Geared for those who have considered, are considering entering the wedding and portrait photography business (or for those who simply want to take better family & friend portraits) with opportunities to build your portfolio and receive a little instruction. This site is NOT geared for brides to join.  HOWEVER, if you are looking for a wedding photographer please e-mail the organizer and I will be more than happy to assist you (free) in finding a photographer for your wedding day. Back to the gro …

The KEGS Digital Imaging Special Interest Group explores the use of computers and technology in producing and manipulating digital photographs and images. We discuss picture taking, scanning, editing and printing techniques that produce the best digital images. We also, talk about the hardware and software needed for Digital Imaging. We have knowledgeable members who can help with the most basic tasks as well as more complicated tasks such as HDR.

The Tacoma Photographers Group was established to provide a resource of networking, learning, and enjoyment for Tacoma area photographers. All skill levels and photo disciplines are welcome to the group. We have big plans for the Tacoma Photographers Group (TPG) - meetups, workshops, shootouts, and much more to help enrich and empower new and seasoned photographers alike. We look forward to the awesome things in-store, and please make suggestions!

Hey all! Josh and I are the co-owners of the wedding photography team IMO Ink here in Kirkland, WA. We have both specialized in wedding photography for nearly 6 years...but have just decided to join forces! We teach in depth, hands on workshops every year...but are looking to tone it down a bit a give a more laid experience to beginning photographers. SO, we've created this group! We are hoping to have the occasional networking meetup, model shoots, and discussions...but we also want to hold mon …

We started the club in June, 2008 and have about 90 members and are growing. Our purpose is to learn how to be better photographers through sharing, teaching, guest speakers, field trips, workshops and contests. We meet in the Bonney Lake - Buckley Washington area monthly. Our meeting place is Rainier Hills Christian Fellowship and our club began with those in the church who wanted to get to know how to be better photographers with their digital cameras. RHCF generously provides meeting space fo …

Bored with your digital photography? Looking for some new inspirations, ideas, and creative synergy? Do you have technical questions about your photos or camera that are making you crazy? Have you seen digital photos that you wondered how they were done? The meetups will be pretty casual. All levels of photographers are invited. The group does attract some pretty serious photographers. The only requirement is that you get excited when you press the shutter. Most of the members shoot with DSLRs …

Seattle Professional Photographers Association is an Affiliate of Professional Photographers of America. SPPA has been meeting monthly since 1945. Our primary goal is to educate photographers to better serve their customers while maintaining excellence in their creative endeavors. Our mission is to provide information with respect to creativity and lasting value of professional photography. We are committed to excellence through continuing education.

I really enjoy old things made of paper! For beginners, there are: postcards, old photographs, posters, sports and non sports cards, greeting cards, magazines, prints, ads, coupons, brochures, books, calendars, stamps, paper money, maps, newspapers, historical documents and much more! These fascinating items document our history and reveal wondrous things about us as individuals, as a nation, a civilization, and as human beings - in all our diversity and possibilities! And all of this has been i …

The Seattle Photography Club was established to create an active social, educational and fun way to shoot and process images with other like-minded enthusiasts. Meet other photographers, learn from each other, be challenged in group meetups and critique each others work through the Seattle Photography Club. Open to ALL levels of photographers - from beginners to professionals, Point and Shoots to DSLRS, film or digital. If you like to create photos, this group is for you!  Look for us on Faceboo …

A place for local pros, aspiring pros, and advanced photography enthusiasts to meet and interact with other local photographers and learn how to improve their photography and photo business skills. The group is focused at the aspiring pro to beginning working pro, though it is open to all and everyone is welcome—all skill levels, camera types, and photographic interests. Formerly Seattle SMUG. We are volunteer run, and speakers donate their time to talk to the group once a month on a wide range …

This is a meetup group looking for individuals interested in film production. I’m hoping to bring together a variety of different people to create a group that ultimately wants to have fun creating film projects together. (Experience is not required). Some main jobs that we will be looking to fill include: Actors – Well you know what actors do of course Audio Visual Technicians – synching audio and visual elements; ensuring the actors can be heard clearly in the film and background noise is to a …

This is a landscape photography group for people who already put their cameras through some serious clicks and want to hang out with people who are like minded. I've found that the majority of the current groups have members that are mostly beginner photographers and would like to put together a group of people who know their stuff and want to teach & learn from one another. Do you think nothing of only owning L glass? Could you show off luminosity masking in CS6? Whether your expertise is HDR, …

This group was created for photographers who want to learn how to properly light, compose, and edit glamour images. Many meet ups and workshops will be scheduled as well as some shoot outs with the area's hottest models.

This group is for Photographic Artists. Those who translate their energy and being into art as seen through a viewfinder.

