Holden Art Walk

November 22: We participated in Holden's Art Ride event. Our members took over the Gale Free Public Library for the day and put on a variety of exhibits. People who did the Art Ride could opt to come into the Library during their visits with other Holden artists.

Casey Danek demonstratting Corel Painter X. Photo by Steve Morse.

We treated guests to an exploration of photographic devices from 100 years back to the present, we shared what one might find in a camera bag, talked about slide show software, Photoshop, or Painter X. Click here to see a slideshow of Steve Morses' photographs.

Genius Of Photography

Click image to see the video.

Our club President, Michelle Fontaine, recently sent around a note about a TV show on photography airing on the Ovation Channel. Some of us wondered what this might be and, as it turns out, Ovation Channel is one of the TV viewing choices that are offered on some satellite networks but not the Charter or Comcast networks that service much of our area. A little investigation about the program turned up that fact that it's a rebroadcast of the BBC show, Genius Of Photography. So, it's good news for satellite dish viewers but not cable viewers. Also, unfortunately, it isn't being shown on the Ovation TV website, itself, although they mention the program there.

Well, it turns out that You Tube does have this BBC gem in 10 minute segments. Click here to see the first one; you'll need to work through the Youtube system to find the other pieces. It shouldn't be too hard.

Coming Up Next Time

December

Competition

We'll be holding another one of our competitions. The usual format will include slides, digital images, large prints and small-format prints (formerly known as snapshots). You can read obout our competition rules in About Us. Please make sure you bring your images in early as this gives us more time for the judges to do their commentary. And, especially for the digital image folks, get your images in to Casey Danek a few days ahead of time. One of the tricky things for Casey to do is load up his laptop with images if they're all coming in at the last second.

Last Time

November

Don Roberts (right) discusses Photoshop with guests Trish Hegedus and her sone Miles while former club President, Tom Conroy, looks on. Click the image to see more photos by Steve Morse.

We practiced for Saturday's Art Ride in Holden. This is the event where folks go from one artist studio to another visiting with and seening the works of various artists. Our contribution to the effort is a series of sessions being held at the Holden Public Library. Our members, each donating an hour of time, will set up in the 2nd floor conference room and talk about various things related to photography. Don Roberts will cover Lightroom, Lou Swinand will handle flash techniques, and so on. We had all of the setups around the periphery of our meeting hall and members milled about asking questions. Here are some of the topics we'd planned for this: Fstop demo, Flash 101, Wacom tablet, Adobe Lightroom, NIK Color filters, Photoshop Elements, Lightroom alternatives, Pro Show Gold and Producer, Mounting Prints, Photoshop Basics, What's in you camera bag?, 100 years of cameras.

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