Events

POSTPONED POSTPONED POSTPONED POSTPONED POSTPONED This photo shoot has been postponed due to a lack of signups. Check back for further information.

Rad will visit us once more & catch us up on his venture into Phone photography - shooting & apps.  We're all looking forward to this one, as shooting with phones has become more and more popular, and the phones are better & better. More details to come...

GARY FRIEDMAN COMPUTATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY How Our Smartphones are Beating the Big Cameras Smartphones lean heavily on Computational Photography to create amazing images. Join us as Gary explores the magic of our smartphones! In this talk, renowned photographer and writer Gary Friedman explains the clever secrets being employed behind the scenes and offers impressive examples demonstrating that the […]

Our annual in-person Holiday Party is a chance to relax with fellow photographers & wish everyone a Very Merry Holiday & Happy New Year

This meeting has been CANCELLED due to weather & Internet outages on Kiawah Island Dick and Morris will show us all the latest tricks from Luminar Neo. They are both BIG users of Luminar, and very enthusiastic about its ease of use & AI capabilities. Come see if this is software you might like to […]

Michael Melford has traveled the world as a professional photographer for 40 years.  His work has been featured on the cover of an impressive array of big-name magazines. National Geographic, Nat Geo Traveler, LIFE, Newsweek, Fortune, Discover, Travel and Leisure, Coastal Living, and Natural History, to name just a few.  But he defines himself through his […]

Kimball will lead us around the Ocean Course pointing out scenic vistas for our sunset shoot. This is a unique opportunity to get some dramatic sunset shots from this iconic golf course on our own Kiawah Island. Limited participation, sign up required.

Jeri will share a typical video from KelbyOne and present an opportunity for members to join KelbyOne at a discount rate. We believe this is a great chance to learn more about whatever you are looking for this summer and return next fall with fresh new skills to jump-start your photo adventures.

Join us as we wrap up our Monthly Meetings for the year.  Margo Pinkerton known for decades as The Barefoot Contessa of photography encourages you to Seek Your Vision in Charleston.  Margo looks forward to seeing familiar faces from past meetings at Kiawah and reminding members not to settle for anything less than the best […]

CREATING ARTISTIC SEASCAPES -   Susan Calkins will lead a workshop on using long exposure and intentional camera movement to create abstract and artistic seascapes and landscapes using both DSLR’s and phone cameras. Plus Shauneen Hutchinson will demonstrate a good phone app - PhotoShop Express to frame our images.  - PHOTO SHOOT AT THE BEACH (near the Beach Club) that […]

This will be an informal review of images we took April 8th on The Ocean Course and April 29th on the beach near the Beach Club. Members can talk about the images they've shared & what they used to process them. Just a fun couple of hours together. There will be a Dropbox set up […]

Our first meeting of the year will be held IN PERSON ONLY on Monday, October 7th at the Sandcastle. This meeting will be a Program Overview, in which we will introduce the members of the Board and discuss plans for the year. Additionally, we will have a brief panel presentation on iPhone photography, and we […]

Ray will cover environmental portraits, street portraiture, travel photographs of people, and even posed portraits.  Ray's talk will be followed by a Virtual shoot, with a critique on Oct 28. 20 members can have their photos reviewed and critiqued by Ray The $10 cost helps cover expenses. TO SIGN UP  EMAIL: GORDON BELL AT grb7649@yahoo.com.  PUT […]

Halloween is coming so we will meet in the Magnolia Cemetery to celebrate. There are interesting monuments and scenes to photograph, and there is the possibility of roseate spoonbills in the pond. The best way to find Magnolia Cemetery is to use GPS! Let Jack know if you will be going, and make sure Jack […]

On Oct 14th, Ray Schneider gave us an assignment for a virtual shoot, which all members are encouraged to participate in. 20 members submitted images for Ray to discuss & critique. These critique sessions are a great way to learn how professional photographers evaluate images. They always provide a lot of information and tips to […]

Nima Marsh will lead a group of us at The Center for Birds of Prey, where we'll have the birds & the handler to ourselves for a couple of hours. We have done this shoot in the past and it has been very popular. Here's a gallery of images from that earlier shoot. Enjoy.

Nat Geo photographer Catherine is known for her people and cultural portrayals and boutique workshops and tours. She will join us via Zoom from Cambodia.

