JMPC meeting and topics 2011/2012

Season: 2012 (Summer) and 2012 plans and activities here

Here is the plan for our topic of each date and meeting until end of this year and for next year. The Club meetings are normally at Suvantokatu 1, Mondays from 17 to 19 . We will also have excursions but they are not dated yet. Also the first photo exhibition is not dated yet.

Please note that changes are possible or even likely due visitors and exhibition times and places can change. Also local happenings can change the plan.

Plan for the Photo club meetings:

2011-Ending

12.12. at 18-20: aperture + ISO

WS: f 1,2 - 4 and f 18+ photos

19.12. at 17-19 Portraits and person photography

WS: portrait and person in environment (place?, not possible in Suvantokatu 1)

2012

9.1. at 17-19 Perspective of photos. Crop the relevant.

WS: lower and higher from eye level

16.1. Visitor photographer Sakari Lindell. Black and white.

WS: B/W

23.1. Document photography, story in 1 photo / reportage

Organizing photoshow of Joensuu & Finland

30.1. Visit + photoshow presentation in Kontioniemi (?)

WS: everyday life in Joensuu 

6.2. Bulb and night photos

WS: stars and x -something else

13.2. Flash and lightning

WS: flash + ambient light, flash stops the motion

20.2. Other topics related to club and talking about Panorama.

WS: Snow activity

27.2. Micro / Marco photography

5.3.  1st. exhibition arranging, planning the exhidition + printing (media visits?).

12.3. Visitor: Henna Middeke: ART photography.

WS: artistic impressions.

19.3. HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos

WS: HDR

9.3 - 26.3. Iso-Myy Exhibition

26.3. High and low key photos.

WS: both high and low key shot

2.4. Photographers: how to guide your models

WS: life and living in Joensuu

9.4. Easter

16.4. Visitor Jussi Ratilainen: Concerts,Events, bands photography

WS: music in photo

20.4  Last date for sending pictures for exhibition in City Library. 21.4 Voting for the pictures for exhibition begins.

23.4. Planning exhibition, selecting photos that were voted most and arrangement for exhibition. 

30.4- 6.5- Public exhibition in city library - "Life In Joensuu- II " : On 30.4. at 10 am we put up the exhibition in library. Its  Vappu eve, so there is no meeting this day in the evening.

3.5 (Thursday): Second visit to Paihola refugee center: Leaving from kanervala ABC at 10.00. Photos session in Paihola 10.30-14.00. 

6.5. (Sunday) Taking down the exhibition in City Library. The entrance hall is open between 11-15.

7.5. Landscape Photography: with and without human impact  (Ewa and Anna will present). Take cameras with you.

12.5. New Finnishness day and photo exhibition in Kerubi. Same pictures from City library exhibition will be setup there.

14.5. Planning "reasons to vote in elections" - project and plans for summer. How to plan and set up/use the pictures. Considering lights, model, place, time of year and weather. The fore-planning of the photo. This session is the beginning of the "reasons to vote in elections" - project. In the meeting we plan and make time-schedule for the project. 

This will be last session for this season. We will also present our next seasons plan during the meeting and look forward to the upcoming meetings during summer.

Season: 2012 (Summer) and 2012 plans and activities here

JMPC - About Us

Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (JMPC)

Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (hosted by JoMoni) is an amateur photography workshops/club in Joensuu. Here we share our knowledge and skills, learn from others and have fun while learning and practicing photography.


Ideological background:

The goal of our club is to improve and strengthen communication among people from different backgrounds. This special interest group creates an environment where we can learn as much as possible about photography from others. Improving understanding between people from different backgrounds is challenging, but we shall have the goal to take interesting pictures from the life of people from different backgrounds living in North-Karelia, Joensuu.


For whom?

The club is for everyone who is interested in learning and sharing techniques, knowledge and related to photography. Either you are just learning or want to learn advanced technique on different levels of photography, you are welcome to join. We have regular meetings every week where each sessions are dedicated to learn more about different topics of photography. Sometimes, we will also ask visitors and some professional photographer to come and give us some presentation on special topic that might interests us.

How to become a member of JMPC?

When you become member of JMPC, you automatically become the member of our supporting association Jomoni (www.jomoni.fi). This means you support our activities, you promote tolerance and you augment the influence of the club. Follow two easy step to become our member:

 - Pay the membership fee to the account 104030-344394, reference number 2244. The yearly fee is 15€ (or 10 € for members of JOMONI). 

 - Send email to joemul.photo@gmail.com. Include the following information: first name, surname, email adress, phone number, street adress, mother tongue, other languages spoken, sex and year of birth.

If the membership fee is not paid by yourself, please let us know from whose account we should expect the payment.

What will you get?

Apart from learning photography and meeting cool people in general, you also get an opportunity to display/share your work (personally or in groups) through meetings, competitions and maybe assignments, and we can also learn through other critiques. Our club's mentor and professional photographer Jarno Pääkkönen have many years of experience in different areas of photography. The guest presenters or professionals, maybe once in a month will broaden our photographic horizons. Moreover, we believe that taking pictures in group is fun and resourceful. Thus, we sometimes organize regular field trips or groups excursions and events where we go in groups and put our learning in practice. This helps to get practical experience and socialize with other members. As per the request of many members, we decided to change some of our privileges to membership:
 - Only members will get notes from the meetings, workshops.
 - They can participate in excursions, submit photos for exhibitions.
 - Can make influence to the decisions, and plans for the club.


How to join us?

If you are interested, you can come to our regular meeting on Monday, 17-19 at Vyöhyke seminar hall (first floor), Sovantokatu 1. If you already have a camera, bring your camera with you if possible. Come and check out what is going on and discuss what will be interesting for you, getting to know each others, getting familiar with main aims and goals and organization matters. If you find it interesting after coupe of meeting, you can be a member of the club. To know more information, send email to joemul.photo@gmail.com.


Welcome! Share the word among people/friends/colleague who you think might be interested in.

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Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (JMPC)

Vyöhyke seminar hall (first floor),

Suvantokatu 1, Joensuu.

email: joemul.photo@gmail.com


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