Show information and details is available at the City of Lone Tree web site at the link below:

http://www.cityoflonetree.com/index.aspx?NID=427

HRPC and its members are grateful to the entire Highlands Ranch Library staff for their contributions, assistance, and support.

The evening will be a fun “ask the photographer” session with Jordan
McCullough on topics including wedding coverage, architecture imagery, and
abstraction techniques. Be sure to think over these topics and bring your
questions!

If over the recent holidays you’ve had time to play with this month’s photo
assignment, please bring your best images for “Abstraction & Patterns” for a
fun group evaluation of imagery, best approaches to using photography as an
abstract art form, and how concepts can be communicated through shape and
color.

Should you have any questions, please email feedback@hrphotoclub.com.

December Monthly Assignment : Abstractions & Patterns

Rather than looking at the “big picture” we often find ourselves seeking in our images, let’s take an entirely different perspective on our favorite subjects. Whether out capturing landscapes or buildings, flowers or still lights, evaluate the scene for an aspect that gleams with abstract beauty and photographic it. This might consist of a pattern a shadow is casting, the sparkling effect of  holiday lights, or merely getting much closer than usual to the subject.

The objective of this month’s assignment is to consider how a photograph can still capture a image that showcases composition, lighting, and beauty, but without the outright goal of knowing what the original subject matter was that formed the image.

Be creative, explore various angles, and subjects, and most of all, have fun!

In order to get a solid count of submissions, I need everyone who wishes to have their photography featured in the library email me confirmation. This will allow me to get a final count for the number of contributions each member can make.

Please email the following information if you wish to have your photography included in the January showcase. This will allow me to get in touch before and after the showcase and ensure all photography is hung, as well as picked up. Additionally, if you have a theme in mind for your images, please include that, as we may include the club members’ imagery in various clusters throughout the library walls.

- First and last name
- Telephone number
- Theme of imagery

Please email this information to: feedback@hrphotoclub.com

If you can take a moment to help Adam out and vote for his photograph titled “Green Supercell” at the following link, I’m sure he would appreciate it.

http://www.usa.canon.com/parks

From Hobby to Hard Cash
with Jordan McCullough

Looking for ways to turn your photographic passion into real cash? Whether you’re seeking a career change, or would like a little extra cash on hand to buy new camera gear, this presentation is for you.

Learn the secrets of the micro-stock industry, what’s hot in today’s trends of sales, and how to get your own portfolio selling images and making you cash.

Monthly Photo Assignment

Be sure to submit your monthly photograph assignment photos, up to three, to feedback@hrphotoclub.com. This month’s assignment is “food,” and detail can be found here.

Photo submissions should include the photograph title and photographer’s name so credit may be given in the new Gallery.

Please take a moment to visit the new page and showcase at the link below.

If your image is missing from the gallery, or you would like to contribute an image taken during the monthly photo assignment (September: Kinetic, October: Food), please email your image to the HRPC email address of feedback@hrphotoclub.com. To ensure credit and accurate titling of the image, please include your name and photograph’s title in the filename of the JPG image.

Get ready for some tasty photography this month, as the October assignment is “food.”

This assignment has many applications for learning to carefully observe the light on a subject, what mood is portrayed, and the appealing qualities of the final photograph.

Any lighting can be used to illuminate the subject–sunlight, soft window light, a desk lamp–whatever is accessible.

Tips and Tricks

The next time you flip through a magazine or grocery store brochure, closely examine food photos that grab attention and have that appetite-inspiring look. Here are a few questions to ask yourself when reviewing food photos:

• What makes the image so appealing?
• Is the lighting on the subject from the side? From the back? From the front?
• Are there hard shadows or soft shadows across the subject?
• What type of lighting is used? Bright dramatic sources or more low-key?

Suggestions

• Keep lighting simple. One or two sources should be more than sufficient
• Fruits and vegetables look great on high-key, brightly lit scenes
• Desserts, such as cakes, look great under soft, broad lighting with long shadows

Most of all, have fun and enjoy the assignment.

http://colorado.naturephotographers.net