Monday, March 28th, 6:30-8:30 at Studio R!

Looking Back and Planning Ahead

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Monday, March 28th, 6:30-8:30 at Studio R!

MeRa Koh!

Hello MAMAS!

I am **beyond** excited because I just got an email from MeRa Koh confirming that she will be the guest speaker our Mamas With Cameras Open Meeting this month!!!!!!!!! I don’t have enough exclamation points to show how excited I am!!!! Mark your calendars ladies for March 28th, 6:30pm at Studio R because you are NOT going to want to miss this!

Me Ra is a celebrity photographer, author and speaker, and is a regular contributor to the Nate Berkus show . Her latest book, Your Baby in Picturesjust made its debut at #231 on Amazon, and is climbing rapidly! Also, her nationwide Confidence Workshops are an awesome weekend retreat where women can explore their talent and creativity and build confidence with their digital cameras!

She spoke to our group back in 2009 and it was a packed house.  The energy in the room was incredible, she is a terrific speaker! This month she’ll share her tips and tricks with all the Mamas of how she documents the different milestones of childhood (and MAYBE we can get her to talk for a couple of minutes about what it’s like to be on the other side of the camera next to Nate!!  ), at the end of the meeting she’ll be available for book signings.

Can’t wait to see all you fabulous Mamas this month, and meet some new ones too! Bring your friends!  Also, if you have any specific questions you’d like MeRa to answer, leave them here in the comment field and I’ll be sure that she reads them!

Happy Shooting!

Mary

Full details may be found at mamaswithcameras.wordpress.com.

Monday, November 29th, 6:30-8:30 at Studio R!

Finding the light with special guest JENNIFER LOOMIS, and October wrap-up!

This month, we are in for a special treat!! Our guest speaker is Jennifer Loomis, celebrity maternity photographer, who pioneered the current maternity portrait genre back in the 1990′s. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, CBS, ABC-you name it! She’ll be doing a presentation called “Finding the Light.” This has been months in the making, so I would say if you are going to make sure you hit one meeting this year, this is the one!

Since it is our last meeting of the year, I’ll be collecting a donation of $10 from all of the mamas, which we’ll be using to get a holiday “thank you” gift for the staff at Studio R who generously allow us to use their space! Please bring your $10 in cash to make life easy, thanks!!

Full details may be found at mamaswithcameras.wordpress.com.

Mark your calendars, Mamas! Our next meeting is coming up on Monday, October 25th, 6:30-8:30 at Studio R!

This month, Laura Totten of Blissed Photography will be presenting to the group on the topic of Posing your Subjects. Whether you are posing your own child, siblings, a friend or even another whole family, it is always great to have some good and flattering compositions in your back pocket. Laura has a background in high-end fashion and wedding photography, and is eager to share her secrets with us! Here’s a snippet of her bio: “As a photographer of life, I work with people during their most celebrated life experiences.   From weddings and newborns, to Seahawks and Sounders games, to intimate performances and concerts, I constantly look for the most honest moment in my subject’s experience.”

This month, the topic will be especially timely, because after the presentation during circle time, I’ll be pairing everyone off in our annual Mama Portrait Exchange! We all have the same problem- no pictures of us with our own kids! So the photo assignment for the month of November will be the portrait exchange. The picture that Jenni took last year with me and my son is still one of my favorite ones of us together–don’t miss out on the fun this year!

Make sure to check the blog for the October Photo Assignments and bring in your printed pics!

August meeting at Studio R: Photographing Newborns with Carmen Chan

Monday, August 16, 2010 from 6:30-8:30pm

Since August is the biggest month for new births, I thought it would be really fun to have a guest speaker to talk about setting up a newborn shoot in your home! So I invited Carmen Chan of Baby Sprouts Photography to address our group. She’ll be talking to the Mamas about how to set up a newborn “studio” in your home, with simple props and photo recipe tips! It should be a blast! If anyone knows someone with a newborn who would like to have them be our “model”, please leave a comment here. I am thinking we should have two models on hand in case one is cranky!

Here is a snippet of Carmen’s Bio: Carmen is the owner and photographer behind Baby Sprouts Photography, a boutique portrait studio in downtown Redmond Washington. She specializes in maternity, newborn, baby and family photography. Carmen loves colors and she uses simple props and backgrounds to accent her images and to bring out her style in baby photography.

For full details on this meeting and Seattle Mamas With Cameras group, visit www.mamaswithcameras.wordpress.com

***Workshop Postponed***

For full workshop information and to register, visit LightroomDudes.com

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP – LEARNING LIGHTROOM 3 COMES TO DENVER, CO

Touring three cities throughout the West and Northwest, Jason Anderson and Kerry Garrison are taking their companion instruction team on the road to help photographers get up to speed with the latest and greatest softwaremade by and for photographers from the folks at Adobe. With dates in Anaheim, CA (8-1-2010), Phoenix, AZ, Denver CO, Minneapolis MN, Seattle WA, and Portland OR, there are seats available in a city near you!

Anaheim, CA July 26, 2010 — With only a few seats remaining, and $200 in content from retail sponsors being included in the day-long workshop, this 8 hour session includes never before seen content from two of the most exciting up and coming instructors around – Kerry Garrison and Jason Anderson and runs only $99 for the full day event, being held this coming Sunday at the Hotel Menage.

