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August 13th Monthly Meeting

George Joseph, our new President, kicked off the meeting by introducing Art's montage of this month's Before Meeting Photo Collection, with each contributing member commenting on their submitted photos.

Attending the meeting were George, Art, Mike, Jonathan, Dorothy, Karolin, Agnes, Gerta, Dick, Janina, Bob, and our newest member, Frank Rende. Frank is the owner of FMR Photography, and a photography course instructor at the Art League of LI and WSWHE Boces. Welcome, Frank!

Next, Art showed a youTube video by David Bergman giving reasons, and advanced techniques, for black & white photography.
Watch youTube video -> Why YOU Should Shoot in Black & White

In the video, Bergman explained that b&w is powerful, dramatic, and timeless, boiling down a photo to its essentials.

Question from a Viewer

David Bergman

Ansel Adams Answer

Tips from Bergman on Shooting in B&W:

• Shoot first in color
• Shoot RAW
• Don't simply convert to B&W
• Use color filters to enhance the black & white
• A red filter darkens the sky on a B&W landscape
• A red or yellow filter lightens skin tones on a B&W portrait

Landscape without filter

Landscape with Red Filter

Advanced B&W Conversion Using Color Filters

1826 Daguerreotype Photography

In conclusion:

Color can be distracting, and sometimes adds nothing to the impact of a photo.

B&W can take even a mundane photo from flat & dull, to powerful, dramatic, timeless and artistic.

After the youTube video, Art gave a presentation using his own techniques for creating stunning B&W photos via Photoshop.

He gave detailed, multi-layered examples of the way he uses the Curves graphical tool in Photoshop to adjust the highlights, shadows and midtones of his landscapes and portraits.

View Art's Presentation Slideshow to see, step by step, how to use color filters to enhance monochrome images.

He demonstrates his techniques and their impact in the wonderful images appearing in the slideshow.

Thank you Art! for an excellent, informative session!

Watch Art's Video Below

Club Meetings

where
the Smithtown Library - Kings Park Building

1 Church Street

Kings Park, NY 11754
631.360.2480
https://www.smithlib.org/

See map: Google Maps

when
We meet on the third Thursday of the month beginning at 7:00pm, in the downstairs meeting room.
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PLEASE NOTE
If the Smithtown Library - Kings Park Building isn't available,
meetings may occasionally be held at the Commack Branch
of the Smithtown library-
Commack Building

3 Indian Head Road
Commack, NY 11725

Content
The meeting begins with a montage of members' photos with comments from each photographer, then short “business” items, such as group photo shoots or special projects.

Presentations are the focus, usually made by club members. For example, George and Michael recently did a presentation on chiaroscope photography.

Guests are always welcome.

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