Hi all!!!
Judd called the meeting to order this evening with 14 members present. He talked about our field trip to Branson to the Ice Sculpture Event that 9 of us went to. There were some really good pictures taken there and we had a good time. Jerry brought a DVD of some of the pictures that he took there for all of us to view.
Next we had Show & Tell with Marty, Katie, John and Judd showing us what they had been doing of late. The picture that Katie showed us is one that she entered in a contest with Digital Photography Challenge online and placed in the top 10. The catagory was to take a picture facing into the light (backlight). GOOD JOB KATIE!!!! If you would like to check that site out go to Digital Photography Challenge online. You don't have to be a member to enter some challenges but can join for $25.00 a year and be able to join in on the challenges for members only.
Next we showed our pictures for the Light Trails challenge. Judd is 'challenging' us to use our cameras. (and for some of us, and we know who we are, we need that challenge) Katie, Larry, Rosalie, Connie, Wade, Marcia, Jerry, Judd and John all had pictures to share. This was really cool to see all the different interpretations that we came up with. Some of you really went 'out of the box'.
We have a weekly challenge going on also for every week of the month. (I told you Judd is really going to 'challenge' us to use our cameras.)
Our first subject was 'COLD' and John, Katie, Marty, Rosalie, Connie, Wade, Marcia and Judd all had pictures to share.
Our next weeks challenge subject was 'BREAKFAST' and John, Katie, Marty, Rosalie, Connie, Wade, Marcia, Jerry and Judd shared in this catagory. This one really made you hungry! Good job to all who participated in these challenges!!!!! Keep up the good work! Like Judd says, to become a really good photographer you have to use your camera!
Our next meeting will be February 1st. Our challenge for this meeting is DECONSTRUCTING LIGHT. Judd had a handout for everyone on this subject to help us out. This one should be fun. Also our weekly challenges for this meeting are 'MACRO' and 'TIRED'. If you don't have a macro lens as a lot of us don't, just do a close up for this one. We will also be starting a DVD on Composition.
Next we had Q&A time. Toni posed a question on Depth of Field. She has been having trouble with this with her camera, a Canon Powershot G11. Some of the group suggested she put her F stop down as low as it would go, F2 or thereabout, get her telephoto lens out as far as it would go, set the camera to Manual and pick her ISO, 100 or 200, suggested she use her flash, and focus up close and far away and see if any of these suggestions help. She is going to play around with this and let us know at the next meeting how she is doing.
Judd also talked about using the Dioptic adjustment knob on our cameras to clear up our vision. He showed us where to find it on our cameras and how to use it. I know from experience that this really works. When I did it on my camera what a difference it made in what I was viewing through that eyepiece! If you have any questions on this please feel free to talk to Judd or anyone else that was at the meeting tonight.
The meeting closed a little early tonight as the Steering Committee met after the meeting.
Well until next time; use those cameras and most of all - Have fun with it!
Marcia
Judd called the meeting to order this evening with 14 members present. He talked about our field trip to Branson to the Ice Sculpture Event that 9 of us went to. There were some really good pictures taken there and we had a good time. Jerry brought a DVD of some of the pictures that he took there for all of us to view.
Next we had Show & Tell with Marty, Katie, John and Judd showing us what they had been doing of late. The picture that Katie showed us is one that she entered in a contest with Digital Photography Challenge online and placed in the top 10. The catagory was to take a picture facing into the light (backlight). GOOD JOB KATIE!!!! If you would like to check that site out go to Digital Photography Challenge online. You don't have to be a member to enter some challenges but can join for $25.00 a year and be able to join in on the challenges for members only.
Next we showed our pictures for the Light Trails challenge. Judd is 'challenging' us to use our cameras. (and for some of us, and we know who we are, we need that challenge) Katie, Larry, Rosalie, Connie, Wade, Marcia, Jerry, Judd and John all had pictures to share. This was really cool to see all the different interpretations that we came up with. Some of you really went 'out of the box'.
We have a weekly challenge going on also for every week of the month. (I told you Judd is really going to 'challenge' us to use our cameras.)
Our first subject was 'COLD' and John, Katie, Marty, Rosalie, Connie, Wade, Marcia and Judd all had pictures to share.
Our next weeks challenge subject was 'BREAKFAST' and John, Katie, Marty, Rosalie, Connie, Wade, Marcia, Jerry and Judd shared in this catagory. This one really made you hungry! Good job to all who participated in these challenges!!!!! Keep up the good work! Like Judd says, to become a really good photographer you have to use your camera!
Our next meeting will be February 1st. Our challenge for this meeting is DECONSTRUCTING LIGHT. Judd had a handout for everyone on this subject to help us out. This one should be fun. Also our weekly challenges for this meeting are 'MACRO' and 'TIRED'. If you don't have a macro lens as a lot of us don't, just do a close up for this one. We will also be starting a DVD on Composition.
Next we had Q&A time. Toni posed a question on Depth of Field. She has been having trouble with this with her camera, a Canon Powershot G11. Some of the group suggested she put her F stop down as low as it would go, F2 or thereabout, get her telephoto lens out as far as it would go, set the camera to Manual and pick her ISO, 100 or 200, suggested she use her flash, and focus up close and far away and see if any of these suggestions help. She is going to play around with this and let us know at the next meeting how she is doing.
Judd also talked about using the Dioptic adjustment knob on our cameras to clear up our vision. He showed us where to find it on our cameras and how to use it. I know from experience that this really works. When I did it on my camera what a difference it made in what I was viewing through that eyepiece! If you have any questions on this please feel free to talk to Judd or anyone else that was at the meeting tonight.
The meeting closed a little early tonight as the Steering Committee met after the meeting.
Well until next time; use those cameras and most of all - Have fun with it!
Marcia
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