Our August program is intended to give you some new creative tools and some unique ways of thinking about your images. One of the most popular imaging tools today is the NIK Filter Series. After you see this program you’ll be very tempted to get one of them for yourself, unless you already have their whole toolbox. Even if you already use them, our speaker Cliff Lawson will show you some new and unique tricks on how to get the most from your color or monochrome images. Cliff is an award winning professional sports and people photographer, and he’ll bring us an interesting perspective on today’s photography, not to mention his great sense of humor that you’ll enjoy. Mark your calendar for the 24th, and bring a friend with you.

Exhibition

This month’s exhibition is for “digital slides” (projected images) only. E-mail up to 3 of your best images for projection to:

fluhman3@comcast.net

by end of the day Sunday, August 22. We encourage you to send at least one of your images as a “before and after” pair to show us your technique. Pairs count as one entry. Please refer to the Image Projection page for more details. You can always navigate to this page with navigation menu Meetings | Image Projection.

Meeting Particulars

When: Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Time: 6:30PM to 9:00PM meeting time. Come a little earlier to meet some new friends and chat about your photography passion a little.

Place: Lone Tree Civic Center, Room-A downstairs; 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree, CO 80214.

There is a two level parking lot. If you park on the upper street level, come in the main entrance then go downstairs. If you park in the lower level you can come directly into the meeting room, the door to the left. The City asks us not to park on the street near the Civic Center in this residential area.

Visitors Are Always Welcome

P.S. Notes

1. Our programs and exhibitions are all about digital image capture, image enhancement and creativity, all types of output, and plain fun.  We are not just a digital study group of an old time camera club.
2. Our digital library of DVD’s and books covers all aspects of digital photography.  Be sure to check it out.  It’s free to members.
3. Check our members FORUM on our website for some very useful and interesting information to increase your enjoyment of photography.
4. If your photography interest is lagging a bit, start attending our club meetings every month and rejuvenate your passion.

1. Date: Saturday, August 7th, 11.00am
2. Bring along your laptop, with Photoshop or Lightroom installed.
3. Bring along your images, either on hard-drive, CD/DVD or CF cards.
4. We will ingest the images into Lightroom or Photoshop or both.
5. We will process the image in either of these tools.
6. Expect to spend about some 2-4 hours here. Maybe longer?

I will provide some liquid refreshment and light nourishment. Due to limited space, I will only be able to host a maximum of 4 people.

We could do a photo shoot close by (not more than 2-3 miles from here). However, we did not do this on the previous two occasions. Yeah, I know the light is bad and the weather is hot. Shooting in open shade is always an option. So, if you are interested, then bring your gear if you would be interested. Our home is in downtown Englewood.

If you are interested, please respond by replying to this post on the club’s web site — I will be notified accordingly.  Click the Leave a Comment or Add Comments link for this this post. I can then contact you by email or phone.

Match Grun

Visitors Are Always Welcome

Main Program

Craig Lewis is giving a presentation on Adobe Lightroom 3. This is a significant new product for all photographers. This is a presentation not to be missed!

Exhibition

July will be “Print Exhibition” month. Please refer to the Print Exhibition page for more details. You can always navigate to this page with navigation menu Meetings | Print Projection.

Russ Burden has upcoming classes at the Digital Photo Academy.

July 2010

• Beginner: Sun. 11th   8:00 – 11:00  Learn the ins and outs of a point and shoot
• Comp and Tech: Sun. 11th   12:00 – 2:00  All levels of photographers
• Intermediate: Sun. 11th   3:00 – 7:00    Learn the ins and outs of a digital SLR
• Advanced: Sat.  10th   9:00 – 6:00    Macro in the field – SOLD OUT
• Digital Manip: Sat.  17th   8:00 – 4:00    The Nik Suite: Viveza / Color Efex Pro / Silver Efex / Dfine
• Comp in the Field: Sun. 18th   7:00 – 10:00  Sunset to Dark in downtown Denver – a not to be missed class

August 2010

• Beginner: Sun. 1st   8:00 – 11:00    Learn the ins and outs of a point and shoot
• Comp and Tech: Sun. 1st  12:00 – 2:00    All levels of photographers
• Intermediate: Sun. 1st   3:00 – 7:00     Learn the ins and outs of a digital SLR
• Advanced: Sat.  7th    8:00 – 5:00     3 hours in the field / Photoshop / composition and technique instruction
• Digital Manip: Sat.  21st  8:00 – 4:00     From red eye removal to layers
• Comp in the Field: Sat.  28th  6:00 – 9:00     Mount Evans for sunrise – flora and fauna.

