This group has been established for photographers and models interested in the art of fashion and sexy swimsuit/lingerie photography. The type of events scheduled should appeal to all skill levels, from the newbie to the aspiring professional. It's all about a community approach in helping each other grow as professionals while having alot of fun in the process. It'll also allow you to get some great shots for your portfolio!

Meet other local photographers to learn from each other and take beautiful pictures together! Our goal is to organize monthly low-cost meetings with various topics. We can do photoshoots in various locations, or have demonstrations of shooting and computer techniques. Amateurs and professionals are welcome to join! A willingness to share is more important than your level of expertise. Digital gear is pretty much a given, and a camera with manual controls is required for most of the planned sh …

Meet fellow shutterbugs and models near you, from San Francisco to San Jose, and beyond! Although we are based in Sunnyvale, we have no geographic limits to our endeavors! Network, attend workshops ,group shoots, and socialize with area professionals. Experiment with different lighting, posing and photographic techniques. Open to all levels of experience, from professionals to serious amateurs and beginners. Learn and share from the experience and knowledge of our experienced photographe …

If you are an aspiring photographer and want to gain the knowledge to elevate your work to a new level, join this group and learn from working pros. If you're a self-taught pro and want to learn specialized techniques from other pros, or teach classes, join this group. Classes and workshops cover a variety of subjects from child photography to commercial architecture. Individual and small group tutoring is available.  This group is led by Jeffery Jay Luhn, a 30+ year veteran pro shooter interest …

MakersFactory is a new educational maker space in downtown Santa Cruz, CA, where students of all ages will learn and use exciting new technology for 3D printing, modeling, animation, and robotics. MakersFactory students and members will be able to design, prototype, and manufacture a wide variety of items, from simple 3D objects to complex mechanical/electronic products. For more information, visit http://makersfactory.com and follow us on Facebook.

Xperience—THE GAME to reach your highest potential while helping other players reach theirs! This game plays out a cooperative model that focuses the collective power of players who are committed to help one another, instead of finding ways to win over on one another. Its a communication tool that brings people to deeper levels of connection quickly. Through a series of events we are building a Community GAME and Timecapsule of eXperiences as an evolving model for any organization, town, city …

The purpose of our Meetup group is to provide photo shoots, workshops and classes as a forum for creative experimentation with portrait photography. We have just opened an amazing 1000 square foot studio in Live Oak, Santa Cruz. So our groups main focus will be studio portraiture with some location portraiture also. We will strive to provide opportunities to experience a variety of portrait settings, models and types of photography including: casual portraits, fashion, glamor, movement, dance, c …

Well, maybe you should. Philosophy wasn't originally about dry hair-splitting, it was an effort to discover the right way to live your life, every day, in the real world. I recently rediscovered Stoicism, a philosophy which was at the height of it's popularity perhaps 18 centuries ago in the weeks after I got laid off from my job of ten years, and I've learned (and relearned a lot of things)—not perfectly, but every day is a new day. I'm learning how to want what I have, rather than needing to …

An exciting opportunity exists for people like you who wish to connect and make use of a proven word-of-mouth advertising model. We are looking for success-oriented professionals and business owners (one from each profession) who are committed to building their business, and wish to connect with like-minded people. Our goal is to boost the local economy with referral networking. Our sole purpose for meeting is to share fresh ideas, and find ways to support each other in business. Successful grou …

Welcome to the Anthony Robbins Leadership Group - Coaching By Amelia forum. This is created for like-minded people who want to meet local fans of Anthony Robbins, the top life transformational Coach & Author. Gather, swap stories, discuss his motivational and life mastery techniques in a mastermind group setting. Amelia Wong, who worked for Anthony Robbins in a capacity of Mastery Mentor for 6 years, provides weekly coaching sessions on various topics for members, who are dedicated to improve th …

KCAT TV 15 is the community television serving Los Gatos and Monte Sereno. I'm Tom Bryan, Executive Director The staff at KCAT TV 15 was looking at starting a production meetup group when it was suggested that we become the organizer for Video University (Video University was slated to be shut down in a few days) Since the original goals of Video University were in line with our goals at KCAT TV 15 we've jumped in. KCAT TV 15 does have an agenda - we're after original content for our station. In …

With technologies such as Google Prediction API and mahout, it should now be easier to add for your website users: recommendations, separate ham from spam, and predict what newsletter content they will not consider spam. Let's explore and discuss these new technologies together and how we can use and efficienly implement/deploy them in our websites/projects/communities. Other applications of prediction/classification/clustering/collaborative filtering that I haven't thought of are welcome!

The World and a Camera is for the photography loving, travel obsessed souls who are looking for an amazing social experience. The aim of this group is to fulfill everyone's globe trotting needs in the company of like-minded individuals. These ain't your daddy's "workshops"! Rather, these are opportunities to experience the world in good company. These are soul-seeking retreats designed to rejuvenate your inner artist and put a fresh pep-in-yo-step. Don't worry though, I won't get all mushy-gushy …

Meet and interact with some of the This Week in Photo hosts, get to know your fellow Twippers, and learn how to take your photography to the next level. This Meetup group will be home to live TWiP events, workshops, photo walks, and more. Everyone is welcome — all skill-levels, camera types, and photographic interests.

Folks, This is group is not for mixers or social gatherings, this is for real film enthusiasts who would like to contribute in process of film making. Whether you are a writer, actor, producer, cameraman... or even a social media person who can help film making in any ways, join us. Each of our meetups will be productive and achieve at least some part of filmmaking milestone. We have three films, liked by financers and are lined up for production. We need all you energetic artists to join us and …

We are bringing sexy back!. This group is for photographers, models, fashion designers, stylists and make up artists that want to take glamour to the next level and create iconic pictures. Inspired by sexy fashion from Helmut Newton, Irving Penn to the new trends seen on Italian and French Vogue. We will have events both in studio as well as on location.