2009

 

January 9

 

Maurice Shorrosh, wedding videographer

www.motiondrift.com

February 13

Visit to R&L Digital Photo Lab: www.rldigitalphoto.com

Learn more about printing and the print services available for printing your images.

7pm at R&L Digital Photo Lab, 2125 West 5th Avenue

Columbus, Ohio 43212 , tel. 614-486-2576

March 13

Legal issues and Photography, by Susan D. Rector, partner, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA

Send your legal questions and/or issues and concerns by January 15 to Chuck Zelms (CMZelms@aol.com) to allow time for Susan Rector to prepare for discussion.

Image Sharing:  winter shots

March 15

 FOR MEMBERS ONLY!

SPECIAL EVENT at FINNOCHI PHOTOGRAPHY 

544 High Street   Worthington, Ohio (High St. at South St.) 10:00 am

Earl English has once again arranged for our members to play and learn in the studio where he works. This is a full service studio. This is a great learning experience whether or not you've ever used a nicely equipped studio or not. Right now the end time is loose but expect to spend from 3 to 4 hours at the studio. Bring your cameras!

April 10 

George Faerber on his specialty: panoramic photography.

George also does virtual tours (full 360 degree panoramas) and has run a company called Radial Studios (technology consulting) now for 8 years. www.radialstudios.com

George is also working with HDR, and will be giving a presentation on the 8th at the Downtown Tech Center to his photography group (Meetup.com/photographers/). Just in case you are interested.

April 25

and

April 26

Hocking County and vicinity:

Chuck Zelms is hosting a shoot-about on Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, 2009 for The Focus Group members and guests
Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26, 2009.

Opportunity for wildflowers, waterfalls, and country scenes. Rain or Shine!

May 8

Dine, Drink, and Shoot - Let's see what street photography we can do in the Short North area after a simple group dinner.

May 16

Rick Rieger's LaBarn and farm shoot, in Waynesville, Ohio, for The Focus Group members and guests

Woods, fields, pond, Little Miami River and all the things that come with such. A pipe organ - yes a real neat pipe organ - fully accessible for interesting architectural shots. A tool shop with interesting tools to shoot too.

June 12

Jim Himes on Sports photography

Image Sharing:   spring shots 

August 14

Leonardo Carrizo, multimedia photojournalist, on Composition.

September 11

Shoot Out in the neighborhood. Bring your camera!

October 9

Eric Weinberg: “Zen and the Art of Photography”

November 13

Ed Kavishe: fashion and glamour photography.

December 11

Rick Rieger and Dee Hively: Wild Alaska                                                    


 

2010

 

January 8

Randall Schieber: “Carmen Ohio”.

February 12

 

March 12

Alan J. Rubin, Ph.DThe master American Photographers and Their Images”

April 9

Deanna Breading: “The Subject of Posing the Subject

May 7 – June 5

May 7

 

Group Exhibit in the Northwoods Arts Space

For members only: Capitol State House group shoot.

Meet for dinner at the North Market between 5.30 and 6.00 PM

Meet at the State house for outdoor shots 7.00 – 7.30 PM

Doors open at 7.30 PM; tour ends at 9.30 PM.

June 11

Show  your Statehouse photos

Pick your 5 favorite images from the Statehouse shoot and share them with the group.

Elections - call for nominations: June is election month and the candidate slate is slim.

July 9

Patrick Dignan, professional retoucher, will show us his favorite Photoshop techniques.

August 13

Dan Borzynski,  “Macro Photography Bugs”

 

November 12

Cheryl and Doug Kneisley,, “Underwater photography”

December 10

Mark Fohl, on the Fotoklub EXAKTA  in Dresden, Columbus’ sister city

He will show and we will judge prints sent by this Camera Club. Then he will show some images he took when he was there on an Ohio Arts Council fellowship, as well as some pictures from the club’s members


 

2011

 

January 14

Field trip to PICS, Dublin.

February 11

Neal Lauron, Columbus Dispatch photographer.

March 11

Abdi Roble, photographer, with an update on the Somali Documentary Project

April 8

Leonardo Carrizo

May 13           

Shoot-out, downtown Columbus.

June 10

This Focus Group meeting is all about Studio Shooting! The meeting is NOT at the usual location. We will be meeting at 7PM at R&L Digital Photo Lab 2125 West 5th Avenue.

Bring your cameras! Come prepared to shoot in a studio setting. Learn how to use the rental studio provided by R&L Digital Photo Lab including props and lights! They have one rental studio with a second one planned.

http://www.rldigitalphoto.com/studio_rental.html

July 8

SHOOT-OUT, WITH A TWIST

We will be doing a shoot and tell in and around the Upper Arlington Municipal Building (3600 Tremont Rd) at 7:00 PM.

Make sure you bring your camera, tripod, flash, and etc. We will give each member an opportunity to share their jpegs during the show and tell part of the meeting. We will be adding an interesting challenge to the shooting session; the rules will be explained at the meeting.

August 12

Kevin Deskins, about lighting techniques. Kevin is a lighting specialist at Midwest Photo Exchange

September 9

Joe Wagenhals, “Processing Raw files.”

October 14

 

November 11

 

December 9