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2/1/08 Room 404
1. Contest Results
2. Discuss Getting Good Results Printing With Inkjet Printers
3. Watch the rest of the DVD

11/30/07 Room 404
1. Contest Results
2. Discuss the basics of portrait photography.

11/08/07 Room 404 Review the Quick Edit. Explore sharpening and getting photos ready to print. Discuss printing photos on inkjet printers.

Check out the new Epson R380 printer that the photography club bought!

9/28/07 Photoshop Workshop in the Computer Lab 005 during lunch- bring any digital files you want to work on.
The Quick Edit

Sample Photo 1 or try Sample Photo 2

9/21/07 First Project - Explore Composition
A) Review the following website http://www.scphoto.com/html/composition.html
B) Now print out this web page http://www.wildthingsphoto.com/tips/tip0206.htm You may want to click and explore each composition guideline further and take some notes on your printout.
C) Using images from magazines or your own images, try to find an image that displays each of the composition guidelines in the chart you printed out. Label and organize them in your binder behind the chart. Bring your images and any extra magazines to next week's meeting.
D) Be prepared to share any interesting insights you gained about composition.

Other links regarding composition:
Introduction To Photography Composition: Examples
KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition.html
Beginner's_Guide_To_Nature_Photography.html
Wildlife compositions
Detailed Landscape composition Rules (for painting but they also apply to photography)
Lots more useful links can be found HERE

9/14/07 Discuss upcoming contests. Solicit member feedback regarding topics to cover this year.

9/7/07 Informational Meeting for Members and Potential New Members

Future Topics to be covered this year.

5/4/07 Multi Layer Composite Workshop in the Library during lunch.
Most of you really enjoyed copying and multiplying elements with the rubber stamp tool. Now we are going to do something even more fun. We are going to create a composite by combining elements from multiple images.

4/27/07 Meeting in Room 404
Discuss Ethics of Digital Imaging.

4/24-26/07 Room 404 at lunch, P6, P7 and after school - Matt photos for PGLG Contest submission.

4/6/07 Meeting in Room 404
1. Discuss action photography
2. Video - Photographing wildlife.

3/30/07 Meeting in Room 404
1. Review Black and White contest results.
2. Discuss April photo contest.

2/16/07 Panorama Workshop in the Library during lunch.

1/19/07 Photoshop Workshop in the Library during lunch- bring any digital files you want to work on.
Black and White Conversion

1/12/07 Meeting in room 404
1. Turn in contest photos.
2. Discuss the basics of portrait photography.

10/20/06 Meeting in room 404
1. Club Contest Results.
2. Continue to investigate reciprocity and equivalent exposures.

9/28/06 Meeting in room 404 - Bring any new composition projects.
1. Share out any completed composition projects or insights.
2. Review how to use the crop tool in photoshop to modify composition as well as techniques learned in last Tuesday's Photoshop workshop.
3. Survey members to determine what types of cameras they use and have access to.
4. Discuss the upcomming PTSA Reflections Competition. This year's theme is "My Favorite Place." Submissions are due by _____. Please remeber that I am a judge, therefore you cannot show me potential submissions or ask for direct assistance regarding potential submissions.Click here to find out more about the PTSA Reflections competition.
In particular consult the photography rules and submission guidelines on page 3.
Please note - according to the rules, "an entry ... will be judged primarily on how well the student uses his or her artistic vision to portray the theme. A welldeveloped
concept is more important than technique." Given this it is very important that you use every opportunity available to you to convey your vision to the judges. In particular you should include a title of your work on the entry form as well as describe what inspired you to creat this work in the Optional Artist Statement.
5. Discuss printing photos on inkjet printers.

9/22/06 Meeting in room 404 - Bring your composition projects.
Review Composition
Present your composition projects and findings.
Introduction to composition in photoshop, the crop tool.

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Misc. Informative Links
http://www.camerahobby.com/EBook-TOC.htm