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WELCOME to the Southeastern Photographic Society Meetup page.
Click here to join or renew your SPS membership. Note: Signing up on the SPS Meetup page does not make you an SPS member. SPS members pay dues to engage in many activities that are unavailable to guests who simply sign up on the SPS MeetUp page.
Click here to go to the SPS website where you will find everything you need to know about us.
The Southeastern Photographic Society (SPS) is a registered non-profit Atlanta-based community of photographers established in 1976 to help members learn the skills for creating great images and sharing them with others.
We use Meetup to announce all of our events, so please look below to see what is coming up.
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- The State Botanical Garden of GeorgiaThe State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens, GA
DO NOT RSVP on this MEETUP page. Signing up on this Meetup page does NOT make you an SPS Member or register Members or Guests for this Event.
To RSVP for this Event, use the link below.
Sign-upThe State Botanical Garden of Georgia is home to a range of collections, displays and trails. The collections include:
- The Discovery and Inspiration Garden that includes plants, flowers, insects, butterflies, and pollinators.
- The Flower Garden boasts a variety of collections including the Annual Garden, featuring the All-American Selections Display Garden and the Daylily, Daffodil, Iris, Rose and Peony Gardens, the Fragrance Garden, Perennial Garden, Meditation Garden and a Woodland Walk to reach the Wildlife Pavilion.
- The Heritage Garden is a place where our history comes alive. Collections of heirloom flowers, antique roses, fruit crops, row crops and native species highlight plants that have held cultural significance throughout the history of the state.
- The Hummingbird Trail shows markers where hummingbirds frequent the garden.
We'll gather in the parking lot at 8am and explore the garden together.
**Communication with participants will be through the list generated from the link above and will include information about schedule and plan changes, weather updates, link to the SmugMug site to post your photos, etc. We will not be communicating using RSVPs through the Meetup Site.**
PLEASE READ THE ABOVE AGAIN CAREFULLY.
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SPS has three standing meetings each month for its members and guests.
The First Friday Program and Competition features an outside speaker and a members' image competition. While competition entries at these monthly meetings are restricted to currently paid-up members, we ALWAYS welcome visitors interested in photography to attend.
The Learnshops (fourth Tuesdays) and Coffee & Critique (second Saturdays) are intended for members, but again, we welcome visitors.
If you attend regularly, we ask that you help support the club (which pays for the rental of the facilities, supplies, and equipment) by becoming a member!
To pay your SPS dues, visit:
https://form.jotform.com/spsatlanta/club-membership-registration-form
To find out more about SPS visit:
www.spsatlanta.org - Beneath the Ice - Frozen Flower Photography with Debra MercaldoLink visible for attendees
Looking for a new way to photograph flowers at any time of the year? Learn how to create striking floral portraits through the unique process of freezing flowers. Using some of nature’s most basic ingredients, and materials commonly found in every home, Debra will explain step by step the process of freezing, photographing and editing these chilling, but wonderfully abstract, photographs of frozen flowers.
Please note:
This month's Learnshop will be online, and the ZOOM link will be emailed the day before the event to all who RSVP.
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SPS has three standing meetings each month for its members and guests. The First Friday Program and Competition features an outside speaker and a members' image competition. While competition entries at these monthly meetings are restricted to currently paid-up members, we ALWAYS welcome visitors interested in photography to attend. The Learnshops (fourth Tuesdays) and Coffee & Critique (second Saturdays) are intended for members, but again, we welcome visitors. If you attend regularly, we ask that you help support the club (which pays for the rental of the facilities, supplies, and equipment) by becoming a member!Signing up on the SPS Meetup page does not make you an SPS member. SPS members pay dues to engage in many activities that are unavailable to guests who only sign up on the SPS MeetUp.
To pay your SPS dues, visit:
www.join.spsatlanta.orgTo find out more about SPS visit:
www.spsatlanta.org***
- Sloss Furnaces National Historic LandmarkSloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, AL
DO NOT RSVP on this MEETUP page. Signing up on this Meetup page does NOT make you an SPS Member or register Members or Guests for this Event.
