Meetings

Critique The following images were submitted for Critique, a supportive conversation among members to help a photographer achieve their vision. Assignment Our assignment for this meeting was to make photographs of things beginning with the letter “A”. Share Members chose… Read More

Presentation Through a discussion of 5 main strategies, freelance photographer Ray Schneider explained the difference between seeing and perceiving, and shared ideas he has come to depend on, many of which come from the world of art and composition, Gestalt,… Read More

Critique The following images were submitted for Critique, a supportive conversation among members to help a photographer achieve their vision. Assignment Exploring the Landscape as Metaphor: Beyond the Scenic View Following in the footsteps of John K Putnam, who presented… Read More

Presentation Most nature photographers focus on capturing her beauty, but Mount Desert Island-based nature and landscape photographer John K. Putnam suggests taking nature photography to another level by personalizing it, expressing your thoughts, emotions and stories via your imagery.  On… Read More

Presentation Lester Lefkowitz, author of two well-respected books on close-up and macro photography, gave us a highly informative and entertaining introduction to close-up and macro photography.  Using scores of visual examples, Lefkowitz demonstrated how to use your existing equipment coupled… Read More

Presentation City streets are filled with photo opportunities if you know the best ways to find and capture them. Nick Gervin delivered presentation on how to get started in the art of street photography.   Gervin is a professional photographer who… Read More

Presentation Landscape photography, like any genre, is always changing along with how we define beauty. Josh Winer, nationally known photographer and instructor at the College of the Atlantic gave a talk on the history of landscape photography and its continually… Read More

We met to show and discuss what each of us did for our summer assignment, which was to make and sequence eight thematically similar photographs.… Read More

Our May 2024 meeting was devoted to discussion of this month’s photographs — the iPhone assignment generated a lot of interesting images — and elections for next season. Critique The following images were submitted for Critique, a supportive conversation among… Read More