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Feb
11
Mon
2013
Education Night
Feb 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Note: We’re swapping our education night and image review night in February.

Tonight’s topic: A presentation by member Virge Lorents.

From Virge: I call it a Nature Mandala. Or you can call it a kaleidoscope. I will share my process, step-by-step, with some successful images and pitfalls to avoid.
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Feb
16
Sat
2013
CIPNE Annual Photo Bazaar – Photo gear swapfest & sale! @ Boston Studio Photography - West
Feb 16 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Feb
25
Mon
2013
Image Review Night
Feb 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Note: We’re swapping our education night and image review night in February.

Optional theme: Vertical

Please join us for our monthly image review night.  This is a great opportunity to share your work with other artists and receive useful feedback.  Feel free to ask for our thoughts in specific areas, or to seek general impressions of your artwork.  Some of our artists bring more than one variation of a piece, or several stages of a work-in-progress.  Let us know what you’re seeking, and we’ll do our best to provide it.

The “optional theme” for each meeting is just that … optional.  Some of our members enjoy finding or creating images that fit the theme, while other members have specific images or projects that they would like feedback on.  Whatever works for you is fine.

Our general guideline is that each artist may bring up to 8 images for a typical review.  Prints are encouraged, as this is the best way to see an artwork as its maker envisions it.  Digital images are (of course) welcome, on USB memory sticks and a variety of other digital media.  If you bring more than eight images, we’ll need to go through them quickly.  If you want to spend more time discussing an image, just bring fewer.  We want to make sure everyone has time to present their work.

Our digital display is 1920 x 1080 resolution.  You may want to optimize your image for this size, though our display software will scale your image if it is larger or smaller.  The JPG file format is preferred, to keep file size down and ensure compatibility with our software.

If you are new to the group or have any questions, please let me know.  We look forward to seeing you and your photographs.

– David

Mar
11
Mon
2013
Image Review Night
Mar 11 @ 7:30 pm – Mar 11 @ 9:30 pm

Optional theme: Emotion

Please join us for our monthly image review night.  This is a great opportunity to share your work with other artists and receive useful feedback.  Feel free to ask for our thoughts in specific areas, or to seek general impressions of your artwork.  Some of our artists bring more than one variation of a piece, or several stages of a work-in-progress.  Let us know what you’re seeking, and we’ll do our best to provide it.

The “optional theme” for each meeting is just that … optional.  Some of our members enjoy finding or creating images that fit the theme, while other members have specific images or projects that they would like feedback on.  Whatever works for you is fine.

Our general guideline is that each artist may bring up to 8 images for a typical review.  Prints are encouraged, as this is the best way to see an artwork as its maker envisions it.  Digital images are (of course) welcome, on USB memory sticks and a variety of other digital media.  If you bring more than eight images, we’ll need to go through them quickly.  If you want to spend more time discussing an image, just bring fewer.  We want to make sure everyone has time to present their work.

Our digital display is 1920 x 1080 resolution.  You may want to optimize your image for this size, though our display software will scale your image if it is larger or smaller.  The JPG file format is preferred, to keep file size down and ensure compatibility with our software.

If you are new to the group or have any questions, please let me know.  We look forward to seeing you and your photographs.

– David

Mar
24
Sun
2013
Education Night @ Usual Meeting Location
Mar 24 @ 7:30 pm – Mar 24 @ 9:30 pm

* * * LOCATION CHANGE * * *

Please join us at our usual meeting location, 17 Fox Hill Drive, Natick, MA for a hands-on Light Painting workshop.  The sun sets at 7:02, and we’re starting at 7:30.

What is Light Painting?  If you missed Elyssa’s presentation on September 24, you can check out the following links for examples of works that inspired this workshop.

http://lightpaintingphotography.com/

http://haroldrossfineart.wordpress.com/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/lightjunkies/pool/

We’re going to set up three indoor sets sets for you to take turns experimenting with various light painting techniques.  Weather permitting, there will also be some outdoor shooting opportunities.

Where: We’re meeting at the home/office of David Kahn, our usual meeting location: 17 Fox Hill Drive, Natick, MA

What to bring:

  • Your camera.  Before you arrive, you should figure out how to take exposures of 15 seconds or longer.
  • Remote shutter release (wired or wireless) if you have one.  (If  you don’t have a shutter relelase, you can use your camera’s self-timer.)
  • A tripod.
  • Light sources, including flashlights, light sabers and anything else that can add light creatively to a scene.  You might want to label them so you’ll know which ones are yours.  Extra batteries will also be useful.
  • Black panels, tablecloths or other materials that can be used as backdrops.
  • Black gloves or equivalent will be helpful, so yours hands don’t show up in the photographs.  (Dark clothing is also useful.)
  • Any objects you want to try light painting on.  Objects with interesting texture are particularly interesting.
Apr
8
Mon
2013
Image Review Night @ Usual Meeting Location
Apr 8 @ 7:30 pm – Apr 8 @ 9:30 pm

Optional theme: White

Please join us for our monthly image review night.  This is a great opportunity to share your work with other artists and receive useful feedback.  Feel free to ask for our thoughts in specific areas, or to seek general impressions of your artwork.  Some of our artists bring more than one variation of a piece, or several stages of a work-in-progress.  Let us know what you’re seeking, and we’ll do our best to provide it.

