Programs

Our first program in 2010 will be presented by Luis Pita. He will talk about the Google program, Picasa. Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums, organized by date with folder names you will recognize.

The second part of the program will be presented by Al McLeod & Darryl Neill. They will talk about a Nikon program, Capture NX. Capture NX software releases not only the power of Nikon's Electronic Format (NEF) files, but for the first time, it makes JPEG and TIFF processing and editing elegant and easy enough for any photographer to use.

*Due to a schedule conflict with our meeting space, we had to reschedule this program from the typical 4th Thursday of the month to Thursday, January 21, 2010.

Want to hear the good (and maybe not so good) news about your pictures (outside of a regular competition)? Or, want a chance to voice your comments on others' work? Then our program on February 25 is for you. It is members' critique night. You may submit up to two entries in digital format to Janerio Morgan at aps.critique@gmail.com. Please prepare the entries as you would for any digital competition, following the instructions on the website. There won't be any entry fees or ribbons, just a friendly learning experience and perhaps a chance to go back and tweak that photograph before you enter it in competition.

Deadline is February 22. We have done this before and everyone seems to really enjoy it, so get those pictures ready and send them in!

We have a guest program for March and are calling for a member program.

Darren Schiff from My Photo Pipe will make a 30 minute presentation, show samples and hand out introductory coupons at our regular program meeting, Thursday, March 25 at 7:30 PM. My Photo Pipe makes prints up to wall size from digital files using Fuji Crystal Archive and Kodak Endura photographic papers and other products. These are the latest and greatest color printing papers from Fuji and Kodak, and offer tremendous archival life along with the beauty to be expected from individually crafted traditional photo papers. The Pipe is a commercial and professional lab with advanced capabilities and unbeatable emphasis on quality. This might be an advantageous source for your display or competition prints, certainly worth learning about, and worth a trial. They are located just across I-85 from our meeting place, on the southbound access road.

Since Darren said he'd need only a half hour, that leaves an opening for a another (member?) program of a half hour or so to follow our refreshment break that same evening. If you have a program idea, perhaps to include showing some of your own work, please contact Don Stephens at vividon@charter.net or 770-967-2788. Please volunteer and share your ideas.

We are planning special APS 40th Anniversary program and activities for the April 22nd meeting, but as of now the May and June fourth-Thursday meetings are still open for new programs. Programs are intended to be informative, educational, and to broaden our photographic horizons. There will be no fourth-Thursday meetings in July or August, but keep APS in mind for your program ideas starting again in the fall.

Join us in celebration of the Atlanta Photographic Society’s 40th anniversary program. Julian Cox, Photography Curator at Atlanta’s High Museum will be the keynote speaker. Julian will be discussing photographic art in the digital age.

The celebration will showcase an exhibit of winning images submitted by club members over the past 40 years. A competition among these images will earn one member the Best in Show and an anniversary medallion to be presented during the celebration.

Wine and cheese to follow the exhibit outside the sanctuary

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7:30 PM – 10PM
Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church
1911 Cliff Valley Way NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

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Julian Cox
Curator of Photography
Julian Cox joined the High Museum as the Curator of Photography in 2005. Mr. Cox came from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles where he served as associate curator in the department of photographs. He also worked at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford, England, and the National Library of Wales. He received a Master of Philosophy degree in the history of photography from the University College of Wales in 1990, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from the University of Manchester, England, in 1987. Mr. Cox has organized numerous exhibitions on subjects ranging from the dawn of photography’s invention in Europe in the 19th century to contemporary practice in the United States. He is the co-author, with Colin Ford, of the critically acclaimed publication: “Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs” (2003), the first catalogue raisonné produced of the work of a photographer. Mr. Cox is the author of many scholarly articles and several books. His recent publications include: “Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968” (2008), “Harry Callahan: Eleanor” (2007), “Spirit into Matter: The Photographs of Edmund Teske” (2004) and “Timekeeper: The Photographs of Anthony Friedkin” (2004).

APS is honored and delighted to have Julian Cox as the keynote speaker for our 40th Anniversary Celebration.

We are having a member presentation evening, beginning with an audiovisual program "Photographic Abstractions" prepared by the "On the Edge" group with photographs by members Mario DiGirolamo and Ruth Gogel, past members Ron Holt, Sherri Cameron and Mike Worthy and the late Bob Ogle.

The “On the Edge” group was a group within the Alpine Camera Club (our former name) and those members concentrated on abstract photography. Mind you, that was the age before digital cameras, Photoshop and all those nifty software programs, and abstract photography required a lot of imagination and ingenuity to take those images. Ruth and Mario will lead a discussion of abstract and macro photography after the presentation.

The 2nd half of the evening will have some mystery presentations by members Glen Lopez, Jack Martin, and Janerio Morgan.

Digital has opened a whole new world of photographic lighting because current cameras have fantastic high ISO-equivalent performance with virtually no noise. We no longer need the heavy, bulky, and expensive high-power flash equipment of yesteryear.

Bob Fitzgibbons from Showcase will be our guest speaker June 24. He will cover flash and continuous light for digital photography, and will demonstrate lighting equipment and techniques stressing practical approaches to lighting from built-in flash to shoe mount flash, both on- and off-camera, to the new photographic daylight balanced compact florescent light units.

Models will be picked from the audience, so comb your hair and wear a nice shirt or blouse! Don't miss this educational program.

No programs are schedules for July 22 and August 26, 2010. Enjoy your summer.

No programs are schedules for July 22 and August 26, 2010. Enjoy your summer.

This is an APS membership meeting, officer's election & discussions. It is the only meeting where members can suggest changes, new rules, nominate officers and voice opinions of existing rules and regulations as well as of our Bylaws. It is for members only. We also may include a short presentation of items of interest.

This is the showing of all images entered into the Assignment Zone competition. All winners will be shown and ribbons are presented to the winners.

No programs are scheduled for November 25 and December 23, 2010. Happy Holidays!