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Studio Photography Class

Studio Photography Class

Saturday 27 January
Durham - 10am - 3 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Richard Tholen
Join us for a comprehensive 3-hour studio workshop where we explore the essentials of studio photography. Dive deep into the technical know-how of production flash and lighting, learn the optimal settings, and harness the power of key materials such as white boards and reflectors. Enhance your skill set, refine your technique, and illuminate your photographic vision.
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$84       0 places left
Flash Photography Class

Flash Photography Class

Saturday 10 February
Durham - 2pm - 3 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Cammel Hurse
As a photographer mastering flash photography will hugely improve your photography and understanding of lighting. We will cover how to properly use your external Camera Flash/Speedlite. Learn the settings and modes of the flash and camera. Like the TTL Metering mode: which is a common mode on your camera and Speedlite. Which helps your camera and Speedlite communicate with each other. You will also learn the difference between fill light and key light. We will be working with both available lighting and flash photography. While walking through troubleshooting, making adjustments, and successfully capturing portraits & landscapes.
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$84       4 places left
Low Light Portrait Photography Class

Low Light Portrait Photography Class

Sunday 11 February
Downtown Raleigh - 5pm - 3 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Cammel Hurse
Join our Low Light Portrait Photography class and unlock the secrets of capturing stunning portraits in challenging lighting conditions. Whether you're a beginner or an enthusiast, this class will empower you to capture captivating portraits that truly shine, even in the dimmest of environments.
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$84       0 places left

50mm Lens Meetup

50mm Lens Meetup

Sunday 18 February
Durham - 2:30pm - 2 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Cammel Hurse
The 50mm lens is one of the flexible and useful lenses in any photographer’s gear bag. It is neither a wide-angle or telephoto lens, but allows the camera to see on the same scale as your eye. As such, it can be used for a variety of styles, from landscape and street photography to portrait and product photography. In this meetup, we’ll review the basic camera settings. We’ll then cover some of the advantages of shooting with a prime lens, and some basic techniques to using the 50mm lens. As always, there will be ample opportunities for you to put your new knowledge into practice.
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$43      
Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds

Saturday 24 February
Durham - 10am - 2 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Richard Tholen
One of the most basic tenets of composition is the Rule of Thirds. Although most people are familiar with this technique it is often forgotten in the haste to take a photo. However you ignore it at your peril as it can make an average snap into something which is has tension and dynamism.

In this meetup we will practice using the Rule of Thirds in a setting full of photographic possibility.
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$43      
Creative Shapes

Creative Shapes

Saturday 02 March
2110 Blue Ridge Rd - 10am - 2 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Richard Tholen
We live in a world of shapes and designs all around us. Let's explore dynamic shapes, not only in architecture but how to add shapes as backgrounds to portraits and other main subject choices.
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$43      

Street Photography

Street Photography

Saturday 09 March
Downtown Raleigh - 10am - 2 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Richard Tholen
People, cafes, vendors, street merchants, buskers, historic buildings, art installations and much more. The power of observation underpins the art of great street photography. Learning to "see" interesting detail is a practised skill and we introduce you to easy methods that will open your photographer's eye and expose you to a world that is alive with detail. The most rewarding part of the class is learning how to approach interesting people and have them willingly pose for you.

We will also go over settings, focusing techniques and lens choices common to street photography to help us capture those random chance encounters.
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$43      
Black and White Photography

Black and White Photography

Saturday 16 March
Durham - 10am - 2 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Richard Tholen
Introduction to Black and White Photography. What makes a good Black and White shot?

We will look at the contrast and using textures. How does the camera see the image and how do we create Black and White images in a camera or in post-production. We will look for some good examples and set some exercises.

This is a more advanced course and assumes you understand the basics of photography and controlling your camera.
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$43      
Composition in the Park

Composition in the Park

Saturday 23 March
Eno River - 10am - 2 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Richard Tholen
Come and join us as we explore composition in photography.

