July 26 (4-9pm) 'Shoot & Edit Funshop' / Kinda Like a Workshop but more Fun / SM Studio in Upland CA

This 5 hour event (6 models / 12 photographers) will be held from 4-9pm (cooler evening hours) on Saturday, July 26th at the SM studio in Upland.  Photographers attending will receive some hands on assistance with editing your JPEG images to perfection, for posting exclusively to the Model Mayhem server, accomplished at this event with FREE WiFi provided to your notebook computer via the available router at the SM studio. 

The primary JPEG editing instruction will cover cropping, horizon line straightening, file resizing for web posting, white balance correction, color cast fixing, gamma adjustments, RGB curves, contrast and brightness, sharpening, eliminating noise, color boosting and enhancing, hue and saturation, eliminating red-eye, 'auto clean skin' application, spot and scratch removal.  Proper brush selection size for editing as well as a variety of special effects tools will also be discussed.  For photographers, the ecessary items needed to attend are:

1.  A quality digital camera (Nikon/Canon/Pentax/Olympus recommended) that can capture small and medium sized JPEG images in a fine image quality format. 

2.  A 'WiFi Ready' Windows based notebook computer (or a MAC with Windows) that you can attach a mouse to (no finger pads or tablets).

At the conclusion of the funshop, we will be asking all photographers attending to burn a photo CD of their favorite image edited, and present it (or email it) to the model he used as his subject.  The 6 models attending receive FREE admission, and a generous amount of gas money pay to assist them in their traveling expenses.  Total photographer cost to attend is $60.  If you're interested in attending, post a message on this thread, or email me, and I'll save you a spot for this fun-filled event.

2008 Summer 'Weekday Beach Minishoots' every Wednesday from June to October!

Select Models will be hosting 'Weekday Beach Minishoots' every Wednesday evening from 4:30 to 8pm in beautiful sunset lighting conditions at several fabulous beach location in Southern California.  Anyone interested is welcome to inquire. Models participating receive FREE admission, free photos, with gas money pay provided.  If you a photographer interested in attending, shoot me some mail at (garyabigt@netscape.com).  I'll provide you with details and save you a spot... thanks!

The 2008 SM Poster Calendar will be given away FREE to all models showcased in the calendar who attend 2008 SM photoshoots. Additional calendars will be available for purchase to everyone for $5. If you are interested in attending and I'll save you a spot... thanks!