Past meeting
21st Century Photography (Digital & Film) May Meeting
(5 ratings)
Meeting Photos (5)
Meeting Description
Who
- The level of expertise varies wildly - from a novice with a first point & shoot camera, to a professional studio photographer to high end cameras toted by advanced amateurs. Some are creative, some are technical, some are both. All are interesting.
Why
- Share experiences: a former news photographer for a major metro newspaper, high-tech wizards, people well versed in using PhotoShop, Canon AE1 film cameras and Nikon digital..and a Speed Graphic!
Organized by
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"We will have name tags to wear. Mine will say CHUCK."
--Chuck (Retired Newspaper Photographer)
Details
Currently meeting at a Greek restaurant across from Northwoods Mall (off Rivers onto Eagle Landing Blvd) which has a private, quiet meeting space set aside for us. The setup encourages face-to-face conversation and our Show-and-Tell involves a notebook/video projector so bring your favorite 20 shots burned to a CD/Flash or simply sit back and enjoy seeing what others have been doing.
The SC Photographers Guild updates its schedule of local "camera field trips" and there is a monthly THEME so all can shoot their version of a common topic. For May the concept is "Something Round."
Experts can be invited to come to talk about digital changes and the internet. Blogging and Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, etc can be discussed.The newest innovations can be explained in layman's terms by people who know what they are talking about.
Digital cameras get more powerful and smaller yet, the price keeps dropping. Some Phone cameras now exceed 2 megapixels! Find out what to look for when you shop. What computer and printer should be your own personal darkroom/film processor? Are there even film developers still out there? Custom labs?
Or it might just turn out to be a great monthly social event.
Oh, and be sure to RSVP. It helps the planning process.
Talk About This Meeting
Who Attended
The organizer estimated that 14 people attended.
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Chuck
"Most diversity during the meeting yet! Members brought CD and Flash drives for Show & Tell and got into the spirit of the monthly theme assignment. Lively discussions on cameras, PhotoShop, recent entries into juried contests. One volunteered to speak on SCUBA and underwater photography at a future meetup and two others will set up and demonstrate studio lighting." -
Eric Jones
"Had a great time, and I'm glad I got to meet everyone! It was a real pleasure seeing some of the great shots everybody brought along." -
Frank
"really enjoyed the pictures-wide variety of different subjects" -
Conny Johnson
"We had a lot of fun and Learned many new things (Which Laura was in charge of remembering..lol) and will be attending in the future."
Eugene
"Lots of fun, great photography discussion and really cool to see everybody's pictures"