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APS is now on "Meetup"

Join our Meetup group to follow our scheduled competitions, programs, field trips and other club activities.

The Atlanta Photographic Society's Meetup group is for both club members and guests. Our Meetup group's name is "Atlanta Photographic Society."

Please always RSVP when attending all our competitions, programs and other events. Just click the "Attend" button for every event you're coming to.

Please Join our Meetup

Equipment Corner

ColorMunki

The Atlanta Photographic Society's X-Rite ColorMunki device is available to Club members only for their personal use to calibrate monitors and printers/papers.

A color managed work flow is essential to ensure that what you see on your monitor is accurate, and that what you print is what you see on your monitor. It's also necessary for accurate viewing of your images on other monitors - including those used during our club competitions!

For more information on the ColorMunki, tutorials, etc. please see the X-Rite web site. You can also consult with Don Stephensor other club members with experience using the ColorMunki.

Sign-out Sheet

To checkout (or reserve) the ColorMunki use the sign-out sheet in our sign-out book.

The checkout period for the ColorMunki is for ~1 month (bring back to the next club meeting in ~ 1 month).

Tips, Techniques and Learning Corner

Photography Fundamentals Videos

A wonderful series of 24 half-hour videos covering the fundamentals of photography is available for checkout to club members only for their personal use for photographic learning/education.

Whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or advanced photographer you are sure to take away at least one new gem of insight that you can put to use to improve your photography from each of these outstanding lessons.

Ultimate Photo Guide Videos

This excellent series of 10 short (4-6 minutes each) videos from Outdoor Photographer and Digital Photo Magazines cover a great introduction to photography for beginners, and are a good, quick review of the basics. You can view them all in about one hour. It is available for checkout to club members only for their personal use for photographic learning/education.

The Digital Photography Book

Scott Kelby's superb book is a very handy longtime favorite. It's highly recommended by both your President, Jim Harrison, and our Competition Chair, Al McLeod.

It is also available for checkout to club members only for their personal use for photographic learning/education.

Sign-out Sheet

To checkout (or reserve) these resources, use the sign-out sheet for each in our sign-out book.

The checkout period for all these educational resources is for ~1 month (bring back to the next club meeting in ~ 1 month).

Your inkjet paper purchases can now benefit the Atlanta Photographic Society! Just click on the Red River Paper link, order your favorite papers, and the club receives 5% of the purchase amount.

Red River Paper was founded in 1997 and has become a trusted supplier of exceptional photographic inkjet papers to customers around the world. The company offers products that often exceed major retail brand quality with a savings as much as 40%.

My personal favorite Red River papers include: Ultra Pro Satin, Ultra Pro Gloss, and Polar Pearl Metallic.

Jim Harrison

APS Communication Coordinator

Frame Destination 10% Discount

APS members can get 10% off all their orders with Frame Destination!

You must be a registered user of the Frame Destination website as a APS member. Then you may use promo code “APSONLY” when you a place an order.

Note: The promo code is not valid with other promo codes, and will not work for non-members.

To become a registered APS member on our website follow these steps:

Click “Login” in the upper right of section of our site - Frame Destination
Click “Create an Account” in the middle of the page.
Send an email to info@framedestination.com, saying you are a registered user and need your account set for APS membership.

To see how easy it is to order custom frames on our website you can check out the video “How to Order a Custom Picture Frame…” in our video gallery:

https://www.framedestination.com/video-gallery

To learn more about us you can check out our About Us Video here:

https://www.framedestination.com/about-us

Janerio Morgan

APS Secretary

PDF Slide Presentations of Some Recent Programs

How the Image Was Made by Jim Harrison

NOTE: Right-Click and download the PDF and view the PDF from your desktop instead of the browser, so you can click on the website links to view the many resources.

Photography News and Views

Image Manipulation: Part Two

by Jim Harrison and Don Stephens

2017-03-14T17:40:05-04:00

Part Two describes a wide expanse of photographic manipulation, from basic and moderate adjustments, through extensive and extreme manipulations. It concludes with thoughts on the roles of photographer and viewer, and a challenge for all photographers to define, and refine, their individual image-making philosophies.

Part One: Image Manipulation - A Battle Between Good and Evil?

by Jim Harrison and Don Stephens

2017-03-03T16:53:26-05:00

Photographers are wont to argue the merits and demerits of image manipulation. This two-part article explores the benefits and limitations of photographic image processing and manipulation through an analogy with human communication by literature.

Part One: A Literature Analogy describes a broad range of literature: history, historical fiction, fiction and fantasy, as a means to relate to our similarly wide modes of photographic expression.

Part Two: How does all that literature relate to photography?