Micron Photo Club Agenda July 7th

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
— Elliott Erwitt


Photo club questions:
Why do I need a telephoto lens?  What can I do with the lens?
What is digital zoom?
A 50mm lens is considered normal lens by most people, anything above that is telephoto.
Reasons for a telephoto, to get close, to isolate your subject, to create bokeh or shallow depth of field, to change perspective, portraits.
A good article from Cambride in Colour blog about using telephoto lens.

Digital zoom is zooming in on the image sensor, doing so you lose resolution.


July's assignment "Perspective"
Get low, get high.  Perspective in photography - by Sudipta Shaw

Review June's assignment "Red"


This month's presentation will be on equipment.  Part of the equipment talk Chuck Knowles will go over what is in his bag.

When Ansel Adams was asked what size camera to use.  The answer "the biggest one you can carry".

Gear guide from the website Improve Photography

Micron Photography Club June 2nd Agenda

Review pictures from May's assignment "leading lines"

June's assignment "Red"

Presentation by Glen Hush
Glen is going to present some post processing techniques, we had a couple of people submit photos to Glen and he will show what he would do to post process them.  Glen has done this in the past and it is always a wonderful learning experience.  Glen is a master at Photoshop and has taught classes on the tool.








This picture is an example of Glen taking a club members (Richard Puzio) picture and post processing it.

Some of Glen's Pictures

Micron Photo Club Agenda May 5th 2016

May photo assignment "Leading Lines"

Review last month's assignment "Night Shots"

Our presentation is by David Swindler.

David was a member of our photo club and has gone on to chase his passion in photography.  He currently runs a business taking people on photo trips.  Here is his website Action Photo Tours

Despite many great improvements in image sensor design, modern cameras still struggle to capture the full dynamic range of light.  That is why many landscape photos look dull or uninteresting after we get home and view them on the computer. In particular, any nice glow or subtle color from the light is often missing. In this presentation, David Swindler will talk about several post-processing methods to help restore the natural glow in images and tone down unwanted highlights. We’ll begin with a brief discussion of Photoshop blend modes and luminosity masks and then move into the techniques by looking at various examples. When used judiciously, these post-processing methods can dramatically improve the final look of your images.