April Artists' Guild Photography Section Meeting

The April 15th St. Louis Artists’ Guild Photo Section meeting will be a model shoot at Studio 314 in midtown St. Louis. Find them at Studio31four.com or www.facebook.com/Studio31four (directions are available on their site). The meeting will start at 6:00 but please be there a bit early so we can take money and fill out appropriate model release forms. We will have a short meeting, explain the rotations, and tour the studio. Shooting will begin at 6:30 and end at 9:30.

Studio 314 is graciously providing 6-8 models, makeup artist (MUA), hair stylist, and their facility. You will have at least three hours to learn about shooting models and lighting. Professional lighting setups are provided and it should be a really great time and a good opportunity to get to know the folks at Studio 314! Thanks so much to Steve Grappe for his support of the Photography Section.

Please RSVP to Randy Allen - randy@rsaphoto.com (636) 675-1258 only if you are definitely attending. We will be collecting $20.00 per photographer for Guild Members and $30.00 each for non-members. If you are a non-member the additional $10.00 can be applied to a Guild membership.

Some of this will go to pay the MUA, stylist, and models. The rest goes to the Guild. We are inviting anyone and everyone who is interested to this event and it will be posted in many different areas. We have four studio setups spread over 5080 square feet. Folks will rotate from one to another and have an opportunity to shoot all the models if you so desire. There will be 6-8 models with one model per location. Extra models will be changing outfits or makeup.

You should bring your money (cash preferred) to the event and ensure you RSVP to reserve your spot. We will limit the number attending so that each photographer will have dedicated one-on-one time with each model - no "Hey, look over here...", trying to attract the model’s attention...

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Dave Groen and Randy Allen

2013 Schedule of Meetings & Events

Thanks to everyone who attended the February meeting!  We had a good time reviewing images that were shot around the home and we effectively planned our schedule from March forward to September of this year.  Hear are the details of the schedule:

March 18:  Location:  Trotter Studios - Address: 12342 Conway Road, St. Louis, 63141
                  Time:        7pm-9pm
                  Info:          Jim will be giving us a tour of his studio and discussing the business side of
                                   photography.   We will learn much more about Jim, what he does and the
                                   services he provides to his customers and to the photographer community.

April 15:   Location:   Studio 314 Photo Shoot.  Dave Groen is in charge of setting this event up.  There
                                   will be a fee specified for members and non-members.  This was a great event
                                   last year and we look forward to a great turnout again this year.  More info will
                                   follow as Dave plans this event.  Be sure to keep track of our Facebook page too!

May 20:    Location:  City Garden shoot.  We will all meet down at City Garden for a group shoot.
                 Time:        7pm-9pm

June 17:    Location:  St. Louis Artists Guild
                 Time:        7pm-9pm
                 Info:          This meeting will consist of reviewing before and after photos from either or both
                                   of the shoots, and for anyone who did not attend either shoot, please bring and be
                                   ready to discuss changes / edits you made and show your before / after photos.

July 15:    Location:  St. Louis Artists Guild
                Time:        7pm-9pm
                Info:          Aaron Fuhrman - Local landscape photographer will be showing his images and
                                  discussing his work and marketing methodologies with the group.  Aaron does
                                  some really beautiful work.  Look him up on Facebook and visit his website at:
                                  http://aaronfuhrmanphotography.com/

The rest of the year's schedule will be published in a later post.  We look forward to seeing you all at these events!  Please encourage other photographers you meet to come to a meeting / event too!

First meeting of the Year!

Had a good section meeting January 21st as Jim Trotter demonstrated a program called Art Rage, and David Coblitz demonstrated the use of Adobe Lightroom while Randy Allen later demonstrated Aperture with a brief demo of Portrait Professional Studio.


Note: All of our meetings are open to the public. All are welcome to attend and contribute. All Artists Guild Photography Section members are encouraged to bring a guest.  Our meetings are now being posted to all of the area Patch websites as well.

Our February meeting will start with a challenge.  Shoot an interesting photograph of something around your home.  Bring it on a thumb drive (USB Key) or compact disc so we can project your image and be ready to discuss your photo.

