High Desert Photographers

NEW YEAR!

2011-01-09T01:15:00.008-07:00

Our FIRST meeting of the New Year will be this Thursday Jan. 13th at 7pm. We will discuss future class topics and potential field trips. We will nominate and vote (if needed) our NEW officers.

Dues are the same as last year $25 one member $30 family membership.

FIVE volunteers are needed for club officers. Officers help keep the club running smooth which makes it more fun for everyone. Please help if you can. Here are some duties of the officers/board members:

- plan and arrange teachers/presenters for our 2nd Thursday meetings
- plan and arrange photography outings/field trips
- email reminders to club members, update the blog
- attend club meetings
- make arrangements for photo critique slide show as needed
- collect dues and make bank deposits
- spread the word about the club and encourage new people to come!

We are not planning on our annual photoshow this year. Maybe next year? Or maybe there is a better way for club members to showcase their work? This is something club members and new officers can discuss in the future.

Here are the titles of our HDP officers:

President
Vice President
Treasurer (Kelly volunteered to do this for another year. Thanks Kelly!!)
Board member
Board member
Board member

Studio Tour!

2010-10-11T21:36:00.002-06:00

HIGH DESERT PHOTOGRAPHERS - OCTOBER

STUDIO TOUR this week Thursday the 14th 7pm

Pam and Leon Larson of Hart Photography have generously agreed to show us around their unique and beautiful studio in Idaho Falls. The studio is in home near the Idaho Falls Museum on Broadway and Yellowstone (see exact address below). Leon is an award winning photographer and member of many professional organizations. This will be a fun night you won't want to miss!

MEET AT THE STUDIO 7 pm Thursday
www.hartphotography.com
312 North Ridge
Idaho Falls 83402

PHOTO CRITIQUE will be October 28th at Perfect Light 7pm. This will be our last critique of the year so don't forget. We'll meet once in Nov. and Dec. and that's the end of 2010!

AUGUST Meeting & FIELD TRIP

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THURSDAY, August 12th at Perfect Light Camera Supply 7pm.

We'll be hearing a bit from Krista about Macro Photography. She has a DVD to show that is interesting too. The DVD will be examples of photos with a narration of what the photographer did. Should be good!

SATURDAY AUGUST 14th 7:30 am - BYUI Gardens

Macro Photography field trip.

Meet At 7:30 am (MORNING!) at the BYU Idaho gardens. Directions below. The gardens are beautiful and have many varieties of flowers including waterlilies. BRING: a macro lens if you have one (it's ok if you don't), telephoto lens too and any other lenses you may want to practice with. You can also bring reflectors or an umbrella for shading and controlling light on the flowers. Some of these will be available if you need them.

Krista will give a few tips and offer help as needed. This will be great hands on practice using manual camera settings and natural light. Don't miss it! Below is a link to some galleries of the gardens.

http://www.byui.edu/webcamerasGardensGallery/summer.htm

DIRECTIONS - Saturday 7:30 am

Head out to Rexburg take the first exit - EXIT 332. Turn right, go through the light. You'll be on University Blvd.

Take University Blvd. to W. 7th S. Turn right (east toward the temple)

Take the 2nd Left on Center

Go about a quarter mile down Center and turn Right into the Benson Lot

Park and meet by the white pillars

see campus map at: http://www.byui.edu/maps/

Photo Show Forms & Details

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Click HERE for Entry Forms and Show Details!

AND

Find the same Entry Forms at:

highdesertphotographers.com

PHOTO SHOW - High Desert Photographers

2010-03-16T22:42:00.008-06:00

We are excited to offer our Annual Photo Show to the general public on Thursday and Saturday April 22 & April 24 at East Idaho Technical College.

Start taking pictures NOW or looking back at your "old" images and plan to enter. We hope all club members will enter AND that many from the general public will enter too!

