Let’s start networking with the people who are in this business. Shooting photo, editing images and selling products online. Product photography could well be the single most important design aspect of any e-commerce website. Without the ability to touch, hold, smell, taste or otherwise handle the products they are interested in, potential customers have only images to interact with. Ultimately, the softer, tastier, flashier and more attractive your products look to shoppers, the more confident …

A group created to meet and exchange information and ideas related to photography.   Members from all over the peninsula are welcome. All experince levels are welcome. Primary interest is in people, portraiture and studio work.   Monthly meetings as well as group events  are envisioned. This is intended to be an acitive group and regular attendance is encouraged.

Non-profit Festivals & Events covering tech challenges with emphasis on artistic expression and creativity. Bringing together independent artists, coders, game developers, creators, performers and musicians celebrating Art and Technology. CODAME exists to incubate and support artists, technologists and designers that push the boundaries of hardware, software, and physical/digital mediums. At the intersection of ART+TECH, CODAME is accelerating the way we interpret and express our rapidly changin …

Traditionally, businesses have leveraged print coupons, newspaper ads, and direct mail to advertise their products and services. Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. How effective are these advertising and marketing channels for small businesses today? We will explore modern, …

EXPOSED, our monthly critique and workshop series are designed to meet the needs of a diverse photographic community. We offer a wide range of instruction for the beginning photographer exploring the digital medium for the first time, and the professional looking to add to their “tool belt”. Either in the classroom, on location or during the critique sessions, everyone will find something to take away and apply the next time they are presented with a defining moment or a tough problem in the fie …

OBJECTIVE: The goal of Tinkering Toms is to get creative juices flowing around photography, imaging and other art forms. Every other week we meet to share our work and open a dialogue with a variety of people from a variety of perspectives. CREATIVE ASSIGNMENTS: After each meet-up a new creative assignment will be posted. You’ll have two weeks to explore, consider, play and create a piece of art or Photography that fulfills the basic premise of the assignment. We’ll then gather to share and expl …

This group is intended for those who share the same passion, photography! From beginners to professionals, we're all here to learn, have fun, and shoot like crazy! Formerly Lodi & Stockton Photography Group. We are in the process of making up a curriculum for our new local meet-up group.  With David stepping down, I have volunteered to be organizer, and my friend (and fellow meetup member) Tiffany Lykins will be co-organizer! We are both very excited to get this new group started.  Here is what …

Based in the San Francisco/East Bay Area, and founded in 1995, AMPP is a organization of professional photographers from a variety of disciplines and specialties. Our Mission Mentor, educate, support and foster fellowship among professional photographers Enhance community awareness and confidence in, professional photography and its creators Raise the level of professionalism and skills of photographers serving the minority community Increase visibility of minority photographers and subject …

This group meets every other Monday at 7PM at Berkeley Espresso, for brainstorming over modeling and rendering epiphanies we all have had or will encounter with this fantastic platform (Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper and Flamingo nXT or other renderer). This is a chance to sort into cadres of similarly skilled users whose aim is to become a great resource for the kinds of ideas it takes to surmount problems in the face of school or work deadlines. While the online help and forums are great, nothing …

This is a friendly group for Photographers, Models and Make-up Artist. Photographers can participate in discussion, workshops and photo shoots to improve their skills in photography, portraiture, lighting, compositing, etc. All skill levels are welcome and encouraged to join. There are no requirements, but owning a digital camera would be helpful, but, most importantly, a desire to become a better photographer. A DSLR will be used for most discussions but members are not required to own a DSLR, …

This group is for anyone who cares about the evolution of books in any form, including eBook, HTML5, print, app, or daydream. If it's packaged, paginated content with words, pictures, media, connectedness, or interactivity in any combination, this is the place.

For photographers of all levels who wish to learn more and/or add to their portfolios by shooting in this beautiful 'wine country'. We'll have short classes and photo-safari days covering various topics. Plus one to five day workshops for those who wish intense training on specific topics. I, Tom Deininger, will teach primarily portraiture. This will include lighting, posing, Photoshop enhancement, and fine art printing.

* Mentor, educate, support and foster fellowship among professional photographers. * Enhance community awareness and confidence in, professional photography and its creators. * Raise the level of professionalism and skills of photographers serving the community. * Increase visibility of 1735 Studio Meet up and subject matter in print competition at the local, state, and national level.

World Traveling photographers is a group for new or veteran photographers alike,  focused on sharing our amazing experiences through the lense in a fun, relaxed environment. If you have traveled the globe, great! If you want to with a fun group of people, this is your meetup. It is also about giving back. The goal of this meetup is to not only connect with like minded travelers who are able to capture a world in a moment, but also to improve the lives of those we journey to learn about. We will …

This group is for wearable tech professionals, industrial designers, R&D groups, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts to engage in the fashion/tech field through product presentations and workshops. Product engineers/designers, 3D printing professionals, researchers, gamers, crafters, tinkerers, inventors, gadget creators and/or tech artists engaged with mixed prototyping to converge fashion & technology who add digital dimension to their works by fusing advanced materials such as etextiles, wearable …

The free and official community-based InDesign user group sponsored and hosted by Adobe at their office located at 601 Townsend Street, San Francisco. Meetings include a presentation from members like you, networking, and a raffle with prizes such as Adobe software, special event tickets, and instructional materials.

Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Large Format Photography Group! This group is for the large format (LF) photographers, the LFers, from the San Francisco Bay Area who are interested in the large format photography using view or field cameras - a relatively small group of people among a very large number of digital shooters. The group is created to make it easy for the members to meet with the like-minded LFers and get involved in the activities such as the following: * Location photography …

This is the official Ponoko Meetup group - based in San Francisco. Attending our regular meetups is a great way to meet other people who are interested in making extraordinary things, using the latest tools at our disposal. Ask questions from our Ponoko team members and other attendees, check out materials & example products, and learn some invaluable tips for making with Ponoko. If you're not in the Bay Area and would like to host your own Ponoko meetup, you're welcome to schedule your own h …