Canon Picture Styles

If you use a modern Canon DSLR (including the EOS Rebel XTi, XSi, 40D, 50D and 5D), then you have access to Canon Picture Styles. Picture Styles are presets that allow you to control the “look” of your image, much like choosing a film stock based on its color or contrast characteristics. Picture Style presets [...]

A Solo Traveler in Burma

Member Lewis Lorton will present and discuss images from his visit to Burma at our January meeting.   There is no other country in Southeast Asia with the combination of natural beauty and wonderful people as Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. The country was closed to much tourism to relatively recently and the greatest proportion [...]

CMPG Chestertown Imaging Event set for November 1

November 01, 2008 we will be having a CMPG imaging event in Chestertown, MD (on the Eastern Shore).

The schooner SULTANA will be downrigged for the close of its sailing season. This is an annual event that draws many sailing vessels from around the mid Atlantic region. These include the KALMER NYCKEL, PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II, SCHOONER VIRGINIA, A. J. MEERWALD, LADY MARYLAND and the skipjack ELSWORTH to name a few of the 11 or so that will be on display, offering tours and sailing sessions for a fee.

On Obtaining Sharpness …

  The following is excerpted from a discussion on sharpness in the flickr.com Canon EOS 40D discussion group. As such, certain passages pertain to the 40D, or Canon cameras in general. However, the concepts represented here apply equally to all camera models and brands. The entire thread may be found here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/40d/discuss/72157607273602429/#comment72157607308552206 Thanks to “BoldPuppy” [...]

Joe McNally Discusses His Book “The Moment It Clicks.”

Authors@Google: Joe McNally Photographer Joe McNally visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book “The Moment It Clicks.” Join the forum discussion on this post – (2) Posts

Tony Sweet Seminar to be Hosted by CMPG!

Nature and landscape photographer Tony Sweet will present Fine Art Photography and the Digital Edge on Saturday, January 10, from 1 – 4 PM in the Chapel at Chapelgate Presbyterian Church. Admission is $10 in advance, $15 at the door. CMPG club members pay only $7.50! Tony’s work is published on calendars, post cards, posters, annual [...]

The Pieces are All In Place!

All of the major components of the new CMPG web site are in place and seem to be working. Now, it’s time to remove the “test” content, populate the site with “real” content, set up the empty forums and galleries, and define all the security aspects of the site. If all goes well, the new [...]

CMPG to Display at Chapelgate Night of Jazz

CMPG members will be displaying their work at the annual Chapelgate Presbyterian Church Night of Jazz event on September 12, 2008, begining at 7PM. More information about the even can be found by clicking here. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the images you’ll see:

Next Meeting: July 28th 2010 Room 212/213 Chapelgate Presbyterian Church

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