Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Agenda June 3rd 2010

Review smoke assignments

June assignment Nightscapes
Lets combine what we learned from Chuck's presentation last month and Dylan's presentation this month to get some great Night shots

Presentation by Dylan MacMaster "Nightscapes"

Images captured at night often create a mood and feel that is unlike photos taken during the day.  While taking photographs at night may pose some new challenges and push you to learn new techniques, your payback is the chance to create some really unique images that will stand out from many of the typical “postcard” shots that are possible.  Another benefit of taking night shots is that it often gives the photographer a chance to bask in the solitude of even some of the most famous and popular locations without the hustle and bustle of daylight crowds.


Due to lack of familiarity, and since night photos are often highly technical, many photographers simply put their camera away and "call it a day" after sunset.  Seeking to familiarize you with some of the obstacles you may encounter at night, Dylan’s presentation will focus on a few night photography tips, specialty gear used, a review of nocturnal light sources, and some general step-by-step guides for various shots like: landscapes by moonlight, urban shots, star trails, lightpainting, and more.

If time remaining Glen Hush "Photoshop tip"
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Monday, April 19, 2010

May 6th Agenda

Club Business

Assignment Review "Red"

Taking landscapes by Charles Knowles

The gifts to a photographer are in those moments ust after sunrise or just before sunset, never knowing what Mother Nature will present you.  Some elements can be controlled or predicted, like the location and the moon's cycle, but will the clouds cooperate?  Will the moon be visible? Will it rain, snaow ore will ther be a dust storm?  All of these variables become the tools of design and will help build your art and control your outcome.  You have no control over Mother Nature.  What you do have control of is how you use nature to build and create your art. Visualization must be tactical and change for the moment .  Strategy come in to play when deciding where to go for your next photography adventure and when.
From where the sun rise
To where the sun sets
The world is my Canvas
2008 Charles Knowles


Photography Tip Glen Hush "How to work with Trees"

May's Assignment "Smoke"
Here is a setup how to shoot smoke



June's Presentation by Dylan Macmaster "Night Photography"

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

March 11th 2010 MPC agenda

Business
Review February's assignment "Frame"

HDR -Jim Cullum



In image processing, computer graphics, and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminances between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods. This wider dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes, ranging from direct sunlight to faint starlight


 HDR (Software)
March assignment:
Get out of your comfort zone and shoot something that you don't typically like to shoot or don't have experience or confidence in.  An example "I'm not very good at taking landscape pictures so I tend to avoid those.  I like landscapes, but I don't like taking picture of them."  For others it might be portraits or fill flash or cityscapes or sports or macro, or... or... or...

April Program:
"Wildlife Photography"
Ernie Lombard will share tips and insight into capturing stunning wildlife photographs.  He will present imagery from his most recent trip to Africa.

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