To RSVP for this Event, use the link below.
Sign-upSloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama. It operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971. After closing, it became one of the first industrial sites (and the only blast furnace) in the U.S. to be preserved and restored for public use. In 1981, the furnaces were designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior. For more information on what is available to photograph, check out their website: https://www.slossfurnaces.com.
We'll meet in the parking lot at 10 AM and enter as a group. I'll sign the registration for the group. There isn't a charge to enter but they do request a donation.
Once inside, you can explore with the group or on your own.
**Communication with participants will be through the list generated from the link above and will include information about schedule and plan changes, weather updates, link to the SmugMug site to post your photos, etc. We will not be communicating using RSVPs through the Meetup Site.**
PLEASE READ THE ABOVE AGAIN CAREFULLY.
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SPS has three standing meetings each month for its members and guests.
The First Friday Program and Competition features an outside speaker and a members' image competition. While competition entries at these monthly meetings are restricted to currently paid-up members, we ALWAYS welcome visitors interested in photography to attend.
The Learnshops (fourth Tuesdays) and Coffee & Critique (second Saturdays) are intended for members, but again, we welcome visitors.
If you attend regularly, we ask that you help support the club (which pays for the rental of the facilities, supplies, and equipment) by becoming a member!
To pay your SPS dues, visit:
https://form.jotform.com/spsatlanta/club-membership-registration-form
To find out more about SPS visit:
www.spsatlanta.org - The Keys to Making Powerful Photographs - with Mark AlberhaskyUnitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Please join us for our June First Friday meeting featuring a long time friend of SPS, fine art photographer Mark Alberhasky, and enter our print image competition, “People/Portraits” (more information below.)
Mark says: “Photographers are inherently technically driven creatives, yet the process for making fine, powerful images is paradoxically critically dependent on non-technical artistry. This presentation shares decades of personal experience and the recognition of what, in my hands, has made the most difference in producing photographs of substance in my work.”
Photographer, physician, author and inventor, Mark’s photographic experience spans more than 50 years. In 2004, Mark became a contributing photographer for Nikon. His work has won awards internationally with placements as diverse as commercial ads, product packaging, magazine covers, textbooks, and action sports publications. Mark taught as a Nikon mentor for the Popular Photography magazine Mentor Series Worldwide Treks for 15 years. He now teaches privately in his Atlanta home studio and leads trips for private clients.
To see his work and learn more about Mark, visit www.IMAGEMA.com
Please note:
- This month’s meeting will be in-person, at our regular meeting location, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta at 2650 N. Druid Hills Road NE.
- Entries are limited to TWO prints per paid member – one color and one Black and White.
- Please BRING YOUR PRINTS to the meeting on an appropriate rigid backing surface. (No frames!) See competition rules for more information.
- The competition will be judged from the printed image during the meeting.
- We are requesting/encouraging members to submit a digital file of their printed image by the meeting time for display on the SPS website.
- The digital version of the printed image is to be sized appropriately; files are to be re-named using the SPS naming convention:
- Firstname Lastname – Image Title
- Digital images are to be uploaded to the links below:
- Black & White images: SPS Black & White Monthly Submissions
- Color images: SPS Color Monthly Submissions
All are welcome to attend the presentation.
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SPS has three standing meetings each month for its members and guests. The First Friday meeting features a guest speaker and a members’ image competition. While competition entries at these monthly meetings are restricted to current dues-paying members, we ALWAYS welcome visitors interested in photography to attend. The Learnshops (Fourth Tuesdays) and Coffee & Critique (Second Saturdays) are intended for members, but again, we welcome visitors. If you attend regularly, we ask that you help support the club (which pays for the rental of the facilities, supplies and equipment) by becoming a member!Signing up on the SPS Meetup page does not make you an SPS member. SPS members pay dues to engage in many activities that are unavailable to guests who only sign up on the SPS MeetUp.
To find out more about SPS, visit:
www.spsatlanta.org
To become a member, visit:
www.joinspsatlanta.org