Thursday night: Professional judges & CASH awards in two categories (amateur/professional)

Saturday morning: Photography workshops (open to EVERONE, not just photographers in the show)

These workshops will be FABULOUS with something for everyone. Taught by local professionals in photography!

If you have interest in photography - Don't miss this event!

Look for ENTRY requirements and more information here in a few days!! Till then, start planning!

* Show Gallery will be up at the college until the second week of May for all to enjoy*

March Meetings

2010-03-10T22:35:00.001-07:00

March 11th Learning to use your camera better! Focus, metering, light, etc. Taught by Christopher Balmer

March 25th Photo Critique - email ONE or TWO images to Steve Ridges at the_ridges@hotmail.com

See you there!

February Meetings

2010-02-09T11:19:00.001-07:00

Thursday February 11th 7pm - Capture NX class
Thursday February 25th 7pm - Photo Critique

This week! Capture NX class: Ken Russell will be teaching photo editing using Capture NX. This will be a great class so don't miss out!

Ken will show different editing skills and demonstrate on YOUR images if you like (and as time permits). If you want Ken to work on one of your images in Capture NX please bring a file to the meeting on Thursday. Nef (RAW) files are best, or tif or jpg.

Note from Ken: jpgs are not the best file to use, but in some instances you can use it. Highlight or blow outs are hard if not impossible to bring back when you are working on a jpg. A Nef file is your best choice, followed by a tif file.

Don't forget we are still collecting dues - $25 individual and $30 family.

Looking forward to a New Year

2009-12-23T16:32:00.000-07:00

Merry Christmas!

See you January 14th at 7pm

December Meeting

2009-11-17T10:17:00.000-07:00

Our November 12th meeting was great. If you missed it ... you missed out! We discussed the ideas club officers have proposed for the club and then had our first "new" photo critique. (see the previous post). We did not do our usual "impact scoring" of images - rating each 1st place, 2nd place etc... Instead each photographer was able to discuss why they liked their image, how they took it and get feedback for how to improve it. There was a lot of fun and insightful discussion and I thought it went over very well! We have several educational meetings planned for the new year.

We still need nominations for 2010 officers - President. Vice President . Secretary. Treasurer

If you have nominations email Mike or Christopher before our next meeting. Feel free to nominate yourself :) It's fun to help out and with a strong functioning Board as support it is NOT hard or time consuming to be an officer.

Our next meeting - and last of the year - will be December 10th

This will be our end of the year party and election of officers. Club members and spouses invited, please no children. We'll serve Bajio and deserts - YUM. There will be info sent by email as the date gets closer. RSVP will be needed so keep an eye out in your email for more info.

Happy Thanksgiving and see you all soon!

Message from VP and club officers

2009-11-17T10:03:00.000-07:00

I wanted to post this email message Christopher sent out a couple weeks ago - He did a good job explaining the direction the club is headed. Obviously the meeting he refers to is past, but the info is still pertinant so keep reading ... - Lisa :)

Hi everyone!

I am excited to announce that The High desert photography club is about to embark on some great changes that I think everyone will enjoy.

We are having a meeting this next Thursday to discuss the proposed changes and get input from the club members.

The officers of the club and I feel that we have strayed away from what the original plan was in the beginning of the club. To share, to learn and have fun!

Here are just a few of the proposed changes in the club:

-Lower the number of images at critique to one or two

-Have every month be photographers choice at the critique.

-Do not score the images anymore. Instead, have a discussion on what could be helpful with the images. {i.e.. composition, exposure, DOF, Photoshop, etc.} No winners, No losers, just helpful tips on photos.

-We will have the second Thursday of each month be an educational course of some type. We have a short list of ideas already. But, we would love to hear from all of you in what you are interested in.

-We will plan the educational meetings every quarter at a club meeting with everyone’s input.

-Make the website a static page and keep the blog for club updates and posting of critique photos

We will also be taking nominations for new Officers for next year. We will vote at the dec meeting/potluck. If you are interested in serving or know a current member that is, please plan on attending next week.

We are planning on having the main items catered.

