Every month we plan a day outing to a local point of interest or event. Once a year or so we take an overnight trip to a destination rich in photographic opportunities. See the Calendar page for dates of scheduled trips.
Next Field Trip:
An Avid Macro Phoptography Workshop - Lead by Dave Bowlus
Workshop Leader: Dave Bowlus: Dave started building things photographic when he created a pinhole camera at the age of 12. That same year he spent his life savings of $50 for a 35mm rangefinder camera so that he would stop borrowing his dad’s Argus. He started serious macro photography with a Canon SLR and 50mm macro lens when he was in graduate school and has been having fun photographing little things ever since! A retired biology professor, Dave teaches part-time at Cuesta College and is a member of the Central Coast Photographic Society. He will be teaching macro photography workshops at the Morro Photo Festival in October.
Workshop Assistant Leaders (also accomplished Macro photographers): Marlin Harms, Mimi Ditchie, Dennis Sheridan, Don Quintana
Workshop Description: Have you tried macro-photography and seek improved results? Our leaders are ardent about macro and are themselves still learning. At this workshop they will share their varied experiences and provide participants an opportunity to try the techniques and set-ups they use, as well as to test gizmos they have tried. If you’ve got macro-gizmos, please bring them along for the discussion! Numerous macro-photo stations with many interesting subjects will be set up and overseen by Dave and the other workshop leaders. Dennis will bring some of his amazing critters to stalk, and there will be flowers and inanimate objects available, but our primary objective is to help participants gain experience and learn about methods that might work for them.
Suggested camera equipment to bring to the workshop:
- SLR camera
- Tripod
- Macro lens(es)
- Cable release
- Extension tube(s)
- Close-up diopter
- Polarizing filter
- Flash unit(s)
- Soft box and/or flash diffuser(s)
- Reflector
- Macro-focusing-rail
- Instruction book(s) for looking up obscure camera and flash custom functions
- Macro-photography books to share and compare
Don’t know what some or all of these are or how to use them? Come to the workshop!
Note: Each participant will receive an approx. 4”x4” square of polarizing film for crosspolarized flash photography. Additional squares will be available for purchase.
Macro Images for this flyer have been provided by: Dave Bowlus, Marlin Harms, Mimi Ditchie, Dennis Sheridan and Don Quintana
Photograph as many as you can! Turn in your “Top 20"
Submit your images to Jon Lomax at the October 2010 meeting.
Your images will be presented at the November 2010 general meeting.
The Field Trip Show
At the September Meeting, "The Mid State Fair Field Trip" Will be presented by Jenn Lawrence
Members who attended the Leaning Pine Arboredum in August, can turn in up to 20 images at the September 2010 meeting and the Slideshow will be presented at the October 2010 Meeting by Dorothy Cutter.
People attending a Club field trip may submit up to 20 images at the next meeting after the trip. Please submit digital images on a CD as jpeg files. Images should be in the sRGB color space and sized to at least 1024x768 pixels and no larger than 1800 pixels on the longest side of the image. Be sure to include your name in the filename of your jpegs and on your CD so we know who they belong to! For more assistance, see our tutorial on How to Prepare Digital Images for Projection.
A member puts the Field Trip show together and also selects an image from the show to be awarded "Slide of the Month." The Field Trip Show is presented one month after the images are turned in. And the winning "Slide of the Month" image is featured on the Club Website(hint: look in the top left corner!).
Volunteer to put a Field Trip Show together! It's fun, and other Club members will help you.