Dgrin Meetups - Midwest & Central

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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2008
    DanielB wrote:
    yeah like art said i dont live on here like i used to. but i do try and make it a point to drop in and troll at least every other day. but if anyone ever wants to go out and shoot i'd be more than happy to meet-up sometime!thumb.gif just hit me up here or shoot me an e-mail.
    Just got back from eating at Jack Stacks in Kansas City. :eat

    If anyone needs me I'll be in a rib coma for the next 12 hours.
    Nick
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  • dreamlessdreamless Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited October 19, 2008
    Ok so are you visiting or are you from around KC, seeing how you just had Jack Stack? I would like to do to meet up with folks around KC if I can get anyone around here to reply and work something out. Let me know who's interested.
  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2008
    dreamless wrote:
    Ok so are you visiting or are you from around KC, seeing how you just had Jack Stack? I would like to do to meet up with folks around KC if I can get anyone around here to reply and work something out. Let me know who's interested.
    Sorry, I was just visiting. I just returned home, which is Chicago. I was visiting friends in Manhattan KS. Kansas City is a great town though. The colors will be at peak in a couple days I'm guessing. Hope you can get some people together. Good Luck!
    Nick
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    Travel = good. Woo, shooting!
    nickwphoto
  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2008
    dreamless wrote:
    Ok so are you visiting or are you from around KC, seeing how you just had Jack Stack? I would like to do to meet up with folks around KC if I can get anyone around here to reply and work something out. Let me know who's interested.



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  • dreamlessdreamless Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited October 22, 2008
    DanielB wrote:
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    So, does that mean you're interested?
  • Duckys54Duckys54 Registered Users Posts: 273 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2008
    I'm no longer in the Twin Cities, nor MN anymore. I have come down to college in Columbia in Missouri. If anyone is up for shooting here...
    I am Trevor and I have upgraded:
    Canon 40D
    Canon EF-S 17-85 IS

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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2009
    Anyone up for a San Antonio meetup?
    This is posted in Southern US also. Depending on who you ask, Texas is either Southern, or Central, or Western! :D

    Anybody interested in a San Antonio meetup? No timeframe or locationdecided, so share any ideas you have. Please post here or send me a message.

    Cheers,
    Lauren
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  • ADMIT PhotographyADMIT Photography Registered Users Posts: 431 Major grins
    edited April 19, 2009
    Anyone interested in the St. Louis, MO area? I'd like to get a group and meetup down by the Arch or union station and spend a Sat or Sunday shooting st louis!
    Website: http://www.admitphotography.com
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  • elmoelmo Registered Users Posts: 24 Big grins
    edited August 18, 2009
    cabbey wrote:
    Any dgrinners planning to attend/shoot the winter carnival this year?

    Do I count?
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 23,764 moderator
    edited August 18, 2009
    elmo wrote:
    Do I count?

    That query was from 2007, so if you're asking now I'm afraid you're pretty late. rolleyes1.gif

    http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=466432&postcount=7

    As far as the 2009 Winter Carnival, is there any reason you should not count? ne_nau.gif

    Sounds like a fun time at any rate.
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2009
    I'm going to the Blurb Photography Book Now Chicago Meetup. If anyone else is going let me know and we can meet up.

    We've also got the Chicago SMUG going on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at Dan Gin's studio in the city. As long as I'm able to I'll be at each meeting. Stop on by and meet some other Chicagoland photographers. Network and maybe even learn a thing or two.
    Nick
    SmugMug Technical Account Manager
    Travel = good. Woo, shooting!
    nickwphoto
  • ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited August 19, 2009
    gluwater wrote:
    I'm going to the Blurb Photography Book Now Chicago Meetup. If anyone else is going let me know and we can meet up.

    We've also got the Chicago SMUG going on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at Dan Gin's studio in the city. As long as I'm able to I'll be at each meeting. Stop on by and meet some other Chicagoland photographers. Network and maybe even learn a thing or two.

    I might go to the Blurb thing, just won't know if I'm traveling or not that week until the time gets closer.

    Had a lot of fun at the Chicago SMUG as usual :) (I've only missed one so far, the 2nd one, due to traveling for work). Unless work has me out of town, you can always look for me at the Chicago SMUG's too :)
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,167 moderator
    edited August 20, 2009
    gluwater wrote:
    I'm going to the Blurb Photography Book Now Chicago Meetup. If anyone else is going let me know and we can meet up.

    Can I go if I don't already have a self-made Blurb book? (other than one from a Shootout). Or is this just for Blurbers?
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  • ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited August 20, 2009
    David_S85 wrote:
    Can I go if I don't already have a self-made Blurb book? (other than one from a Shootout). Or is this just for Blurbers?

    It doesn't say you *have* to bring a book, so you could probably still go.
  • stuffjunkiestuffjunkie Registered Users Posts: 156 Major grins
    edited August 20, 2009
    I signed up. I don't have a self made Blurb book....yet. One more thing to add to the project list...
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,167 moderator
    edited August 20, 2009
    Blub book meetup — in. Nick, thanks for bringing the event to our attention.
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  • cabbeycabbey Registered Users Posts: 1,053 Major grins
    edited August 20, 2009
    ziggy53 wrote:
    That query was from 2007, so if you're asking now I'm afraid you're pretty late. rolleyes1.gif

    http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=466432&postcount=7

    As far as the 2009 Winter Carnival, is there any reason you should not count? ne_nau.gif

    Sounds like a fun time at any rate.


