Find out how to stitch your panorama photos in the computer with software you may have or a free app that does the trick.  Also a video on How to Choose and Execute a Photo Project in Essay form.   For the Sony class discussion we will cover exposure compensation, metering modes, and Zebras.

Step into a world where pixels tell stories and shutter clicks capture moments that last a lifetime! Join us at the Weekly Photo Club Meeting, your passport to a vibrant community of shutterbug enthusiasts.

A slide show of your field trip photos created by Sharon Cotter will be presented. Deadline for submission will be April 28, 2023. Details for submission and a link to load the photos will be available later.

Presentation will begin at 9 am, but folks usually log into Zoom or show up at the Coyote room at 8:30 to chat and catch up on club business.

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Instructions:

Number of Images:

Please select your best photos, up to a maximum of 5 for each field trip from the 2023-2024 season.

Deadline:

Our Field Trip Presentation will be May 11, 2024. Since it takes a while for Sharon to get them all set up, please submit your pictures by no later than April 28, 2024.

No Resizing Required:

You do not need to resize your images. Sharon will resize them after she receives them.

For submitting your best of show images.

• 1)   Do any corrections or refinements to your images and store them in your usual manner.
• 2)   Feel free to crop your image to any format, but downsizing is not required.
• 3)  These are the field trips whose photos can be included: Tombstone, Picacho Peak Wildflowers, Monsoons, Fireworks, Tubac and Tumcacori, Pima Air & Space, Sonoran Glass Studio, Barrios, San Manuel Milky Way, Tucson Botanical Gardens, and Bird Photography.
• 4)   NAMING IS CRITICAL - Name your files as follows:
• NAMING CONVENTION:  (First Name) (Last Name) - (Name of Field Trip) - (Number)

****Example:                Susan Schwartz – Barrios 1 – Red_Door.jpg

***JPG’s only, no Raw Files.

• 5)  Upload your images to the Field Trip Folder for 2024:
• a)       In your browser, go to this SmugMug link:
• Click to upload photos to SmugMug.
  
• b)      Drag and drop your image in the box at the center of the screen
• c)       Leave the browser open until you see that all of your images have uploaded.
• d)      (If you find that your images are uploading too slowly, you may choose to downsize them, but not smaller than 1 mb. Otherwise please leave them full resolution).

***** NO EMAIL SUBMISSIONS - Since many email servers are unable to handle the larger images (including Sharon's) you will be uploading your images to the share folder on Smugmug

• 6)      Sharon will  send  you  a  confirmation  that  your  images  have  been  received  within  48  hours.  If  you  don’t get a confirmation, it means that she doesn't have the images.
•  

If you need help or if you have questions, please feel free to call Sharon at 520-861-3377 or drop her a note at SharonSCotter@aol.com.

It should be a great show. We are looking forward to seeing all of your great work from the field trips!

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR PHOTOGRAPHY IS TO LEARN HOW TO ANALYZE OUR IMAGES IN THE FIELD AND AT HOME FOR THE COMPOSITIONAL, TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC ELEMENTS THAT HELP CREATE THE IMAGE AND STORY WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COMMUNICATE IN OUR IMAGES, IN AN IMPACTFUL WAY. 

THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO:

• 1. BECOME BETTER PHOTOGRAPHERS BY INCREASING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE TO US THAT WILL BEST COMMUNICATE OUR INTENT AND ENHANCE OUR STORIES TO PROVIDE VISUAL IMPACT

• 2. BECOME BETTER AT ANALYZING OUR OWN IMAGES IN THE FIELD AND IN POST PROCESSING

• 3. LEARN FROM EACH OTHER

WHO IS THIS GROUP FOR:

• 1. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE PART OF ACHIEVING THE ABOVE MENTIONED OBJECTIVES

• 2. PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR IMAGES FOR ANALYSIS AND LEARNING

• 3. PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS IN THE GROUP IN ANALYZING IMAGES

• 4. PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND LISTEN IN

IF YOU PLAN TO JOIN THE GROUP, PLEASE SEND 1-3 PHOTOS TO Susan  Dinga, at susandinga27@gmail.com AT LEAST 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING OR BRING THEM ON A THUMB DRIVE.

After the Foto Feedback Forum see some of the images that were created by the masters of the craft for you to get inspired.

Ever wonder how your photos could tell a story better.  We will review the ways pictures can tell a story worth a thousand words.  The assignment for June is just that.  Send in 5 images thar tell a nature story.  Imagine if you were on assignment for a nature magazine and had to come back with a portfolio of images that were to be in the next issue.

Panoramas

For this assignment use you camera or phone to create a super wide angle of the scene to capture all the vastness.

 This week we will be looking at more ways to tell a Nature story through your photos.  

Please send your questions, photos and suggested discussion topics no later than 5 days prior to the meeting date to jim@hagedon.net.  Questions/comments will also be welcomed during the meeting. 

Please join us for a round table member discussion. It will be on Zoom but also in the Coyote Room in HOA 1 if available. 