Caol Hoffman will be sending out information as to what else to bring. We will be doing a photographers choice critique for November and December

If you have not made it to a meeting lately, PLEASE try to make it next Thursday. We are really excited with the direction of these plans, please show up and let us know if you think the same way.

Let’s build this into the best educational photography club in Idaho!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best regards,

Christopher Balmer

Vice President High Desert photographers.

May 2009 Critique - Portraits

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March Photo Critique - "Leading Lines"

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April 9th Meeting

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Tonight's guest speaker is Kort Duce-Freelance Photographer

He will be speaking about the in's and out's of freelance work and his specialty

along with showing some of his work.

We have also decided to have our end of month meeting next week in order to cover any area's concerning the show

on the 24th.

We will also do our critique - Photographers Choice.

Meeting Place: Perfect Light Camera & Supply

2169 e 17th st.

Teton Village Mall

7:00pm.

Spring Photo Show!

2009-03-29T21:37:00.005-06:00

High Desert Photographers are pleased to announce their Spring Show.

For more information click here!

Image Submission
Date: April 23, 2009
Time: 5:00‐9:00 p.m.
Where: Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC)
1600 S. 2500 E., Idaho Falls, Idaho
Creek Bldg, Room 558

Public Viewing
Date: April 25‐May 22, 2009
Where: Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC)
1600 S. 2500 E., Idaho Falls, Idaho

Open Judging
Date: April 24, 2009
Time: 7:00‐10:00 p.m.
Where: Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC)
1600 S. 2500 E., Idaho Falls, Idaho
Creek Bldg, Room 558

Click here for Rules and Entry Form(PDF)

February Critique - Photographers Choice

2009-03-20T08:47:00.000-06:00

Meeting Thursday 3/12/2009

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Steve Ridges will be sharing lighting techniques with flash units.
He will have his camera tethered to our Big Screen TV so that we will be able to see the results of what he is doing and talking about.

Here is what Steve plans to cover.
1. Direct on camera flash
2. Bounce off the ceiling
3. Off camera bounce off the ceiling
4. Addition of second flash bouncing off the ceiling
5. Shoot thru umbrella
6. Shoot thru umbrella with second flash on the backdrop + addingsome gels to change backdrop color and tone of image
7. Clam Shell lighting
8. Question and answer as we go along

It will be a fun & informative meeting.
7:00pm Perfect Light Camera & Supply 2169 E. 17th St. (Teton Village Mall)

Feb 26 Meeting was a Great success

2009-03-05T08:27:00.003-07:00

The Photo Critique meeting was a great success. It was Photographers choice, with 53 images submitted. One of our newest members (Rob Himmelspach) took 1st place with an excellent image of a Mountain Goat from the Alpine Wyoming Herd. I must say that the quality of images being presented at the critiques continues to get better all the time making for some stiff competition each month.We continue to see the Club growing in size and recently had to purchase more chairs so everyone could have a seat.
We also discussed plans for the Judged Show in April. (more info coming soon)
We will be ordering Business cards soon for Members to hand out to people that are interested in our Club.

February 26th Meeting

2009-02-25T09:32:00.002-07:00

The next meeting is a Photographers Choice photo critiques on February 26th at 7pm.

Please submit up to three images. 1920 x 1080 x 300dpi maximum resolution.

Email your images to Steve Ridges at the_ridges@hotmail.com

If you choose to bring your images Thursday night, please be there by 6:30pm in order

to provide sufficient time to get them loaded.

February 12th Meeting

2009-02-11T08:23:00.006-07:00

Come this Thursday and learn about flickr, one of the largest growing image hosting Web sites (more than 3 billion images to date). Pat Neeley will be giving an overview on account setup, uploading images, and tips, tricks and techniques he has learned from using flickr these past two years.

We will be meeting at Perfect Light Camera & Supply. (7:00 pm)
2169 East 17th Street. (In the Teton Village Mall, across from Garcia's Mexican Restaurant)

Hope to see everone there!