Join us for our annual club event, where Jack will showcase "must-have" photo gear, primarily priced under $100, perfect for hinting to our gift givers about what to add to our wish lists. This year, we have something special! Jack will also bring a trunk filled with photography treasures generously donated to the club by […]

Nima will lead willing club members on an outing to Botany Bay to shoot the “ghost trees” at low tide. Meet at 7:15 at Freshfields parking lot near the Coop, and carpool to BB.  If you are driving yourself, could you please contact me so I know how many drivers we need for carpooling. See […]

The big takeaway will be having more confidence when using your hot shoe speedlight on your camera.   The specific topics I will discuss: (1) bouncing the flash(2) using a diffuser(3) rotating your speedlight (flash)(4) posing your subject.   Everyone BRING YOUR SPEEDLIGHT to the meeting.

Jack will review all the latest features in Lightroom.

Join Jack for a Christmas Photo Walk in Charleston. If you would like to participate, please complete the form in an email sent by Cindy Perry. This will be a nighttime walk (5 pm to 7pm'ish) looking for festive holiday photos. Meet at the coffee shop on East Bay and Broad Street by 4:30 - […]

Enjoy another day off!

Travel and wildlife enthusiast. Naturalist and guide in Coastal Maine. A renowned storyteller who is acquainted with the Wyeth family of artists.

Jack will continue exploring and explaining some of the latest features in Lightroom. Come with your questions, which he will try his best to answer.

Due to the weather, Kimball and Pam's walk has been postponed. Lucky for us, Kimberly managed to get Rad Drew to join us for a Zoom presentation. Rad has been with us before and was enjoyed by all.   "In this presentation, I discuss the features of the native camera and all its capabilities. I […]

Here’s what Linda has to share about Monday’s workshop: "Just in case Rad’s excellent lesson was a dash too fast for some of us, (including me) we will have a practice session at our next meeting. I will go over certain settings we can use to speed up our process, several places to store our […]

Another last-minute schedule change: Jackie Deeley cannot be with us on the 10th, so we'll hear from Frank T Smith, a photographer recommended by Nima Marsh.   Frank T. Smith, a self-taught photographer with a lifelong passion for art, discovered his love for photography at an early age. Specializing in outdoor and architectural photography, Frank […]

We'll explore 3 ways to capture print, slide & negative images from old photos & Mae them usable via software on your phone and/or desktop. Kimberly will demonstrate scanning with your printer/scanner & show us a small Kodak device for scanning to an SD card. Jeri will demonstrate one of many iPhone apps to scan […]

This walk was originally scheduled to head to the island's far end to shoot a nest of eagle chicks. After being postponed due to icy weather, the chicks have grown and may have fledged by March 3rd. The walk was therefore moved to the River Course golf course. Timing is still being determined (either early […]

Each year Pam presents new ways of approaching our photography in a lecture before visiting Magnolia Gardens for a shoot. The shoot will take place on a date Pam determines to be best for the spring flower burst, and then a critique will follow a few weeks later.

HOW I BECAME A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHER From Macduff:     My pathway was not linear. I left home at 17 with my surfboard, eventually hitchhiking around the world. I literally picked up a camera that a disgruntled tourist put down in the street on the Danish island of Bornholm, not wishing to look like a tourist. From […]

Kimberly managed to contact Tony Sweet, who is in the area on this weekend, and he has agreed to come down to Kiawah on this Friday to host a photo shoot with 12 members. There will be a critique of member images on March 31st.

Originally scheduled as a photo walk, Jack has agreed instead to review how he makes his many books. He'll show us images from his most recent adventure to Japan.   Jack's books on Blurb.com

One of our favorite events of the year is coming around again. Pam will lead 10 club members to Magnolia Gardens for a shoot, including spring flowers and birds at "The Swamp." Everyone is encouraged to sign up for this shoot, especially newer members who have never taken a workshop with Pam. She is a […]

Tony will critique the images we made on the 21st. All members should consider attending, even if you did not participate in the shoot

Award-winning professional photographer, workshop leader, and artist  Denise travels extensively, presenting lectures and seminars and teaching photography and Photoshop worldwide.Her images hang in the Smithsonian, the National Museum of Natural History in D.C.; and are featured in a Sierra Club Documentary, and in Xploration Awesome Planet for Fox 5 television.Her latest accolades include 2 Forever Stamp […]

Due to a scheduling conflict, Jack cannot take us on the scheduled photo walk on this date. So, we've scheduled the annual Brainstorming Session in this time slot. Join us for a free-wheeling discussion of topics - your turn to give Kimberly & Sue your ideas for next year's programming.

