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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Jul
2
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

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We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as a hybrid meeting. We will be meeting at 7:00 pm in person in Room 2A at the Monroe County Public Library. The meeting is open to all members and non-members. If you can’t join us in person, you can participate via Zoom. All paid members will automatically receive a Zoom invitation. If you are not a paid member, you may request a link from Juliet Frey (jstarkfrey@comcast.net).

Program: TBA

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Aug
1
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

Program: Three BPC members, Teddy Alfrey, Lisa Walker, and Tom Zoss will share their portfolios.

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as a hybrid meeting. We will be meeting at 7:00 pm in person in Room 2A at the Monroe County Public Library. The meeting is open to all members and non-members. If you can’t join us in person, you can participate via Zoom. All paid members will automatically receive a Zoom invitation. If you are not a paid member, you may request a link from Juliet Frey (jstarkfrey@comcast.net).

Here is a link to the video of the meeting: https://youtu.be/rn4rQXMJt8Q


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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Aug
2
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as a hybrid meeting. We will be meeting at 7:00 pm in person at the First Presbyterian Church's Lyman Hall and also by Zoom for those who prefer to attend from home. This meeting is open to all members and non-members.

Program: Three BPC members, Eddie Relick, Kathryn Rossman, and Don Waters, will share their portfolios. Here is a video of their presentations. https://youtu.be/7Me2GTHP9Z8


Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Jul
5
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as a hybrid meeting. We will be meeting at 7:00 pm in person at the First Presbyterian Church's Lyman Hall and also by Zoom for those who prefer to attend from home. This meeting is open to all members and non-members.

Guest Speaker: Rodney Margison

About

Rodney Margison is managing editor and photo editor for Bloom Magazine. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Rodney has produced photography for The Associated Press, the Times-Tribune in Corbin, Kentucky, the Brown County Democrat, and the online news magazine This Is Brown County, which he co-founded.

Rodney studied photojournalism at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and commercial and fine art photography at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He has won numerous awards from press associations nationally and in Indiana and Kentucky, including more than two dozen first-place honors for writing, photography, design, and community service.

He lives in Bloomington with his wife, Linda, and their two kittens and two grandpuppies. They have two adult sons. Rodney enjoys running, kayaking, cooking, traveling, and taking in all the wonderful things about Bloomington.

https://www.rodneymargisonphotography.com/


Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
May
3
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

Guest Speaker: Shanti Knight

About

I am a full-time professional photographer with additional experience in production, styling, writing, and reporting. In 2011, I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Indiana University and completed my second concentration in Fine Arts at Shasen, Japan Institute of Photography and Film in Osaka. After spending time as an intern at Glamour Magazine (Condé Nast) in New York City, I spent several years working nationally in various creative pursuits across the United States, primarily New York City and Chicago. I've also worked on projects in Palm Beach, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Austin, Texas, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Woodstock, Vermont, among many others. In June 2019, I happily accepted the position of photographer at Eskenazi Museum of Art in Bloomington, Indiana.


Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Apr
5
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

Guest Speaker: Jeffrey A. Wolin

”Faces of the Homeless”

Here are links to Jeff Wolin's presentation.
https://youtu.be/vg0SbBhPW5E
https://vimeo.com/696343557


Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Jan
4
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

Guest Speaker: Christopher Dilts

Based out of Chicago IL, Chris Dilts is a documentary photographer and freelance photojournalist. His work focuses on political and social movements and how our politics reshape communities and social landscapes.

In 2012, he served as Senior Photographer for Obama for America, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, and then as the official photographer for the 2013 inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

His work has been featured by NBC, Bloomberg Business Week, USA Today, Time Magazine, MSNBC, The Washington Post, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Getty Images, Mother Jones Magazine, Oakley Australia, MoveOn.org among others.


Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Dec
1
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

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End of Year Focus Group Presentation!

This spectacular event will show the best of the best photographic images from each of our focus groups. Curl up in your favorite chair and prepare to be amazed!


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Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Nov
3
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

Tech Tip by Chuck Beckett: How to Back Up Photo Files Locally and On-Line.
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Guest Speaker: Kate Houlne

Guest Presentation by Kate Houlne: Joy: Using Photography to Reunite Ourselves with Nature

Katherine Houlne was born sometime during the sixties in the suburbs of Chicago Illinois. She received her BFA from Northern Illinois University in 2016 and her MFA from Indiana University in 2019. She is currently teaching photography at IU. Her concerns involve negating the nature/human separation inherent in modern thinking. Houlne’s interests lie in the human changes to the environment, exploring the relationships that people have with the land and its other inhabitants – exploring the systems of a whole. Houlne is currently experimenting with analog film processes that rely on the element of chance, allowing things to happen naturally and fall where they may on the photographic surface.
You can view her projects at http://katherinehoulne.com/


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Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Oct
6
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

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Night Sky Processing, Compositing, and More
by Zolt Levay

Tech Tip by Zolt Levay: Night Sky Processing, Compositing, and More


Program: BPC Members, Mary Alston, Kriste Lindberg, and Martin Weinberg will share their portfolios.