January 2009 Critique - Frame in Frame

2009-02-04T17:58:00.001-07:00

January Photo Critique

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There was a great turnout last night at the photo critique and we met quite a few new members. There were 24 pictures submitted for critique and the category was a frame within a frame. Pictures will be posted soon.

Other things we discussed...

For those of you who don't know, Rangefinder is a free photography magazine which you can subscribe to by filling out your information here.

Also, Cooliris is a web browser plugin for Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer that opens a preview of a picture when the mouse hovers over the link. In simpler terms, it is a fun way to view images on sites such as flickr. We will be discussing this more at the next meeting in February.

2009 Club dues

2008-12-30T06:05:00.002-07:00

We feel that a small increase in Yearly dues is in order to help keep the Club running smoothly.
Student. %25.00
Individual. $30.00
Family. $40.00
New members joining during the year will be pro-rated
Current members dues for 2009 need to be in by end of January to retain membership

January 8th Meeting, Alyce Clegg Studio

2008-12-30T05:59:00.002-07:00

Our January 8th meeting will be at Alyce Clegg's Portrait Studio.
3160E. 17th St. Idaho Falls. (Strip Mall south of Kmart)
7:00pm Bring your cameras. We will do as much as time allows.

2009 Photo Critique Subjects

2008-12-30T05:44:00.006-07:00

Jan. Frame in a Frame
Establish a composition that uses one element to frame another, such as looking through a doorway or window. Anything can be used as a frame, branches, angles, arches, rooflines, tunnels....
This assignment can also be used as an excercise in exposure as the lighting in front and beyond can be drastically different.
Feb. Photographers choice
Mar. Leading Lines
Leading lines are a set of lines (either physical, or formed by elements of the image's composition) that lead your eye into something, or nothing at all, such as a road going into the distance. This assignment is meant as a creative tool to practice your composition skill.
Apr. Photographers choice
May. Portraits
June. Photographers choice
July. Patterns
Patterns are all around us, either man made or in nature. Capture an existing patter, or create your own.
Aug. Photographers choice(With a Twist!) "No" Photoshop work. Image must be straight from the camera.
Sept. Animals,
Wild, or Domestic
Oct. Photographers choice
Nov. Candid
People or animals that are not aware that they are being photographed
Dec. Photographers choice

Call for Nominations and Food ;-)

2008-12-07T21:45:00.003-07:00

Our December meeting will be an end of the year social as well as a shortened photo critique. Spouses and family members are welcome. See the previous post for information about the critique part of the meeting.

We will be having election of club officers this night. If you have nominations or would like to serve yourself please email them to Pat Neeley (jpat@srv.net) by Wednesday evening.

For refreshments to the meeting on Thursday please bring either a salad or desert dish to share. Hope to see you there!

Perfect Light Photography located next to Verizon in the Teton Plaza Mall
at 2169 E 17th St. in Idaho Falls, 7:00 p.m. Thursday Dec. 11th.

Next Meeting - Thursday 12/11/08

2008-12-06T16:13:00.002-07:00

We will be having one meeting in December, this coming Thursday 12/11/08. We will be having a photo critique with the subject "weather." Please only bring 2 images for the critique and then a third image which you consider your best of the year. This image will not be critiqued but each person can explain the image and why they like it.

We will also have elections for officers and refreshments so be sure to attend. You may email your three images to Steve Ridges at the_ridges@hotmail.com. Please make sure Steve knows which are to be critiqued and which is your best image.

Hope to see you there!

October Photo Critique

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This Thursday Nov. 20th - Photo Critique - Photographers Choice -

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We will be meeting this week at Perfect Light Camera & Supply. (7:00 pm)
2169 East 17th Street. (In the Teton Village Mall, across from Garcia's Mexican Restaurant)

We are meeting 1 week earlier than normal because of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

You may submit 3 images of your choice. Images should be maximum size of 1920 x 1080
@ 300 dpi

E-mail images to Steve Ridges by 5:00 pm Thursday evening at the_ridges@hotmail.com.
If you choose to bring your images to the meeting, please be there 20-30 minutes early so Steve can get them loaded into the program.

