MAPS recently started exploring the ability to host programs with other camera clubs, which will allow us to expand the topics presented to MAPS members. We expect to do one or two per year.
Multi-Club Programs are expected to be only available through Zoom. No in-person attendance. And we expect to have a recording that can be viewed at a later time.
All MAPS members will be notified about upcoming Multi-Club Programs via emails and posting on this website. In some cases, registration will be required.
Upcoming Multi-Club Programs
Watch this space for the next Multi-Club Program!
Recent Multi-Club Programs
January 2024
Colleen Miniuk – No More Rules! Using Human Perception in Composition
Oftentimes photographers spend much time forcing their scenes to fit the rules (which yields technically “perfect” but perhaps boring photographs) rather than arranging the subject matter based on emotional responses and human perceptions. This presentation by outdoor photographer/writer Colleen Miniuk went beyond reviewing the predominant composition rules and shared how we can leverage the reasoning behind human perception (not rules!) to help elicit specific responses from our viewers. Hear how subject matter placement, the use of different types of lines, relationships between shapes, and other visual language help us arrange our scenes to convey depth and meaning more effectively with our audiences.
Colleen Miniuk is a corporate-America-escapee turned full-time outdoor photographer, writer, publisher, instructor, and speaker from Chandler, Arizona. She writes an online photography advice column called “Dear Bubbles” and leads photography workshops, women’s photography retreats (called “Sheography™”), and online sessions for camera clubs, outdoor organizations, and private clients. Learn more at www.colleenminiuk.com.
May 2023
Dan Anderson – The Art of Landscape Photography Using a Drone
Drone photography is a new way of seeing and imagining the world as you explore. Like any new photographic tool, this new perspective of viewing the land is full of promise but demands fresh thinking and a new visualization of the entire concept of the landscape image from the start to the finished product.
Our presenter, Dan Anderson, a Door County Wisconsin photographer, discussed the details of drone best practices and focused on the specific photographic ideas and opportunities for still images introduced by this new tool for creating landscape photographs.
About Dan Anderson
Daniel Anderson lives in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin – near the very tip of the Door Peninsula. He has photographed widely throughout the United States and Europe and has taught many workshop since the 1980’s. He also leads photographic tours to many exciting locations in many parts of the world.
He began his photographic career after studying with Ansel Adams by making finely crafted black and white prints with an 8 x 10 view camera. He has evolved into digital printing using high end digital equipment and technologies and now is able to produce both color and black and white prints to even higher standards than were possible in the film era.
His work also includes a series of landscape images from Antarctica, Door County, Chile, Greece, Greenland, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Spain, and the Faroe Islands. He has also photographed a series of Cathedrals and Abbeys, Door County barn interiors and a multi-year project of a single Door County farm. His work has been widely exhibited throughout the U.S. and Europe and his images are found in many public and private collections. His work may be seen at Fine Line Designs Gallery in Sister Bay Wisconsin and in his Ellison Bay Studio by appointment.
Visit Dan’s website at www.danielandersonphotography.com.
Recording: Dan Anderson – The Art of Landscape Photography Using a Drone
