Mark Alison’s presentation will focus on the ways in which artists discover the various genres of photography and how they find the right fit based on purpose and happiness. There will be an open discussion segment with the presentation as well.

Mark is a portrait photographer from the Denver area. He has built his business from the ground up and achieved success in the industry. He teaches workshops and mentors growing photographers. “I enjoy expressing myself in different styles and skills. The joy I get from serving the client is where the real passion lies.”
www.markalisonphotography.com

James Hager is a freelance nature photographer who lives full-time in an
RV so that his office can be near great shooting locations throughout
western North America. His work has appeared in Nature’s Best
Photography Magazine and has been displayed in the Smithsonian. He leads photo safaris to Africa and recently returned from leading a two-week
safari to Tanzania followed by a month and a half on his own in South
Africa.

In his program, Autumn From Alaska To Zion, James will show us that
there is more to nature photography in the fall than the Maroon Bells
and yellow aspen in late September. Using landscape and wildlife images,
he will take us from Alaska in late August to Zion in early November and
provide information on where and when to capture great fall color. www.JamesHagerPhoto.com

When Mark S. Johnson thinks about sharing Impressionistic Photoshop techniques, he feels giddy. During the March 14 meeting, Mark will show how to create breathtaking kaleidoscopes from photographs, and he’ll explain why Filter Forge and Photoshop make a perfect pair for the creative photographer.

Mark S. Johnson is an Adobe Photoshop luminary, a photographer, an author, and one of the most passionate instructors you will ever encounter. Through the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, The Radiant Vista, and Boulder Digital Arts, Mark has lectured in front of and worked side-by-side with countless individuals, including Adobe’s Chief Executive Officers, Jane Goodall, the U.S. Ambassador to Finland, and Academy Award winning director, Louie Psihoyos. His tutorials appear regularly on the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and Planet Photoshop websites, and his imagery and articles have been featured in Photo Techniques, Nature’s Best, and After Capture magazines. Watch hundreds of Mark’s free and entertaining Photoshop tutorials at www.msjphotography.com

We have had a minor change of venue for our monthly meetings for February and March 2013. For these next two meetings, we will gather at Har Hashem’s north building, where we held our January 2013 meeting. If you enter Har Hashem from Baseline, the north building is immediately on your left, 3950 Baseline Rd. Anyone who goes to our regular location will be redirected to the correct location.

This month’s meeting of the Flatirons Photo Club will be held on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 7:00 PM. We will be meeting at 391 Pinon (the red brick building behind Har Hashem Synagogue which is at 3950 Baseline Road).

February’s topic will be “Using an iPhone Camera to Create Composite Images” by Karen Divine . See more at: https://flatironsphotoclub.org/category/blog/monthly-programs and at her web site, www.karendivinephotography.com.

This month’s Special Topic for the member competition is: Faces.

The iPhone is not only a powerful tool for documenting your life through single imagery, but also an excellent means of creating stunning composite images. Karen has been a photographer for 40 years, compositing in Photoshop for 13 years she now transfers this process using the iphone. She will begin with her Photoshop Composites and carry you up to today’s work with the Iphone.

Karen Divine was first introduced to photography in the early 1970’s and went on to study painting, drawing, and alternative photographic processes. While she finds that creating a beautiful single image is crucial to being a fine-art photographer, it is the multi-image that speaks to her heart. She has won numerous awards from international organizations, including the 2011 Discovery of the Year Nominee from International Photography Awards(NYC), the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, the Prix de la Photographie Gold Award, and a first place WPGA Pollux Award. Karen was one of four photographers selected for eyephoneography #3 (eyephoneography is a project of exhibits and activities around mobile photography touring Spain in 2013.) Her web site is www.karendivinephotography.com.

In this exciting presentation Dan Ballard will share his thoughts and techniques on creating inspired and powerful images from conception to print. Based around the idea of “shooting like painter” Dan will explain his process for finding and creating his images. Dan will showcase images from his travels around the world and the U.S. as examples.
Internationally known photographer Dan Ballard will be presenting on January 10th! Dan speaks around the word at trade shows, symposiums and workshops to rave reviews and just returned from a speaking event in Moscow. This high energy presentation will take you though Dan’s thought process and methods for finding and creating powerful photographs. BlackRapid and ThinkTank are officially sponsoring this event and Dan will be raffling off gear from each. Don’t miss it!

Introducing the Special Topics for 2013. Let the creativity continue!  Enjoy!

January- Weather

February-Faces

March-Windows

April-Water

May-Treescapes

June-Shadows

July-No Meeting

August-No Meeting

September-Member Show

October-Action

November-Wabi Sabi (defined as the beauty in things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional – we will provide some examples)

December- Year-end Competition

In this exciting presentation Dan Ballard will share his thoughts and  techniques on creating inspired and powerful images from conception to  print.  Based around the idea of “shooting like painter” Dan will  explain his process for finding and creating his images.  Dan will showcase images from his travels around the world and the U.S. as  examples.

The December meeting is the culminating competition for 2012 for the Flatirons Photo Club. We are grateful to the following past presenters for their time and willingness to judge this event: Michael Lightnen, David Bahr, Glenn Randall.  There will be no guest presentation due to the expected volume of member entries.  For specifics about entries, click Year-End-Competition on the club home page.  Members are asked to bring a treat/snack to share with the group.