Pittsburgh Image Makers

Florals - May 2024
2024-05-20 19:00 - 20:45 (America/New_York) | Mt. Lebanon Public Library, 16 Castle Shannon Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA, 15228-2252, United States
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE – DUE TO THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, THE LIBRARY MOVED THE MEETING UP ONE WEEK.
This meeting’s theme is florals. Additionally, lense types and where to use them will be discussed.

Street Photography - June 2024
2024-06-24 19:00 - 20:45
This month, we will be sharing and discussing Street Photography. “Street photography at its essence means candid photography of humanity. A street photograph is a real moment.
The genre is both about the photographer and their subject.” – James Maher
You can read more here: https://jamesmaherphotography.com/…/what-is-street…

Things Abandoned - July 2024
2024-07-22 19:00 - 20:45
This month we will be sharing pictures of things abandoned. In an old steel town like ours, we should have a lot of interesting subjects to capture.

Intentional Camera Movement - August 2024
2024-08-26 19:00 - 20:30
August 26th Meeting will be on Intentional Camera Movement – a creative photography technique when photographers deliberately move their cameras during exposure. This technique creates abstract or artistic effects, often emphasizing motion or blur.

Vacation Postcards - September 2024
2024-08-28 08:00 - 17:00
We are in a different room for this meeting, the second-level Learning Lab.

Please show us what you did on your summer vacation by creating postcards of your photos! Use your imagination and an image editor like Canva, Adobe Express, Snap Seed, or more (available free) to decorate your photos for the postcard kiosk at a tourist trap! The format should be 4″ x “6 or 6″ x 4”.

Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
Adobe Express Free – Create Your Design (adobe.com)
Free Graphic Design Editor & Online Templates | Wepik
Snapseed (available on your phone or tablet’s app store)

Reflections - October 2024
2024-10-28 19:00 - 20:30
The theme for the Image Makers meeting in October is “Reflections.” You can interpret that word in any way you like.

Juxtaposition - February 2025
2025-02-24 19:00 - 20:30
The challenge for the February meeting is to capture/create juxtaposition images. Juxtaposition is when you position two things next to each other to highlight their differences. The two things don’t have to be opposites, although they can be. One just has to be noticeably different from the other to create a visual contrast.

Here is an informative link to further explore the topic:

27 Best Juxtaposition Examples to Inspire Your Photography

Photo Editing - March 2025
2025-03-24 19:00 - 20:30
For the next meeting on March 24 we agreed to discuss/practice photo editing. Darktable is the open source (free software) that was quickly demonstrated at the end of the meeting. For the next meeting – bring an image and show us what you do to edit it. Let’s all learn something!
