Eden Photographers Club Meeting - Tuesday, July19th @ 7pm EDT

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Eden Photographers Club Meeting - Tuesday, July19th @ 7pm EDT

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Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Wondermom
my neighbours daughter crawled away, over a gravel road through a parking lot to a thankfully open bar and her face was badly fractured, needed a trach tube and lots of surgery. Her boyfriend wasn't as lucky, he lost all the skin and muscle on ... more
Ouch
07/19/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by Jul!a
Funny you mention that because there have been a few tornadoes in my area recently. Fortunately they were only EF1's or EF0's and didn't last long, but still. Closest was about a mile from my house.
there was one in joiliet a few years back, and this year one damaged de kalb came very close to us
07/19/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
Quote:
Originally posted by Wondermom
there was one in joiliet a few years back, and this year one damaged de kalb came very close to us
Hubby is from Decatur.
07/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
Yes, and LOVELY picture.

This question may sound strange, but any suggestions for trying to take a sunrise/sunset photo in less than ideal weather conditions? (Other than don't. )
What do you mean exactly by "less than ideal weather settings"?

I run into cloudy weather all the time at sunset and sunrise, and it pisses me off because I can't get what I'm looking for. In that case, I try to use the low light to my advantage and take long exposures of moving objects (e.g., streams, ocean waves, moving plants, etc.)
07/19/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by Jul!a
I think maybe because it's too bright?
could be, its happened with pictures that have lightbulbs as well
07/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
I could probably go on for hours about lighting, but honestly a lot of the other things I could talk about were discussed in the article I wrote on light. If you have any further questions that I haven’t addressed tonight or in the article I linked above, please do not hesitate to ask about therm.

Any questions?
07/19/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Wondermom
there was one in joiliet a few years back, and this year one damaged de kalb came very close to us
Wow. I remember a few years ago with all those big storms and most of Dekalb was flooded while I was trying to help my ex move into his dorm and I was out there in my old Cadillac that was a whopping foot off the ground lol.
07/19/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
A big tornado passed less than a mile from my house several years back. I was in the backyard at the time, but didn't see the tornado, because I was too busy trying to figure out why all my critters were so upset. I just thought I heard jets passing overhead.
07/19/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
Quote:
Originally posted by Vaccinium
I could probably go on for hours about lighting, but honestly a lot of the other things I could talk about were discussed in the article I wrote on light. If you have any further questions that I haven’t addressed tonight or in the article I linked ... more
Not right this second but I know that as soon as we are done I will lol.
07/19/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
Not right this second but I know that as soon as we are done I will lol.
Me too.
07/19/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
What do you think is the best program to use for cropping and editing photos?
07/19/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
Welcome to the fifth meeting of the Eden Photographers Club! I hope everyone had a good month of thinking about photography and looking at the world through a photographer’s eyes. I want to thank all of you who are here tonight, and especially those ... more
ACK sorry I am late...went to amusement park and it got rained out. Took us too long to get home!! I am gonna catch up...
07/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
Not right this second but I know that as soon as we are done I will lol.
If you do have questions after the fact, feel free to ask them in this thread (even of the meeting is over) or here and I'll address whatever questions you might have.
07/19/2011
Contributor: dv8 dv8
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
What do you think is the best program to use for cropping and editing photos?
Photoshop CS5.

But that's overkill for beginners. GIMP is free and excellent.
07/19/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
Wow. I remember a few years ago with all those big storms and most of Dekalb was flooded while I was trying to help my ex move into his dorm and I was out there in my old Cadillac that was a whopping foot off the ground lol.
dude, you should have seen one that nearly happened when my son was a baby, we got the tornado warning and were trying to rush my father in law in from the parking lot, he walked with a cane at that time and he was walking like it was a leisurely stroll not paying attention to the severity of the situation. We looked up and this HUGE cloud the size of our apt complex was rotating and the winds were picking up, we were freaking out. thankfully the funnel never formed fully.
07/19/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
Quote:
Originally posted by dv8
Photoshop CS5.

But that's overkill for beginners. GIMP is free and excellent.
Cool thanks
07/19/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
Quote:
Originally posted by dv8
Photoshop CS5.

But that's overkill for beginners. GIMP is free and excellent.
I love Gimp!
07/19/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Wondermom
dude, you should have seen one that nearly happened when my son was a baby, we got the tornado warning and were trying to rush my father in law in from the parking lot, he walked with a cane at that time and he was walking like it was a leisurely ... more
That would freak me out so bad!
07/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
Quote:
Originally posted by sexyintexas
What do you think is the best program to use for cropping and editing photos?
Photoshop is the trendsetter there, but it costs a crapload of money. GIMP is a good free one that I'd recommend. Any photo processing program will have a cropping feature (heck, some cameras do).
07/19/2011
Contributor: dv8 dv8
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
I love Gimp!
So did Quentin Tarantino.

07/19/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
Howdy Airen!
07/19/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
Quote:
Originally posted by Vaccinium
What do you mean exactly by "less than ideal weather settings"?

I run into cloudy weather all the time at sunset and sunrise, and it pisses me off because I can't get what I'm looking for. In that case, I try to use the ... more
Clouds, fog and other similar annoyances. For example, last time I attempted a sunrise shot, their was a strip of fog across the horizon:



It was very annoying (especially since I got up at some ungodly hour to drive to the beach). Was there anything I could have done, other than curse at the sea and sand?
07/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
ACK sorry I am late...went to amusement park and it got rained out. Took us too long to get home!! I am gonna catch up...
Glad to see you here, Airen.
07/19/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
Quote:
Originally posted by dv8
So did Quentin Tarantino.

::ducks as something goes swishing past over her head::
07/19/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
what could have been done to improve the lighting in this picture?

07/19/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
Quote:
Originally posted by Vaccinium
Photoshop is the trendsetter there, but it costs a crapload of money. GIMP is a good free one that I'd recommend. Any photo processing program will have a cropping feature (heck, some cameras do).
Paint.Net (not to be confused with MS Paint) is really good, though it's not newbie friendly.
07/19/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
Quote:
Originally posted by Petite Valentine
Clouds, fog and other similar annoyances. For example, last time I attempted a sunrise shot, their was a strip of fog across the horizon:



It was very annoying (especially since I got up at some ungodly hour to drive to the beach). Was ... more
That's still a very pretty picture. The muted tones are sort of soothing.
07/19/2011
Contributor: dv8 dv8
Quote:
Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
::ducks as something goes swishing past over her head::
That character is the gimp from Tarantino's movie Pulp Fiction.
07/19/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Quote:
Originally posted by Vaccinium
The first remedy is fill light. Fill light is light that is thrown into shadowed areas from another light source. Camera flashes can do this, although where they are situated on a camera often makes it difficult to put the light exactly where you ... more
Holy crap that is an amazing tip Vac! I always used a small makeup mirror, compact sort of thing...but it can make over exposed light and it can look ummmm artificial(?)
07/19/2011
Contributor: dv8 dv8
Quote:
Originally posted by Wondermom
what could have been done to improve the lighting in this picture?

Use a tripod and leave the shutter open for a long time. If you can't control your shutter speed, you'd be out of luck.
07/19/2011