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Photographic Art Society is a
Florida non profit corporation
Autoway Ford
on US 19 (34th St.) and
24th Ave N.
Please Park on 24th Entrance is on side of building, Look for sign
Contact Jim Swallow for additional details.
Bay Area
Sunrise & Sunset times
wi N: 6:22am
Twi: 6:50am
Sunrise: 7:14am
Sunset: 6:15pm
Twi: 6:40pm
Twi N: 7:07pm
Moonrise: 4:45am
Moonset: 3:47pm
Day length: 11h 2m
Monthly Themes for 2013
January 3rd: Camera Phone Photos
February 7th: Water and Light
March 7th: Urban Decay
April 4th: Using a Model
May 2nd: Backyard Art
June 13th: Boating
July 11th: Vanishing Florida
August 1st: Patriotism
September 5th: Critters
October3rd: Create a Postcard
November 7th: Textures
December 5th:
Best 2013 & Project Presentations
Quarterly Education Nights
Coming in 2013
February 21st Jim Swallow on Getting Organized
May 30th
Ernie Graetz on Lightning Photography
August 22nd: TBA
November 14th:TBA
We are still looking for a few more. If your are interested in teaching a class call Jim
Photography Newsletter February 2013
February Meeting is the 7th
This Months Theme is
"Water and Light"
Join us at 6:30 p.m.
Send your image to me by Wednesday night or you may bring them to the meeting.
Please bring only 2 images.
Size is 10x14 at 100 ppi
It is time to pay your annual dues: pay on-line $45.00 or save money $40.00 and pay at the meeting.
Donations to the group are Tax Deductible
I have updated to first page of the web site to include a pay pal link for membership and donations.
Click here to go to the home page
Society Field Trip
Florida State Fair Saturday February 9th
Meet at Gate 2 next to Cracker Country at
8:30 a.m.
New Field trip Added for May
We are going to have a field trip to a Baseball game.I need to know how many are interested before we make it final. It will be on May 11th for a 6p.m. game. We might be getting on the field before the game and possible instructions from the official Rays Photographer. Cost approx $35.00 per person. Please let me know ASAP if interested
Society Exhibit at the Summit Building
Our Next theme is "Angles"
Frame Day February 23rd
Hang Show February 25th
We need your images ASAP deadline for submission is the 11th
Surf Board Art Competition
We are working on the Surf Board Project. We are looking for images of the surf, swimmers, surfers,
sea life, boating, birds etc.
bring a small digital print of yourself. Head shot for the website. 4x6 size. or email to Jim
Photography Day Tampa Bay
Portrait Edition
Coming March 30th
at
the Saint Petersburg Garden Club.
Registration now open
So far the Speaker line up includes:
Joyce Tenneson from Canon
Pepito from Pepito Portraits Tampa
Joseph Gamble from UT
Scott Krebs
Chuck Vosburgh
Carmen Schettino
Lee Burgess
Our sponsors are all returning for another great event.
It's Only $35.00
Field Trips for 2013
January 19th — Brooksville Raid
February 9th — State Fair
February 23rd —
After Frame Day
Civil War Reenactors at
Fort DeSoto Park
March 2nd — Renaissance Festival
March 30th — Photography Day
April 13th — Lowery Park Zoo
May 11th — Photo day at Ray's Baseball
June 15th— Bok Tower
July 13th — Florida Aquarium
October — World Wide Photo Walk
ICOT Show Themes
February Show" Angles"
Frame Day February 23rd
Hang Show February 25th
June Show
" TBD"
Frame Day June 22nd
Hang Show June 24th
October 2013 Show
" TBD"
Frame Day October 5th
Hang Show October 7th
36th Annual Largo Camera Show
Saturday February 9th 10-4
Minnreg Building in Largo
6340 126th Ave N 727-531-9010
Photographic Inspirations
Pictures of the Day
Dreamy images shot wide open
21 creative projects to do
Photoshop Tips and Ideas
OnOne Perfect Inspiration Series
How to add multiple strokes to editable text
CS 6 little known secrets
Take more control over highlights and shadows
A way to get Photoshop CS2 for free
Looking for a project to do this year?
just do a Google search for creative photo projects and you will get thousands of ideas.
this year.
