End of June Photography Meetups

As the days grow longer and warmer, photographers all over the northern hemisphere are finding it harder and harder to stay in their homes, looking for excuses to buy more gear. While in the midst of these gorgeous summer days, many photographers will find themselves meeting up, sharing stories, trading prints, and enjoying the days together. If you should find yourself so inclined, make sure to mark your calendar for the next two week's worth of events: 

• Photostock 2012 - A four day long photographic adventure in Harbor Springs, MI hosted by world-renouned photographer Bill Schwab. Follow the link for location details, as well as a fine list of things to expect. This year they'll also be featuring another famous photographer, Andrew Moore, author of the best selling photography book, "Detroit Disassembled". Be sure to check this marvelous event out; did I mention it's FREE?!
• Analog's Pulse: A Weeknd in Cleveland - An all-analog photography meetup in the heart of Cleveland, OH. Hosted by Scott Meivogel of Aperture, folks young and old will have four unique photowalks exploring different historic neighborhoods of downtown Cleveland. If you're into urban photography or into film, make sure you don't miss this event. There will also be a variety of prizes in store courtey of Old School PhotoLab and The Film Photography Podcast. Check out the event on Facebook, here. 

That's it for now folks, it's back to the darkroom printing off some carbon transfers for Photostock 2012, hope to see you at one or both of these fantastic events!

Happy shooting, and long live film.

Film Photography Podcast, NYC 2012 Meetup

Man how time flies when you're out on the road attending meetup after meetup!

FPP Meetup group posing in front of Lomography NYC for an 8x10 group shot. Image by FPP Host/Founder Michael Raso.

Just a quick update for everybody out there, last weekend was the Film Photography Podcast NYC Meetup 2012 edition. The day was headed up by FPP contributor Dan Domme, site designer Michael Calleia and his lovely wife Erica. There were plenty of folks in attendance, and we had a glorious, sunshine-filled afternoon with which to visit Lomography NYC, Washington Square Park, Chinatown, and finally The Impossible Project NYC space. Check out the full episode BONUS FPP episode below (complete with videos, show notes, and more!).

http://filmphotographyproject.com/podcast/2012/05/film-photography-podcast-episode-60-%E2%80%93-may-22-2012

But that's not all, folks! Meetup season is just getting into full swing, be sure to check out the FPP Main Site for meetup details and updates.

Northeast Ohio Meetup, May 11th - 13th

As the Spring weather warms up and the days grow longer, photographers in the temperate Northern Nemisphere begin to come out of their hibernation. Soon after, large groups of these odd creatures will meetup at random places all across the continent, to get together and share their knowledge of photography. Often times, they're share their previous year's trappings, demonstrate learned, successful techniques, and take many pictures of each other; a strange phenomenon, indeed.

The elder and tribal leader (left) is often seen asserting his dominance by use of a much larger 7x17 camera. Fascinating!

One of these peculiar meetings of photographers takes place this weekend, May 11th - 13th in Bath, OH. Be forewarned, though, this is no ordinary group of shutterbugs. Most of them shoot film, have crazy large cameras, and have work worthy of museum collection. Should you wish to witness some of this madness and more, look ahead at their forum posts on APUG. As a recent inductee into this nomadic flock of photographers, I'll be demonstrating a technique that's been popular with me this past year, Carbon Printing. This demo is completely free, inquire to the above link for details.

Stay tuned, as images and maybe even some video from this meeting of photographers will be making their way onto this blog soon.