Thursday, October 25, 2012

JMPC special session: News and Event Photography with Arttu Kokkonen

Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (JMPC) would like to invite you all to our News and Event Photography session with Arttu Kokkonen.

Arttu Kokkonen is a young event/news photographer from Joensuu. After he studied photography at a vocational school in Joensuu for 3 years in 2008-2011, he have been working as a freelancer for almost a two years now. More about him and his work can be found at:
http://www.aikamoinen.com/

In these two sessions with JMPC, Arttu is going to show us his work from clubs and from newspaper and tell what it is like to be a freelancer photographer. Apart from talking about this work, he will also give hands-on talk about the gear he uses in different situations. Along this line, he would also like to talk some basic things about flash and long shutter speed and how to combine them together in a way that looks good.

On 29.10, Arttu will talk mostly about events, music.
On 5.11, he will talk about news, sports and freelancer stuff. 

Taking your camera gears along with a notebook might be helpful if you also want to check those settings with your camera during the session. Arttu is more than happy to answer any questions or matters of concern during and after the workshop.

Date: Monday, 29.10.2012 and 05.11.2012
Time : 17:00 - 19:00
Address : VYÖHYKE - nuorisoalan osaamisyhteisö, Suvantokatu 1, Joensuu.
Map: http://goo.gl/YQWHB
Entrance is from the back side of the wooden house. If you dint find the place or coming later, call Barun at 0466668714

Convey this message around and bring your friends if they are interested. This is FREE session for everyone who is interested in News and Event Photography or just curious how it is actually done in practice. Come along, come with your friends. We will have small snacks during the session.

Welcome!

- the JMPC group
( http://joenphoto.blogspot.fi/p/about-jmpc.html )

Saturday, October 20, 2012

JMPC exhibition: North Carelia April-September, 2012


In the first weeks of november, JMPC is arranging photo exhibition in the heart of Joensuu. In marketplace next to the Joensuu wolf is the exhibition walls where we will present the Vote project photos + summer/autumn photos from our club members. This time there is no theme for the exhibition, except that photos need to be taken in North Carelia during or after April, 2012, and pictures with people or animals in the photos are more preferable. If someone wishes to participate in the exhibition, they can send small image (long side 1024 pixels, with your name on it) to us (joemul.photo(at)gmail.com). 


Votings for the exhibition pictures are open now, visit the following link and vote for your (maximum) 10 best pictures. Write your name as a comment for the pictures to vote:


Anyone can vote for their favorite 10 pictures. Voting ends tomorrow midnight (21.10), and final pictures will be sorted out in the next JMPC meeting on Monday, 22.10.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

360 panorama sessions with Rami Saarikorpi

Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (JMPC) would like to invite you all to our 360 degrees panorama workshop with Rami Saarikorpi.

Rami Saarikorpi is a 360 panorama specialist and consultant. He specializes in high-quality 360 panoramic photography. He is currently part of the several projects named 360panorama.fi, Virtual Fanzine, virtualrocker.fi, and 'Virtual Finland' which is the biggest 360 panoramic image service in Finland. He also teaches 360 panorama photography and other techniques to companies, different educational institutions, media houses and other photographers. Some of the techniques can be found here. His expertise range for large international players, as well as small local companies. More about him and his work can be found at:

- http://www.360panorama.fi/
- http://www.saarikorpi.com/

In these two sessions with JMPC, Rami will be showing his panorama techniques- from shooting in action to final production. We will be going out to shoot where he will tell what kind of technique he uses for that, and things to keep in mind (do's and don'ts ) for making a great 360 panorama. We will again take another 360 panorama of the whole group who comes around to the session. After shooting outside, we will come back to our meeting place in Vyöhyke and look at the production process. Rami is more than happy to answer any questions or matters of concern during and after the workshop.

It is not really necessary to bring your camera to the workshop, but you might get some interesting pictures if you want. Taking some warm clothes along with a notebook might be helpful though.


Date: Monday, 17th and 24th of September, 2012
Time : 17:00 - 19:00
Address : VYÖHYKE - nuorisoalan osaamisyhteisö, Suvantokatu 1, Joensuu.
(If you dint find the place or coming later, call Barun at 0401590888 )

https://www.facebook.com/events/469991713033134/
Convey this message around and bring your friends if they are interested. This is free workshop for everyone who is interested in 360 panorama photography or just curious how it is actually done in practice. Come along, come with your friends. We will have small snacks for us.

Welcome! :-)
- the JMPC group
( http://joenphoto.blogspot.com/ )

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Workshop : Aerial Photography with Rami Saarikorpi and Olli-Pekka Mahrberg



What happens when RC copters are combined with photography? And what about 360panorama photos? its not a riddle- its an awesome perspective for photographing stuffs!

Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (JMPC) would like to invite you all to our special Aerial Photography workshop with Rami Saarikorpi and Olli-Pekka Mahrberg

Olli-Pekka Mahlberg is a double master of F3N-series (flying helicopters) and has over 7 years experience of R/C copters. Rami Saarikorpi is a 360 panorama specialist and consultant
. At the moment they are collaborating together for 360 aerial panoramas and working hard to get video cameras flying around. Their website which is being launched soon can be reached at www.virtualworld.fi and www.skycam.fi . Aerial panoramas haves not get media attention yet, but it soon will, as not so many people dont know about this project yet.

Their latest work:
http://www.360panorama.fi/iPad/Sirkkala/Sirkkala.html

In this session with JMPC, Olli is going to show how to fly with his special copter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQnPLJ2WOms) and Rami will show his panorama techniques. And of-course we are going to take 360 panorama of the whole group who comes around to the session (with copter of course). Rami and Olli are more than happy to answer any questions or matters of concern during and after the workshop.

It is not really necessary to bring your camera to the workshop, but you might get some interesting pictures if you want. Taking some warm clothes along with a notebook might be helpful though.

Date: Thursday, 30th of August, 2012
Time : 18:00 - 20:00
Address : Restaurant Gaude, Länsikatu 18, 80110 Joensuu
(If you dint find the place or coming later, call Barun at 0401590888 )

Convey this message around and bring your friends if they are interested. This is free workshop for everyone who is interested in aerial photography or just curious how it is actually done in practice. If you have kids, bring them along to show what kind of cool stuffs you all can do. Come along, come with your friends. We will have small snacks for us.

Welcome! :-)

- the JMPC group
( http://joenphoto.blogspot.com/ )

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Exhibition in Kerubi for the New Finnishness Day

The pictures were setup yesterday and they will be there until Sunday, 13.6

Other information for the happening:

http://www.jelli.fi/tapahtumakalenteri/2012/04/29/uuden-suomalaisuuden-juhla/