The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Dungeness River Audubon Center at Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road in Sequim.

Alan Bauer will present “The Natural World Always Has a Story to Share — Celebrating What is Right With the World.”

Bauer is a professional photographer specializing in the natural history of the Pacific Northwest. His photographs have appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, books and even in a special exhibit about spiders at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.

Bauer says, “The greatest value of my photographic art is to better educate people about the beauty surrounding us.”

Celebrate what is right with the world! Sometimes everyone needs to slow down, look more closely and appreciate beauty right around them. He will share an image-intensive presentation displaying many of his personal celebrations, from hiking to birding to just standing still looking at something worth celebrating nearby.

The program is free and open to the public.