Rule Of Thirds - Simplified

I found this tutorial on Rule of Thirds that you might feel interesting.
Just click on the picture below!

I hope everyone had a great Xmas.......Karl

How to Keep Your Camera Running Perfectly in the Dead of a Cold Winter

Here are some tips on how to care for your camera during the cold of winter !


Winter Camera Tips (Click Here)

PSA - Fall Newsletter

Here is the latest copy of the Fall newsletter from the PSA - Photographic Society of America.

Click Here to view

Maine Media Workshops’ Photo and Video Contest

Passing this along to anyone that might be interested in entering a Photo or Video Contest:

Hi - 

I'm writing to you because you are listed on the NECCC web site as the contacts for your camera club. We want you and your club members to know about a unique photo and video contest being sponsored by Maine Media Workshops to celebrate their 40th Anniversary.  The contest theme is Spirit of Place. A flyer for the contest is attached.

This contest is open now for both photo and video submissions, and it has both adult and youth categories. This breadth of categories is what makes this contest unique. 

There are over $25,000 in prizes, including two Grand Prizes of $2,500 each, free tuition to Maine Media Workshops, gift certificates to B&H Photo and more.  The final deadline is February 1, 2013 and some categories have discounted entry fees if submissions are in by December 15, 2012. Jurors include Stacey Baker of The New York Times and Patricia Luchsinger of The Today Show.

To learn more and see the rules, please click here to go to the contest web site.

Please forward this email to your camera club members. We invite each of you to enter our Spirit of Place contest and encourage you to share this with other photographers and filmmakers of any age!

Best regards,

Leslie Inman, 

on behalf of Maine Media Workshops + College

http://mainemedia.edu/contest

Don't Forget Our Xmas Party!

Christmas Holiday Parties for 2012
$26 per person including Tax & Gratuity for parties of 6 or more
Includes: Hors d'oeuvre Platter, Caesar Salad, Baked Bread, Choice of Entree, Dessert, Coffee or TeaDessert is Gingerbread served warm

with ice cream

          
APPETIZERS:
Each table will have an hors d'oeuvre platter with
shrimp cocktail, scallops wrapped in bacon, balsamic & honey chicken satay,
and wild mushtrooms in phyllo triangles

SALAD: Caesar Salad 
ENTREES:
 
Smoked Aged Prime Rib of Beef
THE ULTIMATE! Smoked and roasted with oak wood. Served with horseradish sauce. 
Baked Haddock with Lobster Stuffing
Lobster stuffed haddock with a sundried tomato and garlic cream sauce. 
Marsala Style Chicken
Seasoned and floured chicken escalope sauteed with mushrooms, garlic, Marsala wine
finished with whole butter. Served over homemade fettuccine.

Seafood Newburg
A plethora of seafood in a sherried lobster cream served over a delicate pastry.
Winter Risotto
Caramelized root vegetables tossed in savory pumpkin risotto
with fried parsnip and tossed pumpkin seeds.
Veal with Crabmeat and Asparagus (Oscar) 
Scallops of veal sauteed in butter, topped with crabmeat and asparagus.
Crowned with hollandaise. 

Lamb with Fresh Rosemary 
A fresh domestic lamb shank braised with celery, onions, carrots, mushrooms,
bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, beef stock and red wine.
Served with a sauce made from fresh vegetables and Madeira wine.


DESSERT:

Birches Monet Style

Had a great time photographing fall colors with Joe and Judy Burgess and Ed Bergergon ( Thanks for leading the trip) Here is a photo of birches Monet style which Judy and Ed taught me. I had a lot of fun doing them. I learn something new every time I go out and shoot!

Depth of Field in Macro Photography

Brian Peterson demonsrtates one of the most common errors that we make in macro photography


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUJqwdeyrZY