South Carolina Photography Guild

The club get together from last weekend went off quite well despite some rainy weather.  Shots are up and shared in the forums, including a few candids from an impromptu “hot dog show”.  Next up for September is a Lighting “workshop” of sorts - up to a total of 25 people can be accommodated, so if you’re interested, log into the forums, or notify admin@scphotogs.com and we’ll get your name to the coordinators.

In personal news, I’ve finally started my own personal blog.  As this one is moving toward infrequent postings on club events, news, and information, I’ve been hesitant to post my own personal thoughts and musings in this venue.  While this is still a useful place to get general photo news about the club and area activities,  those interested in following my more daily musings are welcome to tune in at:

www.canonblogger.com  The post feeds work, but something is wrong with the comments feed, so if anyone knows how to fix that, email me! (jason AT scphotogs DOT com)

Well, it seems that SCPG is a little behind the times, as the blog had never implemented the podcast feature into the setup. While our podcasts had been uploaded to a dedicated space for listeners to enjoy, that feature was never enabled. So, I am retro-actively installing that component and linking the already-recorded podcasts here. The inaugural podcast was not included as much of the information in there has changed and it needs to be re-recorded, but the other two are re-posted here so people can find them more easily in the future. Pardon the redundancy for those who already knew about them, and welcome to those that didn’t!

 

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 Camera Shooting Techniques: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Online Photographer has a couple new articles out for your coffee-time reading pleasure.  My favorite of the bunch is the “How To” for digital print tonality.  The Digital Photography Show has a new podcast out where they talk to Canon’s Rudy Winston about the allegedly forthcoming 40D.  Good stuff there…  DP Review has a posting that talks about Nikon’s new “full color RGB sensor”.  Check it out for details.   Strobist (blog about lighting) has two new articles that are both well worth the read.   Finally, thanks to Steve Stone from the SCPG forums for sharing a Canon Contest!  Great prizes and best part…entry fees are FREE!  (We like free at SCPG!)  Links to the websites are here:

The Online Photographer

The Digital Photography Show 

DP Review

The Strobist 

Canon National Parks Photo Contest 

For those interested in having the contest details, SCPG has put together a PDF download of the contest rules, as well as a listing of both Nationally and State recognized eligible parks.  This is available in the forums as a free download from the Coffee Shop.  Click here to get the abbreviated version:  SCPG Forums  Remember, entry fees are free, and you can do it online!  Have a great day and Happy Shooting!

Not a lot of thoughts this early, but here’s some useful things and interesting things I noticed this morning:

The Online Photographer’s post for today is about digital b/w conversions….good read.

Tips from the Top Floor host Chris has his latest podcast out - always fun to listen to, so stop in there if you have 15-20 minutes to listen in… (and don’t forget to vote for him in The Podcast Awards)

Photoshop User TV released their weekly video on Monday (just had a chance to watch my downloaded copy last night - very good show and an awesome prize for their weekly contest - good luck I have no idea where that is!)

And the freebie fourth!:   Photojojo’s latest shows some PS movie effects…fun stuff!

With the holidays rapidly approaching, the SCPG has put out its Holiday Podcast!!  *sound applause tapes*  The subject this go-around:  Camera Shooting Techniques.  This month we look into the details of prepping for a shoot, how to hold your camera while shooting, grip, stance, and even looking at things like composition to some degree.  Fun stuff there, so feel free to check it out at your leisure over in our podcast section, linked here on the Blog Site.  It’s a tad shorter (15 minutes, but still a bandwidth heavy file at 15 MB, so plan your download accordingly!
Also, our December Holiday shoot is coming up quite soon - this Saturday, specifically, so come on out and join us as we try to capture the Christmas Spirit of Summerville.  We meet up at the town Square at an adjusted time of 4:30, not 3:30.  Dress warm as a cold front is moving in, and bringing a friend (as well as your camera) is always encouraged!

After the holidays, our next shoot will be the 20th of January, location still TBD so if you are hankering for a place to get out and shoot - stop in the forums and let us know, new members ideas and locations are always encouraged!  We are also in the initial planning stages of getting a member gallery up on display in the Summerville library.  Still the very initial stages, but fun stuff to think about regardless.

Until next time, happy blogging, happy surfing, and Happy Holidays from those of us here at SCPG!