This is a Network for all skill levels. Build your portfolio and network with others. Our main objective is networking and growing the NC industry. Meet-up to talk about the latest trends, swap tips and techniques. Meet other local models, and photographers and industry people online and by attending our live meetups and photo-shoots. Improve your portfolio and meet area photographers, use our group mailing list for online classes, share photos and to talk about issues or scams! WE DON'T SCAM M …

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The Chapel Hill - Durham Hiking Meetup is designed to provide local hiking and outdoor opportunities for the western triangle. We are a very active (3-5 events per week on average) and social group (with some fantastic nature photographers) and plan hikes in the Chapel Hill, Durham, Hillsborough and Chatham county areas. The hikes with our experienced organizers vary in intensity from beginner to brisk and are generally anywhere from 3 to 7 miles in length (see hike posting for specific details …

… So come on and join us as we get together for activities such as hiking, horseback riding, zip lining, social get togethers, playing cards, sky diving, belly dancing, whitewater canoeing/rafting/tubing, karoke, camping, film festivals, art showings, biking, photography, clogging, sailing, good restaurants, the list goes on and on, but you get the idea. It will be a great place if you’re single or married, just friends enjoying life with friends and meeting new ones. Want to join an organization …

… Workshop ideas include (but are by no means limited to): paper crafts--cards, stamping, intro to scrapbooking, leather stamping, beading, wire wrapping, metal stamping, book binding, gardening, cooking, stained glass, sewing basics, microscope slide jewelry, photography, chain maile, embroidery, crochet, knitting, modifying books, felting, painting, ATCs (artist trading cards), glass etching... you name it! We all know that it can be advantageous to share supplies, especially before someone …

Meet and take pictures and video. Capture images of ourselves while we're young so that our children and grandchildren can see what we were like. Publish our images on very popular national magazines, find work as models and even sponsor our own TV show. Produce our own DVD products and get paid from national distribution. First and foremost is meant to be fun, educational and all around beneficial.

Find out about the latest fashion shows coming up, auditions, celebrities coming to an event, modeling workshops, training, photoshoots, magazine shoots, hair/makeup seminars, meet other local/international models, or those interested in learning more about a career in modeling. Discuss the biz, share info, and network with one another. Photographers, make-up artists, designers, magazine moguls or anyone in the fashion/beauty industry are welcome!

… According to Wikipedia: "The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as 'a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, gaming, etc.' " At the Triangle Geeks, we cast our net more broadly and include geeks of any persuasion. Photography geeks, cooking geeks, gaming geeks, science geeks, IT geeks, sci-fi geeks, etc.  Whatever your obsession is, we want you to share it with t …

This is a group for lesbians (over the age of 21) that love to do creative things! This group was started as a knitting group but lets face it sometimes knitting can get boring or you just want a break.  If you enjoy creative arts and crafts as I do then let's get creative/craft together -- we can do all kinds of things from photography, pottery, painting, drawing, cooking, etc...   I'd like to do at least one class a year, like a painting class at Durham Arts Center or a Cooking Class or a pott …