See you there.

Another Great Meeting

2008-11-17T12:01:00.008-07:00

A big thanks to Travis Gugelman for speaking last Thursday! We had a good turn out and I know I learned a few tips. I'm impressed at the skill and success he has achieved in less than 10 years.

He spoke a bit about composition, business sense, posing and lighting. During his presentation Travis shared photos from recent travel in Europe and discussed composition and post processing of images. I really want to travel now - thanks a lot! After the presentation he stayed and discussed portrait posing tips in more detail.

Meetings like this always leave me wanting to be a better photographer so I went out 2 days later and took pictures of my kids!

Lisa

Travis Gugelman to speak!

2008-11-04T13:18:00.005-07:00

Travis Gugelman of Gugelman Photography will be the speaker at our next club meeting on Thurday Nov. 13th, 2008. Mark the date on your calendar and join us for what should be an interesting and informative meeting. Visitors are always welcome.

We will meet in the usual place (Rocky Mountain Middle School, Library) at 7:00 p.m.

Our photo critique for the month of November will be 1 week earlier because of Thanksgiving. The subject is "Photographer's Choice." We will be trying out a new location for this meeting (not the Gugelman meeting) at the new "Perfect Light" store. Check here for details.

New Camera Store Coming Soon! Perfect Light Camera & Supply

2008-10-24T13:32:00.007-06:00

(Click flyer to enlarge)

Overclocking Your Flash Sync Speed

2008-10-24T06:02:00.002-06:00

This is a cool video on how to overclock your flash sync speed to get more power out of your flash unit. Check out the link in the article about the diagnostic mode also. Very interesting.
If you try it, let us know about your results.
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/10/great-video-on-overclocking-your-sync.html

Rangefinder Magazine

2008-10-24T05:59:00.002-06:00

Here is the link to Rangefinder Magazine. It is a very good Professional Photography Magazine. The best thing about it is you can sign up for a free subscription.
Give it a try. www.rangefindermag.com

Next Meeting Oct. 23, 2008

2008-10-22T07:55:00.002-06:00

This will be a Photo Critique, subject; "Body Parts, hands, eyes, feet, etc." This should be interesting!

As always please email your images to Steve Ridges in advance at the_ridges@hotmail.com. Please only submit 3 images and you may bring them early the evening of the meeting if you are unable to send them in advance.

The Meeting will be at the usual time (7:00 p.m.) and usual place (Rocky Mountain Middle School library).

September Photo Critique - Photographers Choice

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Meeting Announcement for Thursday, Oct. 9th, 2008

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Our meeting on Thursday will include travel tips, locations, and times for photography in Monument Valley, Antelope slot canyons, Page, Arches, and Canyonlands. We will also visit Death Valley, Owens Valley, and Mono Lake.

In addition Pat Neeley will report on some techniques learned at a Creative Photoshop workshop he attended at Santa Fe Workshops earlier this year.

We will meet at the ususal place at the Rocky Mountain Middle School Library at 7:00 p.m. Hope to see you there!

August 2008 - Photo Critique - Action and Sports

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Meeting Announcement for Thursday Sept. 11th, 2008

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Don't miss our next meeting! Our speaker will be Astrophotographer, Jim Edlin. Jim will be talking about the challenges of modern low light photography. The same principles of noise reduction strategies, obtaining perfect focus, stitching, color channels, and motion reduction apply to all areas of photography but are magnified in Astrophotography. Come and enjoy an interesting and informative evening!

We will start at 7:00 p.m. in the usual place, the Rocky Mountain Middle School library. Hope to see you there.

Next Meeting - August 28th, 7:00 p.m.

