General topics of interest
- Settings - know you camera. Shutter speed, aperture, ISO
- Managing photos. Storing, organising, finding, archiving. USB hard drives. Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa
- Editing images. Software packages used. Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa, Photoshop
- Critiquing images. Sharing work within the group and looking for suggestions on how to improve. ie in the original composition or with software afterwards
- Night shots. A lot of people were really interested. How to improve. How to take great night shots.
- High Dynamic Range (DHR)
- Converting slides to digital. LOT of interest. Time taken, quality of results, techniques, equipment required.
- Theme nights. Set a topic at one meeting and everyone bring along one/some images the next week
- RAW files
- Photoshoots. Eg every couple of months. 1st trip to be Gooram falls. Weekend preferred
Need to think about how we communicate and share photos. Eg web page, Facebook, email, Flickr. A notable portion of people do not have Facebook. Would like to have a webpage for promoting the group. Would like to be able to share photos within the group whilst minimising the administration. Flickr came up as a suggestion.
Organisational structure: casual! No charters, incorporation, insurance etc
Suggestions for promoting the group:
- Put an article in the Euroa Gazette
- Spruik the group on local radio eg Matt Dowling on ABC Local Radio
5 March
· Settings - Speed . Mike to lead discussion. Bring cameras. Mike to identify some exercises on the night. Set some exercises to do before the next meeting
· Critiquing. People to bring 2 images on a USB stick to show on the projector for group discussion.
· Choose an assignment/theme for the following session. Possibly night shots?
· Identify a date/time for photoshoot at Gooram. Eg Sunday March 16 at 5pm? (Sunset around 7.38pm)
2 April
· Settings - Aperture . Peter to lead discussion (to be confirmed!)
· Review theme photos. People to bring 2 images on a USB stick to show on the projector for group discussion.
7 May
· Storage. Janet to lead discussion on managing and storing images. What people do, challenges they face and things that have helped
· Critiquing
· Choose an assignment/theme for the following session.
4 June
· Slides – how to digitise . Peter to lead discussion
· Review theme photos. People to bring 2 images on a USB stick to show on the projector for group discussion.
Top 5 Shortcuts for Better Photos: http://digital-photography-school.com/top-5-shortcuts-for-better-photos