In Memory of Bill Minarich William Minarich, Past President of FPP (1985) has passed away. We have no details regarding the circumstances of his death. The funeral services were held Sunday, June 13, 2004, in Naples, Fl. June's Program - Michael Landis  Date: Wednesday June 16, 2004 Time: 7:30 pm Location: Kovens Conference Center Many of us a familiar with Machael Landis as a judge at our print competitions. Competing can be a frustrating activity. Sometimes we find it hard to understand what it is that the judges like and what they don't like. Michael will share the secrets of producing competition prints that will impress the judges. He will demystify the process and improve your creative vision. Top 10 Photographer of the Year The following point totals are a combination of Salon Merits and Service/Participation Merits. Notice that three people are tied for 4th Place. Ask a Board Member or a Committee Chairperson about ways that you can earn points toward the POY Award. 1. Giancarlo Frasca - 47 points 2. Jon Laye - 41 points 3. Willie Hill, Jr. - 36 points 4. Geraldine Lago - 22 points 4. Ed Robinson - 22 points 4. Domingo Sanchez - 22 points 7. Larry Capdeville - 14 points 8. Jesus Cabrera - 12 points 9. Debbie Alley - 6 points 10. Lou Gillard - 4 points Could they be praying for good scores? RESIDENTIAL STUDIO & HOME FOR SALE Three Bedroom/three Bath, Family Room, Eat-in Kitchen. Excellent Condition, updated ­ good family neighborhood. Private entrance to 840 sq. ft. studio. Call Jane Carver Broker/VP 305.271.6277 Find It Quick! Search This Site Enter your keywords: ExactMatch Search Join our mailing list to receive notice of new editions of Gold Coast Exposure Online. subscribe unsubscribe

President's Message Digital photography is well on it's way to replacing film in the wedding industry. I think most of our members are shooting at least part of their social events filmless and many, like me are completely filmless. How many of us have changed how we shoot because of digital cameras? If we replaced medium format with 35mm style digital SLR's we have probably made significant changes in how we shoot, if moving from 35mm film then probably less-so. Regardless, how many of us can honestly say that the images we have now are better then what we offered from film shooting? I think from a content standpoint most of us can agree that digital gives us better images, but what about from a technical standpoint? In order to get medium format results from a typical 4-6 megapixel digital SLR we need to get the technical part down. The exposure needs to be dead on, focus needs to be on the money and we need to have the gear set up correctly. We should keep in mind that while our top lenses will open up to F2.8, they don't perform at their best at F2.8. Also, like any "auto" mode, auto focus will get you there 80% of the time. Well, guess what, 80% is not even close to being acceptable at a wedding. From a technical standpoint, all of the same things we did with a Mamiya, Bronica or Hassleblad also apply to the latest Nikon, Canon or Fuji DSLR. In addition we all need to deal with white balancing and other settings in our cameras. Sharpness, contrast, saturation, color space are all controls we never had with film cameras. Well, perhaps we did, we could use different films. We should all know what settings our cameras have and what they do, and how to set them to get the best results from each shooting situation. As professional photographers, the requires technical knowledge we all must have are grown enormously. We need to know how each camera responds at different ISO settings. One camera may be awesome at ISO 400 and another unusable. Some cameras, especially older ones have trouble at long exposures. If your using one of these cameras, you need to know it's limits. To make things even more confusing, certain types of hardware don't act well with certain cameras. Some types of storage cards, lenses, flashes may not work properly with certain cameras. Again, a wedding reception is not the time to discover this. Anyway, I really just wanted to ensure everyone that todays 6MP digital SLR is perfectly capable of matching anything you can do with a Hasselblad, Bronica, Mamiya. Pentax............ It's up to the brains behind the black box to make it happen. Jon

May's Program- Salon Competition

Many thanks to our panel of judges, Robert Lino, Julio Hernandez, and Dick Roberts, for giving of their time, knowlege, and expertise. After the competition, they graciously offered to provide critique for anyone that was interested.

Congratulations to Larry Capdeville for his Best of Show entry, Emily & Ryan, A Wedding Story.

Click here to view more images from the Salon Competition.

The results of the competition are as follows:

May's Raw Print Competition

Film Willie Hill Jr.

Digital Willie Hill, Jr.