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The photography team uses photography as a tool to enhance the multi-media ministries of the Berean SDA Church as it offers others a meaningful glimpse into the church’s character. Our Purpose is to use the creative avenue of photography to serve God by ministering to the church and individuals. Church Coverage Photography: The main goal of the Photography Ministry is to support the various ministries of Berean by taking pictures for people to enjoy. If a picture is worth a thousand words then Berean has a lot to say! The members of the photography team document the many events and activities the church puts together. We provide a visual history of where Berean has been. The pictures are available for everyone in the church to enjoy. The team's creative images are posted on Flickr.com, used in videos, on the website, Facebook and in printed materials.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Every day should include balloons. . . [EXPLORED 06-27-11]


CONGRATULATIONS MARK!!


CLICK HERE TO VIEW MARK'S PHOTO...

What is an Explore Image?
To Be “Interesting,” a Photo Must Generate Interest
Simply put...people have to like it.
A place on Flickr’s Explore page is the great prize. It’s an acknowledgment that a photographer’s work can stand among the best on the site, that it is indeed “interesting,” and that they are an important part of the community.
The probability of reaching the explore page, referred to as “PEP” by Flickr’s engineers, is based on the numbers of views, comments, and favorites an image has generated.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Post-Production Work Flow - The Essentials Pros Use to add the finishing touches to their work...

Article shared by: MARK LEE

This article summarizes the most important steps to incorporate into your digital photo editing workflow (aka "post-processing workflow"). It isn't necessarily a procedure that you'll want to implement with all of your photos, but whenever you want to get that "keeper" looking just right, these steps can make all the difference. See the link below for more details.

Each is listed roughly in the order that they should be applied:
White Balance - temperature and tint adjustment sliders
Exposure - exposure compensation, highlight/shadow recovery
Noise Reduction - during RAW development or using external software
Lens Corrections - distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberrations
Detail - capture sharpening and local contrast enhancement
Contrast - black point, levels and curves tools
Framing - straighten and crop
Refinements - color adjustments and selective enhancments
Resizing - enlarge for a print or downsize for the web or email
Output Sharpening - customized for your subject matter and print/screen size

 http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/

Sunday, June 12, 2011

DRUMROLL PLEASE.........:) Berean Church Block Party - June 4, 2011 By: B.Mack

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 Berean Church Block Party - June 4, 2011 By: B.Mack

Thanks for sharing Brigette!!!! 
We love you :)
Very nice.

Exposure: A Function of Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO rating (film speed) - Shared by: Mark Lee

Photo by Liisa

THE WINDOW
Imagine your camera is like a window with shutters that open and close.
Aperture is the size of the window. If it’s bigger more light gets through and the room is brighter.
Shutter Speed is the amount of time that the shutters of the window are open. The longer you leave them open the more that comes in.
Now imagine that you’re inside the room and are wearing sunglasses (hopefully this isn’t too much of a stretch). Your eyes become desensitized to the light that comes in (it’s like a low ISO).
There are a number of ways of increasing the amount of light in the room (or at least how much it seems that there is. You could increase the time that the shutters are open (decrease shutter speed), you could increase the size of the window (increase aperture) or you could take off your sunglasses (make the ISO larger).

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

06-04-2011 Berean's Christian Block Party - Video by: Robert Johnson

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06-04-2011 Berean's Christian Block Party
Our annual Berean Christian Block Party held on this past Sabbath afternoon, June 4th, at 4:30 PM at the Atlanta Overlook Apartment Complex, 1401 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway. We distributed food and clothing, offered free health screening, provided Christian programming, and invited individuals to attend the Berean Church. A great evangelistic outreach initiative.

MY FAVORITE PICTURE FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND - Shirlean

First Photography Outing - to shoot...

 
May 21, 2011
Our first group photo outing to Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, 3787 Klondike Road 
Lithonia, GA 30038 
Coordinator: Burdie Henri
 
PHOTOS:
 
Additional photos by: Eric Grace 

WELCOME!!!


Hi All,
In an effort to have one stop shopping for all of our current Photography Ministry announcements, information, etc.. welcome to our *New* Blog!
This is for everyone's use so feel free to use it for information you'd like to share with the Photography Team. 
This is my first attempt at starting a Blog, so any suggestions or feedback is more than welcomed. 
Glad to have each of you on the team and hope this makes our world a little more organized.
Shirlean

(Thanks to Eric Grace for the group photo)