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The NELP Winter Show at Middlesex Savings Bank in Natick opens on January 7, 2013 and runs through April 5, 2013. The theme of the show is Music. Please stop by during regular business hours to view the works on display. Please note, there is not artists’ reception for this event.
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
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
* * * 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.
Participating artists – please pick up your artwork at the bank between 9:00AM and 9:30AM.
Participating artists – please drop your artwork off at the bank, 9:30AM. Your artwork should be framed and ready to hang (wire only, no sawtooth or loop).
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
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/