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Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Sep
1
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

Tech Tip: Pet Photography by Juliet Frey

Program: Lauren Richman, Assistant Curator of Photography, Eskenazi Museum of Art
“Light as Subject: Henry Holmes Smith’s: Photographic Variations”

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Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Aug
4
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

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The Usefulness of Neutral Density Filters by Bob Wrenn

Tech Tip by Bob Wrenn The Use of Neutral Density Filters. Get Bob’s Powerpoint presentation slides here and the pdf file here.

PhotoShare: Email photo files to Juliet Frey (jstarkfrey@comcast.net) before Tuesday noon.
Guidelines for Photoshares:
Topic: Three Topics: Happiness, Dream World, and Chaos. Create at least one picture that represents each of these topics.
Limit: Up to 6 images
Size: 1400 pixels on the long side
PPI: Doesn’t matter
Type: jpeg or tiff.


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Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Jul
7
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.
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Tech Tip by Raouf Bishay: Making Kaleidoscope photos using Photoshop. You may view a video of this presentation here.
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Concert Photography
with Lora Olive

Lora Olive is a visual journalist specializing in concert, lifestyle, dance, and entertainment photography. She graduated from Indiana University with a BFA in Photojournalism. She became interested in concert photography in her teens covering her favorite bands. She honed her concert skills photographing the free stage at the Indiana State Fair, local bars, and other free events around the city.
Today Lora covers some of the largest music acts in the country such as Taylor Swift, PINK, The Eagles, and Janet Jackson. She’s a photo contributor to the IndyStar, Nuvo News Weekly, RTV6, and ZUMA Press. She has covered music festivals for Spotify, Warped Tour, Farm Aid, and Next Radio for Emmis Communications. She’s a recipient of an Indiana Arts Commission grant for her work in music and dance photography. You can view her work on her music blog at www.livepixlive.com.


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Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Jun
2
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

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Tech Tip with Emily Sterneman:

Hi Speed Sync vs. Hi-Sync

PhotoShare: Email photo files to Bob Wrenn (bobwrenn812@gmail.com) before Tuesday noon.
Guidelines for Photoshares:
Topic: Panning; Any Surprise Element Found in Your Photo.
Limit: Up to 6 images
Size: 1400 pixels on the long side
PPI: Doesn’t matter
Type: jpeg or tiff.


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Brew Crew Night

Immediately after the regular meeting. This will be virtual too--just hang around on Zoom after the meeting is over for a chat with your BPC friends. BYOB!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
May
5
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

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Tech Tip by Kip May: The Power of One Off Camera Flash

PhotoShare: Email photo files to Juliet Frey before Tuesday noon.
Guidelines for Photoshares:
Topic:Animals: One Color
Limit: Up to 8 images
Size: 1400 pixels on the longest side
Type: jpeg or tiff.

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Cameras and Beer

For those wish to chat after the meeting, we will to have an informal social discussion using Zoom. So don’t turn off your computer. Just grab your favorite beer or wine and stay a little bit longer.

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Apr
7
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

We Are Still Having Our Monthly Meeting!

We are planning to conduct our April Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid BPC members are invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm. You will need to install Zoom software on your computer prior to the meeting. Your computer must be equipped with a camera and a microphone to fully participate. Your cell phone may be substituted for a microphone. Here is more information about Zoom Meetings. Instructions for logging in to the meeting will be sent to you by email.

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Tech Tip by Walt Sterneman: Long Exposures and Waterfalls
Here are the slides of Walt’s presentation.

PhotoShare: Email photo files to Walt before Tuesday noon.
Guidelines for Photoshares:
Topic: Black and white; Self Portrait
Limit: Up to 10 images
Type: jpeg or tiff.

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Mar
3
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

Tech Tip by Juliet Frey: Understanding Depth of Field.
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Visualizing Hubble’s Colorful Universe with Zolt Levay

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been exploring the cosmos for nearly 30 years. In that time it has revolutionized astronomy with numerous groundbreaking discoveries. But Hubble has also enabled us to re-imagine our perception of the universe through a wealth of spectacular, dramatic views of space in unprecedented detail; the clearest views of the deep universe that humans have ever seen. Many of these images have become familiar throughout the world, distributed through print, television, and online. Why is Hubble so powerful? How do the images come to be? Are the colors real? What do the colors mean? What makes Hubble images so compelling? I will describe some of the most powerful images in Hubble's gallery and show how science data can be translated into colorful pictures. These images may not be so different from photographs of dramatic earth-bound landscapes and show us that nature extends to the most distant reaches of the universe.
Zolt Levay has been pursuing astronomy and photography most of his life. As far back as high school he was observing the sky and taking photographs through a home-built telescope and processing photographs in a home darkroom. Zolt earned university degrees in astronomy and worked with several space science missions at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. For over 35 years he was professionally involved with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope mission at the Space Telescope Science Institute. For most of that time he was responsible for translating science data into images and graphics that illustrate Hubble’s discoveries for the public, balancing science content with aesthetics. He produced some of the most remarkable, profound, and widely distributed Hubble images and has described this work in public talks, magazine articles, books and documentaries. Zolt has also pursued a wide range of photographic interests, exhibited in galleries and won awards in photography competitions. Current, ongoing personal photography projects include seeking out dark, clear skies to explore the relationships between landscapes, the night sky, and the cosmos.


