A Flickr group has been created to display the pictures taken and all participants are encouraged to come to the CPMG meeting on August 25th which will be devoted to a discussion of the photos taken.

There is a limit of 25 participants so please email the coordinator at mrearl1959@gmail.com to reserve your place and be sent an invitation to join the Flickr group.

Submitted by Earl Blake

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• Category: CMPG Events
• Event Type: Hosted Events
• Date: 02/19/09
• Time: 7:00pm
• City: CMPG Events in Successful Clicks: Tips for Better Pics
• Venue: Glenwood Branch, Howard County Public Library
• Address: 2350 State Route 97, Cooksville, MD 21723
• Country: US
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes:
  
  Come join members of the Central Maryland Photographers Guild as they discuss image composition, use of light, and choice of camera lens. Learn the basics of what makes for great nature/landscape photography images and gather ideas for fun people photography.
  
  CMPG members will discuss common technical “how to” questions as well as conceptual foundations of the image making process. Emphasis will be on the use of digital SLR cameras, but not limited to them. Club members will be available for questions at the end of the talk. Many CMPG members have award winning photographs and are professional photographers, using their cameras on a daily basis. Come enjoy and learn from their expertise!
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Come join members of the Central Maryland Photographers Guild as they discuss image composition, use of light, and choice of camera lens. Learn the basics of what makes for great nature/landscape photography images and gather ideas for fun people photography.

CMPG members will discuss common technical “how to” questions as well as conceptual foundations of the image making process. Emphasis will be on the use of digital SLR cameras, but not limited to them. Club members will be available for questions at the end of the talk. Many CMPG members have award winning photographs and are professional photographers, using their cameras on a daily basis. Come enjoy and learn from their expertise!

• Category: CMPG Events
• Event Type: Hosted Events
• Date: 01/31/09
• Time: 9:00am
• City: CMPG Events in How Do I Use My Camera?
• Venue: Chapelgate Presbyterian Church
• Address: 2600 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104-1610
• Country: US
• Admission: FREE
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: Maybe you received a new camera for Christmas. Maybe you invested in one thinking this would be your next hobby. But all those manual controls are too confusing, or perhaps you just haven’t gotten to the point where you are happy with your photos, and you don’t know why.
  
  This is a workshop where we will introduce the basics of photography:
  
  1. Exposure (shutter speed, aperture, ISO) and how you can make choices to get the results you want out of your camera.
  
  2. Composition. Helpful tips for framing your image by controlling your point of view, depth of field, etc. to create a pleasing image.
  
  3. Equipment: What filters and accessories will improve your photographs?
  
  We will cover basic topics of photography and then give you time to workshop those skills with others who have been photographers for some time. You’ll leave understanding how your camera works better than when you came.
  
  This event is FREE.
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Maybe you received a new camera for Christmas. Maybe you invested in one thinking this would be your next hobby. But all those manual controls are too confusing, or perhaps you just haven’t gotten to the point where you are happy with your photos, and you don’t know why.

This is a workshop where we will introduce the basics of photography:

1. Exposure (shutter speed, aperture, ISO) and how you can make choices to get the results you want out of your camera.

2. Composition. Helpful tips for framing your image by controlling your point of view, depth of field, etc. to create a pleasing image.

3. Equipment: What filters and accessories will improve your photographs?

We will cover basic topics of photography and then give you time to workshop those skills with others who have been photographers for some time. You’ll leave understanding how your camera works better than when you came.

This event is FREE.

Pre-register using the selections below. Please be sure to print your receipt and bring it with you to the seminar — your PayPal receipt is your ticket!

at the Creative Alliance, Saturday, October 4, 2-4:30 pm.

Early reg ($20, $15 mbrs; Late reg $30, $25 mbrs.)

Join MLA attorney Mike Yang, UMBC Curator Tom Beck, and photographer Jefferson Steele for a wide-ranging discussion on the art and business of photography. Learn how to protect your work through contract and copyright. Get a working photographer’s perspective on the business of photography and a curator’s perspective on the art of photography, including the recent controversy over renowned photojournalist A. Audrey Bodine not being included in the BMA’s exhibition “Looking Through the Lens.”

Question and answer to follow.

Tickets available at www.creativealliance.org

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• Category: CMPG Events
• Event Type: Meetings
• Date: 02/04/09
• Time: 7:00pm
• City: CMPG Events in CMPG Meeting
• Venue: Chapelgate Presbyterian Church, Room 224
• Address: 2600 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104-1610
• Country: US
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes:
  Our January meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 4 at 7pm.
  
  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 of tourists in-country now are, in descending order of quantity, Chinese (they share a common border and are allies and trading partners), day-tourists who come over the border at Mae Sot in Thailand and organized luxury bus tours. The repressive military government has impacted the travel infrastructure which is primitive and in poor repair. Although travelers are not at risk from the government, the terrible roads, ancient public buses and idiosyncratic airplane schedules, make solo travel at once difficult and yet more interesting. Lewis Lorton spent the entire allowable 27 days in Myanmar traveling by bus, boat, train, plane, truck-bus, oxcart and even hitched a ride on a rice truck when a bus broke down. During this 27 days, he met a good selection of Myanmar peoples – Chinese hotel-keepers in league with the government, the genteel daughter of a drug lord, a political dissident who had been exiled to a small town, Ghurka refugees from Nepal without papers, merchants and a whole host of wonderful, real people.
  
