Zoom In Videomakers is a collaborative group of volunteer videographers who are jazzed about local community access to the media.  Our venue sponsor is the Midpeninsula Community Media Center in Palo Alto, California. They cablecast five (5) local channels on Comcast and U-verse and stream live from their website. The Media Center is actively looking for local video content to program on their channels and streams.  One of this group's goals is to create just such local content about local pe …

The purpose of this group is to unite (current and future) HDSLR filmmakers in the Sacramento area. Come and join us to share information, knowledge, great resources and talk about all of this HDSLR mania!

Rather than focusing on one specific profession, we want to mingle with varieties of visual creators; graphic designers, interior designers, product designers, architects, videographers, photographers, filmmakers and more. Visual creators should have something in common and expand their expertise in different directions, but we all probably want to get inspired by other visual creators. The main activity of this group is social mixers, which help members meet new visual creators, get inspiration …

The Professional Videographers of the North Bay is the ONLY networking and mutual support organization exclusively serving the needs of video professionals in Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties. We come together once a month to share our work, improve our craft, and just generally to have a good time. We usually meet on the second Thursday of the month at a location in Sonoma County, usually Petaluma. We have three categories of membership: Production Members (those earning income from video produ …

I've always been fascinated in capturing experience. As a designer and photographer much of my work has been about storytelling, where I've tried to incorporate as much of the original experience as possible. This group is all about that, getting together and capturing experiences together for others to enjoy. Less about the individual photo and more about the combined result. If you're passionate about photography (or video for that matter) please do join. We're planning to set up some unique f …

This meetup is for the purpose of networking among an ever growing but over looked group of creative people. If you're in any industry of creativity including but not limited to: Art, Fashion, Music, Web Design, Film, Hair&Makeup, Photography, Videography, Performing Art, or Modeling. Join our group! We will be posting tons of different networking opportunities going on around San Francisco for people in the Creative-Industry; by profession or hobby, come join us, "There's alot of us, Let's meet …

To understand what we are about, watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=vWeQfNpW9sQ This was a group for people interested in issues such as sustainability and economic justice and wanting to create a complementary currency for San Francisco Bay Area. That currency has since been created. Check it out: www.bay-bucks.com. Bay Bucks is a social startup. Our goal is not VC-funding, acquisition by Google/Facebook etc, or high-profile IPO. It will be crowd-funded, structured as a non-profi …

The Bay Area Nature Journal Club is a diverse community of artists and naturalists, of all levels, who meet together to connect to nature through art. Through free monthly field trips, hands on technique workshops, and community events we explore the Bay Area, developing our artistic and naturalist skills and deepening our love of nature. The club and its activities are a program of the National Wildlife Federation of California. We welcome the diverse communities of the region. The program is i …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning and making videos for fun and profit. The main function is to bring together everyone interested in the video revolution taking place today. Now, virtually anyone can be involved in the creation of quality, entertaining programs by linking experienced and inexperienced individuals with a common goal. There is a great wealth of resources available in the San Francisco bay area available to everyone ranging meetup groups like this, to community tel …

This is a gathering point for all of us finding our way in learning how to live creative in San Francisco. For filmmakers, video producers, camera ops, relevant start-ups, writers, coders, designers, actors, financiers, brain-stormers, make-up artists, costume designers, etc. A place to network, start projects, source talent, find a job and imagine new possibilities for how we can all leverage our contacts, talents and ideas to create more and better work. There is a chapter already started in N …

The Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA) is a network of people in all aspects of the independent publishing industry. We are a non-profit educational organization linking writers with the services they need to publish and sell their work. Our meetings are an opportunity to gather information, exchange ideas, share successes and challenges, meet supportive professionals, and ask questions about the rapidly changing industry. Openness and enthusiasm have been the hallmark of the gr …

A group of wedding professionals in California's Central Valley, committed to excellence in the wedding and event industry. This group is an inclusive group, free of hang-ups and clicks and enjoy networking on a professional level to progress professionally, and grow personally.

Come and hang out with people working on crowdfunding projects. Learn what makes a crowdfunding campaign successful from panelists who have succeeded (or failed) in funding their own ideas.  Find opportunities for collaboration, whether you're a maker, videographer, photographer, or social media strategist.