About us
Dear members, thank you for joining our group and your interest in photography.
The purpose of The Art of Photography – Sarasota/Venice is to help you elevate your creative and artistic skills and then translate those skills into compelling photographic work.
We do this by
- Sharing our work with our members
- Providing constructive commentary and reviews
- Offering weekly photography review sessions (online)
- Offering photography and post-processing classes (online)
- Organizing interesting photo shoots
- Conducting photo contests and challenges
As a member, you are encouraged to participate actively, We look forward to seeing your work and offer high level support and guidance. If all this sounds good to you then welcome to the Art of Photography Sarasota/Venice. We are looking forward to your participation. As we have six sites, many of our member photographers have gained national/international recognition for their work, and so can you!
We look forward to your participation.
Jan Meades, Organizer
Featured event
Chihuly Collection & Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg
I will be at the Chihuly site inside near the entrance to meet people at 12pm, but it opens at 10 am, if you want to come early. This is probably a few hours meetup, as the Morean Art Center will have glass-making demonstrations to see. Also the interior spaces of the Morean museum will be open, as well. This Meetup will have the 2 museums to see, the glass-making demo, and a free trolley to the Clay Center. And if you like to have some late afternoon places to visit, the Pier will also be open through using the free trolley. This is a marvelous site to photograph, to watch the demonstration, and to partake of the Chihuly Collection of amazing glass art sculptures. Morean Glass Demonstrations: Monday-Saturday: 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm. The glass demo will show how glass sculptures are created, and how tweaks render them to different shapes and styles. A long telephoto lens will work for this, if you want to zoom in on the glass-making. A camera with a normal lens is good for individual subjects; but depending on your fancy, a zoom is good for capturing parts of large subjects.
Enter Your Top 5 Photos from the Chihuly & Morean Museums
If you attended our Chihuly Meetup event, we are happy you could join us. We will create an album for the event.
Post up to five (5) of your best photos from the event before: 7 PM ET on Thursday, April 9
Eligible photos:
- Must be taken on March 21 at Chihuly/Morean
- Must be posted before the deadline
- Must have a title with each photo
- Must NOT be sexually explicit or suggestive
This album will be reviewed. The winning image will become the permanent album cover for the event. The name of the winning photographer will appear in the album title. There will not be any honorable mentions.
Good luck getting your image selected as the winner!
Upcoming events
6
- Network event
🌐 SAT 3/14 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW & DISCUSSION
·OnlineOnline22 attendees from 6 groups👉 This is your Invitation to another great Online Photography Event 👈
💥 Please follow our Event page as we are now alternating our Sat/Sun sessions.
Notes:
· You do not have to be a member of the Art of Photography International to attend this event.
· However, to submit a photo to the session photo album, you must be a member of The Art of Photography International site.
· You can join with this link The Art of Photography International, then click on the red "JOIN THIS SITE" bar icon.
Instructions:
✅ Upload only ONE photo to the Session album AFTER you see the “Welcome …” photo slide (AFTER 5 pm on Sunday and BEFORE the day of the Sat/Sun of the Session).
✅ You must be attending in order for your image to be reviewed during a session.
✅ A maximum of 30 photographs will be considered for review as time and content allow.
✅ Following the sessions the albums will be deleted after 5 pm on Sunday. If you wish to save your image and comments move your photo to the PHOTOGRAPHERS OPEN FORUM album.
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As part of the larger Meetup Community, pay particular attention to “Usage and Content Policies” at
https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002897532-Usage-and-content-policies-Rules-for-using-Meetup
Remember, with all your comments and downloads on The Art of Photography Meetup site, act with Integrity, Kindness, Compassion, Respect and Be Safe. Thank You.
