Gainesville Photo Club

The Gainesville Photography Club meets every third Monday of the month at 7:00 pm at: LifeSouth Community Blood Center 1221 Northwest 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32601-4111.  Our meeting room is on the north side of the building, second floor. Take the exterior staircase to the second floor meeting room.  A map to our meeting location is displayed under the "Meetings" tab.

The assigned theme for May is "Nature " (see the "Themes" tab for a list of our monthly themes for 2012 and a description of how to interpret each theme).  Rules for submitting your digital images for viewing at our meetings can be found near the bottom of the "themes" page.

Guest are welcome to attend and show pictures.   Anyone wishing to join the Gainesville Photography Club should attend a meeting where they can  fill out a membership application and pay annual dues of $25 ($35 family, and $15 student).

I am now offering private photography lessons. My experience with photography is as follows:

·       42 years of experience.

·       Graduated with High Honors with a degree in Professional Photography from Daytona State College.

·       Worked for 9 years as an industrial/promotional photographer for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft.

·       Owned my own commercial photography studio for several years.

·       Have been published in a major national magazine.

·       Have experience with several different formats in film cameras, including 35mm, 2 ¼ square, 2 ¼ x 2 ¾, and 4 x 5 view cameras.

·       Familiar with all aspects of the chemical darkroom, both color and B&W.

·       Familiar with DSLRs and the digital darkroom (Adobe Photoshop CS5).

·       Have experience with both location and studio lighting. In the studio, I have used electronic flash equipment or natural window light, or a combination of the two.

I can teach beginning, intermediate, or advanced photography skills. This type of training has distinct advantages over a college course or a course on the internet. If you are interested, please contact me, Don Bassett, at dwbassett616@yahoo.com or talk to me at the next meeting of the Gainesville Photo Club. Thanks.