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Monthly
meetings are held every third Thursday, at the Freedom House, 3450
Hill Road,
Boise Idaho. Unless
otherwise noted, all programs are scheduled to begin at 7:15
pm.
MONTHLY
PROGRAMS
Thursday, May15th, 2008.
Agenda: to be announced
The IPW Board meets at 5:45pm prior to the regular meeting.
All members are welcome to attend.
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**Show us your work**
If you have Prints or Digital Images you would like to share, please bring them
to the meeting. For Digital Images, bring up to 5 digital images on a CD/DVD
(sized 1024 x 768) for project.
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Note: IPW
meets the third Thursday of each month. In addition to print critiques
and sharing of
work, each meeting features an educational component.
If you are interested in presenting a program, please
contact the IPW
Education Committee Chair, Keith
Walklet.
UPCOMING
IPW PROGRAMS Workshop: Silver City,
Idaho
June 27 – 29
Hotel
reservations are now based upon availability.
Participants will need to make their own reservations by contacting the Idaho
Hotel at idahohotel@historicsilvercityidaho.com prior
to Memorial Day
(or call 208-583-4104 after Memorial Day) with the balance for the
workshop due to IPW ($102 per person).
Instructor: Mike Shipman
During this workshop, Mike
will cover topics such as composition, exploring your subject,
understanding vision and perception, off-camera flash, and
filter use. Digital and film photographers and all skill
levels welcome.
Link
here for more info and sign up before April 26th.
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May 2008 PhotoCrawl
Join
us for the May PhotoCrawl event at Celebration Park
along
the Snake River south of Melba.
Saturday, May 17
4pm - 9pm +
(start at 4pm or earlier for those who want to
picnic, 5pm PhotoCrawl start)
5000 Victory Lane
Melba, Idaho
http://www.canyoncounty.org/parks (includes map)
208-495-2745 (park phone)
Park admission: $2.00
Camping: $3.00
Celebration Park is Idaho's only archaeological park. Established
in 1989, the park contains thousands of petroglyphs carved
by early Native Americans into the melon gravel boulders
deposited in the area about 15,000 years ago during the Bonneville
flood.
There
is a new interpretive center, the park is on the western
edge of the Snake River Birds of Prey Area, and
upriver a
mile or so is the historic Guffey Bridge, built in 1897
to carry ore from Silver City to Nampa. There are historic
stone
cabins used by early miners and residents of the area and
the basalt cliffs tower above the river. There should be
some flowering plants in bloom, the grasses green, and
there are lizards and other wildlife to see and photograph
amongst
the rocks.
Sunset
on May 17 is at 9:06pm, with civil twilight ending at 9:39pm.
Moonrise (95% full) is at 7:17pm, and
the azimuth
is 115 degrees. Camping is available for those of you
wanting to stay for late night photography.
If you'd like to meet at the park at 4pm or earlier for
a picnic/cookout (bring your own) we can have a meal
before we head out - there are no restaurants nearby.
Equipment and other recommendations:
You'll want to bring water and light hiking gear; sturdy
boots, a light wind/rain jacket, a hat and sunscreen.
For camera gear, a tripod, telephoto, macro and/or wide
angle
lenses, graduated neutral density filter (+2 or +3),
flash, or whatever other gear you'd like to bring. Expect
to hike
on relatively flat ground up to 2 miles or more one way.
Because this is an afternoon/evening event it would be
a good idea to bring a flashlight/headlamp in case you
get
caught out after dark.
A map is available at the link at the top of this notice.
A new road was built to the park last year and it makes
access a lot easier.
If you have any questions, let me know. president@idahophotographicworkshop.org or
208.466.9340
The next PhotoCrawl
will be in July.
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Digital Classroom -
coming soon!
We are in negotiations and planning to develop several workshops
on digital photography using a local classroom facility. This is
an exciting development that has been in the works for several months.
There are opportunities for 1⁄2 day, full day and multi-day
workshops on Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, Painter, and the various
specific aspects of each. It gives IPW a great opportunity to provide
greater educational resources to its members and to the local and
regional photographer community. Stay tuned for more details as we
get them.
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IPW Forum
The IPW Forum is being upgraded sometime
in 2008.
MEMBERS' SHOWS AROUND TOWN
MEMBER OPPORTUNITIES
EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES
Sandra
Thompson, M.D., the spa owner, would like to feature other artists.
Please visit the spa any time during business hours
(9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-Fri) to
see if the ambiance would work with your images. If so,
let Diane know and she will set up a portfolio review
with Dr. Thompson.
CW
Moore Plaza, 5th and Front streets, Boise, date TBA.
The management
is ready to give us
a new group show with reception and postcard announcements. Please
e-mail Diane (dronayne@cableone.net)
or tell Allan Ansell or Keith Walklet at the meeting
Thursday if you are interested in being
part of it. To
have your name on the show postcard, you must let us
know by March 23 if you will be showing work. The reception
and show opening will
be in mid-April or early May.
The
Garden City Library will feature a different
community artist each month. We are looking for
a cross-section of creative mediums. There is no price for
admission to the exhibits. The art is offered for sale, and
20% of the proceeds will be donated to benefit the Library.
For more information about the exhibit, and artists interested
in participating in the program, may contact Judy Holcombe
at 383-0022.
WEB SITES OF INTEREST
Blue Planet Photography 2008 Photo Tours
Mike Shipman has posted his 2008 photo tour schedule online
at
www.blueplanetphoto.com/trips.htm. Locations for 2008 are
the Columbia River Gorge and Oregon Coast, Alaska, Vancouver
Island British Columbia, City of Rocks, and Olympic National
Park.
Other, local tours may be scheduled during the summer.
Check
The above link, or sign up for his newsletter, to be notified
of
New tours and information.
Information, Inspiration and the occasional kick in the
ass. http://www.artbizblog.com/ Some
of us are on Alyson Stanfield's ArtBiz Coach email list. Now she has
a blog as well as a newsletter. If you're at all interested
in selling your work (or think you might be someday), she
has valuable advice to offer. Here's a sample:
What do you have in mind for your art business in 2006? I'm not
talking about the little things you have to do. Or even the
medium-sized tasks and events you must tackle on the road to success.
I'm talking
about the big stuff. Big, hairy, audacious goals--or BHAGs,
as they've been called -- are career-changing steps. They get you out
of your comfort
zone by forcing you to put yourself on the line, increase
your knowledge, expand your creativity, and improve your level of excellence.
So, what
are your BHAGs for 2006?
INFO ON DIGITAL STUFF
If youve ever tried to answer someones questions (or your own) about digital terminology (Whats a pixel?) or equipment, check out http://www.geeks.com/pix/techtips.htm. The two most recent tech tips are on terminology and digital accessories. Earlier tips might be of interest, too.
SLIDES FROM DIGITAL FILES ONLINE SOURCE
Mike Shipman sent this info to share with you: Here is a link to an online source for getting slides made from digital files. I haven't used them yet, but what I've read has been positive. Their rates are pretty reasonable also, $2.50 for the 1st original, $2 for the first duplicate of the same image, $1.50 for 2nd duplicate, and $1 for each additional dupe. The place is www.slides.com.
The International Photography Guide at http://www.photoeye.com will be the most complete resource for fine-art photography on the web. It will include listings of educators, critics, curators, historians, equipment, suppliers, services, festivals, symposiums, museums, galleries, grants, awards, fellowships, residencies, organizations, associations, periodicals, publishers, schools, universities, workshops, and much more! We believe it will become the most useful online resource for fine-art photography.
West Coast Imaging has an informative web sitewestcoastimaging.com, (info@westcoastimaging.com) and will add you to its list-serve to get more tips.
Rocky Mountain School of Photography web sitehttp://www.rmsp.com/ (news@rmsp.com) also has good info and images.
http://americanart.si.edu/helios/index.html - Smithsonian Institutions American Art Museum online photos (a major site for the study of American photography, from early daguerreotypes to contemporary landscapes)
http://www.moma.org/ - Museum of Modern Art, NYC
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