If you are receiving this message it is because you have shown interest in f-stop Reno (a new photographers club starting in the Truckee Meadows) or you joined the Tribe “f-stop Reno” which of course implies that you are interested in the same. To get off this email list, simply reply with a get me off this list type subject and I’ll drop you from the list post haste… as it were.

The second meeting of F-stop Reno is scheduled for THIS SATURDAY
October 13th, 2007
10:00 a.m.
695 Colorado River Blvd, Reno Nevada

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It’s not too late to complete your “assignment” for the October Meeting. Those unfamiliar with the format, at the conclusion of each meeting we draw out of a camera bag a subject matter to be photographed and brought to the next meeting. It’s an attempt to get each of us to look at various photographic subject matters that we might not otherwise consider. To stretch our artistic vision… so to speak.

The “assignment” for October is “Bridge Over Troubled Water” There are 146 Bridges that cross over the Truckee River. (No I didn’t count them, I looked it up at the water district web site) PLEASE BRING A HARD COPY OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPH TO THE MEETING It’s very difficult to pass around a computer monitor, and even a bit impractical… as for using your cameras preview button, let’s just not go there!

If you don’t have a way to print out your assignment, or are not happy with the print results FEAR NOT! I have an EPSON 4000, meticulously calibrated to either Epson Matte, Red River Ultra Pro Gloss, or my 2 favorites….. Moab Lasal photo luster 270 and Moab Colorado fiber satin 245 … (OK, OK so I’m a bit of a paper GEEK) I’ll print out an 8X10 for you as a freebe… all you have to do is get me the image, either by email: mherzog@digitagraphy.net or post it somewhere we can access it, or bring it on a compact flash, SD card or other camera media…note: if you are bringing it on a sony memory stick we’ll need a way to transfer it it to one of my puters I don’t think my card reader recognizes that memory format.

One other note: If you want me to print out your picture get me the file Friday, or arrive a tad (30 minutes) early on Saturday or the entire first meeting will consist of sitting around and watching a printer whirl… not unlike watching paint dry by the way.

The meeting agenda:
10:00 10:15 Meet and greet name tags and everything!
10:15 11:00 Bridge series sharing and discussion
11:00 11:30 Brainstorming (setting up our next assignment and meeting topic)
11:30 12:30 Short meeting presentation
12:30 1:00 Brainstorming

There is a lot of brainstorming in this meeting because it is only our second meeting and we haven’t yet laid out the plans for the rest of the winter and it would be nice if everybody knew what was coming up. I had wanted to organize a field shoot either in the Galena Forest or at Ranch San Rafael Park to shoot the colors of the changing season…. But alas my camera was injured last weekend and is currently in transit to the camera hospital and I find myself without a backup L

About the meeting presentation:
Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers
I have for the past 10 years been a beta 4 tester for Adobe graphic products, including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Acrobat. My reward for doing all that work was usually site license copies of the products. Recently Adobe has gone the route of the public beta testing… and those perks I used to get are drying up… however after much moaning on my part Adobe has promised me copies of Photoshop CS3 for the PC and the MAC. If Adobe comes through, I will share copies of those programs with interested individuals at the conclusion of the presentation.

The program will be a short introduction to photoshop with an emphasis on the workings of CAMERA RAW (you don’t have to shoot in RAW to utilize CAMERA RAW in CS3 it works with jpgs too!) An introduction of workflow management, or asset management, or a way to keep your files organized in BRIDGE (Part of photoshop) and last, the cool new convert to black and white function that has opened, or reopened the thrill of black and white photography for digital camera owners…

I promise this will not be a technical presentation. It will be a hands on, look what cool things you can do kinda presentation.

Any questions, comments, concerns or RSVP’s can be directed at me at mherzog@digitagraphy.net

If you are interested to know, I’ve gotten about 35 interested parties in this club, although a lot (20) have only asked what is was about and I’ve not heard from them since… about 8 people I’m pretty sure are committed to seeing this thing launch and another 10 or so I’m pretty sure are interested… so I’m hoping for a “crowd” of between 6 and 10… which is REALLY REALLY GOOD for a second meeting.

Hope to see you Saturday morning… can be reached at 775-762-2572 if you need to talk.

Michael Herzog
mherzog@digitagraphy.net