This document summarizes the agenda and key discussions from a February 2010 monthly meeting of a photography club. The agenda included general updates, a recap of recent activities, an overview of upcoming events in February, and a review of photo assignments. It announced the winners of a January photo contest on the theme of "Winter" and previewed the theme of "Love" for the March contest. The document provides details on recent and upcoming educational events for photographers of different experience levels and locations for social outings.

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February 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

2. Main Meeting
February 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

3. Tonights Agenda
✓General Housekeeping
✓What We Did
✓What We are Doing
✓Pro Contest Results
✓Assignment Review
✓HDR How-To Rescheduled
✓Casey shares time saving PS tips
✓Rich, ‘Working a Scene’
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

4. Housekeeping
Where to find the
assignment!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

5. January Roundup
• SIGs • Social Outings
• Beginners • Afternoon Brews & Q’s
• Intermediates • Morning Coffee & Q’s
• #15/#16
Coffee &
Strobes
• Casey’s
Photoshop
Seminar
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

6. Upcoming in February
• 6th, Saturday Afternoon Strobes (full)
• 8th, Morning Coffee & Q’s at Julia’s Coffeeshop
• 9th, CPMG Northside Meetup (@Summit Coffee)
• 12th, Beginners/Intermediate Meetup
• 15th, Coffee & Strobes #17
• 17th, Afternoon Photographer Gathering at Vintners
Wine Market (Arboretum/South Charlotte)
• 23rd, Northside Strobist Meetup (@Summit)
• Random Outing? Check the Let’s Shoot Forum!
• Got an Idea? Suggest it!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

7. February
Assignment & Contest
Winter
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

8. Runners Up
Lindsay Birmingham Henk Jonker
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

9. Third Place
Pat
★Good display of loneliness.
★Anyone who knows our city knows
this is Winter.
★Neat play of patterns & shapes.
★To get more out of the shot would
have probably taken setting up/moving
the scene.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

10. Second Place
Brandon Allen
★Winter captured, high and dry.
★Very hard, very cold, very contrasted.
★Theme was on.
★Framing feels off, what is the true
subject?
★Post production seemed a bit high.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

11. First Place
Greg Newman
★This image got a range of emotion.
★Beautiful, the way the sky colors what
would be a bleak building.
★Stunning, but the theme was not clear.
★Great mastery over exposure.
★Sharp and full of details.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

12. February Prize
• Chase Jarvis
The Portrait Sessions
vol 1
• From Trade Secret
Cards
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

13. March
Assignment & Contest
Love
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

14. March Prize
• Lumiquest 80-20
LQ-102
• The 80-20 enlarges and
redirects 20% of the
light at a 90’ angle from
the flash and allows 80%
of the light to pass on.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

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