(Photo courtesy of the Mesa Arts Center Facebook)

Scenes from "The Lens of Adventure."

Taking photos and shooting video for National Geographic is starkly different from what the rest of us may try on weekends. Bryan Smith is an award-winning filmmaker for the National Geographic channel who recently directed “The Man Who Could Fly," a special on experiments in human-powered flight.

He will be speaking Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Mesa Arts Center as part of the National Geographic Live speakers series. His presentation is called “The Lens of Adventure.”