It is time to take your photography to the next level. Building a good photography portfolio is a daunting task. You have the concepts, the ideas, but you lack the models ( good ones). There are always friends, family members; but to take your portfolio to the next level, you must have the models who are actual models-- yeah I know, like those whom you see on the magazines. This is a portfolio building group. Photographing real models will help open doors for you into testing and working with ag …

"SHARING THE STOKE" The purpose of this group is to unite photographers who love to shoot surfing action, lifestyle, landscape, product, or portrait photography, as well as journalists who like to write about it. In short, if, on a perfect day, you have to think about whether to bring your board or your camera gear, this is the place for you! Please note that this group is not really designed to be a classroom or seminar-type meetup with lots of free instruction.  Just people who love being out …

We welcome photographers of all skill levels, whether you are a seasoned veteran or just got your first point and shoot you are invited to join us. We offer meetups that range the gamut of photography. Urban photography, Landscape, Nature, Documentary, The PHOTO Essay, Digital, Conventional, Post Processing, Museum & Gallery visits, Botanical Gardens, lectures, workshops, and more! Our goal is to improve our IMAGERY in a fun, un-intimidating environment where everyone is welcome. So join us, che …

Welcome to the Los Angeles Photoshop User Group (Established Feb. 2008)!! We're LA's own Photoshop LEARNING and SHARING Community of Sincere Photoshop Users, Students and Teachers Therefore, those eager to LEARN, TEACH and SHARE all things PHOTOSHOP are welcome to join us at anytime.. We all know how cool Photoshop is.. But if you're like me, you're usually confronted with TWO dilemmas every time you need to do something with it... 1. Identify the problem - the WHAT... (That's not always obv …

Get together in local area for photo shoots, learning, teaching, and fun.

This group is for Large Format photographers who wish to network and brainstorm with other LF film photographers. Come and show off your large format view/field or monorail camera! Photographers who are new to LF are welcome as are those who are established and happy to pass on advice to those just starting out. It doesn't matter what you shoot, whether it's landscape, portrait, architecture or still life etc, as long as you're shooting LF or MF film but not digital. Also welcome are creatives …

Learn to "see" the light and get introduced to hot lights, strobe and how to mix these with daylight. It is a 3 part meetup with assignments in between. A weekly 2 hour meetup and time to meet up for questions after one on one. An intimate group assures you learn much much more than Univercity classrooms.

A walking tour of the Venice Art Crawl every third Thursday in Venice. Each month starting in a different place on the art walk. Get a colored map so you can recognize and meet the meetup members and see new cutting edge art as this new art walk gets going. Art lovers come meet each other and meet artists in person.

Attend gallery openings around Los Angeles for the purpose of discovering new artists, seeing the latest creative styles, exploring unique galleries, and meeting like-minded people drawn to the avant-garde. There may be a museum exhibit thrown in now and then, as well. I hope this group will be as much about interesting conversations in a social environment as it will be about art.  There is no cost to being a member of the group, and most the events will be free, unless otherwise noted for a mu …

It's all about enjoying the wilderness! Hiking in the local canyons- mostly in the San Gabriel Mountains. All hikes will be along a stream in a canyon and at a very slow pace with lots of breaks. All hikes will be between 5-12 hours long, usually around 9 hours. The difficulty level is intermediate, but beginners are welcome if they are in good shape and have an attitude of adventure! Safety always comes first, of course. It's recommended (but not required) that you bring the TEN ESSENTIAL …

The Kinkead Pop-Up Residency is a social experiment exploring the process of being an artist. Artists from beyond Los Angeles are provided residence and a studio to pursue their art. The program produces a variety of events in an effort to form a connection between the community and the artistic process.

An opportunity to facilitate a variety of venues for like minded individuals. Relax and unwind, enjoy the music and ambiance with a wonderful vibe at the Out of Asia showroom for events such as: a concert, fashion show, yoga, meditation, dance performance, a jam session with a great weekend band and or sing with the Karaoke crowd of Rock, Blues Jazz, Folk, Pop, R&B, or World music or absorb the creative flow of gifted artists like yourself or the ones you want to become. With our current economi …

Women's Journeys is for women ready to travel to exotic locations and want a group of interesting women with whom to travel. You are between the ages of 35-75 and maybe your husband/partner doesn't share your passion for exploring new and different places. We appeal to women from all different backgrounds. The first scheduled trip is to PERU for October 14-22, 2013. Make your dreams come true! Future trips include India, Turkey, New Zealand and Australia! Come join us to expand your horizons! Yo …

Come and play in a conscious way! Explore, learn, grow, evolve, practice, and develop community with open minded, alive, awake people. Sexual energy is a powerful tool for transformation, healing, solidifying relationship, and community building. This group is about helping Los Angelenos meet their deep inner yearning for more sensuality, more sexiness, and more connection. We do this by inviting any and all sex positive groups, events, or individuals to let the group know about happenings that …

Meet others "to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth, to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources, to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment, and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives." We meet on the second Wednesday of the odd numbered months, i.e. January, March, May, July, September and November at 7pm at Culver City Veterans Memorial Auditorium in the Urua …

I am the founder of Runway Passport - www.runwaypassport.com We are a site dedicated to covering fashion and style all around the world. I live between NY and LA. We plan to start creating some fun events for fashion and style obsessed people around the world.

The Dying Kingdoms are prehistoric lands of savage adventure. Civilizations both young and old dot the landscape, vying for supremacy, wealth, and power. As a fantastical world, the lands of the Dying Kingdoms hold a populace of both humans and non-humans, all in different cultures with uneasy relations. Most dangerous of all, monsters roam the unclaimed spaces. Where kingdoms recede as their power fades, creatures of fear slink in. Goblins, nightgaunts, ogres, and worse things now dot the lands …

Je veux, donc je peux! "Nous savons, nous savons que nous savons jamais" (We know, we know that we never know) When it comes to food, we can never know everything.  Would you like to join our never-ending food adventure? As food lovers, we cook and dine out together, trade recipes/tips/ideas and discuss all the food magic, maybe in French, too. http://youtu.be/_H3rvT8gVcc Video from "Southern Style BBQ Meetup by Heather" on August 2, 2009: http://www.meetup.com/LACooking/events/10808773/?act …

We are a group for event planners in Los Angeles who are committed to improving our skills, growing our businesses, and staying ahead of the competition. We are here to learn from each other, network and share ideas. If you want to learn from others and exchanges ideas then you are in the right place. We are open to event planners, wedding planners, industry vendors and service providers, venues, meetup organizers, sound & lighting, performers & artists, catering companies, florists, designers, …