If you would like to do more modeling, or get started let us help you. Perhaps being a model is what you are doing full time, or is just something that you have always wanted to do. Whatever level you are at, we plan on making your experience easier, and more fun. Each level has its skills and challenges, let us help you to develop the connections and experience to get to what ever level you want as quickly as you can. For the beginner we can help you to find photographers to work with, and prov …

Its all about glamour and fine art modeling and photography. This is the group for models to meet photographers, and to do individual, and group shoots. Photographers come and meet your next new model or catch up with your favorite model. We will be scheduling group shoots, workshops, classes, and events for both models and photographers. This is a small intimate private studio, and we have all levels of photographers from people that have been shooting for 30 years to people that are just bec …

I started TPW in response to my own desire to investigate the opportunities in the world of travel photography and writing. Many people would love to have the job of a travel photography/writer, but very few are willing to "pay the dues" and learn the craft. Every guy with a camera (GWAC to professional photographers) thinks he can spend $5000 on equipment and immediately start raking in the dough as a photographer. The truth is, it's not about the camera. Give a great photographer a hundred do …

Organizing fashion photoshoots with theme and purpose in a group forum. Directing model movement on camera in a editorial style used in national fashion magazines.  Former New York photographer Jim Hadley with extensive history will direct photographers into seeing and capturing the simulation of naturalness with models. These meetups are definitely a learning and sharing experience. Join us and hopefully you are also willing to share as you learn more. "We are aspiring photographers, models, …

Welcome! Come meet other local photographers who also have a love of nature. We plan to schedule a mix of day trip hikes and overnight backpacking to more remote locations. Hikes are generally tough, but will be at a photographer's pace to allow time to compose those great shots along the trail. Once we reach our destination we usually stay on location in order to make the most of golden light and sunset, hiking back under cover of dark with headlamps. Landscape and nature photography is the …

***If you want to shoot in a professional studio or simply learn HOW to work in a studio, this is the place to be.  FREE one-on-one help/Instruction and the lowest rates in the entire area** We are a 1200 ft studio located in Tacoma and specializing during the day in family portraits. This meetup group is our outreach to Photographers and Models in the south sound. While we are a for-profit business and rent time to photographers at below market rates, our goal is to develop a community in the …

This is a group of amateur photographers who want to share their knowledge and improve their shooting, post-processing, and printing skills. Our activities include photo critiques, self-imposed shooting assignments, and member presentations or demonstrations on photographic topics. Topics might include things like: Is RAW better than jpeg? What does the histogram tell me? Why shoot to the right? Where can I get good (bird, cityscape, waterfall) shots? So if you would like to have some pho …

Welcome to the Seattle Photography Group! Our mission is to reveal the huge number of hidden or inaccessible photography activities that can be so hard to find, and to consolidate local photography activities and resources helping our members push their limits and expand their skills both through practice and working with other aspiring photographers. Our group provides value by offering activities which might be difficult for a lone photographer to set up, such as fashion shoots with aspiring m …

This meetup is here to foster networking in the Seattle fashion scene through events and shows for Seattle area photographers, fashion designers, fashion brands, retailers, showroom owners, fashion bloggers, models, producers and other fashion industry professionals. This meetup is organized by Christopher Chapman ( www.christopherchapman.net).  Seattle Fashion Photographer and fashion industry insider.  It was previously organized by Blogger, Stylist and social media maven, Cynde of Cynde In S …

Welcome to the Eastside Camera Club.  We are an amateur photographer’s club (originally founded in 1952), dedicated to improving our skills, and sharing our enthusiasm, knowledge and improving our shooting, post-processing and printing skills. We meet twice a month on the first and third Thursdays at an Eastside Library, September to May (No meetings in December). During the months of June, July and August, we meet once a month, at an Eastside library. The first meeting of each month (first Thur …

Social Impact! Social Media Workgroup seminars and workshops are lectures with hands on engagement. Bring your laptop and spend some time learning new skills and planning your social media strategy. You get the benefit of new information, group brainstorming and an opportunity to ask those burning questions about social media. Our members are entrepreneurs, bloggers, photographers and artists, content creators and social media pros. Our goal is to explore new developments in social media. These …

We want a new public Congressional investigation of the events connected with the mass murder on September 11, 2001. Also this issue is connected with our duty as US citizens to insure that the laws are faithfuly excited and that no man is above the law. Therefore, we also demand the prosecution of Bush et. al. for war crimes of using use of cruel, unusual and inhuman treatment, torture, ghost prisoners, secret jails, and kidnapping and rendition to proxy nations that torture. Here is our websit …

Green Lake is one of the most popular destinations for urban runnings in the Seattle area. The Seattle Green Lake Running Group was created with the intent of creating a running community that supports and encourages a healthy and active lifestyle through group events and participation. Our goal is to try and have something for everyone and the more runners that attend events the better chance that there will be running buddies for all.  Whether you're looking to increase your cardiovascular end …

The Seattle Area Photoshop User Group (SEAPUG) has a mission to connect, inspire, and inform Photoshop, Lightroom, and Bridge users in the Seattle area. We meet the third Tuesday of the month. Joining our meetup ensures you'll receive invitations to all our events. Invitations are typically sent the first week of the month. Please sign up through Meetup.com to get meeting reminders. You may also want to join the group through the Adobe website: \ Mike Anitas has returned to join Howard as SEAPUG …