Upcoming Meetings (& Important Dates):
Wednesday, September 21 - David McCarthy: Painting With Light
David McCarthy, a photographer from New Haven, will provide us with a special treat tonight. He will give a short presentation on all aspects of the photographic technique, “Painting with Light”. Then, we will have an opportunity to try our hand at it. Once we have a some images, we’ll load a few of them into a computer and discover what can be done with them in post-processing. This combination presentation and activity is expected to cover 1 ½ to 2 hours. Bring your tripod and remote shutter releases. For those lacking in all the equipment…..we’ll share.
Wednesday, October 5 - Ed McCaffrey: Room Interiors & Architecture - Real Estate Photography
Ed McCaffrey has been shooting residential real estate photography for the last 5 years and has learned most of his techniques from the internet (on-line courses), seminars and hands-on experience. Specific topics that will be covered include: Sky replacement (white sky especially), dealing with harsh lighting (use of HDR; Room Interiors - Window blow-out), Software (Lightroom/Photoshop/Topaz), and Architectural (vertical lines, building distortion etc.). In addition, this is a chance to find out how the Real Estate Photography Business works to help those that might be thinking of doing real estate photography.
2016-2017 Exhibit Dates Posted
David McCarthy, a photographer from New Haven, will provide us with a special treat tonight. He will give a short presentation on all aspects of the photographic technique, “Painting with Light”. Then, we will have an opportunity to try our hand at it. Once we have a some images, we’ll load a few of them into a computer and discover what can be done with them in post-processing. This combination presentation and activity is expected to cover 1 ½ to 2 hours. Bring your tripod and remote shutter releases. For those lacking in all the equipment…..we’ll share.
Wednesday, October 5 - Ed McCaffrey: Room Interiors & Architecture - Real Estate Photography
Ed McCaffrey has been shooting residential real estate photography for the last 5 years and has learned most of his techniques from the internet (on-line courses), seminars and hands-on experience. Specific topics that will be covered include: Sky replacement (white sky especially), dealing with harsh lighting (use of HDR; Room Interiors - Window blow-out), Software (Lightroom/Photoshop/Topaz), and Architectural (vertical lines, building distortion etc.). In addition, this is a chance to find out how the Real Estate Photography Business works to help those that might be thinking of doing real estate photography.
2016-2017 Exhibit Dates Posted
Spring Project: SHAPES
As you go about your photography this year, keep the list in mind and add images as you find them so you won’t be scrambling to meet the deadline this Spring (Probably early May). Viewing will be May 17th.
The assignment is simple; it’s like a scavenger hunt but with a specific theme. Each of your images should feature something that has one of the designated shapes on the list. Try to be creative. How boring would it be if everyone did a Stop sign for ‘polygon’?! Think about how to make your images stand out. Collect a lot and choose the best ones later. File naming guide and max number of images will be given later.
Tips: Look at architecture. Look at forms in nature. Look at household objects. If you use Lightroom (or other organizing software that uses keywords), use the keyword ‘shape’. Later when you are compiling images to submit you can search by keyword ‘shape’.
1. Circle
2. Sphere
3. Square
4. Cube
5. Rectangle
6. Cylinder
7. Triangle
8. Cone
9. Oval
10. Egg
11. Diamond
12. Heart
13. Polygon (can be any multisided shape such as pentagon, hexagon, octagon)
14. Freeform (shapeless, 2D)
15. Blob (shapeless 3D)
As you go about your photography this year, keep the list in mind and add images as you find them so you won’t be scrambling to meet the deadline this Spring (Probably early May). Viewing will be May 17th.
The assignment is simple; it’s like a scavenger hunt but with a specific theme. Each of your images should feature something that has one of the designated shapes on the list. Try to be creative. How boring would it be if everyone did a Stop sign for ‘polygon’?! Think about how to make your images stand out. Collect a lot and choose the best ones later. File naming guide and max number of images will be given later.
Tips: Look at architecture. Look at forms in nature. Look at household objects. If you use Lightroom (or other organizing software that uses keywords), use the keyword ‘shape’. Later when you are compiling images to submit you can search by keyword ‘shape’.
1. Circle
2. Sphere
3. Square
4. Cube
5. Rectangle
6. Cylinder
7. Triangle
8. Cone
9. Oval
10. Egg
11. Diamond
12. Heart
13. Polygon (can be any multisided shape such as pentagon, hexagon, octagon)
14. Freeform (shapeless, 2D)
15. Blob (shapeless 3D)
Congratulations...
To Jacek Borkowski for his Best of Show image at the Gladeview Exhibition!
Jacek also received 3rd place in the Outdoor Photographer Magazine “American Landscape” Photo Contest with this image
To Jacek Borkowski for his Best of Show image at the Gladeview Exhibition!
Jacek also received 3rd place in the Outdoor Photographer Magazine “American Landscape” Photo Contest with this image
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