Composition is one of the most critical element in photography. Composition is how a photographer arranges the visual elements within their image, frame. I promise you that if you search for information on composition you will find plenty You will find formal rules, opinion, some of which you can trace back to historical art movements and painters.

Even in the digital world, composition remains the key to creating strong images. Composition is what guides our eye through an image and gives importance to the subject. It creates the story for the viewer and how we as photographers convey that message.

This meetup will explore composition using our frame and tools available to us as the photographer.
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$43      

Double Exposure Class

Double Exposure Class

Saturday 30 March
Central Park - 10am - 3 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Richard Tholen
A double exposure is a photograph composed of two combined and overlaid images. You can create double exposures in Photoshop or with digital cameras using a special setting. These images often have a dreamy, otherworldly feel and you can use them for great artistic effect, with both digital cameras and film.

Come and learn double exposure with us!
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$84       4 places left
Macro Photography Class

Macro Photography Class

Saturday 06 April
2619 Western Blvd - 10am - 3 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Richard Tholen
Macro photography is a unique form of photography that involves photographing small objects to make them look life-sized or more significant in the photo. The usual subjects include flowers and small insects, which we don't normally get to see up close with the naked eye.

The class will start when the insects are more active. So be ready to explore and capture breathe-taking macro images.

Please bring a fully charged battery, lots of space on your memory card, good walking shoes, some water to drink, and an umbrella if it looks like it may rain.
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$84      
Photography 101: Exposure

Photography 101: Exposure

Saturday 13 April
Durham - 10am - 3 Hours
Raleigh Photography Group
Richard Tholen
What is Exposure?

The action of exposing a digital sensor or photographic film to light.

This class is for anyone looking to switch their camera mode from Auto to Manual and learn how to shoot using the Manual Mode. The goal is to help everyone become more confident when using their cameras. We will touch on the exposure triangle: Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISO.
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$84      

ABOUT RALEIGH
ART
GROUP
Come along to our meetups to improve your art in a relaxed and social atmosphere, and under the guidance of a professional instructor. Complete beginners to experienced artists all welcome.

Our 2 hour meetups are held in a different location each time, usually outdoors.

Bring your own materials which can be anything from pencils or pastels, to watercolour or oils.

If you are a complete beginner all you need to start are a couple of good drawing pencils, a rubber, and a drawing pad.

Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to experienced artists. The instructor is there to help everyone.

The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

Join the Facebook Group here to share your art and enjoy the art of other locals.

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Our meetups and classes are limited to a max of 12 people
PHOTOS
Plymouth Art Group
2023-11-14
Raleigh Art Group
2023-11-13
Title or Location: Fairy garden
This acrylic painting is a collaboration of artists. My friend Chris Coker of Youngsville did the abstract colors in the background and I did all the foreground objects. It took about 3-4 sessions of me adding things to it before it felt ?done?. I wanted to make it whimsical because that?s what feeling I was getting from the abstract painting Chris did. He allowed me to add my ideas to his painting and this is the result.
Credit: Stephanie Jones
Plymouth Art Group
2023-11-14

Raleigh Art Group
2023-10-23
Title or Location: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Fall is usually my favorite season. But I?ve lost loved ones in fall for the past three years. I was feeling down and decided to get back to something that used to bring me joy and that would bring back the spirit of fall and Halloween that I used to love so much. 12x16 watercolor,ink,and gouache on Arches cold press.
Credit: Rebecca Samuell
Facebook: Rebecca Samuell
Instagram: Beckysam1314
Plymouth Art Group
2023-11-14
Raleigh Art Group
2023-10-08
Title or Location: Study of John Atkinson Grimshaw's, "Briggate, Leeds"
This was just quick study of Grimshaw's work. It is on 11 x 14 canvas panel, using Royal Talens Cobra water mixable oils. If I could do it again, I would make it much darker to make the lights more dramatic. I like Grimshaw's use of very thin glazes of color to create luminescence. I will definitely work on more studies of Grimshaw and Whistler's work to gain more understanding of their techniques.
Credit: Shane Kimble

