Next meeting July 14th…

Hey everyone,
Just a reminder that our next meeting is Tuesday July 14th at 7pm in the communications offices. Bring flash lights, and anything colorful you can shine a light through.

Thanks,
Shad

Cheap Fish Eye Lenses…

Hey everyone,
I wanted to post a link to a site that has some decent fish eye lenses at very cheap prices. Of course they are not the quality of Canon or Nikon but do a pretty comparable job and are very fun.

They are Russian fish eyes and can be bought here at http://www.rugift.com/. We have one here that is 16mm, I would go for the 8mm personally. You have to adjust the apeture and focus on most of these manually, and they come with converter rings to fit what ever camera body you have (you just have to specify when ordering).

Check out there site, they have a small gallery on flickr if you want to see some of the other images they produce. Again, you will pay over a $1000 for Canon, Nikon, or even Sigma for a good fish eye. Rugift sells theirs anywhere from $200-$400. Fish eyes are not the first lens I use when reaching into the bag, but this is a good deal and worth the price if you just want to have fun with a fish eye.

Hope this helps you all.

Shad

Photo walk on the Vegas Strip…

Hey everyone,
We are going to do our Vegas Strip photo walk  on Sunday, June 28th at 7:30pm. The weekend before is Father’s day and the weekend after is July 4th weekend. So this seems to be the best. I’m going to try and book the church van, so I’ll need to have you all RSVP by June 24 in the comments. We’ll head down to the new strip, probably around Ceasar’s or Belagio.

Thanks,
Shad

Edit :: Looks like we are going to have to cancell the outing, we only have one person going. Sorry everyone.

Next meeting on June 9th…

Hey everyone,
Our next meeting will be on June 9th at 7pm in the Communications office. Bring your cameras. We might just do some more experimenting with lights and such.

We will also be planning our walk on the strip.

Comment below if you think you can make it.

Shad

It’s that time again…

Baby Dedications are coming up again and we need your help. They are on May 9/10 weekend, which is Mother’s day weekend. Bob Landrumb has already stepped up to take the 4pm service. We need help at the 6pm service, and the 9 and 11am services on Sunday. Email me if you can help at sfox@canyonridge.org.

If you haven’t served for this before, we take a photo of each family that is having a baby dedicated. They get the photo later along with a certificate and a book.

Las Vegas Strip…

Hey everyone,
In preparation of  our trip to the strip I thought I’d pepper you all with some images I’m finding I thought were cool.

April Meeting Cancelled…

I dropped the ball.

Hey everyone,
I had a busy last week with Easter and forgot to send a reminder email about tonight’s meeting. That coupled with a few other issues has forced me to cancel for tonight.

My apologies.

However, in May we will be wrapping up our technical series. I want to do some exercises with our flashes and try some light painting. Should be a good time. Also, we need to start thinking of our next outing down on the strip. I’m going to try and post some inspirational shots of the strip over the next couple of weeks as I’ve seen some really nice art about that recently.

Hope everyone had a great Easter! Thanks,
Shad

Night Photography…

Hey everyone,
In our last meeting we went out and took some photos of campus at night to try and figure out how to meter. I think our next outing is going to be at the strip and we’ll do some night shooting then as well. I wanted to show you this site and some of the images this guy takes. His name is Larrie Thompson and he shoots a lot of stuff in the SW deserts. He paints with light, which we talked about and everyone should try it once. Pretty fun stuff.

Outing This Saturday

Hey everyone,
We will be going to Valley of Fire this Saturday, March 28. We’ll leave the church around 9am and try to get back around 3 or 3:30pm before the start of the 4pm service. It takes about 1 hour to get there, so we should have a good 4 to 5 hours at the park.

A couple of things to note ::
• We’ll be taking the church van which seats 9, if we have more we may need to ask around the group to see who can supply an extra vehicle.
• The cost for the trip is $6 for one vehicle admittance to the park, and $20 to fill the van back up with gas. So we need to divide this up amongst us that goes as our budget got zapped in the reductions. If someone needs to bring an extra vehicle we’ll work out compensation amongst the group for gas and park admittance.
• I’m going to bring my 3 and half year old. If you all want to bring an older child (one that can walk trails) that is fine. I’m going to pay for her in whatever the cost comes out to be. I’m going to try and help you all with any questions and guiding us through the park so I won’t be taking photos.
• Everyone needs to bring a lunch, I’m going to try and get a cooler with ice to put water bottles in. We can put other drinks in as well if you want to bring something. Also, bring any kind of sun protection, it may not be hot but you’ll get burned if you are standing out in the sun to long.
• Let me know by Thursday if you can come or not. I need a head count just for vehicles.

Comment below if you can come or email me at sfox@canyonridge.org

Thanks guys,
Shad

March meeting…

Hey everyone,
Just a reminder. Our next meeting is March 10 at 7pm in the Communications office. Sorry for not updating the blog in the last couple of weeks. I’m coming close to landing on an outing date. I’ll let you know about that before our meeting. Bring your cameras as we’ll be hitting up metering and what apeture, shutter, speed and ISO do. We’ll be taking test shots, and those of you who don’t have an SLR I’ll share the church camera with you. Should be fun.

Thanks,
Shad