Yearly Archives: 2023

As a follow up to the post from the other day about file formats and bit depth, check out the posts from Tim Grey. Tim give a little deeper explanation…

The presentation schedule for the rest of the season has been completed and viewable on the FCC website calendar. February 20, Joe and Marie Rakoczy also have a postcard program…

I read an article today about image file formats and it seems there is much confusion about the properties, advantages, and disadvantages of image file formats. RAW, TIFF, PNG, GIF,…

Tim Grey gives a good explanation on two often confused photography topics in his blog. Click here to read.

Sorry it took so long to update the functionality of the FCC website. For those subscribers that wish to view the site on their phones or tablets....you're in luck! Updates…

For what it is worth, PetaPixel has chosen what they deem the best photography products of 2023. To read article click here.

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There's more power in your iPhone than you think. Click here to read article from PetaPixel

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Poor man's telephoto? Click on PetaPixel to read article. Click on Nocs Provisions to check out website.

Next FCC Meeting, Tuesday, November 21, 7pm will be a presentation by Jack Martin on Travel Photography. A lot of great tips, apps, resources to help the photographer with their…

Most of us photographers enjoy sunsets and probably take too many (if that is even possible?) images of sunsets. Now you can enjoy sunsets from around the world with a…

Sounds like a good product at a reasonable price. Click here to read review from PetaPixel

For those of you who use this app, and more if you have the Iphone 15. Like previous posts, the gap between phone and camera is shrinking. Read article in…

We've all been there....click here to read article from PetaPixel

This list in definitely not all inclusive. Other celebrities like Paul McCartney and Ken Griffey Jr have also been caught by the photography bug. Click here to read this article.

Another article on the topic of phone camera improvement. Click here to read.

Click here to read great article from Nature TTL

Stuck in a Photo style rut? Or just want to expand your photography knowledge? Great article in PetaPixel (click on PetaPixel to read story) about looking at not so famous…

Advances in phone camera technology keep closing the gap between them and DSLR/Mirrorless Read article in PetaPixel

Program topics for October and November have been updated on the FCC Calendar on the FCC website. www.foresterscameraclub.org

Don't forget, tomorrow, Tuesday, October 3 is FCC's first competition of the year.

Details will be provided for members to successfully enter photography image competition

This means if you use Adobe Cloud to backup your files. Click below to read article. https://petapixel.com/2023/09/06/adobe-is-ending-creative-cloud-syncing-heres-what-that-means/

Personally, I rather eat it than shoot it but if you want to learn about Food Photography, click this article from PetaPixel.

We have all heard the term, here is a good article from Outdoor Photographer on applying it to landscape photography. To go to article click here.

Wow! Must be portrait week. Another article from PetaPixel. To read click here.

Tuesdays meeting at FCC, Bill H. did a marvelous presentation on how to do portrait photography. Just as a coincidence, today's PetaPixel had an article on headshots. To read that…

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Hopefully a helpful equipment article from Nature TTL. Click here to read.

FCC competition images and results are now posted on club website www.foresterscameraclub.org and also on Facebook.

Bill Hickstein will present Portrait Photography at the next Foresters Camera Club meeting, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. This is an in person meeting. Portrait Photography was one of the most…

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Some of the FCC members are famous for this type of photography. To read this article from PetaPixel click here.

Fun article posted in PetaPixel. To read click here. Doesn't answer the question "If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there, does it make a sound?" lol

Technical article from PetaPixel on a technical but basic digital photography topic. To read click here.

Like "more cowebell", you can always use a little more instruction on composition. Click here to read another but helpful article on Compositional Balance.

From Nature TTL Newsletter. To read click here.

FCC February presentation will be on portrait photography. Butterfly lighting is one of many lighting techniques and attached is a good article from PetaPixel. Click here to read.

Good article in PetaPixel on a common problem in digital photography. To read article click here.

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I didn't realize this was important enough to write an article...but I was wrong. Click here to read this article posted in PetaPixel.

Interesting article from PetaPixel. To go to article click here.

Costco is no longer going to print but is offering a discount at Shutterfly. Below is another letter sent to Photo Center members. Dear Costco Member, We previously sent you…

A few weeks back there was a post on choosing camera lenses. Click here for another good article on lens features.

The results from the FCC January competition are now posted on the website and Facebook.

New FCC member Bill H. will lead the presentation on Portraits at the February 21 Foresters meeting. This was a popular requested subject that was voted on in the beginning…

by Jack Martin In the FCC Competition for January, I submitted an macro image of a snowflake. Unfortunately it only received a score of 21 but I am not discouraged.…