During the second half of the meeting we will be planning our activities for the rest of the year. Please bring your ideas for speakers, shoots and other activities you would like to do as a section.

See you there!

Just updated the calendar for 2013. Give me some dates to highlight throughout the year - special events that you believe other Guild members may be interested in planning to attend.

for instance,

2013 St. Louis Renaissance Faire

Saturdays, Sundays and Memorial Day

May 18 - June 9, 2013.  10 AM - 6 PM.  Rain or Shine!

Waiting for Santa

October Halloween Model Shoot

The St. Louis Artists' Guild Photography Section will have a photo shoot for our meeting next Monday Oct 15th.   

Here are the details:

Fee to cover models & MUA:  $25 from each photographer (Members and Non Members)

Location:   St. Louis Photo Authority (Ed Crim's studio) located at 858 Hodiamont in St. Louis.  This location was chosen to be closer to most members and to introduce us to another available shooting location.

Time:  Models & MUA will arrive at 6:30pm to prepare.  Photographers to arrive at 7:15pm to sign in.  Shooting to start around 7:30pm & go till 9pm.

Timing:  There will be 4 models (2 female, 2 male).  There will be 4 setups.  To allow each photographer sufficient time with each model/setup, the number of photographers will be limited to 20.  Please RSVP your commitment to come ASAP, so I can get a firm count.  After giving Guild Section members a head start, if I don't have 20 participants, I'll open it up to other organizations/photographers to assure we have enough participants to pay the MUA & models.

TFP:  Each photographer is expected to offer one high resolution digital file from each setup to each model at no cost to them.  Beyond that is between you & the model.  Likewise, that same photo will go to the MUA for her portfolio.

To keep it simple, please send those photos to me & I'll pass them on to the models & MUA.

I will ask the models & MUA to bring contact information in case any of the photographers wish to schedule other shoots with them.

I will have release forms available for the models/MUA to sign that will cover your use of the photos you take.

Any questions or comments feel free to contact me.  Email is preferred.

dcoblitz@coblitzphotographicarts.com

Coblitz Creative Concepts, LLC

CoblitzPhotographicArts.com

Photo Section Meeting - August 2012

Thanks to all who attended the Section Meeting for August.  We had a good turnout and worked diligently to come up with a schedule of events for the coming meetings and into 2013.

Here is a summary of events / meetings we will hold for several months out:

September 17, 2012 meeting:

       Virginia Harold will be discussing her work using film and cyanotype compositions.  Virginia's work is currently featured in a display at the Guild as part of the Silver in the Digital Age exhibition.
Thanks to David Groen for making arrangements for Virginia to present at our meeting.
Virginia's website:  http://www.virginiaharold.com/

October 15th meeting:

1. David Coblitz is coming up with something special for us to do on a Halloween based topic - with more to follow soon.
2. Additionally - all members are guests are encouraged to pair up and shoot some fall images to share at the November Meeting.  

November 19th meeting:

       We plan to have Jason Vinlove attend and make a presentation at our November meeting.  Jason is one of the ownership team at Studio 314 and is an outstanding photographer.

December 17th meeting:

      This will be our Holiday Party.  Please bring a snack to share and a photo / print for a gift.  We will do the same thing we did last year.  You draw a ticket and then tickets are chosen from a hat and you get to select and take home one of the images brought to the party.  Images should be protected by a sleeve and can also be matted or framed,  however you would like to present your image.

January 21, 2013 meeting:

1. Dave Coblitz will be making a presentation covering the use of Adobe Lightroom as part of a digital workflow process.
2. Jim Trotter will also provide a presentation about Art Rage.

February 18, 2013 meeting:

    Allied / Diversified Labs are being invited to our meeting to discuss their photo labs and products/services they provide for photographers in the St. Louis area.

Once again - thanks to all who attended and helped create this schedule of events and topics of discussion for our meetings.  If you have any input as to what we can do from March on through the end of 2013,  please let me know!

Randy Allen