About The Lightroom Dudes

On their respective websites from http://cameradojo.com and http://www.canonblogger.com, Kerry and Jason have built up audiences in the tens of thousands of daily readers, and their content is all being packaged for workbooks and reference guides available to every attendee, including multimedia of all materials and much more.

Major door prizes will also be raffled off in each city including a gear bag from Think Tank Photo, a tripod from Vanguard, and nearly $200 of grab bag handouts for everyone!

Contact:
Jason Anderson or Kerry Garrison
The Lightroom Dudes
(720) 684-9500 or (949) 579-2005
http://www.lightroomdudes.com

Laura Shoe Digital Workshops for Photographers
Saturday, August 28th – Sunday, August 29th, 2010
9:00am – 5:00pm. $300
For full details and registration, visit www.digitalphotoacademy.com

In this two day workshop, learn the fundamentals of Lightroom, concentrating on the Library and Develop modules where you manage, edit and enhance your images. With hands-on practice, learn how to organize, backup, manage, edit, fix and enhance your images, and how to work through large shoots efficiently with collections, presets, and synchronized settings. Discuss where Photoshop or Photoshop elements may still fit in your workflow, and learn how to move between Lightroom and Photoshop or Elements.

No prior experience with Lightroom is necessary; however a working knowledge of computers is necessary for you to get the most from this workshop. Limited to 8 students; laptop computer required with latest official version of Lightroom.

BEFORE LIGHTROOM                                      AFTER LIGHTROOM

TAKE THIS COURSE IF YOU…

·  Want to understand and learn to work with Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe’s image management and enhancement program designed specifically for photographers
· Want to create a strong workflow and organize and manage your digital files
· Want to understand the power of Lightroom’s non-destructive tools for fixing and enhancing your images, including cropping, spot removal, color correction and contrast, isolating individual colors and tones, converting to black and white, split toning, adding vignettes, and much more

· Want to learn to make local adjustments to your images to better direct your viewer’s eye through your image.
· Want to be able to process a whole shoot of images efficiently, leveraging Lightroom’s presets, templates and synchronized settings.
· Want to understand where Photoshop may or may not still fit into your workflow.

- A  laptop with the latest version of Lightroom is required.

BEFORE LIGHTROOM                                      AFTER LIGHTROOM

More information about this workshop may be found at www.digitalphotoacademy.com.

Seattle Mamas With Cameras! monthly meeting at Studio R.

Monday, July 19th, 2010 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm

It’s been a busy couple of weeks at Mamas with Cameras! For our June 21st meeting, the mamas packed the house forLaRae Lobdell’s presentation about manual shooting techniques. For those of you who missed the presentation, we decided at the last minute that there was so much information to cover that we split it into two meetings, so she will be back for our next club meeting on Monday, July 19th (mark your calendars!) to talk about flash techniques!

For more information, visit www.mamaswithcameras.wordpress.com

Mamas With Cameras Workshop: Introduction to using your DSLR camera
Saturday June 26th, 1-4pm

Are you a mama with a digital SLR camera, but you have no idea how to use it outside of the automatic setting? Does the idea of reading an instruction manual make you nauseous? Are you interested in taking amazing pictures of your kids, but feel a bit intimidated by the technology behind your camera? With an investment of just a few short hours, we’ll get you grounded in the basic definitions and controls on your digital SLR camera so that your photos of your child’s big milestones can be as beautiful and moving as the moments themselves. Come join a hands-on workshop where you can learn, explore and shoot with your camera alongside a bunch of other fellow mamas!

Date: Saturday, June 26, 1-4pm
Cost: $45
Workshop space is limited and is on a first come, first serve basis.
For more details or to register, email mamaswithcameras@gmail.com.

About “Mamas With Cameras”: We’re a community of shutter-happy mamas who share a love of photography. Our goal is for all members to develop the ability to take amazing digital photos that document cherished family moments and milestones. We host monthly meetings at Studio R in Fremont that are open to all interested mamas. See our blog at http://mamaswithcameras.wordpress.com!

Seattle Mamas With Cameras! monthly meeting at Studio R.

Monday, June 21st, 2010 from 6:30pm – 9:00pm

Are you guys ready to shoot in MANUAL mode?? And learn how to use an external flash to boot? Time to get excited!

Destination wedding photographer LaRae Lobdell will be sharing the benefits of shooting in manual mode on your SLR  camera to get the most out of shooting. She will also be demonstrating indoor and outdoor techniques for TTL (Through the Lens) flash and manual flash techniques with a dedicated hot-shoe mounted speedlight.

Here is a snippet from LaRae’s bio:

“Born and raised in the beautiful countryside of Otis Orchards, Washington, LaRae Lobdell began photographing during her last year of college in 1997. Now, based in Ocean Shores, she and her husband specialize in destination weddings and portrait photography nationally and internationally. Her assignments have taken her from Washington State to Idaho, Oregon, Texas, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Hawaii, France, Italy, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and 34 of the continental United States during a 10,053-mile, four week road trip. By means of communicating, investing, and connecting herself to her subjects she is continually putting forth emotionally connected, poignant, and truthful photographs.”

Check out her website and her blog.

She is also featured in this very cool Black Rapid commercial!

For those of you who have been to Studio R, you’ll notice that the office space half of the studio houses Ronald Dean Henry’s company, Black Rapid. Ron Henry is getting ready to release a version of his camera straps this summer that are WOMEN only! I secretly think that he has been inspired by having us gals around in his studio every month, what do you think?

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