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  • A Few Easy Lens Dustings
    I get asked about 15 times a week, “How can I get the dust out of my lens?” The right answer is you don’t. All lenses have dust in them and it doesn’t affect the images at all 99% of the time. Even if you clean it all out, it will be back after you […]
  • How to Ruin Your (or Our) Gear in 5 Minutes (Without Water)
    If there hasn’t been a Color Run 5k or 10k race near you, there probably will be soon. And with all that color, you certainly want to take some pictures, right? Not with your camera you don’t (and not with ours either). I’m never one to worry much about lens dust. I’ve written about why […]
  • First Look: Rokinon 24mm f/3.5 Tilt-Shift – Part 2.
    When we optically tested the RokiBowYang tilt shift, I mentioned that my recommendation was tempered by wanting to see how it was built. Parts and repairs, at least in the U. S., are nonexistent and the price is a bit high for me to consider it a disposable, like the 14mm RokiBowYang. So first thing […]
  • First Look: Rokinon 24mm f/3.5 Tilt-Shift Lens – Part 1
    The release of the Rokinon 24mm f/3.5 Tilt-shift lens (also branded as Samyang or Bower) has created quite a bit of excitement. For Canon and Nikon shooters, it offers a 24mm tilt-shift alternative for around half the price of the brand name lenses. For shooters of other systems, it offers a tilt-shift option they may not […]

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  • Rumors MirrorLess • Obiettivi Zeiss FF May 21, 2013
    Zeiss ha annunciato la roadmap per lenti E con copertura FFhttp://www.sonyalpharumors.com/zeiss-fu ... expensive/Viste le previsioni che ci sono sui prezzi sia delle ottiche che della nuova Nex-9 penso che ci rinuncerò a favore della nuova 7 e mi tengo strette tutte le mie lenti vintage.Statistiche: Inviato da al_bo — ieri, 21:56 — Risposte 1 — Visite 5 […]
  • Rumors MirrorLess • Sony - Olympus May 20, 2013
    La collaborazione tra Sony ed Olympus inizia a dare i sui frutti. Per il 2014 sarà annunciato un nuovo obiettivo 400 f4.0 di Olympushttp://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr4-the- ... h-olympus/se mi ricordo bene però la collaborazione doveva avvenire solo nel settore medicale. In ogni caso, se confermato, si inizieranno a vedere ottiche di ottima qualità per Sony?S […]
  • Rumors MirrorLess • Nuova Nex7 May 12, 2013
    Da voci di corridoio sembrerebbe che la nuova ammiraglia Nex non avrà il nome di 7-N e, sopratutto, non avrà il filtro AA.http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr4-new- ... ed-nex-7n/La ciliegina sarebbe che il sensore scendesse dagli attuali 24mp ai 20 (perlomeno io lo spero)Statistiche: Inviato da al_bo — 12/05/2013, 20:35 — Risposte 5 — Visite 49 […]

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May 22 General Membership Meeting Guest Speaker: Ken Losurdo, Destination Photography and Workflow

Destination Photography and Workflow

Maryland commercial destination photographer Ken Losurdo will do a talk on creating images to market a destination. Ken will present some of his destination photography and explain the background behind the shot, the setup, and post processing to create the final marketing image. Ken’s clients include Howard County Tourism & Promotion, the Annapolis Anne Arundel Convention & Visitors …

May 11, 2013 | Leave comment | Read More

New CMPG Board of Directors

The results of the Board elections are in. Congratulates to the new Officers.

CMPG Officers 2013
Director:  Steve Talabac
Asst Director: Ken Losurdo
Secretary-Treasurer: Dave Humes

Education Coordinator:  Steve Talabac (Acting ) 

Exhibit Coordinator: John Maloney
Events Coordinator: Earl Blake
Publicity: Kirsten Messmer

Members at Large:
Warren Von Uffel
Mark Winter
Norm Ringel
Membership: Louise McLaughlin
Web Services: Doug Miller

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“Parked outside the door” at Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House in Columbia

The Baltimore Sun/Howard County press reports “Petro's photography exhibit is worth the drive”:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/ne…..0983.story

 

My photography exhibit, “Parked Outside the Door” is running from April 18 – June 1 at the Kish Gallery at Slayton House in Wilde Lake, Columbia.

My characterization of the show can be found on my web site blog here:

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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 limited 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 | Comments Off | Read More

And now Facebook! Where’s the world going?

As Melissa noted last night, the CMPG Facebook page has been given a new lease on life. In the near future we will be adding some new features to include a link to a purely voluntary gallery on this web site.
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..   …

June 23, 2011 | Comments Off | Read More

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    Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve is about a one hour drive south on Highway 100 from the Marine Atlantic ferry terminus of Argentia. The drive to the reserve itself is fascinating and provides many opportunities for images of the rugged maritime coastline, particularly around Ship Cove and Gooseberry Cove. Should your departure point be the [...]Post origi […]
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    Creating a reflection using Photoshop is one of those things that at first glance looks really hard, but really isn’t, once you break down the steps (just light Light Painting which I covered in another two part series). In this article I’m going to demystify creating a reflection, a technique that works particularly well on [...]Post originally from: Digita […]
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    Canadian photojournalist – Ted Grant – is quoted as saying: “When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!” This quote often comes to mind when talking about portraiture and I thought it might make an interesting discussion starter. Do Ted’s [...]Post original […]
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    A Guest Post by Lynsey Peterson. Nothing freaks me out like props.  Every time I see a picture of flower girls holding an empty frame that is outlining a bride and groom kissing in the distance, I die a little inside.   Whenever I am subjected to a photo that attempts to bring in a [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photo […]

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