Using The Histogram - Fact and Fiction - with Nathan Dean

Please join us for our January monthly meeting featuring accomplished photographer and educator Nathan Dean, and enter our digital image competition, “WATER" (more information below.)

In this talk Nathan Dean will tell you all you need to know about the histogram - and then some. He will introduce the histogram and demonstrate how to use it to avoid overexposing or underexposing your shot. Then he will describe the approach called "Expose to the Right" which aims to provide more detail in the image, and he'll give some clues about how and when to adopt it. There is more there - or maybe less - than meets the eye!

Nathan Dean, photographer and physicist, has been a fervent photographer for most of his life. At first, his photographs were mostly souvenirs. But as he worked to improve them, he became passionate about fine art photography, especially after he retired from a career as a university professor, science dean, and vice president. Since then, his works have been acquired by collectors, published in national media, and exhibited in numerous invited solo and small-group shows. They have been accepted in over seventy juried shows and have won multiple awards. He has served Atlanta Celebrates Photography as a member of its Board and its Executive Committee, and he has been co-director of the art program at the Buckhead Library.

To see his work and learn more about Nathan Dean, visit:
www.nathandeanphoto.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 per paid member - one color and one B&W.
• Please see competition rules for more information.
• The deadline for submissions is 9:00PM on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
• Competition entries are to be sized appropriately, and files are to be re-named using the SPS naming convention: Firstname Lastname - Title of Image.
• Photos must have been taken within 48 months of the competition date.
• Images are to be uploaded to the links found on our SPS website.
• All are welcome for the presentation, but competition entries will be limited to paid SPS members only.

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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 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 find out more about SPS visit:
www.spsatlanta.org
To become a member, visit:
www.join.spsatlanta.org