Hello, Digital Image and Video enthusiasts,

It’s Digital Image Group time again—time for our 21st meeting ever! The DIG offers you three choices: You can be a star and show off your visual arts-oriented work, you can be a spectator and watch and learn what a large number of talented people are presenting this month, or you can be a star and a spectator both.

Tomorrow evening, Thursday, January 21st  beginning at 6:30 P.M. you are invited to attend our first DIG meeting of 2010 which will be held in the Parish Hall on the left side of St. Julian’s Episcopal Church here in Douglasville.

For the first time ever, we will have an Internet connection available at the meeting for our presentation laptop.

At this meeting, there will be demonstrations, discussions, slide presentations, videos and time to get to know other digital visual artists and wannabes . . . Bring friends and family members with you if you like. You are also encouraged to bring any pictures and/or videos that you would like to show.

This month we will have quite a line-up of presenters including birds, landscapes, nature photography, special effects and fine arts photography. Here is our agenda:

What: Digital Image Group Meeting

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, January 21st  (that’s tomorrow!).

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. You become a member as soon as you come to a meeting. Anyone wishing to donate to help pay for the wireless modem we are donating to St. Julian’s, well we would greatly appreciate that.

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 wishing 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 moments 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.

Hope to see you at DIG!

Richard