The Modern Darkroom

We hope you join us at our next photo club meeting on Thursday, May 19^th, 7:00 pm at Brookdale San Marcos North (formerly Horizon Bay). Come a little early if you want to visit with your friends, and find your name tag.

If you are a Photoshop user, or want to learn more about how to use Photoshop, you don’t want to miss this meeting. Mark Heaps will share some useful techniques in Photoshop. He will address the areas of interest you shared in response to the recent email enlisting your help in directing this program. Mark is highly qualified as an Adobe Community Professional certified in Photoshop.

Mark snapped his first picture at the age of four. His grandmother provided him with a camera and film so he could explore the world around him. As he got older he picked up a guitar, a skateboard, and a can of spray paint and skated his way into the world of art and design.

Spaceman

Today he’s an Adobe Community Professional certified in Photoshop. He’s the former Executive Director for Houndstooth Studio and has held lead positions with Duarte, Google, and more. Mark’s images, and design solutions, have been utilized by such brands as Apple, Nokia, Google, and more. He’s recently been helping National Geographic photographer Merlin Tuttle with his images of bats and also maintains a studio in South East Austin where he supports the growing community of photographers in central Texas. He is an author, instructor, teacher, and most importantly husband and father.

Critiques: Topic: Street Photography

You may send 2 images to share in the Critique portion of the meeting. Please re-size them and name your files as follows, and email to hcphotoclub@gmail.com by Tuesday, May 17^th.

To prepare your images:

Please re-size your files to 1000 pixels on the long side, and name them 1FirstName_LastName.jpg. You may ask for help with editing your image, or simply “show and tell.”

Learning About Cyanotypes

We hope you join us at our next photo club meeting on St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 17th at 7:00 pm. Come a little early if you want to visit with your friends, and find your name tag.

We have a great program for you!

Our guest, DorRae Stevens, will introduce you to an alternative method of photography called Cyanotype, a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. This procedure can also be used on fabric, as she will share with you.  Come join us in learning something new!

DorRae Stevens,  lives and works in Dripping Springs and the Austin/Hill Country area. Her work spans from portraits to documentary, art, and commercial clients. Her work is often seen at the A Smith Gallery in Johnson City. Although most of her work has been digital she is spending more time these days with alternative processes and the B&W darkroom.

Critiques: Topic: Recent Work

Please send your 2 images for this month’s meeting by Tuesday, March 15, to hcphotoclub@gmail.com, and format your images as follows:

1000 pixels on the longest side and name your image 1FirstName_LastName.jpg, 2FirstName_LastName.jpg

You may use the same images from last month, but please re-send them so we don’t show images if you are not going to be at this month’s meeting.