January’s meeting had everyone seeing RED. The topic for the monthly challenge that is. Thank you again Barry for your entertaining selection of music to accompany the slide show.
February’s challenge theme: Winter. Our winter weather has been unpredictable to say the least, so let’s see what other ways you can capture “winter.” Please submit your images to Barry at bwwhdr@gmail.com
This month’s Focus Ring, presented by John Jacoberger, was on monitor calibration. The club has purchased Color Monki calibration software that it will allow members to use for free. For more on how this will work, watch for a Flickr post from John.
Dave Stakun promised a different realm of photography for future POTM presentations, but he felt he could not end the tribute to those photographers who explore the weird and unusual without including Diane Arbus. Diane Arbus became best known for her photographs of “deviant and marginal people.” Thank you, Dave! You were right. This topic would not have been complete without her.
Our feature presentation was An Image Three Ways (well, actually four). Henry graciously supplied one of his images for Steve Monastra, Chris John, and Sharon Mason-Parker to demonstrate that one image can be interpreted many different ways. Henry opened the demonstration with his vision for the finished photo. Steve showed what could be accomplished in Photoshop, Sharon shared with us what can be done using Nik plug-ins, and Chris John demonstrated the Topaz plug-in from his vast library of plug-ins. The final result, a beautiful image done 3, better make that 4 ways. Thank you all!
Barring any weather issues, we will be back on our regular meeting schedule for the February meeting; Monday, February 6th. The Focus Ring will be presented by Tim Ryan with an intro to Photoshop basics. It will start at 6:15pm. In addition to our monthly challenge and the POTM, we are pleased to have Salvator Vasapolli as our guest speaker.
Hope to see you next month,
The Steering Committee