Tonight’s meeting has been CANCELLED, and will be rescheduled.

I’m pleased to announce that our guest speaker for our January 12th meeting will be Paul Toussaint.  (We’re swapping our Image Review and Education nights this month.)  Paul is among the leaders in the practice of iPhoneography – the use of an iPhone (or other smartphone) to create amazing photographs.

See:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhoneography

IPhoneography has been made possible by the continual improvements in smartphone camera technology, the availability of inexpensive accessories, and the support of software vendors that have created a wide array of exciting applications to support the creative vision of modern photographers.  Among the advantages of using your iPhone to create photographs is the fact that you usually have your phone with you!

Paul will be showing us examples of his work, discussing the plethora of available apps, and offering suggestions on how we can explore the many creative possibilities.  We’re encouraged to download and explore some apps in advance of the meeting if we have time, and Paul welcomes our questions – both general and specific.

Paul usually shoots with the native iPhone camera app.  Some of the other apps Paul has used include: Procamera, Slow Shutter, IcameraHDR, TrueHDR, Filterstorm, Photofx, SnapSeed, ScratchCam, ImageBlender, Pixlromatic+, iColorama, BlurFX, Eraser, DistressedFX, Grunge, ModernGrunger, PhotoSize, iResize, Rainy Daze, Romantic Photo, WordFoto, Rays, Retouch, TiltShiftGen, PhotoToaster, FilterStorm

We’re meeting at 7:30 pm on January 12th, at our usual location: 17 Fox Hill Drive, in Natick.  Please join us for what is sure to be an exciting evening.

From Paul’s Web site:

As a photographer that has completely embraced iphoneography, my artistic visual eye has developed tenfold. I want people to look at everything because EVERYTHING is art.  All the so-called rules should be broken when it comes to taking a picture because with this technology all perspectives can become extraordinary.

I study both lighting and texture.  If an object has potential to be stronger, I’ll bring that element out or if the subject has a calm, soothing look, I like to make the average eye feel calm and relaxed as they view the end result. I also love to use enhanced textured paper to make the image “pop” and to even make the viewer ask the question, “Is this really a photograph?”

As a photographer and artist, iphoneography has changed my life and vision. For over a year now all of my photographs have been taken, processed and completed with only the iPhone. With the iPhone, my artistic vision has allowed me to produce a portfolio that at one time I only dreamed of having.   When I graduated photography school, digital images were in the infant stages of development, and now the most incredible technology is in the palm of my hand.

See: http://www.paultoussaint.com/