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Cameras and Beer

We will get together after the meeting for some social time at the Atlas Ballroom, 209 South College Avenue. All are welcome!

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BPC Monthly Club Meeting
Feb
4
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

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Changing Color Photos to Black and White by Zolt Levay

Tech Tip by Zolt Levay: Changing Color Photos to Black and White.
PhotoShare:
Into the Wild; Sample Gates (You can bring picture(s) of the gates shot at any time, date, and in any weather.)

Guidelines for Photoshares:

Limit: Up to 10 images
Type: jpeg or tiff
Folder Name: !BPC + month + Your Name. The exclamation point will allow the folder to be top level and will be easier to find.
File Names: If you wish to establish an order in which to show your photos, then rename them with a two digit number at the beginning.


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Cameras and Beer

We will get together after the meeting for some social time at Upland Brewery, 350 West 11th Street. All are welcome!

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Nov
5
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

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Tech Tip: Kate Melvin will demonstrate retouching eyes using Photoshop.

Photoshare: Selective Color; White on White; Elements (Earth, Wind, Water, Fire).

Guidelines for Photoshares:

Limit: Up to 8 images

Type: Jpeg or tiff

Photo Size: The DPI (dots per inch) and PPI (pixels per inch), which is the print resolution, can be ignored.

Folder Name: !BPC + month + Person's Name. The exclamation point will allow the folder to be top level and will be easier to find.

File Names: If you wish to establish an order in which to show your photos, then rename them with a two digit number at the beginning.

 
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Oct
1
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

Paula Stapley will share her photography secrets.

Photoshare: Open Photo share; Different views; Photos of the same thing

Guidelines for Photoshares:

Limit: Up to 8 images

Type: Jpeg or tiff

Photo Size: The DPI (dots per inch) and PPI (pixels per inch), which is the print resolution, can be ignored.

Folder Name: !BPC + month + Person's Name. The exclamation point will allow the folder to be top level and will be easier to find.

File Names: If you wish to establish an order in which to show your photos, then rename them with a two digit number at the beginning.

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Sep
3
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

Tech Tip: Kip May will present “Power of a Reflector”.

Program: Presentation by Matt Willliams, the director of Conservation Programs at The Nature Conservancy in Indianapolis. His research and photographic specialty relates to the preservation of endangered bird species. In 2018 the Indiana University Press published his book, Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest. His two other IU Press books are The Complete Guide to Indiana State Parks (2018, with Nathan Strange), and Indiana State Parks: A Centennial Celebration (2015).

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Aug
6
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

Tech Tip: Walt Sterneman will present “Camera Exposure Basics”.

Photoshare: Silhouette; Self Portrait; Found; Alphabet; One Shape.

Guidelines for photoshares: Up to eight (8) images per person. Please use these dimensions for your images:

For landscape orientation: 1400 pixels width.
For portrait orientation: 1050 pixels height.
The ppi doesn’t matter.
If you want the images shown in a particular order, rename so as to add numbers at the start of the file name, e.g., 01-IMG_567, 02-IMG_428.
Please put your images in a separate folder using this format: !BPCAug-YourName. The exclamation point serves to put the folder at the top of any other folders you may have on your flash drive, making the loading process much easier for the person doing that task.

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Jul
2
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

Tech Tip: Tom Zoss will discuss “Photography Exhibit Jury Feedback”.

Program: Jonathon Wilson, landscape photographer, will present “Photo Adventures in India”. Professor Wilson has served as dean of the School of Fine Arts and Design at Ivy Tech Columbus. He now represents the National Association of Schools of Art and Design as a site visitor at colleges and universities around the country. To see his work, go to https://jonathan-wilson-photography.com

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Apr
2
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

Tech Tip: Kevin MacDowell from the Monroe County Public Library will review the technology that is available to photographers.

Photoshare: High/Low; or Aerial Perspective; or Linear Perspective; or Things That Fly

Guidelines for photoshares: Up to eight (8) images per person. Please use these dimensions for your images:

For landscape orientation: 1400 pixels width.
For portrait orientation: 1050 pixels height.
The ppi doesn’t matter.
If you want the images shown in a particular order, rename so as to add numbers at the start of the file name, e.g., 01-IMG_567, 02-IMG_428.
Please put your images in a separate folder using this format: !BPCApril-YourName. The exclamation point serves to put the folder at the top of any other folders you may have on your flash drive, making the loading process much easier for the person doing that task.

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Feb
5
7:00 PM19:00

BPC Monthly Club Meeting

Tech Tip: Bob Wrenn will present strategies for converting color images to black and white. 

Speaker: Benedict Jones, “Shooting on Scene--and Behind the Scenes" Mr. Jones will talk about his experiences photographing at occasions such as the music festival South by Southwest, among other arts-related events. His work is shaped by unique perspectives, as well as the many connections that give him an "in" behind the scenes. 

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