Class Notes for February 10, 2009

This month we journey over to the technical side of thing, giving our attention to the oft overlooked White-Balance settings on our camera.

If you would like to explore WB in more detail, here are some links:

1. Class example photos - HERE

2. Class example more indepth theory and background - HERE

This month our photo theme is red. Upload 2-4 of your favorite reds before the March meeting!

My favorite photo mag

Digital Photo Magazine is great! Every month it is packed with skill building helps, creative inspiration and even a CD with teaching resources related to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.

You can purchase it at Books a Million and Barnes & Noble for $11.99. Yes, that is a lot for a magazine, but it is shipped from the UK! But, you get the CD and if you register online there are tons of video lessons for free.

Recent online lessons include: Using flash on a sunny day, white balance, composition and many, many more. You don't have to buy the magazine to access the online material, just register.

Here's the link to the magazine - HERE

Let me know what you think about it.

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.