Links, Links, and More Links!

Instruction

Digital Photography School – Everything from photo tips, to camera equipment to post production techniques.

Amateur Snapper – Photography tips, tricks, and tutorials.

Project Ideas

PhotoJojo – Quoted, “the most kick-ass photo tips, projects, and more…”

DIY Photography – Do-It-Yourself lighting and studio solutions!

Photo Connection – More photo tutorials and fun ideas.

The Photographic Dictionary – Get ideas for an alphabetical photo hunt!

Storage Sites

Flickr – Also home of the GVSU Photo Club group! It’s free to join!

SeeHere Photo Sharing – A place to upload store, and print your photos on different products.

SmugMug – This one costs some money, but has many more features.

Stock Photos

Morgue File – Find resource photos to use in your own image manipulations.

InterfaceLIFT – A great site for photographic desktop backgrounds.

FocalPop – Also great just for project ideas, but if you upload your own stock photos to the person requesting, you could get paid!!

Editing

Mac AppStorm: The Ultimate Setup for Photographers – 50 great free and paid apps for your Mac for post processing and editing photos.

PresetsHeaven – Do you use Adobe Lightroom? Here is a great site for downloading preset photo effects!

X-Equals – More Photoshop and Lightroom presets. All free!

GIMP – A free photo editing software you can download and keep. Often said to be a simpler version of Photoshop.

Picnik – A free in-browser photo editing site. No downloads necessary!

Aviary – A new free in-browser photo editing site.

Pixlr – Another free in-browser editor! Looks very similar to Photoshop.

Printing

Zazzle – Print your photo on anything!

Moo – Create MiniCards, Business Cards, Notecards, Postcards, etc. all with an individual image on each! Easy uploader from flickr, facebook, Etsy, or direct upload. Super customizable and a personal fave of mine. (See photo of MiniCards, right.)

Mpix – Beautiful high quality prints on all types of products. Used for the Photo Club’s Fall ’09 prints!

Color Inc. Lab – A Grand Rapids area printing company! If you like local, these are your guys. Lovely high quality prints.

ArtsCow – Photo gifts for everyone!

Miscellaneous

DPreview – Digital Photography review. The most in-depth camera reviews and comparisons I’ve ever found. Great for researching a new upgrade.

The Photographer’s Right – Know your photo rights! A lawyer’s website with a PDF detailing where you have a right to shoot as a photographer and when you can an can’t be stopped.

Photo Copyrights – Information about copyrights for your photos in print, on the web, in camera, wherever they are.

DPChallenge – Photography contest site.

Pure Michigan Photo Club – A club contest for Michigan photographers. Prizes!

Lens Pro to Go – Shooting a wedding and want to use that 50mm f/1.2 L lens? Rent it here! Look up any Canon or Nikon lens for rental anywhere in the US.

Random Object Shoot

Featured in our meeting last week was our Random Object Shoot where members were asked to bring in what ever cool, odd, fun stuff they had to just have fun and practice some indoor shooting. It was a small group of us, but we did some pretty fun things! We got some interesting results, some of which can be found on our flickr page!

Photo Credit: Chris Farber

Note: Last week’s meeting was canceled, so no notes. :)

Meeting Minutes 10-22

Campus Events = Photography Opportunities

If you are interested in event photography please check out our shiny new Events page here on the Photo Club blog! Some requests:

Criminal Justice department:

The criminal justice department needs help. You can go and take pictures with at risk children to give them a creative outlet for an outreach group called PALS. Or, if you’d rather, they also need photo editors. Anyone who knows their way around a stamp tool, come on and give them a hand!

Getting the word out!

We are going to start advertising ourselves out to the campus groups. We want to take pictures of any group, event, or club and give them the amazing photos that we come up with as a way of advertising to them.

Go to your other, inferior clubs that you barely attend and ask them if you can photograph them. Go to a soccer game, ultimate Frisbee match or even a Quidditch tournament (yes, GVSU has Quidditch. Heads up!) Once you have handed over your brilliant photos, the clubs will see how cool it is to have someone record their group’s activities for free.

Let’s do it!

Ready…break!

Area51 Show:

The pictures are flooding into Ellen’s account, so fast that…she…doesn’t… check for them anymore. She’s got none so far…

8 photos is the number of prints that are going to be made and put on display, but we are also going to have the projector possibly running, which will show at least one of your photos. So far we have zero photos to choose from. At this rate, you have a pretty good chance of getting a 16×20″ inch print of your photo!

Start submitting anything (though we prefer GVSU or Photo Club related pics) to lundgree@mail.gvsu.edu!

The Actual Meeting Minutes:

Possible meeting time changes:

Some of the most popular times were – Thursday’s from 4-5pm, 5-6pm, and 7-8pm.

Keep checking the website and vote here for your favorite if you haven’t already done so.

Wedding photos:

Dan and Ellen showed their wedding photos and gave some tips on how to take them.

Tips:

• Remember to plan ahead if you are going to take wedding photos. You only get one shot.
• Take photos of key items of the wedding. Ex. Rings, bride and groom (duh), wedding cake, family and friends, reception events….
• Don’t forget lighting. Weddings are generally events that spill over into the night. Make sure you bring the proper lens (if you have an SLR) and/or flash.
• And of course, don’t forget to try the food. It’s free!

Flickr photo’s of the week:

We reviewed this weeks flickr photos and were satisfied with some, impressed with others, and disappointed in a couple (mine ). Come on guys! Keep them coming, they’re looking great!

And, that’s it so far. We’ve a ton of other cool stuff going on, but I’m not going to tell you what it is. Come and find out for yourself!

Meeting Notes 10-15

Chris Kierkus, our Photo Club advisor spoke to us about Fall Color Photography on Thursday night. Then Friday, four of us walked through campus putting his techniques into practice. I think we all ended up with some great photos. Watch the GVSU Photo Club flickr page for the results of the fall color walk, or submit your own fall colors!

In other news, we are looking to switch meeting times to an earlier (less dark and cold) time. Please answer these polls and let us know what will work best for you! We’d love to have more of you be able to come to meetings! (btw, you can vote for multiple days/times)

Meeting Notes 10-1

Terry Johnston spoke to us last Thursday about being the Grand Rapids area photographer. He made a lot of great points, and we loved having him. Connect to him and join the Grand Rapids flickr group.

Afterwards, we attempted our Night Time Photo Shoot. We got rained on after about a half hour, but we are trying again after this week’s meeting, so come again!! Be sure to bring:

• Camera
• Tripod
• Flashlights, Laser Pointers, Sparklers, Glow Sticks, and/or anything else that can make light trails.
• Warm coat or jacket!
• Umbrella? Just in case…