Gainesville Photography Club

The third Monday of each month Gainesville Photography Club meets at the Civitan Regional Blood Center at 7 PM. Guests are welcome at our meetings and can bring a few of their best photos on a flash drive. We meet on the second floor in the NE corner of the building. December is our End-of-Year meeting which is a bit different than usual.

PHOTO SHOOT: This Saturday you are invited to join the club photo shoot at Paynes Prairie SP. Enter the park at the south entrance off US 441 and get a map, then drive north about 2 miles to the campground turnoff. Drive past the campground to the parking lot on the lake. Park on the north end of the lot. The park opens at 8 AM and Fred and I will try to be there. Perhaps you can photograph some fall color, birds and aquatic animals. See you there.

General Guidelines: Photographs of People, Places and Nature must depict subjects with good fidelity to reality. Post-camera changes may subtly enhance a photograph optimizing fidelity but not add to it. Cropping, removal of minor unwanted elements, removal of color cast, highlight and contrast control and subtle use of digital effects (like sharpening, gradients, contrast masks, black & white filtering, etc.) are acceptable enhancements.

When focusing a camera, the "depth of field"(DOF) is the zone of acceptably sharp focus in front of and behind the main subject of the photograph. DOF control has a profound effect on the appearance of the image. In simple terms, a great DOF is desirable when photographing big landscapes where everything from near to far appears to be in sharp focus. A shallow DOF usually results in blurry foregrounds and backgrounds allowing the photographer to draw the viewer's attention to the main sujbect. This is often referred to as "selective depth of field".

The third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm Gainesville Photography Club meets at the Civitan Regional Blood Center. Some members meet for diner at the Picadilly Cafeteria about 6:15 pm. Guests are welcome at our meetings. We meet on the second floor in the NE corner of the blood center building.

Nancy Senior brought this event at Kanapaha Gardens to my attention so I am just passing it along for all who might like to attend.

Our Club President, Phillipe Olivier, will lead a photo shoot at Dudley Farm State Historic Park on the first Saturday morning following the next Gainesville Photo Club meeting. Phil will be available to help or advise photographers requesting assistance.

Please come out to this very interesting location offering lots of photo opportunities and make this first President's shoot a great success. For information on Dudley Farm, including the farm's location, go to: http://www.floridastateparks.org/DudleyFarm/.

The third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm is our club meeting at the Civitan Regional Blood Center. Some of our members meet for diner at the Picadilly Cafeteria about 6:15. Guests are welcome.

We meet on the second floor in the NE corner of the blood center building. After a short business meeting club members will share pictures. The theme for Oct. is "Sports." Members are allowed to show up to eight images, 3 in assigned theme, 3 general, and 2 black and white. There is no judging, but if asked, we will provide a friendly critique of your work.

The third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm is our club meeting at the Civitan Regional Blood Center. Some of our members meet for diner at the Picadilly Cafeteria about 6:15. Guests are welcome.

We meet on the second floor in the NE corner of the blood center building. After a short business meeting club members will share pictures. The theme for Sept. is "wildlife." Members are allowed to show up to eight images, 3 in assigned theme, 3 general, and 2 black and white. There is no judging, but if asked, we will provide a friendly critique of your work.

Laurel Housden sent the following message to our web site.

I would like to invite the Gainesville Photography Club to a very special
photowallk that I will be leading as part of Scott Kelby's Worldwide
Photowalk Day on August 23 from 5-7 - Hundreds of cities from around the
world will be participating and it is FREE and open to all levels of
photographers. There is even prizes for the best pictures from each city
and the best picture nationally.

Please pass along the information to your club and feel free to contact me
with any questions. You can ready about it on my blog at: