Grüetzi Galera!
It is mind-blowing how fast all goes by, we are about to enter autumn and Santa Claus is getting ready to send 2020 to the craziest pages of history. While the end doesn’t come (of the year, nothing else ?), we still have plenty of time to enjoy and exercise those photography muscles.
You can see the full recording of our online meeting below and download the presentation we discussed here.
On the agenda this time:
- Industry News:
- Love it or hate it, phone photography is here to stay. And there were huge advancements in the technology behind the small masters we carry in our pockets, including major AI enhancements like Portrait Light, the ability to add a virtual strobe and alter the shadows and reflections on the face of your subject. Impressive, even if you don’t consider this to be photography.
- Amazing and technically challenging photos in the Underwater Photos Award from Scuba Diving Magazine.
- Funny and amazing captures from the Comedy Wildlife Photography winners.
- Inspiring Photographers: every now and then I dive into the life of amazing image-makers, this time I got to know some suggestions from Deryk (@dezauart)
- Valérie Jardin
- Thomas Leuthard and his free PDF on Street Photography can be obtained here.
- FREE Learning and Videos (documentaries, videos, fun and educational sources)
- Another inspiring video from COOPH showing ideas on how to capture amazing life-like images using miniatures.
- Create your own cartoon from a photo. Interested to join the fancy Facebook avatar fever and not give away all your precious secretly published information? We’ve got you covered, Pixivu posted a cool way to do it yourself.
- Street Photography Masterclass by Visitthecity
- Capture One vs Lightroom by John Gress
- Luminosity Mask: Focal Length Blending by Greg Benz
- Spot Removal OR Heal? by Anthony Morganti
- Ring Flash? Love it or hate it? by Adorama
- Latest Photowalk in Zürich – September 29.
- Escape Room Photowalk – TBD.
- OUR Book Project
- Foto Flohmarkt
We meet weekly at 19:00 CEST to our Tuesday Photo CHats, you can see/download the PDF presented during the meeting and watch the full recording on Facebook and Youtube (on Youtube there are links to each specific section of the video). Everything written below is in full detail in the recordings and all mentioned links are listed in the PDF.
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Video Recording of the Meeting
The Main Topics
Our Book is coming!
Yep, here I come again with this, I know, I know… But I want to remind you all of our project and the deadlines. The limit to send me the “Who you are” section is the end of October, better get it done soon!
We will produce a book-magazine with the photos we took during/for our activities during 2020 and preserve some good memories from this crazy and unforgettable year. Regardless if it was a photo from the #lockdown assignments or from the photowalks, we will collect and select some of the gems we produced during this year and produce a book, which should be ready in December. With the book ready, we will get together to see it and celebrate the good times we had during this year’s tough ride.
We have been CHatting about this for some meetings now and it is better to check the video recording above to get the most details, but here is a very poor summary:
- Photos taken in 2020
- Sections
- Photographers
- Group Info
- Our 2020 Photos
- Final Thoughts
- Each participant will have an Introduction double-page and 4 more pages to showcase her/his photos (2 x double pages)
Next Free Photowalk in Zürich
As it has already become a tradition, we get together on the last Tuesday of each month to have fun, meet new and old friends and have a blast while shooting some pictures. Join us and dust-off that poor camera sitting in a cabinet!
You can find the details and RSVP on our Meetup page. The fine details will come as soon as the weather forecast is more reliable.
(ab)Normal #Photowalk
We had an extra and delicious Photowalk in October and it came with a theme:
- Fixed Focal Lenght
- 35mm or 50 mm on a full-frame camera
- 20mm to 35mm on an APS-C crop camera
- Street photography
- Black and White
You can see the complete set of photos on the album in our Meetup group.
Escape Room Photowalk
Thanks Daniel Tscharner for making this a possibility!
The Escape Room Team have already agreed, now it is just a matter of finding the right date. Keep tuned, it will be posted soon and has limited “seats”.
The Venue where we will try to make this Photowalk is amazing and provides not only a huge area only for us but also many different rooms in which we can set different lighting and make many sets of gorgeous photos. Even if you cannot join the group, I strongly recommend that you go to Boda Borg and indulge yourself with one delicious escape room experience, it is well worth it!
Foto Flohmarkt
As we’ve been discussing for some time already, we will organize a meeting to buy and sell used photo gear. It will happen in the last weekend of October and the details will be posted on our Meetup group.
- When: last weekend of October.
- Venue: CHaya Photo.
- Free to come and enjoy, look around and buy.
- A very tiny fee to sell your things.
Small World, Great Pictures – by COOPH
Controlled Cartoon Effect for your very own Facebook Avatar
Street Photography Masterclass
Capture One vs Lightroom
Luminosity Mask: Focal Length Blending
Spot Removal OR Heal?
Ring Flash? Love it or hate it?
Contribute and Don’t Miss the Next Meeting
Do you have something to suggest for our discussions? Please shoot me a message and we will make that happen.
Thanks to all who participated, I always finish our CHats with new energy and ideas! See you all on our next meeting.
