhotography #FineArtPhotography #LightAndShadow #Monochrome #ArchitecturePhotography #QuietPlaces #Stillness #Perception taken in Grays Harbor Lighthouse by @jaguilera66

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“The earth has music for those who listen.”
— William Shakespeare
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#waterfall #waterfallphotography #longexposure #forestphotography #pnwonderland #washingtonstate #pacificnorthwest #naturephotography #natureobserved #quietplaces #fineartphotography #earthfocus #landscapephotography #lightandshadow #forestmood taken in Twin Falls Ollalie State Park by @jaguilera66

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5 months ago

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
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#WanapumStatePark #WashingtonState #ColumbiaRiver #pnwonderland #pacificnorthwest #sunsetphotography #shoreline #naturephotography #landscapephotography #quietplaces #earthfocus #fineartphotography #natureobserved #lightandshadow #explorewashington taken in Wanapum State Park by @jaguilera66

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5 months ago

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
— Jacques Cousteau
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#CapeDisappointmentStatePark #CapeDisappointment #WashingtonCoast #PacificNorthwest #wavephotography #oceanpower #blackandwhitephotography #bnw_landscape #coastalphotography #fineartphotography #monochromephotography #seascapephotography #naturepower #dramaticnature #oceanmood by @jaguilera66

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A lighthouse doesn’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; it just stands there shining.
— Anne Lamott
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#NewDungenessLighthouse #DungenessSpit #MountBaker #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest #PNWonderland #LighthousePhotography #LandscapePhotography #CoastalPhotography #MountainPhotography #FineArtPhotography #LightStillnessPerception #NaturePhotography #ExploreWashington #QuietPlaces taken in New Dungeness Lighthouse by @jaguilera66

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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
— Lao Tzu
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#waterfall #pnwonderland #washingtonstate #forestlandscape #naturephotography #longexposure #pacificnorthwest #landscapephotography #quietplaces #natureobserved by @jaguilera66

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7 months ago

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.
— Pearl S. Buck
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#lighthouse #blackandwhitephotography #bnw_landscape #monochromephotography #coastalphotography #minimalmood #architecturalphotography #quietplaces #pacificnorthwest #fineartphotography taken in New Dungeness Lighthouse by @jaguilera66

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“This isn’t a reflection of the forest — it’s a record of stillness.”
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#stillness #reflectionphotography #quietlandscapes #visualperception #symmetryinnature #washingtonstate #forestlake #landscapephotography #seeingdifferently #lightandtime #minimalmotion taken in Hope Lake by @jaguilera66

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9 months ago

“Night doesn’t add color — it subtracts certainty.”
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#nightphotography #milkyway #washingtonstate #lakescape #longexposure #nightlandscape #darksky #quietmoments #visualsilence #lightandtime #stillwater #landscapephotography taken in Lake Cresent by @jaguilera66

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