Mack Trucks Historical Museum Friday March 21, 2025
What year did the Mack Senior model debut? When was the first Mack diesel engine produced? When did Mack adopt the bulldog as its mascot? If you’ve got questions – there’s a pretty good chance the Mack Trucks Historical Museum has the answers within their archives. The Mack Museum was born as a non-profit corporation in 1984 and commemorates Mack history through photos, memorabilia and a collection of vintage Mack truck models. In addition to being the authority on all things Mack, the Mack Trucks Historical Museum also restores and preserves vintage Mack Trucks and memorabilia for all to enjoy.
Continuing in our Museum Photography workshop series, join us as we take a photographic tour of one of the coolest and little known museums around. We will spend approximately four hours photographing some of the most powerful – and photographic trucks ever made. You will see everything from work trucks, to fire trucks to everything in between-including MEGATRON, from the Transformers movie!
Special instructions will be given on dealing with exposures in high contrast scenes, exposure bracketing, creative control using aperture and focus point, how to create high dynamic range images, focusing stacking and more! This is a great place to shoot macro, super wide and anything in between! You’ll be thrilled by all the creative compositions you’ll come away with and the fun you will have!
This workshop is geared for entry level and more advanced photo enthusiasts. No special gear is needed. A sturdy tripod is highly recommended, as are lens hoods and a circular polarizer for each lens. Demonstration will be given on the post-trek zoom on how to merge bracketed exposures into High Dynamic Range Images(HDR) in Lightroom Classic, and how to give your images a unique, creative look through post processing.
This trek is on sale through March 18th. Cost of the workshop INCLUDES a pre-trek Zoom session where we will go over tips, exposure settings, lens choice, etc. Admission to the museum and hands-on instruction during the workshop, as well as the post trek image review via Zoom are all included in registration cost!
In case of inclement weather, we will reschedule tentatively to Friday April 4th, same time. 10:30am-2:30pm
A minimum number of participants is needed to run this event. Please register early to confirm!
Location: Mack Truck Museum, 2402 Lehigh Parkway South, Allentown, PA 18103 Use address below!!!
(from website: Use GPS address 11 Grammes Road, Allentown, PA 18103)
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Updated Terms & Conditions – Valerie A Hoffman Photography (March 2023)
As we live in our new ‘normal’, the following updated policies are being put in place to protect the health and wellbeing of all workshop attendees, as well as those who we will come in contact with during events.
That being said, here is what you need to know and comply with:
- Anyone who is sick with COVID like symptoms or has a fever over 100 degrees must not attend the event. Amount paid may be put towards a future workshop, or can be refunded in full if notice is given in advance. Suggest checking your temperature BEFORE leaving home. By registering for an event, you also agree to a touchless temperature check at the initial gathering for any workshop or trek.
- Face Masks are optional unless otherwise specified.
Cancellation Policy:
Two (2) weeks notice is required to receive a full refund. 75% refund of the Trek fee with only one (1) week notice. NO refund will be given if less than one (1) week notice is given for cancellation. Must call to cancel. We reserve the right to cancel the Trek at our discretion. Minimum number of participants is necessary to run event.