2008-08-26T20:30:00.001-06:00

This will be a Photo Critique, subject; Action and Sports. As always please email your images to Steve Ridges in advance at the_ridges@hotmail.com. Please only submit 3 images and you may bring them the evening of the meeting if you are unable to send them in advance.

Eastern Idaho State Fair!

2008-08-18T15:58:00.002-06:00

For those of you interested, submissions to the Eastern Idaho State Fair Photography Exhibit are due this Friday and Saturday, August 22nd, and 23rd. Click here to get the Photography portion of the Exhibitors guide for the rules.

Orton Effect

2008-08-14T21:19:00.005-06:00

Here is a Web address that offers a great tutorial, and a set of free actions on the digital Orton effect processing for images.
http://mosa.unity.ncsu.edu/photos/orton/

Here are a couple of Flickr groups that specialize in Orton images
http://www.flickr.com/groups/orton/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/orton_addicts/

Have fun!

July 2008 Photo Critique - Photographers Choice

2008-08-11T16:39:00.001-06:00

Club Photo Exhibit Opportunity

2008-08-07T13:47:00.002-06:00

We have the opportunity as a Club, to put on a photo show for the month of September
at the Coffee Cabin in Alpine, Wyoming.

Christopher Balmer has been displaying his work there for about 1 year, and has sold 28 images.

I need to know if you are interested by Aug 12th. (This will be the absolute deadline)

There is room for 30 images. The images need to be ready to display. Image sizes must be bigger than 8x10 and no larger than 16x24

If you have images ready, bring them to the meeting next Thursday night.

We will determine how many images per photographer by the number of people that reply to me by the deadline.

There will be a $20.00 exibition fee per photographer to cover the cost of advertising, flyers, and gas to get the images to Alpine and
maintain the show.

Please feel free to call Christopher if you have any questions.
681-4617

Express your interest by e-mailing me at msw@highdesertphotographers.com

Mike W.

June Photo Critique - Macro and Closeups

2008-07-13T22:05:00.002-06:00

Upcoming Meeting - Stock Photography

2008-07-08T16:44:00.002-06:00

Our next meeting will be on Stock Photography by our local expert, Kriss Russell. It will be held on Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at Rocky Mountain Middle School - 4434 N. Ammon Rd. Idaho Falls (Main entrance on east side of building in the Library). If there are any aspects of Stock Photography you would like Kriss to address please make a comment on this post. Otherwise we hope to see you there on Thursday.

Meeting Thursday 6/12/08

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Thursday nights meeting will be held in the vocational building behind the regular School buikding. They are doing some asbestos removal in the main building and it is closed. See you tommorow night at 7:00pm

May Critique - Photographers Choice

2008-06-04T11:26:00.001-06:00

Nikon Rep at Farrs Jewelry Friday May 30th

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The Nikon Rep will be at Farrs Jewelry tommorow, Friday May 30th.
If you have any questions,or would like to talk about any equipment,
plan on stopping by the store.

Farrs Jewelry
2026 E. 17th.
(Corner of Hoopes & 17th)
Idaho Falls.
523-3755

April 2008 Critique - Shapes, Patterns, and Geometry

2008-05-19T19:11:00.002-06:00

Club Outing

2008-05-18T14:31:00.008-06:00

About 9 of us attended yesterday's photo outing by the river. It was clear that this car stole the show! The paint was perfect and the details meticulous.

Quote of the day: "Are you guys in some kind of photo club or something?"

I was photographing my ring in a plant and Ken decided I needed some more light. "I'm going to get you some light over there" he says and Kriss grabbed their huge reflector.

I wasn't convinced but WOW a huge difference! I didn't adjust anything - all of the wonderful warmth is from the reflector about 8 feet away. Ignore the poor focus, Ken helped me fix that too - Thanks!