  This photo presentation will illustrate the tourist high spots for independent travelers in Myanmar – Yangon (formerly Rangoon), Inle Lake, Mandalay, Kalaw, Mt. Popa and the unmatchable Bagan. The ancient city of Bagan was the capital of several ancient kingdoms and is now composed of hundreds of Buddhist temples scattered across a dry plain on the eastern bank of the Ayeyerwaddy River. It is a center of the Buddhist religion and a incomparably beautiful place.
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Member Lewis Lorton will present and discuss images from his visit to Burma at our January meeting.

Entrance to the caves in Pindaya, the Southern Shan Province

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 of tourists in-country now are, in descending order of quantity, Chinese (they share a common border and are allies and trading partners), day-tourists who come over the border at Mae Sot in Thailand and organized luxury bus tours.  The repressive military government has impacted the travel infrastructure which is primitive and in poor repair. Although travelers are not at risk from the government, the terrible roads, ancient public buses and idiosyncratic airplane schedules, make solo travel at once difficult and yet more interesting. Lewis Lorton spent the entire allowable 27 days in Myanmar traveling by bus, boat, train, plane, truck-bus, oxcart and even hitched a ride on a rice truck when a bus broke down. During this 27 days, he met a good selection of Myanmar peoples – Chinese hotel-keepers in league with the government, the genteel daughter of a drug lord, a political dissident who had been exiled to a small town, Ghurka refugees from Nepal without papers, merchants and a whole host of wonderful, real people. 

This photo presentation will illustrate the tourist high spots for independent travelers in Myanmar – Yangon (formerly Rangoon), Inle Lake, Mandalay, Kalaw, Mt. Popa and the unmatchable Bagan. The ancient city of Bagan was the capital of several ancient kingdoms and is now composed of hundreds of Buddhist temples scattered across a dry plain on the eastern bank of the Ayeyerwaddy River. It is a center of the Buddhist religion and a incomparably beautiful place.

Besides Myanmar, Lew  has traveled to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.  His latest trip to Asia was in 2007when he spent 5 weeks in Northern Laos, going as far north as Muang Sing on the border of China. He is a devotee of independent travel because it is more fun, more relaxing and much, much cheaper. Lew travels with a Lowepro camera bag and a single small backpack; he hopes to return to SEA soon leading a group of photographers traveling in the independent style.

To get a full idea of what to expect log into: http://www.sultanaprojects.org/downrigging08.htm

I’m not sure if anyone is interested in reservations for a sailing junket so let me know ASAP and I’ll begin the process of gettin g on-board. At the same time let me know your preference for sailing vessel. Even if you decide not to take a sail, the imaging opportunities are limitless. I’ll set up a schedule for the day after I get YOUR feedback once you have a chance to look at the day’s events. If I get no feedback I’ll simply assume that you will be attending at your pleasure.
 
Transportation will be by private car. So pick your travel mate(s) as you see fit. We will be having lunch at one of several places in Chestertown to be decided when we know how many will be attending the event.
 
The following will give you an idea of the sailing cost per vessel and the web site will provide a description of each. Please get back to me with your preferences as reservations will be needed should we “go a sailing”.
 
Saturday, November 1
10:00am-12:30pm
and 2:00-4:30pm
 
Public Sail on the Ships

An incredible opportunity to sail the Chester River as part of a fleet of “Tall Ships.” Sail on your choice of the assembled fleet, including:

• Kalmar Nyckel $5 5/$30 child
• Pride of Baltimore, II $45
• Schooner Virginia $45/$30 child
• AJ. Meerwald $45/$30 child
• Lady Maryland $35/$25 child
• Sultana $35/$25 child
• Elsworth $25/$15 child
• Mildred Belle $15

Downrigging Press Release

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• Category: CMPG Events
• Event Type: Hosted Events
• Date: 01/10/09
• Time: 1:00pm
• City: CMPG Events in Fine Art Photography and the Digital Edge with Tony Sweet
• Venue: Chapelgate Presbyterian Church Chapel
• Address: 2600 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104-1610
• Country: US
• Admission: $10.00 in advance, $15 at the do
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: Tony Sweet discusses the impact of digital technology on the photographic process
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Tony Sweet

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 reports, greeting cards, catalogs, and electronic mediums. His fine art prints are exhibited in private and corporate collections throughout the United States.

After 20 years as a professional jazz artist, Tony changed careers and directed his creative juices towards nature photography. The improvisational, spontaneous, and abstract nature of jazz are also integral elements of nature photography.

Tony conducts his Visual Artistry photography workshops throughout the continental United States. Tony’s articles and images are featured in Shutterbug and Rangefinder magazines, and is a contributor to Nikonnet.com. He is a staff writer for Nikon World magazine.

He has authored three books on the art of photography: Fine Art Nature Photography (’02), Fine Art Flower Photography (’05), and Fine Art Nature Photography: Water, Ice, Fog (’07). A fourth book in the Fine Art Photography series is due to be released in January of 2009.

We hope that Tony’s new book will be available in time for him to bring some with him when he visits.

Pre-register using the selections below. Please be sure to print your receipt and bring it with you to the seminar — your PayPal receipt is your ticket!

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• Category: CMPG Events
• Event Type: Hosted Events
• Date: 09/12/08
• Time: 7:00pm
• City: CMPG Events in Chapelgate Night of Jazz
• Venue: Chapelgate Presbyterian Church
• Address: 2600 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104
• Country: US
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes: Chapelgate’s annual free jazz concert. CMPG members will be displaying images selected recently by nature photographer Ian Plant.
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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:

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