Posted in Notice Board on May 14, 2010| 23 Comments »
CreativeLive is hosting a “Re-Watch” Weekend for their Digital Photography Course. For those of you that signed up but missed some of the free classes, or anyone in another time zone or trapped at their job all day – here’s your chance! They will be showing the first 6 classes in a continuous loop, now through Monday morning. To watch the videos, click here. For more information on the full program and other courses offered, see their website here.
Posted in Notice Board on May 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Just a quick administrative notice here – a bit of technical difficulty on incoming e-mails via the contact page caused us to lose some information that came in asking about joining the photowalk. If you have tried to contact us via the “contact” tab since last weekend please send another e-mail with your information – we welcome all newcomers!
Posted in Notice Board on May 8, 2010| 6 Comments »
I stumbled upon a photo book bargain at Costco stores today that prompted me to let everyone know about not only the bargain available but a wonderful series of books. Bryan Peterson has written several books that are a very easy and enjoyable read and full of inspiration and super photos to illustrate his teachings. If you don’t have a Costco nearby look for them at your local library, bookstore, or one of the on-line book sellers. At my local Costco they had Understanding Exposure, Understanding Shutter Speed, Learning to See Creatively, and Understanding Close Up Photography, each for about $10.00 off retail price. His books are a great resource for anyone wanting to learn more about controlling their camera to get the shot they want.
Posted in Notice Board on April 3, 2010| 6 Comments »
I’ve added an update to the information originally posted about the Creative Live Fundamentals of Digital Photography Course. Please see new information in the original post, HERE.
Posted in Notice Board on March 31, 2010| 35 Comments »
Creative Live is offering a FREE 10-week on-line course called Fundamentals of Digital Photography, beginning on April 7. We have not taken any courses here before but thought we’d give it a try. If anyone is interested in learning or brushing up on the basics of digital photography and would like to join us, you can view the information and register HERE.
Edit: I’m told by a representative of Creative Live that this course will be equally suitable for users of point-and-shoot cameras and dSLRs. To quote, “John will be covering a wide range of photographic technology in the course but just as importantly he’ll be discussing the thought processes that go into taking good and interesting photos.” Also, Creative Live is only planning on offering the FREE live sessions once. And finally, the 10-week series will be available for download so that you can watch at your leisure, as many times as you like. The cost for these downloads will be posted next week along with download links. While the prices haven’t been announced yet, they usually sell for less than $150 with a 50% offer if purchased during the course.
Post a comment here if you decide to register, please.
Posted in Notice Board on March 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Now that the blogging groups have changed, you may have comments from new visitors trapped in your spam filters or awaiting moderation. For instructions on checking your spam filter and releasing comments held for moderation, see THIS POST. The spam queue will be purged periodically, so please make a point to check it on a regular basis.
Also, if you are a WordPress.com user, you may be inadvertently blocking comments from non-Wordpress users. To check on this, go to your dashboard and choose Settings>Discussion. Make sure you do not have the option checked that says “Users must be registered and logged in to comment”. This setting allows only logged-in WordPress.com users to leave comments.
Posted in Notice Board on March 2, 2010| 12 Comments »
Just a suggestion for those participating in the Blogging Groups; with a new group of visitors you may want to include a post introducing yourself with some brief info about the equipment you use, where you consider your skill level to be (beginner, advanced or somewhere in-between), your goals in participating in the blog, and what sort of feedback you’re looking for (ie: general comments about the image or more in-depth critical commentary about how you could improve the shot). As an option, if you prefer to leave that info off your main blog you could add it to the “about me” tab and just welcome new visitors and direct them to the other tab.
Posted in Notice Board on February 14, 2010| 2 Comments »
We’ve had some requests to publish the Monthly Theme lists in advance for those that like to plan their shots in advance or just prefer to work from a larger list. Theme Lists are there for inspiration – use them however you desire to fit your needs – monthly, all at once, or not at all. We’ll continue to issue the Monthly Theme list on the blog page at the first of the month, but for those that choose to see them in advance, the full monthly list of themes can be found in the Themes tab at the top of the page.
Posted in Notice Board on January 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Have you checked out the links in our Composition First! Mini-Assignment yet? And just as important, did you add a link to your own blog? Mini-assignments are posted on the 15th and run until the 14th of the following month so you still have plenty of time to explore the composition tips and post a link (or more than one if you’re inspired!) Composition doesn’t just relate to landscape and outdoor shots – you can set up a shot indoors too so don’t let inclement weather stop you. Take some time to follow the links posted by your fellow photowalkers and get inspired, then come back and add a link to your blog to share your results.
Posted in Notice Board on January 25, 2010| 3 Comments »
The Notice Board is a new feature you’ll find popping up from time to time, with general information about our 2010 Virtual Photowalk and fellow bloggers.
Have you been checking out our New Bloggers post? We have a new blogger that just joined our Photowalk – you’ll find Stephanie’s blog link in the New Bloggers post. Welcome to Blogging group “D”ynamic, Stephanie! Others have joined in the past few weeks, so make sure you’ve updated your blogging group to include any other new members that may have recently joined your group.
While you’re wandering around the blogs this week don’t forget to stop by and check out our three bloggers that are “walking” with us outside the blogging groups – BillZ, LindaW and Pat B. You’ll find some inspiring photos that you don’t want to miss.
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