Before:

After:

I learned several new things and appreciate the camera tips and help from everyone. This Thursday is the Photo Critique - Photographers Choice - email your 3 images to Steve at the_ridges@hotmail.com

-Lisa

Market Lake Wildlife Refuge

2008-05-04T05:50:00.002-06:00

Photo opportunitiea abound at Market Lake Wildlfie Refuge.
Roger Spillman and myself went out Friday night for several hours. We saw and photographed many different species of birds.
It is a great opportunity as the Refuge is loaded with birds.

Mike

Camas Work Day Reminder May 10th

2008-04-30T07:47:00.003-06:00

I want to remind everyone about the work day at Camas Wildlife Refuge on May 10th
They can use all the volunteer help we can provide.
They plan to start at 9:30 am
Please respond here or to the e-mail sent out if you plan to come help out.
-Mike

PicLens Image Viewer Plugin

2008-04-27T08:45:00.004-06:00

I have been enjoying this new, free, 3D browser plugin for viewing images, and video on the Web. Go check it out. I think you will enjoy it. -Mike
http://www.piclens.com/site/ie/

Macro Photography - 8 May 2008

2008-04-26T22:56:00.005-06:00

Be sure to mark your calendars for our next meeting May 8th, 2008. Club member Krista Soderquist will be doing a presentation on Macro Photography including natural light, controlling depth of field and maximizing focus, gear for macro.

The presentation will also include tips on taking flower images such as composing creatively, keeping it simple, and backgrounds.

The meeting will begin as always at 7:00 p.m. at Rocky Mountain Middle School library. Hope to see you there!

Next Meeting - April 24th, 7:00 p.m.

2008-04-12T19:15:00.002-06:00

This will be a Photo Critique, subject; Shapes, Patterns, and Geometry. As always please email your images to Steve Ridges in advance at the_ridges@hotmail.com. Please only submit 3 images and you may bring them the evening of the meeting if you are unable to send them in advance.

Suggestions Needed!

2008-04-12T19:04:00.004-06:00

Our June 12th meeting will be on Photoshop techniques led by Scott Adams. Scott would like to know what you would like him to discuss...layers?, masks?, curves? or what ever. Please leave a comment on this post to let us know your suggestions.

Also, Brian Brown will be leading our May Photo shoot. We plan on a "One lens only" shoot late afternoon or early evening May 10th. If you have any suggestions or ideas for Brian you can also leave a comment here.

Many Thanks!

2008-04-12T18:21:00.004-06:00

A big thank you goes to Kristi Sheriff for being our speaker this month. It was an enjoyable evening listening to Kristi and for the tips and expertise she shared.

CULTRAL DISTRICT WALK

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CULTRAL DISTRICT WALK
April 12, 2008
Starting at 10:00 am

Club member Ramona Murdock had an exibit at the Curtral District Walk. Check with Ramona for info on how it went or future possibilities. Click the image above for her website.

March Photo Critique - Photographers Choice

2008-04-10T15:25:00.001-06:00

Opportunity to Give Back

2008-04-08T04:52:00.004-06:00

We have an opportunity to "give back" as a Club or individuals.
Rob Laranaga, the Director of the Camas Wildlife Refuge contacted me as a result of Chris Balmer and Myself volunteering to help when possible at the Refuge.

They will be doing a Riparian weeding on May 10th at the Refuge.
Start time will be 9:30 a.m.

A riparian zone is the interface between land and a flowing surface water body. Plant communities along the river margins are called riparian vegetation, characterized by hydrophilic plants. Riparian zones are significant in ecology, environmental management, and civil engineering due to their role in soil conservation, their biodiversity, and the influence they have on aquatic ecosystems. Riparian zones occur in many forms including grassland, woodland, wetland or even non-vegetative. In some regions the terms riparian woodland, riparian forest, riparian buffer zone or riparian strip are used to characterize a riparian zone. The word "riparian" is derived from Latin ripa, meaning river bank.

I think this would be a excellent opportunity to give back as an expression of thanks for the opportunities Camas gives to us as Photographers and Residents.

April 10th Meeting

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You are not going to want to miss our next meeting! Kristi Sheriff, PPI Photographer of the Year 2007, will be our guest speaker. Be sure to check our Kristi's website at spgx.com.

