Welcome to Vancouver Focus on Photography Our mission to provide outings for like minded photographers who want to get out and participate in fun walks in our gorgeous city. Each outing will have a theme topic on, you guessed it, "Photography". A different aspect will be focused on each time like, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Use of reflectors, Balancing flash with ambient light outside, and many others. Join us, come out and meet some new friends and discover photography and Vancouver.

Whether you're a "weekend warrior" armed with a camera, or the want-to-be professional, Metro Vancouver Photography Workshop offers instructional photography workshops designed with you in mind. I'll provide you with the equipment and models necessary for a hands-on photography experience. In my workshops you'll appreciate a comfortable environment for improving your photography skills through class participation, practical experience and collaboration with other photographers. I believe, a prof …

This is the place to learn practical digital photography and Photoshop skills and utilize them to create high quality images. I love photography, and would like to share my passion and 30 years experience with you. If you are beauty searcher and photography enthusiast, join me to help you unleash your creative power! You can be complete beginner or intermediate student with dSLR or high-end compact camera.

***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 …

A truly successful fashion editorial stays relevant long after trends change. It remains a piece of art, a cultural record of a given time, a document of emotion, dreams, values, social commentary, and beauty. Seattle Fashion Photography members collaborate to create art through the editorial and fashion photography. However, a photo is useless if it remains unseen. That’s why along with creating breathtaking photography we provide a means for every member to network, develop a portfolio, bui …

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.

This group talks about Photo Gear, Lighting, Great Images, Photoshop, Tutorials and the business side of photography.

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 …

This group is about photography and walking around the beautiful city of Vancouver and capturing candid images of the city and its surrounding beauty. The idea here is to get together with other photographers and have a great time just talking photography, having a great outing and enjoying our city. So, who should join? Photographers, no matter how experienced can join. If you got a new point and shoot camera last week or you are a seasoned pro with years behind the lens, this group is for you. …

The Institute of Digital Photography offers interactive, learning opportunities in all areas of digital photography and digital image editing. We offer regular Phototrips, Phototours, Phototravel and Photoedits, see below for a brief explanation: Phototrips: Photographic day trips in and around Vancouver. They are generally 3 hours long with a focus on specific techniques used in photography. Phototours: Weekend long photography tours that are within a few hours drive from Vancouver. Lectures ar …

A group for Sooke photography enthusiasts to share, learn, meet new friends and be challenged in all areas of photography. Whether a professional, hobbiest or new to the art, you are very welcome to join us!

A group for those of us south of the Fraser, but of course anyone can join. Come and join us for some fun and grow your photography skills and portfolio. We will focus mainly on portraiture, but once in a while we will throw in something different to keep our skills sharp. For Portrait shoots we will have professional models and make up artists and use a lot of different locations throughout Surrey, Delta and Langley, and maybe beyond.

Do you love capturing the "blue hour" in your photographs? Does the idea of doing a 15 minute exposure make your heart start pounding? Do you love taking photos when most other photographers have packed up their stuff and gone home? Then this group is for YOU! We are all about going to various places in and around Vancouver and shooting images after dark of the magnificent scenes around us. This means that sometimes it might be quite a technical shoot, it may mean that you might need some filter …

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 …

This group is for people that like to take photos. That realize it's NOT the camera but the photographers eye that makes for a great picture. This is a monthly group that comes together to share ideas, experience, expertise or just to learn from others. Most importantly we come together to nurture the sense of fun and wonder of producing a great shot.

Odd name for a photography group huh? That’s because this is a group for people who enjoy different types of photography and want to explore different genres. The plan is to have smaller groups so the meetups can be focused. For example we’ll have meetups for people who are complete novices to digital photography, and meetups for people who want to work on a specific genre. Some of the things we’ll do include introduction to the camera, introduction to studio photography, portrait studio photogr …

A Creative Crucible to energize the Media Arts. Hi all! My name is A. James and I am photographer here in Seattle. I own Market Studios here in beautiful Ballard and want to utilize my space to create an epicenter for creative progression, development, and advancement in the media arts. Saying I am "self-taught" would be a huge overstatement since I could not have learned or continue to learn everything I wish to about photography and other fields I pursue without the teaching and mentoring of f …

Calling all practicing graphic designers in the Eastside and Greater Seattle area! Meet other creatives for inspiration and discussions that only creatives understand. It's a non-competitive group organized by a few professional designers who love to collaborate and have a fun time together. Bring your project or portfolio piece for discussion or come and share your challenges as a designer over a cup of coffee!

For video editors looking to improve their skills using Premiere Pro. People curious about switching over to Premiere from Final Cut and Avid greatly encouraged. We will also cover other Adobe software that is related to Premiere such as Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, Encore, Prelude, Speedgrade, Muse, Edge Animate, Audition, Lightroom, and Bridge. Want to know how to build a website and embed video without writing code? This is the place. Want to know how to improve your audio without ProT …

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.

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The Graphic Artists Guild is committed to improving conditions for all graphic artists (including, but not limited to: animators, cartoonists, designers, illustrators, and digital artists) and raising standards for the entire industry. The Seattle Chapter holds monthly workshops from September to June on topics ranging from business-building to technical developments and design challenges. It's a great way to expand your skills and network with other visual creatives.

With every kind of DSLR camera coming out in the market place as well as point and shoot cameras where can we go in the Fraser Valley and learn how to use them. What about our phones and tablets? How can we learn to take pictures and make our films and videos by optimizing what we have. What photo editing and video editing software do we use that will fit my needs and where do I start? Hope Digital, HD for short is a New Media Social that will be meeting once or twice a month like a club with gu …

This is a group for anyone interested in photography portraiture - a wide-ranging, multi-categoried topic. All skill levels are welcome. I've started this group because I want to meet other photography portrait enthusiasts, to share knowledge and to practice and develop technic and skills. Discussion theory and practice will be in-studio at the most accomodating and reasonably priced studio rental location(s) in the south King county area or in the field (on-location).

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 …