Next Meeting:
Thursday,
January 28
What:
Club Speaker:Frank Smith - The Art of Photographing People
There is
more to it than saying “Cheese”
People fascinate me everywhere I go. I love to photograph people. However, not
everyone wants their picture taken and it is also considered taboo in some
cultures - but I love the challenge!
Photographing people is not the true art, the true art is convincing people to
let me photograph them. Just like in any photograph, lighting is key and
sometimes it takes a little persuasion and some kind words to get just the right
shot.
As an Olympus shooter one of the many benefits of the system is its size. The
micro four-thirds system is much less intimidating then some of the other
cameras and it allows me to get up close to people.
My goal in shooting faces is to capture the culture and to tell a story based on
the imagery. I have been fortunate to photograph people all over the world and
with each image the story may be slightly different.
Frank will share his learned skill at defusing resistance, creating the shot,
generating interest and sharing the image with the individual.
Frank T. Smith, Photographer
Frank is an artist, educator and mentor as well as an outdoor
enthusiast photographer and philanthropic photojournalist. Frank has
traveled the globe capturing people, cultures, landscapes and
architecture. He is energetic and gregarious, and he thrives on
meeting people and visiting new areas. Frank enjoys teaching and
sharing his
knowledge and insights to encourage others.
When he is not traveling, Frank is photographing local sites
including nature, historic
sites and/or urban decay. Frank can see
things others often pass by and will share his ideas on how to
creatively capture imagery.
Frank is an Olympus shooter and is a member of the Olympus Visionary
program, an elite group of photographers who are established,
award-winning professional photographers who travel the world with
Olympus products to capture life’s beauty
and splendor.
When:
Thursday, Jan 28 at 7:00 pm. We’ll be on as early as 6:45pm if you’d like to log on earlier and chat with others.
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52 Week
Photography Challenge
This
challenge will encourage participants to take and process an image
each
week for inclusion in the 52 Week Challenge Gallery on the
Charlotte Camera
Club Website.
Rules of
the Challenge
1. Use the attached list of Weekly Themes.
2. Images must be taken during the week of the challenge.
3. The weekly challenge runs from Monday to Sunday, and an image
must be
submitted to the website by midnight on the Tuesday
following the close of
the week. Images submitted after Tuesday will
not be posted.
4. Resize images to no more than 1400 pixels on the long side by no
more
than 1050 pixels on the short side.
5. The file name format:
<Week Number>-<Submitter’s Name>-<Image Title>.jpg
6. The image must be uploaded to the following link: NOTE: This is a
new link.
7.https://charlottecameraclub.smugmug.com/upload/SWdScL/52WeekChallengeUpload
8. Only one
image per week per submitter is allowed.
9. An image does not need to be submitted every week. Some weeks can
be skipped, but do as many as you can.
10. There are no prizes beyond bragging rights.
11. Here is a link to the challenge document: 52
Week Challenge
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