We'll go to our open round-table format and will look to all of you participating in this group discussion that may help you identify those things you like most in photography, in the context of whether it is high quality photography, or approaches the threshold of fine art photography, and then revisit some of the basics of photography in support of your self defined future goals.

The evening will be divided into 3 twenty to thirty minute segments where we will revisit some of the concepts that have been introduced in Latow newsletter articles over the last 2 years.

First up will be the the Memorable Photo Challenge where we will ask you to identify the first 6 images that come to your mind, without reference to any actual photographs. (But don't cheat, no looking at galleries of photos, just those that impacted you so much that you can visualize them without reference to actual photos.) Everyone will have their own personal list and that list can change over time. The list might include all your own images, if so congratulations. Or the list might have some of your images on it or none of your images on it. I'll share my list with you. We will attempt to see if there are lessons to be learned from the composition, techniques or subject; that could be applied in your own photography. Sometimes the strongest lessons exist in our own reflections.

The second event at the Roundtable will be an exploration of what we would collectively identify as Fine Art Photography. We'll show a series of photos one by one and see if we can get a group consensus on whether they are Fine Art, high quality technically skilled photos, a visual record of an event, or something else. The goal is not to bruise any egos, but to see where work might be categorized by a group of observers. We invite you to bring images that might be yours or might be ones found in a magazine or photography site. There will be no identification of the author / photographer. And no rationalizations of shots, just your vote and reflections during the Fine Art Shout Out.

To round the evening out, Session 3 will revisit an article introduced last year from Digital Camera Magazine on the "The 10 rules of photo composition (and why they work)". This is a good review for all of us and may be of particular interest to newer members. To give you an advance preview here are the 10 principles:

Rule 1. Simplify the scene
Rule 2. Fill the frame
Rule 3. Aspect ratio
Rule 4. Avoid the middle
Rule 5. Leading lines
Rule 6. Use diagonals
Rule 7. Space to move
Rule 8. Backgrounds
Rule 9. Creative with colors
Rule 10. Breaking the rules

We give them to you in advance because if you have a great example, in your photo collection, we invite you to bring it and to talk about it. If you do submit examples please label the file with your name and which of the 10 Principles you feel it is an example of. You can send them in advance if you wish to: president@latow.com

In the "Subject" line of the email just put "Latow Roundtable March 21, 2017. No note or comments are needed just the Jpeg file attachment, preferably in evaluation submission size 1400 x 1050 max.

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Hoping this will be a fun filled learning experience, we invite you to join the Knights of the Latow Roundtable.

There will be no guest Speaker. The meeting will be moderated by David Low with a PowerPoint to guide our deliberations.