The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. at the Rocky Mountain Middle School library. Hope to see you there!

Next Meeting March 27, 2008

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Just a reminder to everyone, our next meeting will be March 27, 2008, 7:00 p.m. at Rocky Mountain Middle School. We will be having the March Critique which is Photographer's Choice. Each person may submit up to 3 photos. Please email your images in advance to Steve Ridges at the_ridges@hotmail.com. See you there!

February 2008 Photo Critique - Winter Landscapes and Wildlife

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Next Meeting March 13, 2008

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Chris Balmer will lead our next meeting at his studio. We will talk about studio lighting and portrait work. We hope to have one or two models so be sure to bring your own camera and flashes.

Time: 7:00 p.m. sharp!
Location: Teton Open MRI
2060 South Woodruff Avenue
Idaho Falls, ID 83404

The studio is downstairs so we will enter on the side door on the south east corner of the building. Please be on time since we will lock the door after everyone is in.

2008 Photo Critique Subjects

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January - Photographers Choice
February - Winter Landscapes and Wildlife
March - Photographers Choice
April - Shapes, Patterns, and Geometry
May - Photographers Choice
June - Close Ups and Macro Photography
July - Photographers Choice
August - Action and Sports
September - Photographers Choice
October - Body Parts, Hands, feet, eyes, etc.
November - Photographers Choice
December - Weather

Time Catcher Website

2008-02-29T17:31:00.001-07:00

Here is the link to the Time Catcher website mentioned by Chris Balmer at our last meeting.

Logo Winner

2008-02-29T07:17:00.005-07:00

Congratulations to Greg Langely whose winning entry received 60% of the votes! By the way, the photographer on the hill in the logo is our own Bob Siedel. Thank you to all who participated in the logo contest and also last nights photo critique. We will have the results posted soon on the website and here.

Logo Contest

2008-02-27T17:09:00.007-07:00

Here are the entries so far for the HDP logo Contest. Check them out and we will vote on Thursday night. You can click on the entry and then hit all sizes to view large or just click here.

Composition Lecture

2008-02-26T13:51:00.008-07:00

Many thanks to Brian Brown, our featured speaker for February, who gave an excellent talk on Composition. He layed out the rules and why they were important. He then suggested we not be completely bound by them but intelligently use our creativity to break them when needed. Check out his website at BrownForImages.Com.

Check out these articles on the web about Composition.

Pump up the Color using LAB mode

2008-02-26T10:07:00.003-07:00

Here is another quick tutorial on using Lab mode to "Pump up the Color".
This works much better that just increasing saturation.

January 2008 Photo Critique

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Brief HDR Tutorial

2008-02-26T08:02:00.005-07:00

Here is an HDR image I took on a recent trip to southern Utah. I post it here because if you click on the image there is a short HDR tutorial on the settings used. There are also a number of links to a set of quick tutorials I learned at a course I took through Santa Fe Workshops. I hope they are helpful.

Welcome

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Welcome to the "Official" Blog for the High Desert Photographers photo club in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Come here for up to date information about club meetings, outings, and announcements.

Our next meeting will be at Rocky Mountain Middle School, February 28th at 7:00 p.m. Please note the time change from 7:30 to 7:00. The meeting will be a Photo Critique - subject is Winter Landscapes and Wildlife. Each member may submit 3 photos. Please email your entries to Steve Ridges at the_ridges@hotmail.com.

Be sure to sign up for the club mailing list by sending an email to news@highdesertphotographers.org with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. You will receive an acknowledgement email back within an hour if the registration was successful.

The club now has an "Official" Group on Flickr. This will be a great place to post images, have discussions, and contests. The address is http://www.flickr.com/groups/highdesertphotographers. You must join Flickr (the free account will do) and then request membership in the group to post images.

Finally, remember out website http://highdesertphotographers.org where you will find critique results, links, membership and other important information.