The FPC sponsored digital study group meets Wed. 2/2/2011 in the cafeteria of the Mapleton Center.
February 10, 2011 Program – From Photo to Graphic Art, Lesa Snider
February 10, 2011 Program: From Photo to Graphic Art, by Lesa Snider. In this presentation you’ll learn how to create beautiful partial color effects, darkened edge vignettes, and more using Photoshop. You’ll also learn how to push a photo through literally anything (including text), as well as how to use CS5’s new Refine Edge enhancements to create interesting photo edges. Lesa presented a more detailed version of this at Photoshop World and will describe her techniques with examples of her work. Lesa is the author of Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual. She is the creator of several videos on the use of Photoshop, and offers seminars sponsored in part by Mike’s Camera which will be presented in Denver and Boulder in late January and February 2011. Here is a link – Lesa is giving the first 4 seminars on this list http://www.mikescamera.com/classesseminarsandworkshops.html
Butterfly Pavilion Photo Ops
Check out the following link to find out about photography and educational opportunities at the Butterfly Pavilion.
http://www.butterflies.org/education/adult-senior-groups.php
Photography sessions with tripods allowed start one hour before opening to the general public. The complete schedule is found here:
http://www.butterflies.org/education/photo-opportunities.php
January Digital Study Group
The next digital study group meets 1/5/2011 in the cafeteria at Mapleton Center at 7 PM.
January 2011 Meeting and Special Topic
The January meeting is Thursday Jan. 13, 2011 at the Mapleton Center, starting at 7:00 PM.
The special topic is:” Taken with my mobile phone”
January 13, 2011 Program – iPhone Art by Russ Croop
Russ Croop will present images made with the iPhone – photographic, creatively enhanced, and fully created on the iPhone using special software (iPhone Apps) and describe how they were made. Russ is a well known photographic and iPhone artist. He is a retired high school english and photography teacher. He has been a member of Flatirons Photo Club and was one of the year end competition judges in 2009. To view some of his images and get an idea of the types of images that can be made using the iPhone visit his web gallery at: http://web.mac.com/rcroop/http%3A/Welcome_to_Russ_Croop_Photography.html. Once there you can click on iPhone Photos, Photo Art, and iPhone Paintings (or any of his other galleries).
Year End Competition Results
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- Print B&W First Place, Gail Dohrmann, “Abandoned House”
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- Digital Open Honorable Mention, Peter Bandurian, “Watchman at Sunrise”
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- Digital Open Third Place, Bruce Henderson, “Untitled”
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- Print B&W Second Place, Peter Bandurian, “Sunset on the Dunes”
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- Print Open First Place, Donna Colville, “Morning at Book End Cafe”
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- Digital Open First Place, Thomas Walsh, “Winery Cleaning”
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- Digital Open Honorable Mention, Jim Downs, “Laundry Dayin Dhaka”
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- Digital Open Honorable Mention, Margie Robinson, “Dragonfly”
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- Digital Open Honorable Mention, Margie Robinson, “Woman Sho Hu China”
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- Digital Open Second Place, Daniel Joder, “Faith and 83 Years”
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- Digital Special Effects Second Place, Bruce Henderson, “Untitled”
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- Digital Open Honorable Mention, Brian Hooker, “Ants”
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- Print Special Effects Honorable Mention, Murth Murthy, “Emergence”
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- Print Open Third Place, Jim Downs, “Korean Lanterns”
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- Print Special Effects First Place, Russ Dohrmann, “Seen Better Times”
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- Print Special Effects Second Place, Gail Dohrmann, “Chief Pontiac”
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- Digital Special Effects First Place, Cary Wolfson, “Zoom Racers”
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- Digital Open Honorable Mention, Bruce Henderson, “Untitled”
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- Print B&W Third Place, Murth Murthy, “Lily”
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- Print Open Second Place, Donna Colville, “Abandon”
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- Digital Special Effects Third Place, Tim Lacey, “Painted Marmosette”
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- Print Special Effects Third Place, Russ Dohrmann, “Mystical Path”
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- Digital Open Honorable Mention, Peter Bandurian, “Streamboat Rock Sunset”
December Meeting
The December meeting is Thursday, Dec 9 at 7 pm.