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.”

The March meeting of the Flatirons Photo Club will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7PM. Our meeting location this month will be at 3901 Pinon. This is a red brick building BEHIND the Har Hashem Synagogue. To get there drive east on Baseline Road. One half a mile past 30th Street you make a right turn onto Meadowbrook which is just past the synagogue.  Go south on Meadowbrook a short distance ( maybe 1/8th of a mile) and you will bump into Pinon.  Make a right onto Pinon and again drive a short distance and you will come to a large parking area on the right with a mailbox that says 3901 Pinon. The two story red brick building is there. Find a place to park and enter the building through a pair of double glass doors on the right side facing the parking lot. Our meeting room is immediately inside the doors. I will put a sign on the door so people will know they are in the right place.

Join Mark Johnson in the spirit of his internationally-acclaimed book, Botanical Dreaming, for an inspiring lecture on a variety of creative techniques for crafting expressive flower portraits—including montaging with textures, adding creative borders, and creating luminous soft-glow montages.

Bio:

Mark S. Johnson is an Adobe Photoshop luminary, a photographer, an author, and one of the most passionate instructors you will ever encounter.  It is this passion that inspired him to write, photograph, and design the internationally-recognized book, Botanical Dreaming.  Mark’s immensely popular eBook, the Photographer’s Photoshop Companion, has helped thousands of photographers from around the globe understand and enjoy Photoshop.  His signature video tutorial series, The Photoshop Workbench, was viewed by half a million unique visitors last year.  Mark’s latest eBook, Illuminating HDR, is one of the most comprehensive HDR resources on the planet, and his sensational Photoshop Impressionism Video Tutorial Series is the first of its kind anywhere.  

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, the U.S. Ambassador to Finland, and 2010 Academy Award winning director, Louie Psihoyos.  His tutorials appear regularly on the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) web site, 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.

The February meeting of the Flatirons Photo Club will be held this month on Thursday, February 9, at the Main Library on Arapahoe Avenue (just west of Broadway) in the Boulder Creek Room. Park in the main library parking lot – free. Enter the library at the main entrance, go up the stairs and up the ramp to the right and you will be facing the room. WE WILL BE STARTING AT 6:45 PM BECA– USE WE NEED TO BE OUT OF THE BUILDING BY 8:45 PM.

Creation of a digital slide show set to music is the focus of the February 9 talk by Richard Holmes.  Everyone should be able to do this with the equipment they already have.  Richard will explain general procedures and techniques that should apply to any slideshow software program, whether on Mac or PC.  Richard also feels music is just as important as the photos in a successful slideshow presentation, and will also illustrate that.

 Richard’s bio reads as follows:

 I have been in Boulder for thirty years and a photo club member for most of that time.  Nearly everyone starts out with scenic photography and so did I.  After seeing so many beautiful wildlife photos in the early years, especially birds, I became hooked on wildlife, and traveled extensively to photograph birds.  Forty thousand slides later I converted to digital and kept doing it.  Interests evolve however, and recently dragonflies, butterflies, and other small critters have been my main attraction, causing me to buy still another lens.

 Flatirons Photo Club and Colorado Nature Camera Club, I must say, made all this possible.  Over the years I have met and learned so much from so many talented photographers in both clubs.  And I am still learning.