About Photography By Steve daPonte

Florida Native with a love for the sights and sounds around us that are often overlooked. Welcome to Photography By Steve daPonte The world around us is full of images that are dynamic and ever changing with time. Photography captures these little slices of time, moments that pass mostly unoticed and taken for granted in our daily lives. Every photograph a visual story of life and being alive in a glorious world of line, space, color and motion.

November Club Meeting

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Photography By Steve daPonte

NOVEMBER MEETING!

THIS MONTH’S MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, NPB LIBRARY AT 6:00 PM……………AND OUR MONTHLY THEME IS ‘GEOMETRIC SHAPES’, PLEASE SEND ALL IMAGES FOR THE MONTHLY THEME TO jefforns@comcast.net, ALTERED IMAGE AND CRITIQUING (AND ANY OTHER SUBMISSIONS) AT 72 dpi WITH THE LONG SIDE AT 1200 PIXELS.

WALT SCHOELLNAST WILL PRESENT A SLIDE SHOW ON HIS AND CAROLYN’S TRIP TO ALASKA

SEND JEFF ANY IMAGES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CRITIQUED…..IT IS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN AND IMPROVE

ALL IMAGES FOR THE ABOVE MUST BE SENT TO JEFF BY SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12^th.

My Top Five Favorite Photography Books

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Photography By Steve daPonte

My Top Five Favorite Photography Books.

October Meeting Full House

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Photography By Steve daPonte

The October meeting was our annual pizza party and we also installed our exhibit. A great big thanks to all that assisted in the installation of the images and the party clean up.

Our guest speaker was club member Douw Smit which gave an awesome and informative presentation about Africa. If any club members are interested in a trip to Africa Douw will be going back in 2018. He is originally from Africa and is a wealth of knowledge.

We also had two new members join our club David Fenderson and Darleen Rowe.

LCC Photo Contest THE NEW CLUB LOGO!

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Photography By Steve daPonte

THE NEW CLUB LOGO!

Send your best photos of the Jupiter Lighthouse!

Time is running out to send in your images!!!!

The photos should be tight shots of the Jupiter Lighthouse as this is for a new Logo that will be used on the website and in print for publications.

EACH MEMBER CAN SUBMIT UP TO 2 IMAGES, THE USUAL 72 dpi WITH THE LONG SIDE AT 1200 PIXELS.

EMAIL YOUR IMAGES TO jefforns@comcast.net BY TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12

THE BOARD WILL SELECT 10 IMAGES TO BE VOTED ON BY THE MEMBERSHIP. THE BOARD WILL MEET ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19 AND JEFF WILL SEND THE TEN SELECTED IMAGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP BY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. VOTING WILL BE CONCLUDED BY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. TO VOTE YOU JUST EMAIL ME YOUR WINNER OR GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CAST YOUR VOTE!

THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE OCTOBER MEETING,TUESDAY THE 10^th. THE WINNER WILL GET A $25.00 GIFT CARD!

Quick Lightroom Tip For Image Export

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Hi LCC members,

The images for the monthly theme slide shows much be sent sized as 1200px on the long side and 72DPI

I also highly suggest when you post your images online this size should also be used.

Here is a screen shot of the Lightroom export panel with the proper size settings.

If you have more questions please leave them in the comment field below.

Thanks,

Steve

August Meeting Info

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Hi LCC Members,

Reminder on Tuesday August 8, we will have our first meeting at the North Palm Beach Library. At 6:00 pm social meet and greet and the meeting will start at 6:30 PM

Our August presentation will be William Leonard. He has been to our club before. William will do a presentation on architectural photography. Feel free to google him and check out his website !

The Library is located at: 303 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach

GOOGLE MAP LINK
on the west side of U.S. 1, just north of Northlake Boulevard. There is a lot of parking and the building is handicap accessible.

This months theme is REFLECTIONS

Please note:

The theme photo submissions should be images shot in 2017 as these are photo assignments. The only exception is when the theme is photographers choice.

The theme images should be e-mailed to Jeff no later than Sunday August 6

All images MUST be submitted as attached jpeg files (not embedded in the email), at 72 dpi, with the long side not exceeding 1200 pixels. If you need help with sending images please ask and someone will reach out to help you.

Call To Artists – Art 4 Apes

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Hi LCC Members,

I received this note this morning.

Dear Organizer

I am writing to let you know about the ENDANGERED Art & Photography Contest 2017. We are keen to encourage more entries in the Fine Art Photography category, which offers $3,250 in prize money. I would be pleased to attach a Call to Artists if you feel it would be appropriate to let your members know about the contest.

The challenge is to interpret or reflect ENDANGERED through either:

Celebration of the beauty of endangered or threatened species/habitats
or
Illustration of the threats facing endangered species/habitats
Please note – species do not have to be formally listed as endangered in order to be eligible for this contest as long as an element of threat exists.

The rules of the contest are available, in full, on our website Art4Apes.com but I would like to make clear that copyright remains with the artist and we do not use the submitted images for any purpose without the permission of the artist or photographer. We do post the images on social media, but always with the name, title and All Rights Reserved.

We run this contest to benefit the Center for Great Apes, a Florida based 501(c)(3) registered sanctuary for abused and neglected orangutans and chimpanzees.

I would be happy to answer any questions you may have and would be so grateful if you could help us spread the word about the contest.

Kind regards

Yours sincerely

Lindsey

Dr Lindsey Matheson
Founder & Curator, ENDANGERED: Art for Apes

Lighthouse Camera Club on Instagram

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Hi LCC members,

I have started an Instagram for the club if your on Instagram use Hashtag #lighthousecameraclub direct message @lighthousecameraclub

The August meeting will be at our new meeting location.

!!! INFO FOR THE NEW MEETING LOCATION !!!

The North Palm Beach Library Second Tuesday of the Month

Starting on Tuesday, August 8^th doors open at 6:00 for meet and greet, meetings will officially start at 6:30 and end at 8:30-8:45 and we can get in the Library at 6:00 for a half hour of Meet & Greet!

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