Photogroup Meeting - January 2009

All the links and more from our 01.09 meeting

• Digital Photography School - Tips for stunning portrait photography

• Flickr - class photostream

• Metro Nashville Continuing Ed classes (pdf) HERE

• Gary Voland - 365 project HERE
  

Books mentioned:

• The Digital Photography Book - by Scott Kelby HERE

• Understanding Exposure - by Bryan Peterson HERE
  

Upcoming photogroup assignments

For our January '09 gathering plan on sharing holiday photos. It can be anything Christmas related. Add 3-4 of your favorites to the flickr site. If you don't have the login info, leave your contact info in a post or private message - barrybd11[at]gmail[dot] com

February 10, 2009 - start planning now! Photo topic - waist up portraits of people in black & white! Oh yea! This will be F - U - N!

Pop Photograpy Magazine

Pop Photo is one of my favorite photography magazines. Each year they publish the year's best from their competition.

You can learn a lot about composure and composition by studying the chosen works!

Here's the link to the winners!

Merry Christmas
Barry

563!

I just checked the stats on the Madison Photo Group's Flickr account - almost 600 views in the few short months its been available! And that number does not include the members of the photo group that log in to view our photos.

If you are a contributor, congratulations! Your work has attracted viewers. You can drive more exposure for your pictures by "tagging" them with descriptive labels. When someone searches on FLick, it is these tags that are referenced. You can also add value to the sight by leaving comments on the pictures that you view. Encouragement, accolades and even constructive criticism helps us on our quest to "take better pictures and have fun!"

Keep up the great work. Capture Madison. Invite someone to the October Photo Group meeting.

Take pictures. Have fun.

Capture Madison Project

The Capture Madison Project is open to anyone and everyone! You do not have to be a member or attender to get involved! Our goal is to have 8 - 12 great photos to mount and display in the Common Grounds Cafe. Get your camera and have fun!

Note the change of deadline to November 11 which is the same date for our photo group meeting. If you have questions about the project feel free to leave them in a comment or send a private message to: barry[at]madisonfirst[dot]com

Happy exploring! Click the "Group Photos" tab at the top of the blog and see some Capture work that has already been submitted.

Capture Madison

Get out and capture what makes Madison...Madison!

People - Events - Buildings
Activities - Arts - Celebrations
Nature - News - Interesting

The top rated photos will be on display in the Common Grounds Cafe at Madison First Baptist. The deadline for submissions is October 31.

If you have questions, leave them in a comment and we'll get you going!

Now go! Take pictures and have fun.

Regular photo-groupers - We're advertising our next meeting in October on the sign! Expect some new faces : ) Shout out to Mrs. Pauline for the great Madison Bowling Lanes picture.

Homework for for October meeting

So...you have taken an okay photo, but something is missing. Maybe what it needs is a little corrective work. For October's meeting you need to open the barn photo "Barn for class" on our photostream. Once opened, use the PICNIC editing option to make it better. Crop, color, etc to improve the photo.

When you have completed your adjustments:

If you save on regular Picnic
1. Click the Blue save box at the top
2. A SAVE THIS PHOTO box opens
3. Put your initials in the title box
4. VERY IMPORTANT - select SAVE AS A NEW COPY
5. Click the option at the bottom of the box

If you save on the Picnic.com site there is one difference.
1. Click the Save & Share tab at the top of the menu bar.
2. Follow #'s 2-5 above.