Coffee & Photography at O'Keefe's Restaurant

Please RSVP as attendance is limited to 20. If you find after you have RSVP'd that you can't make it please mark yourself as unable to attend so someone on the wait list may attend. Thank you for your understanding in this time of change.

Welcome to our longest running series of events at FCCP. Every Wednesday morning, for over 13 years, we've been providing free instruction on all phases of photography including image editing with programs such as Lightroom, Photoshop and Elements.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy a cup of coffee among fellow photographers while you get your questions answered about photography techniques, equipment and computers. The program is run by Jeff and Lew Donald and they have over 80 years of combined photography experience. There literally is no photography related question that they can't answer.

Perhaps the most popular segment of the meetings is the 30 to 45 minutes of each meeting devoted to watching award winning documentaries on select photographers from the 20th and 21st century. These include films on Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Paul Strand, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Cappa and many others. Watching these documentaries is not only entertaining, but educational as you see how the masters worked at their art and craft.

Another popular segment is our "Show & Tell" segment where members bring a few (10 to 30) recent images on a flash drive. Then we project them on our big screen with our state of the art HD projector.

You're welcome to narrate or just let the images show on the screen. If you want a few images critiqued, no problem, just say so. Jeff will be happy to offer words of encouragement and helpful suggestions to improve the photograph.

If you want to show a few photos, just add them in JPEG format to a USB Flash Drive (sometimes referred to as a Thumb Drive) and give them to Jeff at the start of the meeting.

This meeting is extremely popular with the regular members and many don't bother to RSVP. We regularly have 40 or more members in attendance however due to current regulations, we are limiting our attendance to 20 members. It's OK to come late and leave early if necessary, so don't worry about traffic or being late.

Everyone is also invited to lunch following each meeting. This is a great way to meet other members, learn about FCCP and get involved in the photography community.

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