• Photographer David Akoubian demonstrates Lensbabies during the Sweetwater Camera Club August Field Trip

    • Click to Enlarge! Photographer David Akkoubian using a Lensbaby to photograph a frog If you have a fast connection to the Internet, you may enjoy this video of photographer David Akoubian’s introduction to an SLR lens, the Lensbaby. A "Lensbaby" is a flexible lens attachment created by the folks at Lensbaby.com which alters the light rays impending upon a camera’s digital sensor, creating an area of strictly controlled focus, beyond which everything else is blurred.
      On a sunny Saturday morning, August 30th, 2008, David spent 30 minutes in the heart of the Atlanta Botanical Garden discussing the features and advantages of the Lensbaby flexible lens attachment. You see him speaking here in front of the Dorthy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory to an audience that included several members of the Sweetwater Camera Club as well as members of the Atlanta Photographic Society. Above right, you will find a picture of David using a basic Lensbaby. Click on it to enlarge . . . below the embedded video you will see the resulting Frog photo. Notice that the foreground and background have become quite blurry, while the frog’s eyes are sharp. That is exactly what a lensbaby can do for you.

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    • Designer-Photographer Andrew Hughes spoke recently at the Sweetwater Camera Club on August 14, 2008

    • This month we had a very interesting and unique guest speaker, Andrew Hughes of Lawrenceville, GA. His website is located at http://www.masqueman.com. Andrew has worked as a graphic designer for the past 18 years, creating logos, brochures, websites, videos, etc. His presentation was entitled, "Approaching the Photo as a Graphic Designer." Andy shared some of his special techniques and showed and discussed his favorite creative endeavors.
       
      One of the continuing questions that photographers ask is, "how can I sell my work?" One answer is to use photography as one of several tools that go into creating a final commercial product. If you can do that - combine artistic talent with art, design and photography, you have overcome one of the biggest hurdles between shooting for your own enjoyment and pleasing a client. Andrew has definitely overcome the "amateur to commercial photographer" hurdle.
       
      Andy discussed his personal philosophy as an artist. He showed us several of his pet projects, including WWII Veterans portraiture, motorcycle racing photography and creative Wedding photography. As part of the program he discussed how to "apply digital makeup" to portraits and showed us some photoshop techniques that he has found useful. His portrait manipulations were nothing short of amazing.
       
      Everyone who came for this lecture was truly blessed to have had the opportunity to meet and listen to Andrew. He and his work are quite inspiring.

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    • August 2008 Contest Winners

    • Our August Contest subjects were "Animals" and the Cochran Mill Nature Center Field Trip. The entries were judged by Andrew Hughes, who was also our speaker for the night.

       
      Color Print
      1st Place: Greg Knobloch – Peregrine Falcon
      2nd Place: Steve Pritchard - Foxy
      3rd Place: Randy Myers – I’m Fabulous Dahling
      Hon.Mention: Charles Greever - You Looking at Me
      Hon.Mention: Linda Britt - Say Cheese
       
      Monochrome Print
      1st Place: Natasha Stansel - Giddy-Up
      2nd Place: Karen Kendrick - Take a Peek
      3rd Place: Randy Myers - Dreaming of Home
      Hon.Mention: Natasha Stansel - Peanut
       

      Our Cochran Mill Nature Field Trip Winner is:
      1st Place: Karen Kendrick - Queen Anne’s

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