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NEW LOCATION, NEW TIMES
New Meeting Location: Manatee Technical College – Main Campus, 6305 FL-70, Bradenton, FL.
Please Note: This is a secure building. You will need to provide an ID at the check-in desk as you enter the building. Please arrive a few minutes early for this process.
5:15 to 6:00 pm: Pre-Meeting Foto-Focus with Art Napolitano
Topic: Basic Computer Requirements for Still Photography.
Photography is one of the most difficult tasks we ask our personal computers to perform. Here are some thoughts on how to set up your personal computer to ease its use for photography
6:00 to 6:30 pm: Gather, Socialize, Buy 50/50 Tickets, Vote for People's Choice
6:30 pm: General Meeting with Guest Speaker Joe Nuzzo
Topic: AI for Photographers: Creativity Meets Technology
AI is changing photography—but it doesn’t
have to replace your creativity. In this presentation, “AI for Photographers: Creativity Meets Technology,” Joe Nuzzo shows how modern tools like Lightroom, Photoshop, Evoto AI, and Luminar Neo can speed up culling, enhance portraits, clean up distractions, and open up new creative looks—without turning your images into fake, overcooked cartoons.
We’ll walk through live examples, including real-time portrait previews with the Evoto Instant App, discuss where AI shines, where it fails, and how to set your own ethical boundaries. You’ll leave with practical ideas you can use on your very next shoot and a clear understanding of how to let AI handle the boring stuff while you stay in charge of the art.
About Joe:
Meet Joseph "Joe" Nuzzo, of Lakewood Ranch, Florida! By day, he's capturing the perfect real estate shots, making brides and grooms look like movie stars, and herding families into frame with the finesse of a seasoned photographer. But Joe's photographic journey started in college. It was there that he faced a dilemma. He could work a job and make money, or eat less... a lot less. Clearly, food won that battle and Joe took a job working in the trenches of a camera store. Despite his culinary priorities, Joe's love affair with photography was born.
He has since been known to snap a pic or two, or a few thousand, just for the sheer joy of it. Rumor has it he once photographed a particularly photogenic pizza just for fun – who knew sauce and cheese could be so camera-ready? When he's not behind the lens, Joe generously shares his photographic wisdom on his YouTube channel and website, offering a blend of education and humor that makes learning about f-stops and shutter speeds almost as enjoyable as devouring a well-photographed pizza. Who says you can't have your cake and photograph it too? Joe certainly doesn't – he's too busy making every snapshot a delicious masterpiece!
Learn more about Joe on his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@ShutterSpeak or on his website at https://shutterspeak.net/
