GPI Southern California Chapter - Serving San Diego, Orange - Riverside, and the Los Angeles Area for 28 years. Glamour Photographers International (GPI) http://www.glamourphotonet.com is a unique organization devoted to the activities of fashion, glamour and figure photography and modeling (Founded in 1984). Glamour Photographers International and its chapters sponsor and promote high quality photographic fashion, glamour, pin-up, figure photo shoots and workshops. GPI gives amateur & professio …

How many times you were almost there, thinking of drawing, painting, expressing your art, when other boring activities took the scene? Too often our artistic needs get ignored. If you want to keep yourself motivated and active, join our group and attend our meetings. There is no skill level required, just an urge to stretch that artistic spirit! Sometimes your creativity needs a schedule! :-) Plus, sharing your experience with other people will feed your talent with new ideas, inspirations and v …

Maximum Exposure was created to provide a unique environment where photographers and models can network and build their portfolios. Our goal is to connect models and photographers by organizing Meetups in North San Diego County. Our Meetups will specialize in glamour, pin-up, bikini and figure model photography and are ideal for first time photographers as well as amateur or seasoned photographers to meet and work together in semi- professional environments to improve their skills in working and …

Welcome Art Photography Lovers! This group is San Diego based and all about shooting better Art works for Portfolio and meeting people that love Art photography. Our photo shoot events and classes offer a fabulous vehicle to learn about shooting models - along with styles, techniques, equipment, posing, legalities, etiquette and communication etc. etc. Learn from other people that love Art photography, experienced teachers and mentors... and shoot with incredible professional Nude models that l …

This Art Class is for anyone wanting to become a better artist, by sharpening their drawing abilities. Also for Anyone who has Never Drawn a lick, in their life and would like to give it a Shot! Trust me a shot will go a long way. Most students had never drawn before and in so little as 4 Classes are now creating masterpieces! We work on every individual artist's weakness and strengths in which ever phase they may be and bring them up to speed. eventually the artist will be able to draw the whol …

Primarily this group will be about events and opportunities to create art, including live model sessions, in Tijuana. But it will also include other assorted art events in Tijuana to enjoy. Tijuana is experiencing a complete revival of the arts, a real renaissance!!! I've been fortunate to be documenting much of this renaissance, and I want to fight the image that Tijuana is unsafe, filled with only narcos, crime and poverty. The artists of Tijuana area passionate about their art, and locales li …

Workshops Blog: jasonlanierworkshops.com Workshops Website: workshops.jasonlanierproductions.com Meet Ups with Jason Lanier is a group formed to have monthly in-person and online meet ups with award winning photographer Jason Lanier. Regularly scheduled in-person meet ups will occur monthly in Southern California where Jason lives. Jason will also schedule meet ups when he travels across the United States while either shooting or conducting one of his workshops. In addition to the in-person meet …

Welcome to the Element School Community. We join together to develop and offer our transformative education program dedicated to creating a culture in which every individual thrives. We promote the personal growth, success, and happiness of every student in the context of a community centered on learning through the arts, humanities, and sciences. Our program is based on Personal Empowerment Principles and holistic life practices that create a context for learning that is integrated, meaningful, …

Why Charity Wings? Charity Wings Art Center has offered us a 6,000 sq ft industrial building filled with every creative supply imaginable. It is open to all for a small fee anyone can use the supplies for FREE and create! www.CharityWings.org can explain it all. That's why we moved, more creative freedom to the family. Why Life Drawing? The human form is one of the hardest things for an artist to master. It is incredibly complex—the hundreds of bones and muscles in the body can twist and pull in …

The Secrets to Making You a Better Photographer Now YOU have the opportunity to turn your regular photos to mind blowing photographs. You and I both know that you want to become a better photographer and impress everyone around you. Whether you are a beginner with a $80 camera or a professional with a $6,000 camera... There are always fundamentals that we must all apply. Remember that all true professionals understand the value of fundamentals and repetition. This is a meet up group for anyone i …

Joining is FREE! This group is dedicated to the art of shooting beautiful women in swimwear. Beach, Creeks, Fields, Studio... you name it, Have bikini will Shoot! (This was the previous owners message. However, we are not limited to just women and bikinis!)

Gain inside knowledge of how to work better with your subjects, to compose, create and produce extraordinary images. Learn what type of lighting equipment is really effective, cheap, and how to use it best for all sorts of creative, dramatic and attention grabbing results. You will get to understand just how composition, lenses, angles and lighting affects your images and get hands on experience shooting various people / models and products from the lighting positions, camera angles, combination …

This is not just a group of gathering, this is a community of photography hobbyists and professionals alike, wanting to learn and experience more knowledge in the photography industry. Beginners are encouraged to join, though all skill levels are welcome. I am starting this group to teach what I know is standard and experimental in the world of taking photographs. I want to share my experiences and information from years of training and personal ups and downs in the business of photography. From …

This group was inspired by the hundreds of workshops I have given all over the US. Photographers were asking for ways to build their portfolios with high quality images and unique concepts. They were running out of ideas / did not have ideas, could not find models, locations or sets and were hitting a wall. After all a photography web-site filled with photos of your dog or your own children might not say "professional" in a way you want it to. This is what we will do here. The instructors will a …

Perrietta Hester is the founder of the San Diego Portrait Society and started teaching for Palomar College 40 years ago. Do to budget cuts, we are no longer affiliated with the college. We are in the same location: Trinity Church 845 Chestnut, Escondido Tuesday 9-Noon- Portraiture, 12:30- 3:30 Oil Painting, Landscapes, Still Life Cadman Recreation Center, 4280 Avati Drive 92117 Wednesday 12:00 - 2pm Oil Painting, Landscapes, Still Life, 2:00- 4:00 Portraiture Thursday 12:00 - 2pm Beginning Oil …

North County San Diego's professional Creative Photography Group See my personal work at http://www.MichaelRobertHartman.com Hello and thanks for taking the 1st step into the lighting world. For the past 15 years I have been working as a top professional lighting tech to professional Fashion, Catalog, Music, and Celebrity photographers from around the world, while also shooting as a professional editorial and advertising photographer. Top mag and print advertising my lighting has been in over …

CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR SITE - MARK HOLMES PHOTOGRAPHY This group is for amateur enthusiasts who wish to increase their knowledge of photography or aspire to turn their hobby into a business through structured classes and individual mentoring. Learning at your own pace through regular classes, studio time, and assignments, the goal is to prepare photographers to become Certified Professional Photographers and members of Professional Photographers of America. Classes start out at the absolute beg …

We're a great group of like-minded artists that meet so we can work on our life drawing and painting skills from great models! IMPORTANT NOTE: The San Figure Drawing & Painting Meetups are on a break for the time being. We will post updates through Meetup email but feel free to check back for future meetups planned for Fall 2012.

This is a professional group for San Diego conscious business owners who are committed and passionate about people, the planet and profit. Find us on Facebook - Conscious Business Network - San Diego. Join our fan page and 'like' us. This page is here for you to use to post your events, give 3rd party testimonials about other members of the group and interact with each other between events. We will use this page to keep in touch with you and share in upcoming events. It all about you. You will s …