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  • Say Whhaaat?
    Camera and lens manufacturers employ teams of professionals to write their copy, and others to edit it dozens of times. At least you would think they did. But what they actually publish is often a combination of market-speak, outright lies, and sometimes just oddly puzzling (and often funny) gibberish. Here’s a few claims that I’ve run […]
  • Live Event Videography for Beginners
    As some of you may know, we absolutely love Shade Tree Films. Whenever they are putting on one of their Cine-Skool events (a really amazing 3 day workshop for videographers of all skill levels), we help them out by providing demo equipment. In return, they’ve created some amazing videos for us in the past, including […]
  • How to Change your Camera’s LCD Cover
    Inevitably, over time the plastic LCD cover on the back of your camera gets scratched, scuffed and generally ends up looking older than the camera really is. Most of the time it doesn’t matter much, you can see the images and menus just fine. But given enough scratches light glare may interfere with seeing the […]
  • Sensor Size Matters – Part 2
    Why Sensor Size Matters Part 1 of this series discussed what the different sensor sizes actually are and encouraged you to think in terms of the surface area of the sensors. It assured you the size of the sensor was important, but really didn’t explain how it was important (other than the crop-factor effect). This […]

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  • Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2011 winners announced! December 13, 2011
    See the winning photo and category winners from this year's competition read more…Related StoriesPhotographer of the Year 2011: Portraits shortlistPhotographer of the Year 2011: Fashion shortlistPhotographer of the Year 2011: Travel shortlistPhotographer of the Year 2011: Landscapes shortlistDigital Camera Photographer of the Year 2011: Shortlists annou […]
  • Photographer of the Year 2011: Action and Movement shortlist November 30, 2011
    See this year's best photos in POTY 2011. The shortlist for the Action and Movement category of Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2011 is revealed exclusively here. read more…Related StoriesPhotographer of the Year 2011: Fashion shortlistPhotographer of the Year 2011: Travel shortlistPhotographer of the Year 2011: Landscapes shortlistDigital Camer […]
  • Photographer of the Year 2011: Creative Licence shortlist November 30, 2011
    See this year's best photos in POTY 2011. The shortlist for the Creative Licence category of Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2011 is revealed exclusively here. read more…Related StoriesPhotographer of the Year 2011: Fashion shortlistPhotographer of the Year 2011: Travel shortlistPhotographer of the Year 2011: Landscapes shortlistDigital Camera P […]

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March 3. 2012 CMPG Outing B&O Railroad Museum

March 3, 2012 Saturday – CMPG Outing
B&O Railroad Museum
901 W Pratt St
Baltimore, MD 21223

We will meet at the Long Gate Park and Ride off of RT 100 in Ellicott City at 9:30 am.  If you’re planning to meet at the park and ride send me an email so I’ll know to wait for you. They open at 10am.
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February 18, 2012 | Leave comment | Read More

April 25th 2012 Meeting. John Middlebrook, a freelance sports photographer, will give a presentation about sports photography

John Middlebrook, a freelance sports photographer, will give a presentation about sports photography on April 25, 2012.

As a sports photographer, John Middlebrook’s first “real” assignment was shooting an Orioles game back in August of 2007. In his 5th year as a freelance sports photographer, he has been fortunate to shoot sporting events such as the FIS downhill skiing in Switzerland, …

January 20, 2012 | 1 Comment | Read More

February 22 2012 Meeting. Kathy Rus will present on Copyright and Trademark information for photographers.

Kathy Rus, an attorney with offices in Westminster and Parkton, will give a presentation called Copyright & Trademark – What a Photographer Needs to Know on February 22, 2012.  She will discuss the U.S. Copyright and Trademark law, the difference between Copyright and Trademark, how to get Copyright/Trademark protection and what is copyright/trademark infringement. 

 

Kathy Rus’ practice is focused on Business Law, Wills, Trusts …

January 19, 2012 | Leave comment | Read More

CMPG Social Media Links

 

Central Maryland Photographers’ Guild    www.cmpg.org

Flicker members, join our Flicker group    http://www.flickr.com/groups/mdphoto/    (Sorry group membership is liminited to CMPG  members only, all can view)

Follow us on Twitter   @CMPG_Photos

Here is the link for the Facebook page for CMPG: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_23395515154 Stop by, take a look and “friend” us..   Doesn’t hurt.  And yes, you must be a Facebook member to …

October 1, 2011 | Leave comment | Read More

Image Copy Protection Enabled

“Right-click downloads” of images from the CMPG web site have been disabled, including images displayed “full size” or in slide shows. This should discourage casual copying of member images. Of course, there are still ways to defeat any copy protection scheme, this action should deter most casual image grabbers.

In addition, the ability to copy text from the web site by …

December 1, 2008 | Leave comment | Read More

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  • The Impact of Less
    A Guest post by Nick Fleming. Photography is about choices and decisions. Make the right ones up to the moment the shutter button is pressed and a successful composition will result.  This sounds simple enough but we all know how frustratingly elusive this can be. The key to good photography is consistently choosing the right [...]Post originally from: Digit […]
  • Want to be a Child Photographer but Don’t have Kids?
    I just had an excellent question over on my Facebook page. One reader asked, “How easy, or not, is it to get into child photography? I don’t have children, none of my friends have children but I have a growing interest in investigating the child photography side of things.” Well one thing’s for sure – [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Chec […]
  • Fujifilm X10 Review
    Described as an ‘enthusiast camera’, this one took me quite by surprise. With a new camera for review I normally take it out of its box, tap a few buttons, power up, then delve deeper. So where was the ‘on’ button? Ain’t none. You get the thing to come alive by manually rolling the lens [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more […]
  • My Still-Life Photography Adventure
    Everyone has photographed still life images at one time or another.  It’s usually one of those everyday images that catches our eye such as the sun shining through colored glass bottles on a window sill, fresh flowers in a vase or a stack of old books on an antique table. Photographers are attracted to beautiful, [...]Post originally from: Digital Photograph […]

RSS Tips and Techniques from PhotoRadar

  • Freelance photography tips: magazine publishing
    With 1000s of titles published every month, magazines are the most accessible market available to budding freelance photographers – here are our tips for success Think of a subject and chances are there’s at least one magazine title in print that deals with it. Photography, gardening, canoeing, caravanning, walking, camping, fitness, food, wildlife – the lis […]
  • Freelance photography tips: selling to stock libraries
    Stock photography – we don't need to tell you it's a competitive business. But we can tell you how to give yourself the best chance of successfully selling your pictures… You have a growing collection of images you’re sure could sell. You’ve tried local door knocking and it’s fallen on deaf ears. You’re bored with prints too; everyone looking and n […]
  • Photography ideas: turn knives and forks into photo art
    Cook up some tasty photos of cutlery and cooking utensils for your kitchen wall. You only need simple kit for this photography project, but the results are seriously artistic Black and white photography doesn't get much simpler. All you need to create photo art like this is a simple home studio and a collection of kitchen utensils. No fancy studio light […]
  • Photo ideas: long exposure landscape photography
    Intentionally moving your camera when taking long exposure landscapes can be a great way to give your photos a contemporary twist. Here are some ideas to get you started… Tired of textbook landscape photos? Want to try something a little more impressionistic? Then go slow and get moving. By using slow shutter speeds and moving the camera smoothly during the […]