Gift certificates are available for Jim's classes. Classes in Basic photography, Lightroom, Photoshop, Adobe Elements, Asset Management and
Getting organized digitally.
Lightroom Class Saturday March 9th
9:00 to 1:00 $49.00
“Lightroom: Get it, Got it, Use it, Love it”
Call Jim 727-596-7822 to register. Class will be held in his studio in St. Pete
Membership Info
Membership is $40.00 a year. See link above for additional info. $45.00 using Paypal
You can join and pay using PayPal
Photography Tips
Adorama TV updated regularly
Adding Watermark to your photos on the your phone
Portrait Photography Tutorials
Landscapes with Greater Impact
Urban Exploration Tips
Beach Photo Tips
Adding Drama and Mystery
Photo Technique Magazine
Insights and Inspiration with John Paul
Photographic Art Society
Exhibit
"Angles"
February 25th Through June 24th
The show is at the Summit Executive Building at 58th And Ulmerton in Clearwater. See the Current Exhibit page for details
Our featured Artist for the show is
Dick Miller
Bay Area Photographic Exhibits
Florida Museum of Photographic Art
Chuck Close – A Couple of Ways of Doing Something
Exhibition Dates: January 31, 2013 – March 31, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Lecture by Deli Sacilotto: Sunday, February 3, 2013 2:00pm
Poetry Reading by Bob Holman: Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:00pm
A Couple of Ways of Doing Something features fifteen of Chuck Close’s delicately intimate daguerreotypes (including striking enlargements) of leading contemporary artists, paired with Bob Holman’s witty and beautifully typeset poems. As individual portraits, each daguerreotype offers an intimate and immensely revealing study of the subject, extending the hyper-realist tradition of portraiture for which Close is renowned. In keeping with the exhibition title, Chuck Close, as curator, has included examples of his other works taken from each daguerreotype in a variety of media, including tapestries and photogravures. The collected work becomes a transfixing group portrait of Close’s influential and highly creative circle of friends and colleagues—from Andres Serrano to Cindy Sherman—as well as an exploration of challenging photographic mediums.
Exhibition organized by Aperture Foundation, New York.
Museum of Fine Arts
Photographing the City February 9, 2013 through May 26, 2013
This exhibition explores how nineteenth and twentieth-century photographers responded to cities and towns, presented and preserved their history, and influenced their perception by the public. Among the artists represented are Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Aaron Siskind, Weegee, and Garry Winogrand, as well as many unknown photographers from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The Ringling Museum of Art
HERB RITTS: L.A. Style
February 23, 2013 – May 19, 2013
Herb Ritts (American, 1952–2002) was a Los Angeles-based photographer who established an international reputation for his distinctive photographs of fashion models, nudes, and celebrities. From the late 1970s until his untimely death from AIDS in 2002, Ritts's ability to create photographs that successfully bridged the gap between art and commerce was not only a testament to the power of his imagination and technical skill but also marked the synergy between art, popular culture, and business that followed in the wake of the Pop Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s. This exhibition features a selection of Ritts's vintage prints and magazine covers.
Digital Images for the group should be jpeg files 1400x1000 at 100ppi files names should be initials, month,year, title example (jim_swallow_treeballet_0411.jpg). You may also bring prints that are matted image area should be at least 8x10
Debbie Terhune Anniv. Feb. 4th
Terri Gross February 8th
McGlammery Anniv. Feb. 14th
David Landers Feb. 21st
Jim Lucadim Anniv. Feb 22nd
Chris Sheppard Feb. 28th
Google Map of Camera Clubs in Florida
We are part of the Florida Camera Club Council. You may visit their web site Here
Our group is not affiliated with any other photography group in the bay area. We will help you promote your group on our site and in our e-mails if you wish. Please Contact Jim Swallow with your club information to be included
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Photo Classes at Lakeshore Camera Exchange
The Camera Cure
A Saint Petersburg repair facility for camera repairs, sensor Cleaning and more check them out here
Society Member Clyde Nabe has started a blog on his site
You can find it here
Jim Swallow at jim@photographicartsociety.org
The Society was designed to
Inspire, Challenge and Educate You in The Art of Photography.
Next Meeting is Thursday March 7th 6:15p.m.
Bring only your best images for the new year