The community is invited to take a look at what some of the top photographers in the area are seeing through their lenses when the Shafer Gallery hosts an opening reception for its next event, a juried photography show titled “Exposure Time,” 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15.There will be music, refreshments and an extended juror’s gallery talk and critique by photographer Fred Lassmann. There will also be a selection of Lassmann’s work on display that will include some landscape pieces he took of the area while visiting recently. Gallery Director Dave Barnes said photography exhibits afford people a unique opportunity to focus on the artistic nature of photos instead of just looking “at” them.“People tend to miss the artistry in photographs, but they are very much like a painting or sculpture and the composition and attention to contrast and other visual elements is just as important to photographers,” he said.