Meeting notes, July 15, 2010
by Danny N. Schweers
Brandywine Photo Collective monthly meeting at Joe Del Tufo's business, Mobius New Media, in the Baby Grand, downtown Wilmington.
Who was there: Katherine Bard, Kathy Buckalew, Tom Davis, Ken F., Chad Fahs, Kerry Harrison, Dakota Harrison, Jim & Kitty Jones, Peter Kaplan, Jane Koester, Don Kuespert, Tony Kukulich, Bill Lindsay, Gerry Meekins, Bill Pepper, Harold Ross, Danny Schweers, Beth Trepper, and Carson Zullinger. (Photo by Tony Kukulich)
Photoshop CS5 Demo
Joe Del Tufo showed us the new Content-Aware Fill tool, the improved Refine Edge tool, and a layering technique to improve images for magazine work.
Who showed work
- Elizabeth Bard: flower closeups and Italian wall details.
- Carson Zullinger: single nude, mirrored nude, and a nude in 70 pieces.
- Jane Koester: two abstracts of office windows
- Kerry Harrison: wedding books produced by www.Collages.net.
- Harold Ross: two outdoor landscapes painted with light.
- Beth Trepper: infrared (IR) photos of IReland and Wilmington's Gibraltar Garden.
- Chad Fahs: Arizona landscapes with 24mm and 50mm lenses
- Danny Schweers: New York City and other shots from previous month, including 1/10th-second shots from a moving train (Mickey Freed's technique).
- Ken F.: recent birds and flowers
- Peter B. Kaplan: back yard birds, snakes and spiders; horseshoe crabs at sunrise.
- Tom Davis: Birds in Brandywine Park, street shots
- Joe Del Tufo, Danny Schweers: Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Recommended
- Kerry Harrison: books produced by www.Collages.net. She uploads JPEG images created with inexpensive YouSelectIt digital album layout software.
- Harold Ross: insect repellent when painting with light at night in summer. (He forgot.)
- Beth Trepper: infrared camera conversion by Jim Chen in San Diego. "Click on the Digital Infrared part of his site and scroll down to the bottom, where he talks about converting. he is a SUPER nice guy and I would love to send him more business. Just email him and mention I recommended him."
- Tom Davis: the portability, image quality (especially close up or at large apertures), and video capabilities of the Leica D-LUX 4 compact camera. This is essentially the same camera as the Panasonic LX-3 compact camera, which Bill Pepper recommends.
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