GVSU Photography Club

Links, Links, and More Links!

gvsuphotoclub — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:04:21 +0000

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

gvsuphotoclub — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:58:49 +0000

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

gvsuphotoclub — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:46:46 +0000

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

gvsuphotoclub — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:31:10 +0000

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

gvsuphotoclub — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:06:49 +0000

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…

Meeting Notes 9-24

gvsuphotoclub — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:14:00 +0000

Last Thursday we reviewed how to join Stuey, and Flickr. Instructions can be found on our facebook page.

Sign up for our two upcoming photo walks on facebook. The Night Time Photo Walk is this Thursday after Photo Club. The John Ball Zoo Trip is Saturday, October 10th. And last, the Art Prize Photo Walk is tomorrow! Be at the MAK/MAN bus stop at 4:30pm!

This week, we have Terry Johnston coming to speak to us about being a Grand Rapids area photographer. And don’t forget we have the Night Time Photo Walk afterward! So bring your cameras, tripods, flashlights, glow sticks, and a warm jacket!

And, congratulations to Eric, our new Secretary!

Note: Anyone can join Photography Club at any time. We are open to all skill levels, and attendance to meetings is not mandatory! (Except for officers.)

Last, help out with these two quick polls to help us decide t-shirt designs and locations. We have decided on using black t-shirts, with a white print. Here are approximately what the designs will look like. We can use one or both:

Meeting Notes 9-17

gvsuphotoclub — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:34:32 +0000

Be active on all our platforms. It’s the best way to stay involved and updated with the group! We deal in digital photography, the digital world is our friend.

Be an official member on Stuey.
Get a free account on Flickr and join our group page to share your photos with everyone.
Join our facebook page and follow us on Twitter to keep track of events and updates.

We have trips to John Ball Zoo Trip in Grand Rapids and a Night Time Photo Shoot planned. Join the events on facebook!

Members from last year, submit your lightning photos to the flickr page! We will go through the results next week!

Also, if you have any ideas for photo walks, or contests or are interested in the Secretary position, please contact Ellen at lundgree@mail.gvsu.edu.

First Meeting!

gvsuphotoclub — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:20:05 +0000

Our first meeting will be:

Thursday, September 17th, 9-10pm

Location, MAK BLL-110. That is in the basement of the B wing of Mackinac Hall, across from Robinson. Be there!

Join on Stuey to become an official member!

Also find us on all your social networking sites:

Summer Break

Ellen — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:24:59 +0000

Our meetings are done for the semester! We had a good first half of a year. Thank you to all who attended meetings and especially to those who came on our photo shoots. I had lots of fun with everyone. We got some ideas for next year with our last meeting, and lots and lots of pizza. We also have some funding now so we can expand our reach and get some promotions.

We will not have any official meetings over the summer, but we may have some informal meet ups to do some photoshoots so keep watching us here and on the facebook page! Check out the groups semester in photos here.

Enjoy your summer!!

Closing in on Finals!

Ellen — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:11:06 +0000

It’s getting close to the end of the year, things are winding down. Posts have been getting slim, I’ve been too busy to write them.

I’ll just mention that last week we went over portrait lighting.

We are having a meeting this week. Nothing too exciting though, just going over some opportunities and wrapping things up.

Our last meeting will be next week. If there are enough submissions by April 8th we will be awarding prizes for the End of the Year Photo Contest. Otherwise, there will be pizza and a discussion for what we’d like next year. Please join us and bring your input if you’d like to see something happen! Especially if it involves or needs funding.

See you Wednesday!