Hello, photographers, videographers, artists and digital image enthusiasts,

This is a notice and reminder that the Digital Image Group will be meeting tomorrow, Thursday evening of this week at 6:30 P.M. in Downtown Douglasville and you are invited to attend!

My wife Norma has helped me to create light proofing curtains for 13 windows at the Douglasville School of art so we can have our meetings there. The tarp curtains should allow us to project our images and videos without stray light hitting the screen.

If you came last month, you were crammed into a smaller room. This month we will have much more space, and the air conditioning has been improved as well at the Douglasville School of Art, located in beautiful Downtown Douglasville at 6774 West Broad Street, Douglasville, GA. If you know where Fabiano’s and Gumbeaux’s Restaurants are, it is 2 blocks west of there, heading away from Atlanta. You may visit the Douglasville School’s website at http://www.douglasvilleschoolofart.com .

You may park anywhere along Broad Street, or on any of the side streets, or in the public parking space across from City Hall (which will require that you walk a block and a half to the location). I have it on good authority that the “2 hour parking” spaces in this area are safe for you to park as long as you like without fear of ticketing, since the Douglasville Police Department has now moved out of the center of town. Before, the police department needed the spaces for themselves.

The best way to describe where this is, is to imagine yourself standing in front of the Old Courthouse. Just to the right of this building, is the oldest building in downtown. The very first storefront in that building is where we will meet.

We do not have a lot of chairs, so if you have a folding chair, please bring it. Please do not leave your chairs in the building once you decide to leave the meeting. We are actively working towards finding a source for inexpensive comfortable chairs for future meetings.

Bring some of your work to show, if you like or help us give demonstrations. This month I will be demonstrating a brand new version of the image viewer Irfanview which has some really interesting new software tricks.

Our new meeting space has several rooms, and has been cleaned up quite a bit since last month. More air conditioning, better lighting conditions, a much bigger meeting area . . . what more could you want?

Thanks to Dr. Robby Pope for allowing us to meet in such a nice art studio! Dress casually. Arrive any time after 6:30 p.m. and stay as long as you like. Some of our meetings last as long as 10:30 p.m. but you are welcome to leave whenever you like. You are free throughout the meeting to initiate discussions of the photos, videos and demonstrations you see. Bring your own chair if you can. There will be several seats available for those who arrive without one, so it’s O.K. if you can’t bring your own.  Drinks will be provided but you are welcome to bring snacks to share with the crowd. Last month we had 29 people in attendance. Hope to see you there!

Show us your stuff, or just come see everyone else’s.

Richard