Welcome to the neighborhood! CULTURE PUB Los Angeles is a world–class cultural amusement park from Pasadena, Chinatown, to the Miracle Mile and the Westside. Let’s chart an expedition into excitement and intrigue! Join art aficionados in search of treasures at world renown museums, contemporary galleries, and the hip new art scenes sprouting up. THE SOCIAL VIBE The good news is your fellow members are a sharp mix of people who are inquisitive and outgoing. Most are college age mid 20s to early …

Hello: Welcome to the new “Culture Pub Social Mixers for Creative Professionals.” We have new leadership and a changed the name, redefining the group. (former group name was "art, music spoken word," etc. ) About Us: The Leadership Team runs ---another--- very large and active meetup called "Culture Pub of LA" in addition to this one that visits art and literary venues around the Los Angeles area. It's almost 3,000 members strong and sponsored by LACMA. If you are not a creative professional ( …

We get together four times a month in the Los Angeles area for low cost group photo events and workshops. Events range from fashion to lighting to glamour to fine art and are different with every shoot. All events feature lots of live models. Most of our events are held in our Los Angeles studio, with some being on location as well. In addition, we also have events in our studio in San Francisco four times per month. Our events are perfect for people who are looking for a cost effective way …

Light! Whether natural or in the studio light is the heart of every fine photograph. This group is for photographers that want to study light and master it to create beautiful photographs. Learn to see the way the camera sees. Learn to control light, to bend it and mold it to create the image you want. We will be meeting in a great studio in N. Hollywood. Some of our sessions will explore light in the studio with the lighting equipment provided and some will be out in the natural world. Come and …

This is a group of digital creatives in Southern California. This group includes digital artists, graphic designers, web designers, photographers, print makers and musicians. We will cover all aspects of digital art from production to marketing. Teach, learn, grow and make meaningful connections for the future!

There may be the magic of motion capture at night, such as brake light and headlight trails, fire movement and motion blur when passing objects etc; Reflections in water is also a large component of night photography. Night photography attracts many photographers due to its rich color and unveiled reflection of night lights. However the techniques required are quite high and prone to failure. This group wants to invite all members to share ideas and knowledge. How will the group evolve? Well th …

Our goal is to help local shutterbugs - beginners to seasoned professionals - learn about and grow their passion for photography and learn to take and share great photographs. We offer a variety of workshops taught by experienced local photographers with a love for photography. We provide a great learning experience with small class sizes in a comfortable environment at an affordable cost. We offer hands-on workshops as our experience tells us that you learn and retain more doing it rather that …

Free to join #1 L.A portfolio meetup for professional models, photographers &makeup artist. Create a profile, upload your photos and connect with other professionals.  It is open to actors, models, glamour fashion photographer, dancers, MUA, and hairstylist. Whether you’re a student or amateur photographer/model with aspirations or a seasoned professional, I hope this group holds value. We are looking for all who are interested in building stronger skills, and creating learning environment. Grou …

Street photography is the art of exploring life as it happens in the everyday moment, capturing the lives of others with an instant while observing your own, its not about creating photo memories, its about dissolving one's self in the experience of coincidences. It is straight photography in that it shows a pure vision of something, like holding up a mirror to society. Street photography often tends to be ironic and can be distanced from its subject matter, and often concentrates on a single hu …

This group was formed because several friends wanted to learn how to use their everyday digital cameras. It is our mission to make digital photography accessible to all people, and to give the amateur photographer the tools to be able to capture the beauty and action of their lives in order to create lasting memories. We hope to improve and strengthen our meetings, creating an open environment where novices and intermediate photographers will feel comfortable gaining knowledge, and experimenting …

Hello Filmmakers, This meetup is about making films. We will mainly focus on shooting scenes andshorts in class for the purpose of finishing work as part of our curriculum.We will cover the basics of lighting, camera handling and shooting, scene scripts and screenwriting, acting and continuity, shot list and frame selection, acting basics and editing, among others.This is for beginning filmmakers so that they can workshop all theaspects of filmmaking using the equipment (lights, camera, boom mi …

Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA) offers foundational drawing, painting, sculpting and digital art classes for beginning to advanced art students in Van Nuys and Santa Monica school locations as well as online.  For those interested in a 3-year course of study, students may apply to the BFA Degree and Certificate Programs for both Fine Art and Entertainment Art. All art programs are taught by talented professional gallery and entertainment artists. LAAFA recently opened an art study …

This is a wonderful group of shooters who eager to learn more about photography and help each other along the way! No matter if you just a beginner or have an experience, you welcome to join our group. Some of the events are targeted to the beginner level, while the other Meetups will be more advanced. Organizer is making sure to build the schedule base on group needs, so if you have an interesting concept in mind that you would like to work on together, just let us know. Anna Donovan is the org …

Southern California Renegades.... what kinda photo shoot are you interested in? Time to dust off the moped and head south. There are many photography education workshops on the market. None have the Renegade photo vision. Crowded markets need break away mavericks. The Renegade Photo Shoots group is for serious photographers intent on improving their skills, sharing with one another and trying a variety of things. Renegade Photo Shoots does photo education and adventure differently. We create as …

You're a graphic designer and you think in concepts, colors, layout, and texture. You're a web programmer and you dream in code. Sometimes we need to find our perfect match ... to work on that next project.

