"The mystery isn't in the technique, it's in each of us." - Harry Callahan, American Photographer 1912-1999 What Harry Callahan said about film photography holds true in todays digital world. Learning to use your digital camera and truly understanding the digital process will free you to concentrate on creating your vision. This meet up is dedicated to resources that will help you become a better photographer. I originally conceived this group as a way to create a sense of community for students …

 http://www.moviemakersunite.com/.org MMU Presents : SILICON VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL AND AWARDS  OCT-NOV. , 2012 www.svfilmfestival.org   MMU FILM FESTIVAL '09 :  http://www.meetup.com/moviemakersunit......   MMU - PRODUCTION , PITCH AND NETWORKING MEETINGS:       Bi Weekly. Bring your script / idea in one page. If you have a script, you will get your film production scheduled immediately. And network with fellow film makers, actors, camera, editors,etc.   Current Projects: (Details in the abo …

We would like to invite all photographers - Beginners to Advanced, Digital or Film, Men or Women to join our Meetup Group and participate in a variety of Photo Shoots, Workshops and Classes. Please note that many of our events involve tasteful nudity. For our Group Photo Shoots, we use both Photography Studios in San Francisco and on the Peninsula as well as a variety of unique locations like an Art Gallery, Victorian Bed & Breakfast and private homes and estates. (If you have a location that we …

Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Large Format Photography Group! This group is for the photographers, the LFers, from the San Francisco Bay Area who are interested in the large format (LF) photography using view or field cameras - a relatively small group of people among a very large number of digital shooters. The group is created to make it easy for the members to meet with the like-minded LFers and get involved in the activities such as the following: * Meet and network with the fellow …

This is the place for all photographers, experienced and amateur alike, to come together to make magic happen. Who should join SBFP? Anyone, whether you want to shoot in a studio for the first time or because you've been passionate about photography for 30 years. Film or digital, in studio or on location, fashion or portraiture. This group is all about networking, building your portfolio, and doing something you love. SBFP will host models from the bay area and from around the country to work wi …

The SJSFF is getting ready to launch it's fourth year and after the amazing success at Santana Row in 2011, we are initiating the SJSFF Project where YOU can be part of the filmmaking experience and walk the Red Carpet at the next festival. Launched by SJ filmmakers to support local filmmaking, together we will help craft new short films that will introduce the world class films that will be screened as part of the SJSFF. Filmmakers, film lovers and those who want to get involved in the filmmaki …

DSLR Video Central, or DVC, is a group of DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) video users who want to come together to learn, and actually start creating videos. We will have workshops, challenges, contests, guest speakers, and more. So grab your Canon 7D, 5D MKII, Nikons, or any DSLR camera with video capabilities and join us for some fun!

We are a group of people who work in social marketing, TV 3.0 creators, entertainment, film and the Internet who meet to explore the the newest, and most exciting innovation in social video. We see a future for video being live/recorded online, in social networks, and as personal channels. We want to understand and evangelize this video movement.

Most our stories revolve around the lives of Asian indians in american setting. I find the idea to be as educational for americans here and indians back home as its entertaining for anyone.   While networking is always a good idea, the motto here is to work together using our free time so we make good stuff and have something to show for.   So we meet most every weekend in Sunnyvale Downtown in my office to plan and create entertaining content, be it music video, short movie, satire, real st …

… Computer Vision Techniques for High-end Visual Effects by Chris Bregler and Kiran Bhat, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the VFX branch of LucasFilm Mobile Visual Computing by Kari Pulli and Radek Grzeszczuk, Nokia Research Center Unity Technologies - Taking the pain out of game development by David Helgason, Unity Technologies Sirikata: Open Source Virtual Worlds by Daniel Horn, Henrik Bennetsen. Stanford Graphics Lab, Stanford Humanities Lab Ray Tracing with the NVIDIA OptiX …

This Meetup group is about helping Image Makers - primarily photographers and videographers - connect and collaborate with each other. All too often, projects and shoots are pushed off because they're difficult to handle solo; this Collective hopes to help alleviate that problem. Join up, meet other photographers and videographers, find assistants, assist on projects yourself, and further our skills as a community. Combine forces, and get out and create great things! Click here for a more detail …

Rather than focusing on one specific profession, we want to mingle with varieties of visual creators; graphic designers, interior designers, product designers, architects, videographers, photographers, filmmakers and more. Visual creators should have something in common and expand their expertise in different directions, but we all probably want to get inspired by other visual creators. The main activity of this group is social mixers, which help members meet new visual creators, get inspiration …