Latow Photographers Guild

What Makes a "Successful" Photograph

The elements that go into making a “successful” image from initial pre-visualization before the photo is taken to executing the image in camera to final post processing in software.

Paul Sparrow

This Thursday January 16th, we are having our next Members Project Night with another excellent lineup. The agenda for the 16th is:

• John Larsen - “Full of Hot Air”
• Frank Myers - “Environmental Portraits”
• Annemarie Toth-Waddell - “Open the Door”
• John Pingree - “Dundas Old and New”
• Glen Jones - “The Story Behind the Print”
• Jim Lait - “A Walk in the Woods”

So mark in your calendars and come out and enjoy fellow members’ projects.

We have an exciting lineup of members presenting projects that they are either working on or have done. Presenters and presentations for the evening are:

1. Tom Stephens  - “Capturing Time”
2. Glen Jones - “The Gehry Project” 
3. Jay Trout - “Spilled Milk: My Experience Learning How to Photograph the Milky Way” 
4. Micheline Godbout - “Landscapes 101” 
5. James Elliott - “Composites” 
6. Larry Feldman  -“ The Working Girls” (Warning partial nudity)

Come out and enjoy!

Guest speaker Wayne Fisher -Excited to present Wayne Fisher of Toronto on Nov. 7 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. His talk on architecture and minimalism photography is sure to inspire! See you there!

A look at some useful Photoshop techniques that you might not have discovered.

We'll be exploring some of the hidden and little known techniques in Photoshop that can help you with your image processing.

Looking forward to seeing you... Paul

Photography has seen many changes in technology and when I first started the Digital Group some 25 years ago “digital photography” was new. Back then it made sense to distinguish the group’s name from the well established “analogue” image capture and darkroom processing as the medium was an exciting new way for photographers to create their imagery. But nowadays using the digital medium has become ubiquitous for photographers so we’ve decided to drop the “Digital” designation in preference for “Explorations” as that is what we’ve been doing for the last 25 years through the Digital Group... “exploring” photography (regardless of the medium). So we will continue our “explorations” of photography in all its many facets, as we’ve done over the last 25 years... but now the group will be know as the “Explorations Group”.

Paul Sparrow

Tues. Sept. 17th - “Everyday Nature Photography”

Our first meeting of the year will be an exploration of shooting nature subjects in an informal way. I’ll be looking at everything from equipment and camera settings to what to look out for in the photographic approach.

Looking forward to seeing you then...

Paul Sparrow

Digital Group - Tuesday, May 21st

Join us for a special presentation of AV shows from members of both the Latow Photographers Guild and the Melbourne Camera Club of Australia. Five shows from each club will be screened through this unique exchange at both clubs this month.

The Melbourne Camera Club will be screening the same shows on May 30th and again at a special showing for their general public on June 1st & 2nd.

Come and join us for this exclusive evening of AV shows at this month's Digital Group - May 21st.

The Darkroom Group welcomes back Mike Wilde on Saturday May 11th from 11am - 4pm for a hands-on toning workshop.

Mike will present a background on various types of toners as well as technical and artistic reasons for using them. Selenium and sepia toners will be be demonstrated and available for use.

Participants are invited to come in with prints already done, and better if they have a couple of identical prints so we can look at the change. Prints on fibre papers will produce better results than RC papers.

This workshop will be limited on space.

To reserve your space, email me directly at imaginemallory [at] gmail [dot] com. Any member is welcome to attend, no previous experience is required.