Hello, Digital Image and Video enthusiasts,

It’s Digital Image Group time again—time for our 30th meeting ever!

Thursday evening, October 21^st beginning at 6:30 P.M. you are invited to attend our tenth 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.

This month we will have a demonstration by Erik Peterson who will bring the tools and materials needed in order for photographers with Digital SLR cameras to clean their own camera sensors. We will also have a demonstration of Photoshop CS5’s “content aware tool” which can automagically get rid of power lines and other unwanted objects in images. It may not be the perfect solution for every visual problem but it can certainly do amazing things.

At this meeting, there will also be discussions, digital slide presentations, videos and some break 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.

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, November 18^th .

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

Admission is Free. A donation of $1 is accepted but not required. Any money collected goes to help us pay for the monthly rental of the Parish Hall. Richard and Norma Nichols foot the bill for any costs not covered by donations. You become a member as soon as you come to a meeting. Anyone wishing to donate to help pay for other expenses we incur during the year . . . well we 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 (jpeg or Photoshop image files or prints) 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