Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Meeting Rescheduled
In light of a recent tragedy in our neighborhood, the first meeting has been rescheduled to Saturday, September 12th at 9:00 a.m.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Field Trips
For our first local field trip, I thought it would be fun to go to Boyce Thompson Arboretum. There's lots there to photograph: trees, plants, flowers, bugs, rocks, cliffs, and each other if anyone wants to play with portraits.
Our first distance field trip will be to Sedona during "fall leaf" season. We'll hike the West Fork Oak Creek trail which provides ample opportunity for trees, leaves, color, rock and even water!
In the meantime, here's a photo of Bell Rock I took while in Sedona this past June.
copyright sandi miller, Miller&Miller Photography
Our first distance field trip will be to Sedona during "fall leaf" season. We'll hike the West Fork Oak Creek trail which provides ample opportunity for trees, leaves, color, rock and even water!
In the meantime, here's a photo of Bell Rock I took while in Sedona this past June.
copyright sandi miller, Miller&Miller PhotographyWednesday, August 5, 2009
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SCREEN!
That's right, there's a new photog club in town. Errr...in the desert. Most meetings will be held in the Castlegate neighborhood at the corner of Ocotillo and Schnepf in San Tan Valley (that's east of Queen Creek, southeast of Mesa). We will do a little local travelling for photo shooting, and occasionally a little longer distance travelling (fall leaves in Sedona anyone?).
As of today, the frequency of meetings is once/month. That could change in either direction. You are welcome to join in as often or as seldom as you want. There are no fees.
Our aim is to seek and conquer.
Okay, really it's to learn and grow and have an outlet for our obsession. One challenge of living out here in the Brown Dirt is finding a gorgeous spot for portraits, so one of our goals will be seeking such places. ROAD TRIPS!
For more information, contact sandi or Adele.
domo!
sandi
of Miller&Miller Photography
As of today, the frequency of meetings is once/month. That could change in either direction. You are welcome to join in as often or as seldom as you want. There are no fees.
Our aim is to seek and conquer.
Okay, really it's to learn and grow and have an outlet for our obsession. One challenge of living out here in the Brown Dirt is finding a gorgeous spot for portraits, so one of our goals will be seeking such places. ROAD TRIPS!
For more information, contact sandi or Adele.
domo!
sandi
of Miller&Miller Photography
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
It Was a Little Bare Under Here
So here are some pix to fill in space while we're anxiously awaiting our first meeting!
I love macro photography. This echinacea flower was shot on a Nikon D300, 105mm micro lens (really more like 150mm on the D300, since it's a crop sensor). Of course, I could've gotten buttloads closer (and I did on other shots), but I liked this one best. And yes, I just said "buttloads." Rule number 2, remember?
I shot this senior portrait on my Nikon D700 (full frame sensor) with the same lens as above (it's my fave) at the Mesa Arts Center (MAC for short). Yes, EVERYONE and their mothers, daughters, sons and cousins shoot at the MAC, but this handsome senior lives not too far from it, so there we went. I just used a nice wide open aperture to cream out the background, making it more interesting (to me, at least).
If you've been to my website or photog blog, you've seen the pic below about 485 times, since it's one of my faves. It was actually shot out here in the Brown Dirt (in the little pecan grove outside of The Pecans [since we're banned from shooting inside The Pecans]). The grass was nice and tan (I have a thing for tan grass) and I decided to add some gold around the edges to compliment the tan grass and draw you into the bride. 
People often ask me what actions I use in Photoshop. I *have* some actions (that I downloaded for free), but to be honest with ya, I very rarely use them. I'm kinda old school in that way. There's nothing an action can do that you can't learn to do better yourself. Sure, many of them save you time, but for me, I'm a total control freak and actions sort of "take over" and sometimes do stuff I end up changing in the end anyway. That said, my friend John is creating some cool actions. I'll pop the link up here when he gets them online so you can check them out.
I love macro photography. This echinacea flower was shot on a Nikon D300, 105mm micro lens (really more like 150mm on the D300, since it's a crop sensor). Of course, I could've gotten buttloads closer (and I did on other shots), but I liked this one best. And yes, I just said "buttloads." Rule number 2, remember?
I shot this senior portrait on my Nikon D700 (full frame sensor) with the same lens as above (it's my fave) at the Mesa Arts Center (MAC for short). Yes, EVERYONE and their mothers, daughters, sons and cousins shoot at the MAC, but this handsome senior lives not too far from it, so there we went. I just used a nice wide open aperture to cream out the background, making it more interesting (to me, at least).
If you've been to my website or photog blog, you've seen the pic below about 485 times, since it's one of my faves. It was actually shot out here in the Brown Dirt (in the little pecan grove outside of The Pecans [since we're banned from shooting inside The Pecans]). The grass was nice and tan (I have a thing for tan grass) and I decided to add some gold around the edges to compliment the tan grass and draw you into the bride.Taken on Nikon D700, 24-70mm f/2.8, racked out.
People often ask me what actions I use in Photoshop. I *have* some actions (that I downloaded for free), but to be honest with ya, I very rarely use them. I'm kinda old school in that way. There's nothing an action can do that you can't learn to do better yourself. Sure, many of them save you time, but for me, I'm a total control freak and actions sort of "take over" and sometimes do stuff I end up changing in the end anyway. That said, my friend John is creating some cool actions. I'll pop the link up here when he gets them online so you can check them out.
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