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Learning How to Make Outdoor Portraits

Moon Doggy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:38:21 +0000

The Image Makers Workshop’s field trip held this past Sunday at the Queen Liliuokalani Botanical Gardens gave participants a hands-on opportunity to learn how to create memorable outdoor portraits. The Nishikis, Scott, Cheryl and their daughter Sierra, participated as models for the event.

Instructor Terry Takaki reviewed some of the techniques and esthetics for outdoor portraits which the participants could immediately apply. Tips included adjusting aperture settings to produce out of focus backgrounds, the effect of focal length on subjects, proper exposure and posing.

Participants were even given the opportunity to try their hands at shooting with a macro lens.

HMAUS members who participated in the workshop were Terrence Young, Joan Matsukawa, Gregg Kamei, Elizabeth Hammond, Lisa Oi and Junie Hayashi.

After the morning workshop participants stopped at Zippy’s on Vineyard Boulevard for lunch, sharing ideas and viewing the event images.

Joan Matsukawa brought the Nishikis to serve as the models for the workshop. They will be given the best images of the lot. Cheryl is Joan’s niece.

Selected images from the workshop can be seen at the HMAUS Flickr home page at: http://flickr.com/hmaus

The Image Makers Workshop is an HMAUS workshop for those interested in graphic design, video, image creation, photography and visual expression. Learn more about the workshop here.

Learn how to make memorable outdoor portraits

Moon Doggy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:05:45 +0000

Image Makers Workshop – Outdoor Family Portraits

Moon Doggy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:22:01 +0000

Expert Terry Takaki will conduct a hands-on workshop on creating memorable outdoor family portraits. Small class size, register early.

Registration and information here.

Bring your bad photos

Moon Doggy — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:37:48 +0000

Bring your poorly exposed photographs to the Image Makers Workshop on Thursday, May 14, and we’ll talk about techniques you can use to make them better. Put your bad photos on a CD or USB thumb drive in JPEG format and we’ll use these examples for learning.

The focus will be on good exposure.

You may also send your images via email. Use this form.

Also at the Image Makers Workshop Terrence Young will demonstrate Final Cut Express. He will show a few of his short videos and explain how he used the software to edit his “footage.”

At 6:30 PM, we’ll have a special tour of Fujifilm Hawaii facilities to learn more about their image processing services. Don’t be late for this!

More information and registration here.

Please register because we will only print enough handouts for the number of people who will be attending.

Image Makers Workshop Debuts Next Week

Moon Doggy — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:48:38 +0000

Inaugural meeting for this special interest group next week, Thursday evening, May 14.

Special Tour of Fujifilm Hawaii
Learn about all of their image making services

Getting Good Exposure
Learn how to let go of auto mode on your digital camera
Bring your poorly exposed photographs and we’ll talk about techniques you can use to make them better

Editing Video with Final Cut Express
Turn your video projects into great memories
Terrence Young will give a short talk on Final Cut Express and how he uses it to edit his video projects.

Fujifilm Hawaii will be our host for this meeting. We’ll start with a tour of the Fujifilm facilities at 6:30 PM. You will be able to learn about all the different things that Fuji does for image makers. They do so much more than process film.

The Image Makers Workshop is for those interested in graphic design, video, image creation, photography and visual expression. Meetings are held monthly and the subjects and locations will be announced at the HMAUS web site and by email to HMAUS members.

This event is free and the public is welcome.

More information and registration at:

http://www.hmaus.org/index.php/meetings-workshops/image-makers-workshop/