    Ziggy, that smart arse reply was from my wife. :D Who didn't make it to the 2007 winter carnival (something about being pregnant) or the 2008 winter carnival (something about having a baby) but just might be able to make it to the 2009 one (we hope, with a 2 year old in tow).
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2009
    gluwater wrote:
    I'm going to the Blurb Photography Book Now Chicago Meetup. If anyone else is going let me know and we can meet up.

    We've also got the Chicago SMUG going on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at Dan Gin's studio in the city. As long as I'm able to I'll be at each meeting. Stop on by and meet some other Chicagoland photographers. Network and maybe even learn a thing or two.
    Change of plans. I don't think I'll be able to make the Blurb Meetup :( Too much stuff going on that I need to finish this week. David if I do end up going I'll give you a call so we can meet up.
    Nick
    SmugMug Technical Account Manager
    Travel = good. Woo, shooting!
    nickwphoto
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,167 moderator
    edited October 28, 2009
    Didn't see anyone I knew at the Blurb event. Eileen was there (Blurb owner/President) and she made a fine presentation and thanked all the artists and judges. About 120 people in attendance. The food, and especially the hors d'oeuvres, were outrageously fabulous. She spent a mint on this party.

    Each catagory of book finalists were grouped in settings around the room, with about a half dozen copies each for partygoers to browse through. Most every entry was art in itself, independent of the photographic content within. These books were a study in design, each and every one. I have to say, some of the photography in many of the books wasn't great, but that was only part of why the samples were chosen. And of course, many of them contained the work of top notch photographic artists as well.

    Many winning entries did have something in common - the book photographer/owners had hired professional media design experts to help select layout, colors, font choices, and a mood/flair to showcase the artist's work. My head is still spinning after paging through thousands upon thousands of pages and photos. One common design approach was to either make pages go full bleed (photo goes all the way to the edge) or to include a very hefty amount of white space for each shot. Most every page of every book was glossy white background. I don't remember seeing any that were black backgrounds like our shootout books.

    We were asked to bring our own blurb books. I only spotted one person showing off her own book to a friend. There were simply too many other stunning sample books to look through to do much else.
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  • ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited October 31, 2009
    So when are we going to see you at the SMUG's David?
  • BradfordBennBradfordBenn Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited December 27, 2009
    Any plans in the future? My office has exported me during the last two SMUGs in Chicago, so I have still yet to make one.
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  • ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited December 27, 2009
    Any plans in the future? My office has exported me during the last two SMUGs in Chicago, so I have still yet to make one.

    The SMUG's are still every third Tuesday of the month, I think that's pretty set in stone.

    As for other plans? Nope, but we could make some... just very cold and yucky for most outdoor shoots. (can it be spring yet? lol) Any ideas?
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,167 moderator
    edited December 28, 2009
    Shima wrote:
    The SMUG's are still every third Tuesday of the month, I think that's pretty set in stone.

    As for other plans? Nope, but we could make some... just very cold and yucky for most outdoor shoots. (can it be spring yet? lol) Any ideas?

    Sure is time to really think about a meet up and do something. What's it been, almost 1½ years now?

    Garfield Park Conservatory is indoors, and free. That's one possibility.

    Unfortunately, I work fridays, saturdays and sundays, so weekends are out for me.
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  • BradfordBennBradfordBenn Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2009
    I am relatively flexible, but work has been known to send me out of town quite a bit. Once the weather turns warmer, I was thinking of a trip down to Millennium Park could be good as well.
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,167 moderator
    edited December 29, 2009
    Millennium is always a good choice. Even is not so good weather. There's also plenty of Chicago street photography to be had in so many places.
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  • ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2009
    Millenium is nice when it warms up, until then I'm a huge fan of indoor locations! Never been to Garfield. I haven't been to Shedd in a really long time either if anyone wants to take fishy photos.

    I'd love to go to Brookfield when it's warmer too on that note, one of my favorite places :) I think we all got lazy with planning these meet ups since the SMUG's started, but we've yet to go on a photo outing as part of the SMUG's so we're long overdue!
  • BradfordBennBradfordBenn Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2009
    I would be up for that, my challenge is time. This work stuff gets in the way.
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  • cabbeycabbey Registered Users Posts: 1,053 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2010
    Twin Cities has it's own SMUG now too!
    Not sure how many midwestern dgrinners would consider the twin cities area home, or at least close enough to consider a monthly drive over... but the Twin Cities SMUG is up and running: http://www.meetup.com/Twin-Cities-SmugMug-User-Group/

    We gave away two free years, plus a free site customization this last month, plus some cool SmugMug schwag. I'm making the 2.5 hour drive up as many months as I can... surely all you folks in the cities already can come on out to the west side. ;)
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2010
    cabbey wrote: »
    Not sure how many midwestern dgrinners would consider the twin cities area home, or at least close enough to consider a monthly drive over... but the Twin Cities SMUG is up and running: http://www.meetup.com/Twin-Cities-SmugMug-User-Group/

    We gave away two free years, plus a free site customization this last month, plus some cool SmugMug schwag. I'm making the 2.5 hour drive up as many months as I can... surely all you folks in the cities already can come on out to the west side. ;)

    It looks as though the meetups happen on the third Wednesday of the month, unfortunately I
    belong to a nature photo club that meets on those same nights.
    dave.

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  • RagonRagon Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited December 23, 2010
    I would be very interested in attending a SmugMug meet. I'm pretty new to this site and would just need to know when and where to meet. I live in Morton IL which is between Peoria and Bloomington IL.
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