Plymouth Art Group
2023-11-14
Raleigh Art Group
2023-09-14
Title or Location: Jenna
My favorite subjects to paint are of people and places that are meaningful to me. I love creating paintings of my children doing the things they love. Jenna is a painting of my beautiful daughter-in-law, sitting on the banks of the river in Elizabethton, TN, dipping her bare feet into the cool river water on a warm spring day. The rocks on the river's edge were too precarious, so I never made it down that far. Instead, I took photos of the beautiful scenery and was able to capture this image J
Credit: Dini Edwards
Instagram: PortraitsbyDini
Edinburgh Art Group
2023-11-06

Raleigh Art Group
2023-09-01
Title or Location: Breaking Away
"Breaking Away" depicts a woman who is struggling to free herself from the hands of centuries-old female oppression and represents a time in a woman's life when she is shedding old roles and identities to embrace a new phase of life. It is inspired by the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, particularly his concept of the female collective pain body, and encourages women to no longer identify with negative emotions that can trap them in destructive patterns. This message speaks to the importance of wome
Credit: Kiki Piper
Facebook: KikiPiperPaperArtist
Instagram: @kikipiperpaperartist
Dallas Art Circle
2023-11-06
Indianapolis Art Group
2023-12-06
Title or Location: My stufio
This piece was inspired by rpg video games in those games we choose our looks, our career, attributes depending on what you choose alters your role in the game. I guess life isn?t much different. Whether good or bad we?re all on a path to somewhere.
Credit: Ravyn McHugh
Instagram: @maudlinravyn

Orlando Art Group
2023-12-05
Title or Location: Florida's Sandhill Crane
In nature, I wait patiently for just the right moment, one that is different but unique to my subject. It?s those unusual positions during grooming, mating ritual, breeding display, or just being silly. I strive to capture the moment that others miss, don?t see or notice. I?ll then use my photography as reference to create, produce and share an art piece that allows others a glimpse into that secret world of lines, colors and details that I see.This Sandhill Crane fit that bill perfectly. I
Credit: John Guiseppi
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JPGuiseppi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guiseppi.art.in.nature/
Tampa Art Group
2023-12-05
Title or Location: Hidden Serenity
Perhaps my favorite part about moving to Florida is the quiet time spent between me and my brushes studying the beauty of Florida. It &65532appeals to me like no other Subject. I find myself engaged with &65532 the quiet time of days, gone by. When the sun quietly sits leaving an array of color across the sky. The sounds of the swamp stir up a solace within my soul?a happy place. I hope my Florida Painting gives you a sense of peace and joy.24x36 oils ? Hidden Serenity?
Credit: Mary Ann Clawson
Facebook: Art by Mary Ann Clawson
Plymouth Art Group
2023-12-04
Title or Location: Winter snow
As we had the arrival of snow this week I thought it would be perfect to create a nice winter scene, this one came out of my mind rather than a reference photo, so it?s of no particular place other than some music, a paintbrush and a blank canvas. I actually only learnt to paint during lockdown so it?s always really cool when I see the finished product and it looks pretty good.
Credit: Daryl Woods
Facebook: Daryl woods artist
Instagram: Daryl_woods_art

Jacksonville Art Group
2023-12-04
Title or Location: Holiness
?Holiness? .The painting is made with acrylic paints on wood. &127912 It was created through a moment of inspiration without the use of a sketch. I just decided to trust the holy spirit. Many edges and highlights on the sides convey the state of this world in the midst of which the Light of the world appeared! A pure, immaculate creature with a divine destiny to save this world from sin. &128591&127995
Credit: Anait Zakaryan
Facebook: Anait Zaharyan
Instagram: suvenir_saratov
Charlotte Art Group
2023-12-04
Title or Location: Pura ternura
Nada m?s hermoso que ver crecer a mi hija radiante de ternura e inocencia. There is nothing better than seeing my daughter grow up radiant with tenderness and innocence.
Credit: Kelly Guerrero
Instagram: Kellyguerrero1531
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