Next GGCS General Meeting:
June 2, 2008 at 7:15 pm (note the June date)
Embassy Suites Hotel
101 McInnis Parkway, San Rafael
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here for
directions.
Open to
the public
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admission and parking are free
GGCS Welcomes Derrick Story
O’Reilly Digital Media Evangelist and Author
Tonight’s meeting will be about taking great digital pictures! During his presentation, Derrick Story will tell us about his “Five Shooting Techniques to Make Your Pictures Look Better Than Everyone Else’s.” Regardless of what editing program you use, taking great pictures makes processing them a snap. You don’t even need an expensive camera to record images that look better than everyone else’s. What you do need are these five techniques. Learn how to dramatically improve your photography in just one hour.
Derrick also promises to give us a brief overview of what’s newest in digital photography, cameras and editing, and answer your digital photo questions. Derrick’s experience includes more than 20 years as a photojournalist, managing editor for O’Reilly Network, and a speaker for IDG, PMA, and Santa Fe Workshops. He is the author of Digital Photography Hacks, Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Ed., and his latest, The Digital Photography Companion. He co-authored iPhoto: The Missing Manual with David Pogue.
Derrick likes to keep his shooting skills sharp by running his photography business, Story Photography. You can listen to his photo podcasts and read his tips at his website, which is an online virtual camera club featuring weekly podcasts, daily blog posts, monthly photo assignments for readers and more.
We’ll have copies of Story’s “Digital Photography Companion” on the raffle table.
Also of interest just before the meeting (details below):
6:00-7:00 pm – Introduction to Computers class
About the Meeting:
Our general meetings offer a friendly forum for people interested in computers at all user levels, from novice to expert.
Before the General Meeting, between 6:00 and 7:00 PM in the Petaluma Room, just down the hall from the main meeting room, there is a free Introduction to Computing Class. Ask at the reception table outside the meeting room for directions.
Hungry? Have dinner before the meeting at Rings Restaurant, at the north end of the building.
From 6:30 to 7:00 PM Door Prize raffle tickets are given out to members, memberships are renewed, etc. You can stand around talking to people who know lots and lots about computers (Look for Steering Committee members wearing nametags. They love to chat about computers, especially their own).
The meeting usually follows this schedule:
7:15 pm – Announcements, followed by an open session during which members and guests can ask the group for help or opinions.
7:30 pm – Main presentation. Click here for a list of prior speakers.
9:00 pm – Closing with a raffle of various hardware, software and books. There are often quite a few items from which to choose. Each member gets a free raffle ticket, both members and non-members may purchase additional raffle tickets.
Future meetings: Our general meetings are normally on the fourth Monday of the month. There is no meeting in December. The May meeting is sometimes a week later than normal when necessary to avoid Memorial Day.
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