Hello, Digital Image and Video enthusiasts,

It’s Digital Image Group time again!

Tomorrow evening, Thursday, March 19th beginning at 6:30 P.M. you are invited to attend our 3rd DIG meeting of 2009 and the 11th Digital Image Group meeting ever in the Parish Hall on the left side of St. Julian’s Episcopal Church here in Douglasville. I am attaching a new business card created by DIG Diplomat Frank Karycinski which succinctly explains what DIG is about.

Please come and show your work if you have some to share, or just watch what others are doing with their digital cameras, computers and video equipment.  There will be demonstrations, discussions, slide presentations, videos and time to get to know other digital visual artists and wannabes . . . Bring friends and family member with you if you like.

What: Digital Image Group Meeting – 11th meeting ever!

When: 6:30 P.M. till we are done (you don’t have to be on time and you can leave when you need to go). Thursday evening, March 19th   (that’s tomorrow!) and every third Thursday of the month from here till eternity.

Where: St. Julian’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 5400 Stewart’s Mill Road, Douglasville GA 30135

Why: Because people with digital still and video cameras, computers, graphics and image manipulation/editing software need a place to meet, share their knowledge and see what other people are doing in the visual arts. If you desire, you may also show your own images, designs and digital videos to the audience, get some feedback and participate in the discussions.

Admission is Free. A donation of $1 is accepted but not required. Any money collected goes to pay for the $25 monthly rental of the Parish Hall and for a few office supplies and miscellaneous expenses. You become a member as soon as you come to a meeting.

Part 1 starts at 6:30 and runs until 8 p.m. It will consist of shorter presentations and discussions.

Part 2 is a 20 minute informal social break from 8 p.m. until 8:20 p.m. -- Chat with participants and attendees. Bring your camera, accessories, prints etc. and ask questions, meet new people, make some friends.

Part 3 starts at 8:20 p.m. and remains open-ended: it goes until the last person has presented. Longer presentations and demonstrations are usually presented later in the evening during Part 3. You may leave at any time, once you reach “information overload” status. Everyone who wants to show their work will get the opportunity, so there is no formal ending time—as long as the presenters and audience last. This is your chance to enjoy visual arts in a highly condensed discussion group.

If your schedule won’t allow you to make it to part 1, plan on coming to part 2 or 3 of the evening or any time in-between.

Bring as many of your images to show as you can fit into 10 to 12 minutes, or bring videos up to 12 minutes in length. We give you the floor for your 10 minutes of fame. At the 10 minute mark, a chime will sound and you have 2 more minutes to wrap it up. A few presentations may last longer depending upon the need and interest of the presenter and group.

VERY SPECIAL DIG Publicity ANNOUNCEMENT!

Effective Immediately! Each week we will put together a 12 image video slide presentation that will be shown on the brand new Douglasville CITI-TV Comcast Channel 22 station which broadcasts 24/7. These presentations will show numerous times over the week as part of the Public Information Guide portion of CitiTV’s programming. Our thanks go to Kellie Hunter and her staff, Steve Jones, Jason Post and Nathan Todd for putting together the system and motion graphics to enhance our group image—and for the opportunity to show our work to a broad regional audience in west Atlanta and west Georgia.

As we go forward we want DIG to become an integral part of the social fabric and visual history of Douglasville and Douglas County. The images shown on CitiTV will have the photographers’/ designers’/videographers’

name and copyright symbol watermarked over the images. Each image will stay on the screen approximately 8 seconds before the next image appears and they will always appear in groups of 12. You may contribute images for us to choose from when you attend the meetings or send them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will size them appropriately, but we prefer images no smaller than 720 pixels on the long side and horizontals are encouraged but not mandatory. Soon we will have a place for you to upload your images on the DigitalImageGroup.org website. Call Richard at 404-210-5985 if you need more information.

We hope to see you and perhaps some of your imagery at the DIG Meeting tomorrow! Spring is coming – time to get motivated!

Richard