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…

Meeting Notes 9-24

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:

Summer Break

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!

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!