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Venice Audubon Rookery (at Sheriff's off Rt. 776 or gov't building off Rt 41)
Venice Audubon Center, 4002 S Tamiami Trail via Annex Rd., Venice, FL, USThis is a location that has many different types of birds and their chicks, still in the nests. And in the evening, there are Bathouses which release the bats to forage for their dinner. There is free parking; a covered pavilion to rest, eat, or visit; Audubon docents who discuss the habits of the birds; and a wonderful place to study nature. There are lanes to wander around the pond, Purple Martin houses, and plenty of people with their phones or cameras to photograph the nesting birds. A great place to meet friends... Bring your long lens camera, or a phone that can be zoomed in. Chicks should be photographed at 400-600mm or equivalent. For more information about the venue, see: https://veniceaudubon.org/rookery
Enter Your Top 5 Photos from the Venice Audubon Rookery Event on March 14
If you attended our Venice Audubon Rookery Meetup event, we are happy you could join us. We will create an album for the event.
Post up to five (5) of your best photos from the event before: 7 PM ET on Thursday, April 2.
Eligible photos:- Must be taken on March 14 at Venice Audubon Rookery
- Must be posted before the deadline
- Must have a title with each photo
- Must NOT be sexually explicit or suggestive
This album will be reviewed. The winning image will become the permanent album cover for the event. The name of the winning photographer will appear in the album title. There will not be any honorable mentions.
Good luck getting your image selected as the winner!3 attendeesChihuly Collection & Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg
Morean Arts Center, 719 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, FL, USI will be at the Chihuly site inside near the entrance to meet people at 12pm, but it opens at 10 am, if you want to come early. This is probably a few hours meetup, as the Morean Art Center will have glass-making demonstrations to see. Also the interior spaces of the Morean museum will be open, as well. This Meetup will have the 2 museums to see, the glass-making demo, and a free trolley to the Clay Center. And if you like to have some late afternoon places to visit, the Pier will also be open through using the free trolley. This is a marvelous site to photograph, to watch the demonstration, and to partake of the Chihuly Collection of amazing glass art sculptures. Morean Glass Demonstrations: Monday-Saturday: 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm. The glass demo will show how glass sculptures are created, and how tweaks render them to different shapes and styles. A long telephoto lens will work for this, if you want to zoom in on the glass-making. A camera with a normal lens is good for individual subjects; but depending on your fancy, a zoom is good for capturing parts of large subjects.
Enter Your Top 5 Photos from the Chihuly & Morean Museums
If you attended our Chihuly Meetup event, we are happy you could join us. We will create an album for the event.
Post up to five (5) of your best photos from the event before: 7 PM ET on Thursday, April 9
Eligible photos:- Must be taken on March 21 at Chihuly/Morean
- Must be posted before the deadline
- Must have a title with each photo
- Must NOT be sexually explicit or suggestive
This album will be reviewed. The winning image will become the permanent album cover for the event. The name of the winning photographer will appear in the album title. There will not be any honorable mentions.
Good luck getting your image selected as the winner!2 attendees- Network event
🌐 SUN 3/22 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW & DISCUSSION
·OnlineOnline12 attendees from 6 groups👉 This is your Invitation to another great Online Photography Event 👈
💥 Please follow our Event page as we are now alternating our Sat/Sun sessions.
Notes:
· You do not have to be a member of the Art of Photography International to attend this event.
· However, to submit a photo to the session photo album, you must be a member of The Art of Photography International site.
· You can join with this link The Art of Photography International, then click on the red "JOIN THIS SITE" bar icon.
Instructions:
✅ Upload only ONE photo to the Session album AFTER you see the “Welcome …” photo slide (AFTER 5 pm on Sunday and BEFORE the day of the Sat/Sun of the Session).
✅ You must be attending in order for your image to be reviewed during a session.
✅ A maximum of 30 photographs will be considered for review as time and content allow.
✅ Following the sessions the albums will be deleted after 5 pm on Sunday. If you wish to save your image and comments move your photo to the PHOTOGRAPHERS OPEN FORUM album.
_____________________________________________________
As part of the larger Meetup Community, pay particular attention to “Usage and Content Policies” at
https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002897532-Usage-and-content-policies-Rules-for-using-Meetup
Remember, with all your comments and downloads on The Art of Photography Meetup site, act with Integrity, Kindness, Compassion, Respect and Be Safe. Thank You.
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Past events
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