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At our last meeting, Jim made an announcement about The Mindful Eye website. He sent me an email the other day after gathering all the workshops offered by the group. Here is a list and we owe Jim S. a big Thank You for researching this for us:

The Mindful Eye Photography School – TME 2011 Workshops

• Jekyll Island – Light, Place and The Grand Scale Scenic Photograph  – Feb 23-27, 2011
• Next Step: The Artist Journey – Savannah, Ga.  – March 20-26, 2011
• Callaway Gardens and Warm Springs – April 5-10, 2011
• Street Portraiture in Savannah, Ga. – March 8-13, 2011
• New Mexico and the Spirit of Georgia O’Keefe – April 30-May 6, 2011
• Composition Intensive in Savannah, Ga. – September 13-18, 2011
• Grand Teton National Park – September 24-30, 2011
• Arches National Park – October 8-14, 2011
• Zion National Park – Oct 29-Nov 4, 2011

I believe there is another workshop coming up as well that Barney is attending, but for the life of me, I can’t find it in my emails. I’ll update the post when I locate it. I want to say it’s in Atlanta for an architectural workshop and is limited to 12 people. I’ll keep looking.

Select the links for entry form and calendar you can keep handy:
TBPS Calendar
TBPS EntryForm 2010

All I can say is — they were both a BLAST!!! If you missed them, you missed a wonderfully educational piece from Rick on F-stops and “What the F” are they (Cute presentation opener by the way Rick), as well as Steve doing a very well received presentation in how he prepares for his own photo shoots. I had so many people after the meeting come up to me and say how helpful the presentation was. A great big HUGE thank you to Steve for getting up amongst his peers and letting us know his little secrets.

I also wanted to share with you all how a guest from that night has gotten back with me and told me how much she enjoyed the meeting. She said it was like attending a mini-class — Yay!!! That’s exactly what we were trying to accomplish and still keep it fun and we did it! Our format seems to be falling into place with a constructive critique opener from the previous month’s homework assignment, a 5-minute talk on a photographic subject (this time was F-stops) and a presentation on a topic that will flow into that month’s homework assignment. We’re getting the hang of it now and we’ll repeat next month

Oh yes, and our field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo was just perfect. I think Vickie ordered up a perfect weather day for us that Saturday – was that all your doing Vickie too? She organized and put together a great ‘on your own’ photo shoot at the zoo. We all met at 9am then headed out for adventure. Lunch was also scheduled at the Trout River Cafe where we could all meet back up and talk about the day. I’m sorry I had to miss it, the Florida pollen got the best of me and had to leave for tissue and antihistamines around 11:30.

Don’t forget homework this month is “People’s Choice”. I’m sure we’ll have some wonderful shots from the zoo and if you weren’t able to make it, no problem – it’s your choice. Think about Steve’s presentation on setting up your shot and get the best photo by waiting for the moment and working your subject. I can’t wait to see everyone’s homework! Be sure to send to cpgpictures@gmail.com for all homework submissions (member’s only).

If you haven’t come out to one of our meetings yet, what are you waiting for? Come as a guest and see if it’s for you. We have all skill levels from beginner to advanced and we all get something out of it. So if you think we’re just a bunch of advanced shutterbugs – think again and come on out.

Here are the bulletins Richard put together for our April meeting.

• April Meeting Bulletin
• April’s Homework Assignment – Due by 4/12/10

In case you are looking for the documents for this week’s meeting, here is the bulletin, homework assignment and supplemental handout.

CPG MEETING 2 18 10 HOMEWORK
CPG MEETING 2 18 10 BULLETIN
Color Space supplemental handout

See you tomorrow,

-Debbie