Photo Tours

Russ also has photo tours later this year. Refer to his website at http://www.russburdenphotography.com for more information.

Sept 23 – Oct 3, 2010   Tetons and Yellowstone Natl. Parks in Fall – 10 days (only 1 opening remains)

Oct. 19 – 24, 2010 Hunts Mesa – Aerial perspective of Monument Valley. Tour includes TWO days in Capital Reef NP.

Nov. 2 – 8, 2010 Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks

Dec. 4 -10, 2010 Bosque Del Apache / White Sands Natl. Mon.

Russ presented a sample of some photo tips, with a live demonstration. The full range of tips may be found at Take Better Photos.com.

Information about Russ may be found on the Speakers Forum page.

This is a great event to get out and make images during the summer. You will get to meet a lot of new people. You may be able to help other participants. And you may learn something new too!

Follow this link to find more information on Photowalk locations in Denver. You may also join one of the photowalks at this site. As of writing this post, there are three events in the Denver area:

• Denver, CO United States (Downtown)
• Denver, CO United States (Lower Downtown Denver)
• Idaho Springs, CO United States

For the more adventurous, you can register as a photowalk leader.

Prizes are also awarded for this event. Here are last year’s winning images. You may view the images that were submitted in the 2009 Downtown Denver Worldwide Photowalk that were posted to the Flickr website.

Visitors Are Always Welcome

Main Program

Russ Burden is presenting the June program.  He is covering the following topics:

• Lighting Effects
• Nik Bleach software and how to shorten the sky.

Russ has suggested to let members know that they may bring a TIFF image or two for processing. He will load these onto his computer. Russ will happily give advice on how he would process the image.

Exhibition

June will be “Projected Exhibition” month. Please mail images to our projectionist, Fred Luhman, at:

fluhman3@comcast.net

Please note that digital projection exhibition files must be submitted no later than Sunday, 20 June, 2010.

Please refer to the Image Projection page for more details. You can always navigate to this page with navigation menu Meetings | Image Projection.

From an e-mail I received, the following may be of  interest if you wish to pay for a photo shoot with models.  Details below.

Bob Grossart

Rick Giase Photography
RickGiase.com
720-951-1143
rgiase@earthlink.net

Visit Rick on Facebook and Linkedin
View the latest in Rick’s photo musings blog at http://www.rickgiase.com/blog.html
Mile High Model Shootout
Shoot 15 models for the price of one

*Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and fashion photographer Rick
Giase (RickGiase.com) will be onsite and available for consultation.

*When: June 12th,  2010. From 11am-5pm
*Where: Transmission Studio Denver, CO (Quebec & I-70)

*Open to 30 photographers
*This is a first-come, first-serve event as class size is limited
*Photographer cost: $100 preregistered,  $125 day of, $40 upfront will 
reserve your spot
*This is a non-refundable deposit paid through Paypal using email: rgiase@earthlink.com
*Balance due at the door the day of the shoot
*Models' charge photographers no more then $20 for promotional releases
*You can book models for one on ones at their cost (arrange with them)
*Professional hair and makeup artists will be available set on a very 
reasonable price
*This is a rare opportunity for photographers to completely fill their 
fashion portfolio for what it would cost to hire one model for an hour.
*Models-update your book with brand new photos

Visitors Are Always Welcome

Main Program

Joe Bonita will be giving a presentation “Fixing Things”.

Image Review

May will be “Print Exhibition” month. Please refer to the Print Exhibition page for more details. You can always navigate to this page with navigation menu Meetings | Print Exhibition.