Tabletop Shooting - Need participants

Hi, all DPCA Members! At our last meeting and in the President's blog, we noted that there will be a Challenge on March 9: "Composition on a Tabletop." It's not the season to be outside for shooting photos, so let's use this opportunity to gain or refresh skills in close-up shooting. You might use this capability in selling online - that always needs pictures - or inventorying your goodies around the house.

This means you will be shooting close-ups of objects, and that requires thinking about the setting, a backdrop of some kind, what lens and lighting, etc. All of these depend on the subject you want to shoot, which can be most anything around the house that's appropriate - a paperweight, bric-a-brac, souvenirs, or anything that makes a presentable project and shows that you understand how to do this.

The submission deadline is just a month away from today, Mar 2. To get some thoughts together, we're planning to show how it's done at our next meeting, Feb 9.

Are you a practiced close-up photographer? It would be good to have several members demonstrate what and how they do it. Contact me soon if you'd like to participate. Only will take a few minutes at the meeting and no evaluations. Just bring whatever gear you need and show us how you do it. We'll show results on the screen.

I'm at don.dement@verizon.net or call me at 443-994-1333. Thanks for giving it a try.