2023-04-18 Fine Art Photography SIG meeting notes

We met online using ZOOM 6:00pm-8:30pm

The goal of our Fine Art Photography SIG is to help each other to create fine art from our photography.
The Fine Art SIG is a place where artists support each other and nurture creativity in others.
Unrequested criticism can feed an artist's fear of failure and stifle their creative growth.

ATTENDEES
Tony Arnerich
Bob Barley
Mike Barry
Judy Canon
Heather Coe
Rich Ernst
Jim Fellion
Andy Goris
Michael Hohol
Jim Limburg
Kevin McCaghren
Ed Ogle
Rich Roberts
Joan Sayre
Albert Wang

OUR MAIN DISCUSSION TOPIC WAS "Intentional Camera Movement".
We had a great discussion of ICM, including many examples of member ICM work. We also looked over some of the examples from the ICMPhotography Magazine Facebook page

RESOURCES (Where you can find sources of inspiration)

Several members sent in links to great ICM videos...
Facebook: ICMPhotography Magazine
Facebook: Fort Collins Photo Art
Intro to ICM - https://petapixel.com/intentional-camera-movement-icm-photography/
ICM Photo Editing, A New Aspect... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NjFZN-qSd8
Stephanie Johnson Photography - https://stephjohnphoto.com/
Wire ICM Photography - https://www.google.com/search?q=D%27Day+icm+photograthy&oq=D%27Day+icm+photograthy&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i10i160l2.12856j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7f0f5b27,vid:ykysM84UcJg
ICM for Vegetation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlYLXdS48Hc
The Art of Intentional Camera Movement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odPQk0V82fI
ICM and Tissue Paper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cUz0ptG4M

What is AI Doing to Art? - https://groups.io/g/photohistory/topic/98356267 issue Paper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cUz0ptG4M

Color grading video suggestions from Andy
And now for something completely different: Some interesting videos on color grading. Very, very different than how I usually think about editing pictures. I learned a lot from the first video by Joanna Kustra. This explains a lot of what you see in fashion magazines. Lots of aesthetic things to consider. I have seen the distracting effect she mentions where you have too many different bright colors – you’re not sure where to look. Her idea to create depth with warmer color in front and bluer color in back makes sense: atmospheric haze gives an increasing blue cast to mountains far away. We are trained to see this, and this technique is used as a depth cue in computer graphics. But Joanna applies this technique to portraits. Clever! For color spaces, she suggests sRGB for the web and AdobeRGB for printing. Her work is mostly for the print world, so she uses a color managed AdobeRGB workflow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC8ol2-V7Ck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIJto9o8gv4

Color grading video suggestion from Paul Beiser A good tutorial on using the tools for Color Grading in Lightroom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwSRvq_y4nw. The differences he shows between this and the HSL panel were eye opening, and I liked his use of a greyscale gradient.

Photoshop Creativity Summit 4/17-20 - https://www.pscreativitysummit.com

Neutal density filters with step down adapters - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=neutral+density+filter&crid=OF425OFGHNNF&sprefix=newutral+density%2Caps%2C142&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_16

Facebook Photography Tricks Group
This is a great Facebook page for inspiration
Facebook Photography Tricks Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/416814689002581

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUES AND PERSONAL PROJECTS
We discussed several personal projects

PICK A TOPIC FOR THE NEXT MEETING
We picked the topic "more ICM or intentional camera movement " after reviewing some of the video resources

AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY SIG MEETING - Tue 5/16/2023 @6:00pm
1. The main topic will be "Intentional Camera Movement".
2. We will hold constructive critiques (optional) Pick as many as 3 images that you would like critiqued, and be prepared to show them by sharing your screen during the ZOOM meeting.
3. We will pick a topic for the next meeting

If you don't have time to research the topic, or you don't have any images that you want to have critiqued, that is OK, you can just attend the meeting and participate when you want.

I would like to see more pictures from our Fine Art SIG in the regular club meeting slideshows, and especially on the new Facebook page: Fort Collins Photo Art which is open to the public and more oriented towards Fine Art.

Jim Limburg will send out the Meeting ID, passcode, and meeting link when we have scheduled the meeting, which will be about a week before the meeting date.

Please email Mike, info@fcdcc.com, when you find mistakes, missing information or if you have suggestions for the Fine Art Photography SIG and I will try to address the issues.