April 2019 Outing – Bar Harbor Community Farm

Our last outing was at the Bar Harbor Community Farm on Gilbert Farm Road at 9:30 in the morning. The farm is located at 115 Gilbert Farm Road. There was a lot to explore with the new spring growth making… Read More
April 2019 Meeting – Howie Motenko

Presentation
Howie Motenko provided an overview of 11 Black and White Digital Conversation Techniques that can be used in Photoshop and/or Lightroom:
Convert to Grayscale: Image > Mode > Grayscale
Desaturate: Use a Hue/Saturation layer plus a Contrast layer
Convert… Read More
February 2019 Outing – St Saviour’s Episcopal Church

Our February 2019 outing was at St Saviour’s Episcopal Church in Bar Harbor.
St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church is the oldest, largest and tallest public building on Mt. Desert Island. Both the Church and the Rectory are listed in the National… Read More
March 2019 Meeting – Ezra Hallett

Presentation
Ezra Hallett was unable to attend the meeting due to being out of town. Caty Small gave us a retrospective presentation on the lives of Minor White, Dorothea Lange, and Ansel Adams as well as their work on Aperture… Read More
March 2019 Outing – Bernard Town Dock

For our March outing we went to the Bernard Town Dock for an afternoon outdoor outing. Sunset that day was at 6:48 giving us plenty of time in the afternoon light!… Read More
February 2019 Meeting – Photography Workshops Discussion

Presentation
Our speaker Benjamin Williamson was unable to attend due to winter travel conditions. We will try to reschedule Ben for an upcoming meeting.
Instead, a panel of MDI Photo Club members discussed their experiences with photography workshops. We are… Read More
January 2019 Outing – Portrait Workshop

Our January “outing” was an indoor Portrait Workshop at the Harbor House on Main Street in Southwest Harbor. We gathered in the big room on the second floor which has a high ceiling and an entire wall of North facing… Read More
January 2019 Meeting – Matt Stapleton

Presentation
Our speaker was Matt Stapleton who presented his project ‘Nocturne’. Matt is a fine art photographer and painter based in Southern Maine. He presented a brief history of his addiction to night photography and the resulting images.
Assignment Submissions… Read More
December 2018 Outing – Wendell Gilley Museum

In December 2018, the club visited the Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor. The museum specializes in decorative bird carving by Wendell Gilley as well as teaching and educating the community.… Read More