The “optional theme” for each meeting is just that … optional.  Some of our members enjoy finding or creating images that fit the theme, while other members have specific images or projects that they would like feedback on.  Whatever works for you is fine.

Our general guideline is that each artist may bring up to 8 images for a typical review.  Prints are encouraged, as this is the best way to see an artwork as its maker envisions it.  Digital images are (of course) welcome, on USB memory sticks and a variety of other digital media.  If you bring more than eight images, we’ll need to go through them quickly.  If you want to spend more time discussing an image, just bring fewer.  We want to make sure everyone has time to present their work.

Our digital display is 1920 x 1080 resolution.  You may want to optimize your image for this size, though our display software will scale your image if it is larger or smaller.  The JPG file format is preferred, to keep file size down and ensure compatibility with our software.

If you are new to the group or have any questions, please let me know.  We look forward to seeing you and your photographs.

– David

Apr
22
Mon
2013
Education Night @ Usual Meeting Location
Apr 22 @ 7:30 pm – Apr 22 @ 9:30 pm

Tonight’s topic: Filter Forge

by Tony Mistretta

This presentation will explore the use and capabilities of Filter Forge 3.0, a Photoshop Plug-in that allows users to build their own filters or use any of about 4,500 filters that have been created by others.  I have been using Filter Forge for almost two years now, and have found it to be useful for creating effects that I cannot find anywhere else.  I will demonstrate the use of filters in the library and show some of my images that have been successfully modified with Filter Forge.

The Filter Forge site: http://www.filterforge.com/

 

May
13
Mon
2013
Image Review Night @ Usual Meeting Location
May 13 @ 7:30 pm – May 13 @ 9:30 pm

Optional theme: Yin/Yang

Please join us for our monthly image review night.  This is a great opportunity to share your work with other artists and receive useful feedback.  Feel free to ask for our thoughts in specific areas, or to seek general impressions of your artwork.  Some of our artists bring more than one variation of a piece, or several stages of a work-in-progress.  Let us know what you’re seeking, and we’ll do our best to provide it.

The “optional theme” for each meeting is just that … optional.  Some of our members enjoy finding or creating images that fit the theme, while other members have specific images or projects that they would like feedback on.  Whatever works for you is fine.

Our general guideline is that each artist may bring up to 8 images for a typical review.  Prints are encouraged, as this is the best way to see an artwork as its maker envisions it.  Digital images are (of course) welcome, on USB memory sticks and a variety of other digital media.  If you bring more than eight images, we’ll need to go through them quickly.  If you want to spend more time discussing an image, just bring fewer.  We want to make sure everyone has time to present their work.

Our digital display is 1920 x 1080 resolution.  You may want to optimize your image for this size, though our display software will scale your image if it is larger or smaller.  The JPG file format is preferred, to keep file size down and ensure compatibility with our software.

If you are new to the group or have any questions, please let me know.  We look forward to seeing you and your photographs.

– David

May
27
Mon
2013
Education Night
May 27 @ 7:30 pm – May 27 @ 9:30 pm

Tonight’s topic: TBA

Jun
17
Mon
2013
Image Review Night @ Usual Meeting Location
Jun 17 @ 7:30 pm – Jun 17 @ 9:30 pm

Optional theme: Light Painting

Please join us for our monthly image review night.  This is a great opportunity to share your work with other artists and receive useful feedback.  Feel free to ask for our thoughts in specific areas, or to seek general impressions of your artwork.  Some of our artists bring more than one variation of a piece, or several stages of a work-in-progress.  Let us know what you’re seeking, and we’ll do our best to provide it.

The “optional theme” for each meeting is just that … optional.  Some of our members enjoy finding or creating images that fit the theme, while other members have specific images or projects that they would like feedback on.  Whatever works for you is fine.

Our general guideline is that each artist may bring up to 8 images for a typical review.  Prints are encouraged, as this is the best way to see an artwork as its maker envisions it.  Digital images are (of course) welcome, on USB memory sticks and a variety of other digital media.  If you bring more than eight images, we’ll need to go through them quickly.  If you want to spend more time discussing an image, just bring fewer.  We want to make sure everyone has time to present their work.

Our digital display is 1920 x 1080 resolution.  You may want to optimize your image for this size, though our display software will scale your image if it is larger or smaller.  The JPG file format is preferred, to keep file size down and ensure compatibility with our software.

If you are new to the group or have any questions, please let me know.  We look forward to seeing you and your photographs.

– David