Meeting will start around 9 am, but folks usually gather around 8:30 to chat. 

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  See how to take beautiful pictures of the Milky Way Galaxy in the dark night sky of Arizona.  Also a tutorial on how to do the postprocessing of your images to bring out all the detail in the dust clouds and nebula.

Grab your camera and join us for some "hands-on" time to learn more about your camera with your photo friends.  This group welcomes seasoned Sony users who are willing to share their knowledge and expertise with those who may be new to their camera model or have questions regarding menu selections, camera buttons, etc.  Hope to see you there! 

This week we will look at the drive modes and bracketing.

Today we will view and "listen to the Nature Story"  our images tell in a slideshow.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR PHOTOGRAPHY IS TO LEARN HOW TO ANALYZE OUR IMAGES IN THE FIELD AND AT HOME FOR THE COMPOSITIONAL, TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC ELEMENTS THAT HELP CREATE THE IMAGE AND STORY WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COMMUNICATE IN OUR IMAGES, IN AN IMPACTFUL WAY. 

THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO:

• 1. BECOME BETTER PHOTOGRAPHERS BY INCREASING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE TO US THAT WILL BEST COMMUNICATE OUR INTENT AND ENHANCE OUR STORIES TO PROVIDE VISUAL IMPACT

• 2. BECOME BETTER AT ANALYZING OUR OWN IMAGES IN THE FIELD AND IN POST PROCESSING

• 3. LEARN FROM EACH OTHER

WHO IS THIS GROUP FOR:

• 1. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE PART OF ACHIEVING THE ABOVE MENTIONED OBJECTIVES

• 2. PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR IMAGES FOR ANALYSIS AND LEARNING

• 3. PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS IN THE GROUP IN ANALYZING IMAGES

• 4. PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND LISTEN IN

IF YOU PLAN TO JOIN THE GROUP, PLEASE SEND 1-3 PHOTOS TO Susan Dinga at
susandinga27@gmail.com AT LEAST 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING OR BRING THEM ON A THUMB DRIVE.

Fireworks

How to do it many many ways

  Landscapes photos can be wide vistas or just a portion of the most interesting part of the scene.  Which do you choose?

Please send your questions, photos and suggested discussion topics no later than 5 days prior to the meeting date to jim@hagedon.net.  Questions/comments will also be welcomed during the meeting. 

Grab your camera and join us for some "hands-on" time to learn more about your camera with your photo friends.  This group welcomes seasoned Sony users who are willing to share their knowledge and expertise with those who may be new to their camera model or have questions regarding menu selections, camera buttons, etc.  Hope to see you there! 

This week we will look at the Slo and Quick video features.

Join us for our July Summer Breakfast "meeting" - an informal get together for those in our club not away for the summer. Great food and company, in the Mesquite Grill Catalina Room at 8:30am.

Please respond by Wednesday 7/6 so we can give the restaurant an accurate head count!

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR PHOTOGRAPHY IS TO LEARN HOW TO ANALYZE OUR IMAGES IN THE FIELD AND AT HOME FOR THE COMPOSITIONAL, TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC ELEMENTS THAT HELP CREATE THE IMAGE AND STORY WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COMMUNICATE IN OUR IMAGES, IN AN IMPACTFUL WAY.  WITH THIS IN MIND, WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY AN EXPERIMENT WITH A “PHOTO FEEDBACK FORUM”. THIS IS A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO GET TOGETHER ONCE A MONTH TO SHARE AND ANALYZE IMAGES WITH THE INTENT OF ADVANCING THEIR PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS. IT WILL BE FACILITATED SUSAN DINGA WHO WILL LEAD THE GROUP IN THE DISCUSSIONS.

THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO:

• 1. BECOME BETTER PHOTOGRAPHERS BY INCREASING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE TO US THAT WILL BEST COMMUNICATE OUR INTENT AND ENHANCE OUR STORIES TO PROVIDE VISUAL IMPACT

• 2. BECOME BETTER AT ANALYZING OUR OWN IMAGES IN THE FIELD AND IN POST PROCESSING

• 3. LEARN FROM EACH OTHER

WHO IS THIS GROUP FOR:

• 1. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE PART OF ACHIEVING THE ABOVE MENTIONED OBJECTIVES

• 2. PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR IMAGES FOR ANALYSIS AND LEARNING

• 3. PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS IN THE GROUP IN ANALYZING IMAGES

• 4. PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND LISTEN IN

IF YOU PLAN TO JOIN THE GROUP, PLEASE SEND 1-3 PHOTOS To Mark at  mwgpoc1@rap.midco.net (Susan is out this month) LEAST 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING OR BRING THEM ON A THUMB DRIVE.

 Landscapes/Nightscapes

For this assignment go out in the day or night to get the best views you can of the land or sky

Please send your questions, photos and suggested discussion topics no later than 5 days prior to the meeting date to jim@hagedon.net.  Questions/comments will also be welcomed during the meeting. 

This week we will be looking at reflection photography