April 23, 2025
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Instagram: @brentwoodphotographygroup
Education Corner
Anthony Morganti Newsletter – The Psychology of Photography (Part 1 of 2)
Printing Photos at Home article
Link to 3CT Newsletter
Free Pixel Connection Events in Nashville
- Meet the Brands Behind the Gear You Love
- Spring Sale & Demo Day
- May 03, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm CDT
- Cash for Cameras
- May 03, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm CDT
- The Storytelling Portrait with Canon
- May 03, 2025 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm CDT
- The Relevance of Filters in Digital Photography with NiSi
- May 03, 2025 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm CDT
- FUJIFILM Custom Film Simulations Explained
- May 03, 2025 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm CDT
- Fearless Flash Photography with Westcott
- May 03, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm CDT
- Tips & Tricks with Sony
- May 03, 2025 @ 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm CDT
- Intro to Landscape Photography with Sigma
- May 03, 2025 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm CDT
- Master Bird Photography with Tips from OM System | Virtual Class
- June 06, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT
Get your tickets here: Events
Main Meeting
Main Meeting – Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Otter Creek Church
409 Franklin Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027
6:30PM – 8:00PM
(Networking and Photo of the Month competition: 6:00 – 6:30 PM)
- Speaker: Dusty Doddridge
- Topic: Forests and Trees
More info to come
Scavenger Hunt – Saturday May 17, 2025 Clarksville TN
More info to come
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch – NEW DATE Thursday, April 24, 2025. Optional lunch at KOI after.
Williamson County Public Library
1314 Columbia Ave, Franklin, TN 37064
11:30-12:30.
Lunch Bunch is a monthly lunch meeting, led by Dick Dougall, with the focus on members getting to know each other and having constructive critiques and discussions about their images.
Our video will cover composition – and it is long enough and complex enough to spread nicely over two months. –
For show and tell each time, please send me an image of yours that you think uses some well-known facet of image composition. Example “rule of thirds”. Or you can be thinking of what is leading your eye to your subject: color, brightness, your idea.
These with your words of wisdom should provide an interesting background to what we will glean from our video.
Please respond early – April is not far away and it takes some time and effort on the parts of John Mott and me to get your images set for projection.
Please email Dick Dougall at dickdougall@gmail.com if you plan to attend.
Mini Clinic
Mini Clinic – Thursday May 15, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM CT
Speaker: Bert Laws
Topic: Photo Pills
Click here for Zoom meeting
• Meeting ID: 821 3547 9811
• Passcode: 990513
Bert Laws will demonstrate using the Photo Pills app. a tool that allows us to let our imagination fly and do all the planning to capture the photos we dream of.
2025 Photo Of The Month Contest (6:00 – 6:30 PM)
Photo of the Month contest images are hung between 6:00-6:30 prior to the main meeting. This is an opportunity for you to compare your work with that of others, as you perhaps think about entering our outside exhibits. It’s good training, and by compelling you to focus on specific themes you learn and grow in your photography. A Board member will be at the display to answer questions and encourage participation.
Private Photo Op with the Tennessee Valley Railroad
In September 2024, Leandra Habel and Jennifer Laverty attended a Tennessee Valley Railroad (TVRM) Night Photoshoot in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The event was very interesting and gave them the opportunity to create unique train images that would not have happened otherwise. TVRM has agreed to open their doors for a private photoshoot. Participation is limited to 30-40 individuals. Estimated cost is $65-$85 / person, depending on the number of participants. We are offering this unique photographic opportunity to the Brentwood Photography Group, 3CT and a few other sister camera clubs. This is not a BPG club sponsored event so feel free to include your spouse or significant other.
The event was held in the evening between 9:00 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. giving photographers an opportunity to photograph the trains in several vignette/scenes with night lighting. Trains, lighting, and models will be provided by TVRM. All you will need to bring is a camera, tripod, and any other photography gear you wish to use.
The night shoot is part of TVRM’s Founders Day celebration in September. Although TVRM has not confirmed the date yet (typically the first Saturday in September), info about last’s year event can be found here. https://www.tvrail.com/founders-day-night-photo-shoot-event/.
If this is something you wish to attend, please email me at secretary@brentwoodphotographygroup.org. Currently, we are only gathering names of interested parties.
