Fort Collins Digital Camera Club

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
Mike Barry
Robert Barley
Heather Coe
Ken Eis
Rich Ernst
Jim Limburg
Paul Marcoux
Kristi Norman
Rich Roberts
Ken Sandberg
Jim and Joan Sayre
Albert Wang

OUR MAIN DISCUSSION TOPICS WERE "Exercise in Seeing" AND "Steal Like an Artist"
Group members practiced "Seeing" and we discussed the pictures that we took while "Seeing". We also discussed "Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon. We briefly discussed "The Creative Act: A Way of Being" by Rick Rubin too.

RESOURCES (Where you can find sources of inspiration)

Rich recommended following Phil Sharp on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=phil+sharp+photography

Heather recommended Photography Cheat Sheet Cards that she found on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=photography+cheat+sheet+cards&crid=4039XHM7NZ1V&sprefix=photography+cards%2Caps%2C144&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_17

Creativity and Vision
"Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon
Robert found a link to a PDF version of the book at laithaljunaidy.com, but I can't get it to work

Creativity and Vision
"The Creative Act: A Way of Being" by Rick Rubin (recommended by Richard Gonet)

Inspiration vs. Copying for Creatives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2nV8ZAtR9M

Is your artistic vision broken? -by Blake Rudis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkilJOre62k&t=1s

Inspiration - The Art of Seeing
http://www.creativesgo.com/art_of_seeing.html

Seeing vs. Shooting
https://neomodern.medium.com/seeing-vs-shooting-e869088a5e8e

Looking vs. Seeing as a Photographer
https://petapixel.com/2019/12/21/looking-vs-seeing-as-a-photographer/

What is the difference between looking and seeing?
https://unitednationsofphotography.com/2020/09/08/what-is-the-difference-between-looking-and-seeing/

The Need-To-Know on Copyright for Creatives- LIVE with Christina Scalera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQCLEIBOAu0

How to Create a Pep-Ventosa Inspired Still Life
https://digital-photography-school.com/pep-ventosa-inspired-still-life/

Stephanie Jung Photography was recommended for her creativity
https://www.stephaniejung-photography.com/

Facebook Group "Photography Tricks Group". Members of this group post lots of photographs using interesting techniques.

Constructive Critiques and Personal Projects (optional)
We critiqued several images at Paul's request and we looked at images from other photographers.

PICK A TOPIC FOR THE NEXT MEETING
We picked "Pep-Ventosa Inspired Still Life" for a topic to explore before the next meeting. Take a look at the website and make some Pep-Ventosa style images, and bring them to our next meeting.

AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY SIG MEETING - Tue 6/18/2024 @6:00pm
1. The main topic will be "Pep-Ventosa Inspired Still Life".
2. Constructive Critiques and Other Personal Projects
3. We will pick a topic for the next meeting

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.