SCHENECTADY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

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2004-2005 Schedule

Month	Group	Assigned Topic**	Comments	Speaker	Program
Sept. 22	Annual Kick-off Meeting			Elliott Landy	*Photographing from the Heart*
Oct. 6	Print	Hold On	Animate beings or inanimate objects holding onto each other	Steve Whitney	*Lighting*
Oct. 13*	Slide	Everyday Abstract	Everyday items presented abstractly	Dave Kraus	*A day at the Photography Department of Schenectady's Daily Gazette*
Oct. 20	Digital	Rings or Something Round		Jeff Perkins	*Photoshop's secret darkroom-blending techniques*
Oct. 27	Photo Essay				*Introduction to Photo Essay*
Nov. 3*	Print	Racing	Speed contests of any form	Joe Schuyler	*Digital Delights and Dilemmas*
Nov. 10	Slide	Morning	Your interpretation	Joyce Anastasia	*Art techniques across all mediums*
Nov. 17	Digital	Flowing Water		Bob Riccardo	*Photoshop Shortcuts*
Dec. 1	Print	Critique Night	click for details		*Critique Night*
Dec. 8*	Slide	The Color Blue	Your interpretation	Cliff Mealy	*The life of a New York State Parks Photographer*
Dec. 15	Digital	Digital Black & White		Jeff Perkins	*Digital avenues to fine black and white prints*
Dec. 22	Mentoring			Jeff Perkins	*Photographing from the Heart - Pathways to Creativity*
Jan. 5*	Print	(1) Low Key Portraits (2) Snapshots	(1) Portraits of subjects in low light (2) Submit your best snapshot	Rob O'Neil	*Objectives*
Jan. 12	Slide	Organic	Show living matter	Greg Yankosky	*An Approach to Photography*
Jan. 19	Digital	Digital Blur & Motion		Bob Riccardo & Jeff Perkins	*Distribution of Photo-Restoration Challenge*
Jan. 26	Fine Arts & Photo Essay			N. Sukumar	*Fine Art in the Digital Age*
Feb. 2	Print	Fog & Mist	Hazy pictures	Joan Heffler	*Marketing your work*
Feb. 9	Slide	Silhouettes	Your interpretation	Gina Occhiogrosso	*A Gallery Director's Guide to the Arts Center*
Feb. 16*	Digital	Use of Photoshop Filters		Max Tiller	*Digital Infrared Photography*
Feb. 23	Mentoring			Jeff Perkins	*Candid People Photography*
March 2	Print	Abstract	Photographs that make people say, "What the heck is that?"	Tim Schafer	*Transition from film to digital*
March 9	Slide	Text	Creatively capture words or letters	Warren Green	*Tricks in photographing birds and moths*
March 16*	Digital	Photo Restoration: Before & After			*Discussion of Challenge results, techniques and tips*
March 23	Photo Essay
March 30	Fine Arts & Grab Bag			Ken Deitcher	*Fine Art Nature/Digital Fine Art*
April 6	Print	Dirty Pictures	Not in the figurative sense: Photographs of things that are soiled	Carrie Will	*Corresponding Rikki*
April 13	Slide	High Key	White-on-white: your interpretation	Helen A. Cath	*Tails of a Pet Photographer*
April 20*	Digital	Sunrise or Sunset		Jim Craner	*Sharpening techniques and preparing your image for printing*
April 27	Photo Essay
May 4*	Print	Print of the Year Competition		Janet Riker (Director, SUNY Art Museum)	*Reflections on photography today*
May 11	Slide	Slide of the Year Competition
June 1					*Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet*
June 8*					*Joint Board Meeting*

** Assigned topics for 2004-2005 must be photographed after May 1, 2004
* SPS Executive Board meets at 6:30 PM.