November Meeting Review

Photography & Graphic Design Discussed
Checking in with your graphic design group very early in the design process will help keep your projects on track - and help you avoid those major, last-minute design fixes. So said Dennis Wolf at the November meeting of the Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter of ASBPE.

With 15 ASBPE members and visitors in attendance, Wolf discussed photography, graphic design and working with graphic designers at the casual coffee-shop meeting. Explaining that the future of photography is digital, Wolf suggests the Nikon D70, as well as the Canon systems, are good choices for digital photography. Both take high quality photos for full-page or spread bleed, whereas the smaller digital cameras with fixed lenses will not, he said.

Once your magazine has a digital camera, Wolf noted, you will also need a good cataloguing system to handle the huge number of photos. He recommends MicroSoft iView, an inventory management program which allows you to upload, view and manage photos on your computer. Participants found this digital photo cataloging and storage information to be of particular interest, answering questions on issues with which they'd been grappling.

2007
The Chapter board will be meeting in December to review the year and begin planning a 2007 schedule. If you have any thoughts for the board, would like to take a more active part in the chapter, or are interested in becoming a board member, please contact President Lisa Lupo, lisa@ljwriting.com or 612-384-7105.
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