Photo Club

I attended my third Photo Club meeting last night

where we learned about shooting

PORTRAITS.

Brad Jenks is a videographer with my former TV station's rival.

He is also a professional portrait photographer.

He brought in all his lights and gadgets for

shooting formal portraits.

He shared all kinds of great pointers like

having the subject spread out their fingers to look

more natural.

And, DON'T cut them off at any joints or

they'll look weird.

We all got to practice shooting portraits with

Brad's immediate expert critiques.

I took this portrait of Beth.

I was so proud of her splayed fingers.

"See how you cut her off at the knee joint," Brad said.

Sorry I made you look stumpy, Beth.

I need a LOT of portrait practice, but it was fun to learn

the techniques.

One of the photo clubbers is not only an awesome photographer,

she's an amazing painter and brought along her artwork.

Jan Knoll first photographs interesting places

and people.

Then she paints the scenes.

The stunning thing is...

She paints them in miniature!

They're no bigger than 3 by 4 inches.

Jan's been painting for twenty years and loved to paint

"small".

She never painted anything bigger than a 16 X 20.

Then she read a magazine article about miniature paintings

and was fascinated.

She flew to Florida where she learned the craft from a

miniature artist.  Well, the artist was normal size, but

the art was teeny.

She uses a magnifying glass and strong light

plus tiny brushes.

The fine details are exquisite on such a tiny canvas.

Each painting takes 30 to 40 hours to complete.

As I have shared in other blogs

I am fascinated with people's talents!

Jan attends miniature art shows and

even competes in miniature contests.

I just HAD to share her vast talent

with you.

Thanks, Jan!