As of Sept. 26, 2011... I'm the Organizer of this group... Voyeur Explorer. I'm a Photographer. I like to capture beutiful things that nature can offer and turn it to Art. Why i change and added the "Explorer" on the old group name? It's because I believed...a good photographer should always continue to look for new ideas and concept. I will focus on how to take and make Photograph using natural lights and artificial lights... indoors and outdoor setting. These is a meet up group made for …

Calumet Photographic is committed to offering a fresh and interesting variety of events, seminars and exhibits to ensure on-going photo education within the community. From new-product demo days to customer-appreciation sales to a huge selection of photo specific courses, we have tons of events specially designed with your needs in mind. In addition to our photographic workshops, you can ignite your creativity with Certified Training in Photoshop, Lightroom and Fine Art Image Creation. Our Adobe …

The Pasadena Photography Club is for everyone in the local area who likes to shoot MODELS! WE FOCUS ON TEACHING PHOTOGRAPHY!  Our main focus and also what makes us different.  We have a full curriculum that can develop you from a total beginner to a solid intermediate will the skill set to become a professional. Go from learning Shutter, Aperture, ISO and progress to shooting commercial quality shoots for clients.  We teach it all here! WE HAVE OUR OWN STUDIO! Members will have access to our stu …

The goal of the AV Photographers is to help local folks who shoot and live in the Antelope Valley in an informal way. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned photographer, there is something for everybody. Members are to learn to grow their passion for photography and learn to take and share great photographs. We will learn from each other on interesting spots to shoot locally, how to make instead take photograph images. We will learn the art of processing those images in a better workflow and …

de·sign·er noun A person who plans the form, look, or workings of something before its being made or built, typically by drawing it in detail. This group is for all designers from analog to digital that want to share ideas, network, learn, and socialize. It's a meeting place where you can: hear from industry professionals find out about valuable resources have your portfolio reviewed network with others to work together get introduced to new tools, techniques, and classes showcase your own wor …

The primary focus of the group is to help each other create artistic representations of the human form through photography. We will conduct photography workshops for all level of photographers with an artistic and creative vision.

Open to all who want to learn about Lightroom; speed up their workflow, and share hard-won knowledge with fellow enthusiasts. I'm a power LR user and Adobe Certified Expert with tons of ideas on how to teach, learn and share this amazing program. Let's take that steep learning curve and squish it down to a nice, flat easy--and fun--ride!

This is a group for emerging and professional visual artists: painters, sculptors, photographers, digital artists, etc. Let's get together and plan group shows, citywide open studios days, plein air sessions, friendly critiques to help each other, artist dinners, etc.

Greetings, Mobile Artists! I've been touchpainting for more than 3 years, since i got an iPod Touch. Now I'm painting on an iPad and I would like to be more social while painting and drawing. In fact, I'd like to be chatting and maybe having a drink while touchpainting! How about you? If you are creating art on your tablet or phone using the Brushes app, Sketchbook Pro, ArtRage, ProCreate or other drawing and painting apps, you would be a good candidate for this meetup. Often our Meetups will be …

Celebrating 75 years of Art in San Pedro and the Harbor communities The San Pedro Art Association was formed in 1936 by a small group of local artists to bring together creative people with similar interests within the Harbor area community, and to provide a focal point for those with such interests to work together, to learn, and to exhibit their work. In 1953, the San Pedro Art Association became a non-profit corporation providing a structure for the further growth of its membership and activi …

This group was created to assist photographers from amateur to pro in enhancing their skills for shooting and processing lifestyle photography including personal and family portraiture in real world scenarios both in the studio and on-location. These fun and comprehensive workshops consist of theme-type groups shoots and related post processing. Develop your skills in various disciplines for personal, commercial, fine art and agency work. Workshops include: *Working with models *Lighting (natura …

Color Correction for Indie Filmmaking About Color Correction: Color correcting is both a technical process and an art form that relies on an individual’s skill, experience and good taste. Color correction or color grading can elevate the production value significantly and even turn video captured with lower grade cameras into stunning looking images. Almost every TV program, documentary, music video, movie, etc. is color corrected these days. The difference between a graded and uncorrected image …

This is a group meet for photography and film projects. We welcome photographers, models, actors, actresses, MUAs, hairstylists, artists and filmmakers to join our group, promote new concepts and collaborate on projects. We can learn from each others and pool our talents to get the works done! Whether you’re a student or amateur with aspirations or a seasoned professional, we hope this group holds value.  We have meets for group workshop and individual session on a monthly basis.  Connect with u …