New & Improved “APG Social”
6:30pm + Three Photo Creative Challenge + Ask Me = SOCIAL TIME!
The Creative Challenge, the “Ask Me”
help session and the Social have been combined into one activity. APG
Social time will start at 6:30 but you can join in at any time. It will
be casual and just be members and attendees discussing each photo.
There
are several reasons for doing this. Your time is an important one. APG
wants to utilize your time better and efficiently. Another reason is
that the challenge has not received the attention it deserves lately
because of longer presentations. The final reason is to promote a stage
for discussion of the photo settings, setup, composition, techniques,
equipment and craftwork as well as “Ask Me” questions. APG wants to
forge a comfortable environment for novices and veterans that is easy to
show your photography, share your knowledge, ask questions and learn.
Here’s what we need to ask of you to foster these changes…
- Email your photos to athenspg@gmail.com early. We ask that you send your photos as early as possible and no later than 12 noon the day before APG meets. If you must bring photos on a thumb drive, we will work them in but try to come extra early.
- Limit your photos to one of the following: 3 Creative Challenge Photos or 2 Challenge pics plus 1 open category or 3 Open Category photos. This is to help us get all photos shown before the meeting.
- Label your photo files with your name plus the challenge name. As
an example: Martin Bozone_APG DramaticLight_01.jpg. Include information
on location, settings, setup within the body of your email. We want to
display this info with the photos on screen.
- Email a JPG (the best file format) with a 10 (80%) quality setting, at a file dimension of no more than 1600 pixels on the longest side.
- Try to be at the social at 6:30PM.
You are welcome to join in at any time but we want to you get your
money’s worth. Also, if bringing a thumb drive be there even earlier.
Three Photo Creative Challenge for June
Dramatic Lighting – Send
photos that show what we learned with last month’s presentation by
Joyce Dumas where she used lighting and style to create her style of
photos. If you missed that presentation, go to Joyce’s blog at joycedumasphotos.blogspot.comwhere it is featured.
Open Category – Share up to three of your favorite images in any genre you would like to show.
Ask Me
Beginners
or veterans, come one, come all! Do you have a photography question,
maybe one you’re too shy to ask in front of the group? Or you’re stuck
with a question and have no idea who might know the right answer? Our
own, dedicated “Ask Me!” person will be on duty during the SOCIAL TIME, 6:30 – 7:00pm. If he or she doesn’t know the answer, they’ll find somebody who does. Just look for the person wearing the “Questions? Ask Me!” hat.
Your Help is Needed
The
APG leadership team has been in place for a good five years. It’s time
to rotate the crops. We all started with zero knowledge about our
positions, but have everything well documented for you to hit the ground
running. It would be good if two people could share each position. We’d
like you to remain for no more than two years if possible.
We have filled the President (Martin Bozone), Treasurer (Chuck Murphy),
Facebook (Alan Black), and newsletter (Michael Gonyea) positions. What
we need if not filled in the meantime:
- Membership:
Collect the new member paperwork and payment. Record it in a spread
sheet. Send a pre-written welcome letter. Get the money to the
treasurer.
- Advertising: Send our monthly meeting info to the flagpole magazine.
- Speakers: Work with Martin to line up speakers for the year. (We only two months open.)
- Projector:
Run the computer during the meetings. Collect the photos for the
challenge. Collect the speaker’s show. Requires you to get to the
meeting early.
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