SCHENECTADY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

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2007-2008 Schedule

Month	Group	Assigned Topic**	Comments/Essentials	Speaker	Master Series Program
Sept. 19	Annual Kick-off Meeting			Dan Burkholder	*Digital Tech, pushing the Limits*
Oct. 3	Print	Mode of Transportation	Cars, trains, planes, ways of getting around	Craig Barber	*Platinum Pinhole*
Oct. 10	Slide	Agriculture	Anything pertaining to farming - crops, barns, animals, etc	Jeff Plant	*Ice & Rust*
Oct. 17*	Digital			Jane Riley
Oct. 24	Photo Essay/Mentoring			Connie Frisbee Houde, Jim Craner	*Construction of a photo essay*
Oct. 31	Ruby's Day			SPS members	*Tips & techniques*
Nov. 7	Print	Unusual Angle	Study your subject from a different angle, get low, get high, get crazy	Carl Heilman	*Adirondack Images*
Nov. 14	Slide	Rain, Fog or Mist	Any treatment of one or more of these atmospheric conditions	Jahvtz Blanton	*Images of Reggae artists*
Nov. 28*	Mentoring			Frank Bumbardatore	*Lenses, Perspective, Camera and how to enhance your Photography*
Dec. 5	Print	Repetition	Show repetition, be it man made or natural	Thomas Teich	*Large Format Photography*
Dec. 12	Slide	Trees	Any season of the year - your interpretation	Bob Shenise
Dec. 19*	Digital			Ken Deitcher
Jan. 2	Print	City Life	Convey city life within your image	Mark Hobson	*The Landscapist*
Jan. 9	Slide	The Color Red	May include other colors, but red objects or light must predominate	Jeremy Plant	*Railroad photography*
Jan. 16*	Digital			Jim Craner
Jan. 23	Mentoring			Jeff Perkins	*How to get the most out of your point and shoot digicam*
Jan. 30	Special Critique Night			Connie Houde	*Special Critique Night*
Feb. 6	Print	Up-close	Get in tight with your subject, look for inner beauty	Karisa Centanni	*Grant Funding Photo Projects*
Feb. 13 CANCELLED	Slide	Metallica	Metal objects or surfaces, rust, etc	Rebecca Rich-Wulfmeyer CANCELLED	Images from the Albany Institute of History and Art's photography collection CANCELLED
Feb. 20*	Digital			Frank Bumbardatore
Feb. 27	Fine Arts			Gene Greger	*Interfuse: Digital Photographic Collages*
March 5	Print	Architectural Detail	Select out the architectural beauty in the details	Francis X. Driscoll	*Images of the Northern Catskills Book*
March 12	Slide	Running Water	Waterfalls, streams, etc	Ken Deitcher	*Images from PSA international photo competitions*
March 19*	Digital			Bob Near
March 26	Mentoring			Connie Houde	*Finishing Touches*
April 2	Print	Age	Convey age in your photos	Bill Delaney	*Pinhole Photography*
April 9	Slide	Sunrise, sunset re-imagined	New, original or creative takes on an old standard	Ron Rosenstock
April 16*	Digital			Jeff Perkins
April 23	Photo Essay	Photo Essay of the Year Competition
April 30	Fine Arts & Grab Bag	Grab Bag Competition		Steve Schmidt	*Negative Space and the role it plays in great images*
May 7	Print	Print of the Year Competition			*Year End Wrap-Up, Looking Forward*
May 14*	Slide	Slide of the Year Competition			*Three SPS members will comment on their personal projects and photo techniques.*
June 4					*Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet*
June 11*					*Joint Board Meeting*

** Assigned topics for 2006-2007 must be photographed after May 1, 2007
* SPS Executive Board meets at 6:30 PM.