Thursday, December 4, 2014

December 4th MPC Agenda

December photo assignment "Christmas"


Review November assignment "Family Faces - get close"

Fabiana Loverde de Huffaker will be presenting her amazing Senior Portraits and her approach to capturing their personalities and getting them to relax in front of the camera.  Don’t miss this one!  Check out her work here. . .  





Thursday, November 6, 2014

Micron Photo Club Agenda October 2014

Brent Cheffings - thin wrap from Bayphoto

This month's assignment "Family Faces" - get just the face, get close


Review October's assignment "Fall colors"


This month's presentation is Micron Photo Club members equipment:














Thursday, October 9, 2014

Micron Photo Club Agenda Oct 9th

Review September "Water" assignment


Assignment for October "Fall Colors"


















Our presentation is by Glen Hush - "How do I post process?"

Before processing

After processing



Thursday, September 11, 2014

Review outdoors assignment pictures

This month assignment for September "Water"

Our presentation this month is by Jim Harmer from Improve Photography

Lightroom is one of the most powerful photographic tools available today, but unfortunately many photographers still haven’t learned the software, or only use it for basic edits.  

However, Lightroom is incredibly powerful for digital image stylization, and over the last several years has taken over much of the time that I used to spend in Photoshop.  Now, I’d estimate that 80 to 90% of the time I spend on the computer is with Lightroom.

Lightroom does two things well: photo correction and stylization.  But it also has limitations when compared with an editor such as Photoshop.  The principal limitation is the inability to composite photos, but some mistakenly refer to this limitation as not having “layers.”  In reality, everything in Lightroom is a layer because all edits are non-destructive.  

It is this non-destructive workflow that makes Lightroom so powerful.  While many changes in Photoshop can be undone and altered later if proper standards are followed, other changes are baked in.  In Lightroom, it is impossible to make a destructive edit to your photo--making it quick, easy, and helps to protect your photos over time.

These basics of Lightroom are important for the novice editor to learn, but unfortunately that is where most photographers stop in the process of learning Lightroom.  This causes them to miss out on what I consider to be the most powerful image stylization tool on the planet.

As a photography instructor, I do over 100 portfolio reviews every month.  Other than obvious problems with sharpness and focus, the single most common problem I see that keeps photographers from reaching the next level is they have not learned to properly stylize their images.

Image stylization is the very reason why “filter” apps such as Instagram have become so popular.  Casual photographers can quickly see how basic edits to a photo can dramatically change the impact of the photo.  Yet, stylization need not destroy image quality like many of these filters do.

In this presentation I want to accomplish two things: (1) Quickly get you up to speed on a Lightroom workflow, including best practices for those who are already familiar with the program, and (2) share the process I use to stylize photos in Lightroom.






Thursday, August 7, 2014

August 2014 Photo Club agenda

Our assignment for August "Outdoors"


Outdoor Idaho 

















Review June's assignment "Creative Color"


Our presentation will be given by David Marr
The Cole/Marr Photography Workshops were established in 1975 in the colonial village of Sturbridge, Mass. We had a darkroom with two enlargers, a classroom that could accommodate five students. But we had a great passion for the art of photography. Today after 30 years of teaching and applying all of our skills to commercial and art photography assignments throughout North America, Cole/Marr has landed for good in Boise, Idaho. Since 1996 we have brought to the Treasure Valley a fun and educational photo workshop series that is as fulfilling to beginners as well as advanced image makers.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

June Micron Photo Club meeting Agenda 2014

Review May's assignment "Triangles"

June's assignment "Creative with Colors"

Our presentation will be equipment, various people will present equipment which they like.


1.      Chuck Knowles
·        Homemade Tripod snow shoes
·        Light meter
·        Time-Lapse Pan module

2.      Ralph Rico – Flux Capacitor

3.      Glen Hush
·        500mm
·        85mm f1.2
·        Shutter controller

4.      Richard Puzio
·        Shoulder Stock
·        Lens pen
·        Black Rapid Strap

5.      Donn Apostol
·       Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 Art Lens

6.      Ronnie Marler
·       Mini Dolly

7.      Robert Gifford
·       Homemade Tripod Umbrella holder

8.      Ken Dougal
·       Bokeh Filters

9.      Vishwanath Bhat
·        Nikon 16mmf/2.8  fisheye lens

10.    Jeff Black
·        Thinktank Camera bag

11.   Dylan Macmaster
·        P&S camera - Sony RX-100 II
·        Photo prints

12.   June Gempler
·        World Famous Gempler Bean Bags!

Thursday, May 1, 2014

2014 May 1st Photo Club agenda

Review April's assignment "Spring"

May assignment "triangles"
A way to compose a picture is with the use of geometric spaces, one shape commonly used is the triangle. Shoot May's assignment by using implied triangles in your picture.

















Using applied triangles will help to create a compelling composition in your photography.  Look at the picture and move around until you create triangles with you composition.  Here is a few articles:
 Photography Composition tip
Jake Garn .com
Crips photoworks









Our presentation will be by Glen Hush




Thursday, April 3, 2014

April 3rd 2014 Micron Photo Club Agenda

Photos in building 21

Judging Skill US Competition April 11th

Review March assignment "Architecture"

April assignment "Spring"
















Our presentation today is a continuation from last Month Jim Cullum will do a Adobe Lightroom demo how to edit and export photos.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Micron Photo Club Agenda Feb 6th 2014

Building 21 pictures update

February assignment "Points, Lines and Shapes"

Review December / January assignment "Bokeh"

Presentation by Nayan Chakravarty


INDIA
Ancient history of India enchants everyone who visits the country.  It started from Indus valley civilization more than 5000 years ago. It followed with Aryan invasion in 1500 BC which laid the foundation of present day India. Around 500BC, country was pretty much divided into smaller kingdoms. The name India was coined during this era from river Indus by Greeks. People living on the other side of Indus were known as Hindus (Again derived from Indus).
From Alexander (450 BC) till British East India Company (1947 AD), India saw rise and fall of many great kingdoms. However, it also shaped the varied culture and diversity in the Indian subcontinent which we see today.
In the presentation I am going to share my experience in India through the eyes of my lens.
I will cover the following cities/topics:
Varanasi (My hometown and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world)
Sarnath (where Buddha gave his first sermon)
 
Hampi (capital city of the great Vijayenagar Empire)  

 
Kerala (gods own country)

Pondicherry (French Riviera of the east)