This will be the second meeting of the Journal Club for the MLCC. My goal is to work together to improve our photography by expanding our knowledge and experiment with new ways on how to make better photographs.
Participants will be encouraged to read educational articles, listen to podcasts, or watch educational videos and then take photos incorporating the lessons learned. During this meetup, we will discuss the new techniques and review our photos to learn from from each other.
For this second meeting, participants should read each of the articles noted below and, over the next 2 months, make 1-3 examples for each of the topics (extra credit is optional), using the information from each article. Photos will need to be submitted by 10PM on March 31, 2024. (Directions for submitting will be given to participants at a later date.)
For this second MLCC Journal Club I have selected these topics/articles:
1- Unsharp in your photos:
- Embracing the Blur: The art of unsharp photography
- What is Bokeh
- EXTRA CREDIT ARTICLE: Crafting Misty landscapes: a guide to Artificial fog in Lightroom
https://fstoppers.com/education/embracing-blur-art-unsharp-photography-655951 utm_campaign=Main_RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=FS_RSS
https://fstoppers.com/education/what-bokeh-and-why-are-so-many-photographers-obsessed-it-655794?utm_campaign=Main_RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=FS_RSS
The 3rd article can be found at PhotoMasters by Ian Plant as Lens Blur
https://fstoppers.com/lightroom/crafting-misty-landscapes-guide-artificial-fog-lightroom-655603?utm_campaign=Main_RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=FS_RSS
2- Complete sharpness in your photos
- Mark Denney: The Best Focus Point for the Sharpest Photos
- Mark Denney: The Truth Behind the f/11 Myth That Pros know
Each of these can easily be found on google using the above titles. Also, when googled, other similar articles show up so those who wish can do further reading.
Each participant should read these articles and any others on similar topics that they may find. Each should use these teachings, and everything else they have learned, to make 1-3 photos for submission and discussion. Hopefully, all the techniques will be cumulative as we learn more and more.
All the techniques can be applied to landscape, portraiture, street photography, etc. Submitted photos can be of any kind that uses the techniques.
Please RSVP as soon as you can and begin exploring.
To optimize the discussion and have enough time to review everyone's work, this meetup is limited to 11 participants. If we fill all the spots, a wait-list will be established.
Looking forward to continuing this journal club concept and continuing this featured meetup on a recurrent basis over the course of the year.
Richard Davidson