Lindsay Birmingham, March Contest Winner

by Andy Ciordia on March 2, 2010

We had a nice and diverse group of Pro entrants into this past months assignment/contest of ‘Love’.  Many people shared some very precious moments and the field was pretty tight.  Lindsay Birmingham has been striving for a prize for many months now and she takes it home for her entry of a gigapixel macro heart expose.

Candy Heart Puzzle

Candy Heart Puzzle

This took a lot of time and a lot of macro pictures of hearts. We enjoyed this photo for it’s technical skill and creative edge. She also likes to digitally manipulate items in a portion of her pictures and she laid in a number of modified hearts for people to find.

You can check out this massive picture on Gigapan, and her backstory and setup on her blog.  As well she’s been running a little contest if you can spot the modified hearts you can participate in!

Great job Lindsay!

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February Meetup Recap

by Andy Ciordia on February 3, 2010

We had a huge crowd of near 70 people ready to get out of the house after some bitter cold and icy weather in the Charlotte community. This night we had Casey show us a quick how-to on getting batch actions and droplets setup and Rich presented on ‘Working a Scene’.

February Presentation

Working a Scene, How to Maximize a Scene’s Photographic Potential

Rich Nicoloff, From the Journey Photography & Design

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Greg Newman, February Contest Winner

02.02.2010

Ten contenders entered the cage match…er, well they did enter our Pro contest and let us judge them.. same difference!  The topic was Winter and while there were some creative entries the eye was caught solidly by Greg’s interpretation.
There was actually a sign on the property that read “Rent to Own”.
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Starting 2010 Right, January Review

01.06.2010

It’s very cold here in the Carolina’s.  Cold enough that most of us want to just hunkerdown and not go outside for shots. Maybe if enough of us stand close we’ll be ok.
Well a lot came out to join us at St. Johns last night for our January meeting.  If it weren’t for all those [...]

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Pro Photo of 2009, Eric Karp

01.05.2010

Eric Karp took home our membership wide vote with 22% of the respondents.  Even though we had a limited year for 2009 the field was a tough one.  Eric won back in July during the ‘Wow‘ assignment.
Thank you Eric and all those who are entering.  The field will grow larger this year so be ready!
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December Photography Wrapup

12.04.2009

I love the years end with our group.  We all get to gather, keep it low-key and usually nosh down on some great food from everyone.  This year was no different and we had to put quite a few tables together to get to all the grub.  From The Secret Chocolatier’s Chocolate Pate, homemade cheese-balls, [...]

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