Join us for our penultimate meeting of the year, when we celebrate another great season of the Kiawah Island Photography Club and vote on next year's executive board. Enjoy snacks, camaraderie, and images, and vote for next year's officers. Several club members will present one of their Challenge photos and tell us more about where, […]

Our final get-together before breaking for the summer. About Jennifer "I explore the landscape to connect with Nature, observe the details and moments from behind my lens to create, share, and celebrate this amazing planet we are fortunate to call home." Visit Jennifer's website: Jennifer Renwick | Fine Art Nature Photography PrintsKeep Shooting....See you in […]

Linda Albus -will once again start our year with a review of the basic & the latest iPhone features, covering the camera app itself and how to manage your photo library.

We will photograph butterflies, flowers, and various architectural elements. This will be a perfect opportunity to incorporate some creative techniques discussed by our October speaker, Beth Buelow. Meet at Freshfields parking lot near the Coop at 8:00 AM to carpool.  Boone Hall opens at 9:00 AM. The entrance fee is $27 for seniors and includes […]

Jack has changed the venue for this photo walk due to a lack of birds at the Greenway. The walk will now be in downtown Charleston, in full Halloween spirit, and be held on Wednesday October 29th due to predicted bad weather. See Cindy's latest email for details and let Jack know if you plan to […]

Once again, Jack will present all the current photo goodies that we should be adding to our Holiday gift list. Let's see what he's found for us this year.

Hello KIPC members!  Our next Photo Adventure trip will be on Wednesday, November 5th, to Folly Beach.We will first stop off at the famous Folly Pier, then head out to the end of the island to photograph the graffiti-painted path, the boneyard trees in the water, the Morris Lighthouse, and at 5:30, the spectacular full […]

DON'T MISS THIS ONE! Marzy will present images & tell us stories about her visits to remote tribes in Ethopia.

I’m a corporate-America-escapee turned full-time freelance outdoor photographer, author, instructor, and motivational speaker, specializing in nature and outdoor recreation. Through my workshops, classes, presentations, books, blogs, bubble loving, and pie eating, I aim to inspire adventures in the Great Outdoors and encourage others to live their most fulfilling life, “the big Life with a capital […]

Jack will show us the latest and greatest Lightroom Desktop tools for masking & editing our images.

Jack will lead us on a Holiday walk around Charleston, then we'll stop somewhere for a holiday dinner together.

Pam Cohen will discuss prepping images for printing. She will focus on images that we'll all prepare for a club exhibit to be held in April for the Club's 20th anniversary.

Editing Variations: One Image, Different Software Tools. Panel discussion.

Betsy will include instructions for a virtual shoot which she will critique on Feb 2.

Grab $2 and join Jack Kotz for a KIPC Photo Walk at the Ravenel Caw Caw Interpretive Center. Walk along Caw Caw’s raised boardwalk trails through the wetlands to search for song birds, otter, waterfowl, alligators, bald eagles, and more. Soak up the beautiful vistas at this former rice plantation.

From Snapshots to Art: Unlocking Creativity with iPhone Photography “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun”, a quote by Katherine Hepburn, pretty much sums up my life as an artist. I am a visual artist, photographer and educator from Cleveland, Ohio. Besides leading iPhone workshops around the country, I also teach workshops on Composite […]

Pam will give us another great lecture prior to our heading to Magnolia Gardens for our annual shoot with her.

Sorry, this walk was concelled due to weather

JOHN BARCLAY Inspirational speaker, respected teacher, One heck of a photographer* DREAM-BELIEVE-CREATEWhat do you dream your photography should look like?John believes the journey to creating your dream images should feed your soul.Let his numerous examples of creative techniques help you define your dream and chart your journey. *Dewitt Jones , Photojournalist – National Geographic:"Barclay is […]

Nima will start us off by sharing her favorite Kiawah shooting locations. Then a panel of members will do a show-and-tell about an image they've shared with us during this season. .

Head to FL with Nima and a small group of club members to shoot nesting birds with chicks in St. Augustine, FL. For more information & to let her know you'll be going, contact Nima Marsh,nimamarsh@me.com

Pam will do a gentle critique of images from her recent field trip to Magnolia Gardens

Our celebration will start with the unveiling of the photo exhibit, then move to the party where several members will make short presentation of the clubs history. We then relax for the party with refreshments and sharing of our stories & adventures with the club since 2005.