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Inside Note: You can click on the above links to go directly to the article; or you can scroll through the entire newsletter. You can also print the entire newsletter. April 1, 2008 Chuck Veatch will present an exciting Program about Nature's Best Photography winning images and tell "why they won". He will also discuss how the overall annual international photography competition is judged, how their magazine cover photographs are chosen, how they select the articles, how the magazine "comes together" and the new upload of images. Chuck is a nationally respected nature photographer who did all the photography
and writing and published the book, "The Nature of Reston", about
the flora and fauna of this celebrated area of Virginia. He is a Vice President of Nature's Best Publishing and is part owner and actively engaged in day to day activities of "Nature's Best Magazine", including image selection and editorial content. Chuck is a past president of NVPS and was named a Photographer of the Year 4 times by NVPS. He is a 2- time graduate of the Freeman Patterson workshops in Canada and is a frequent judge and lecturer on photography and visual design. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Reston Arts Center, the Fairfax County Parks Foundation, the Endowment Board for the National Wildlife Federation, and the Advisory Board for the Potomac Conservancy. Chuck is a great lover of nature, a passionate and very talented photographer, and great friend of NVPS. Chuck regrets that he will not be able to come to dinner with NVPS members
on 1 April. Tom Brett
Scott Musson Thank you all for your kind words about my article last month “An Ounce of Prevention” about backing up your precious image files so a hard drive failure won’t mean losing all of your images. In the process of discussing this topic with many people I discovered that not a lot of people have a file organization plan, but have somewhat randomly put files in directories/folders and consequently have a very hard time finding groups of images let alone specific images.
This month I would like to share my methodology of organizing my image files on my computer's file system which of course is replicated on an external hard drive.
they will sort alphabetically (April, August, etc.) and Now within a specific shoot, further divide the directories. I have a sub directory for my Photoshop files (called PSD) and one for my JPEGs called JPEG and I leave my RAW files in the top directory (Example 03_09_2008 - US Botanical Gardens).
Scott Musson “The best place to photograph is where ever you are” – Freeman
Patterson
As required by the club bylaws, a slate of candidates for next year was announced at the March program meeting. The candidates are:
Additional nominations for these positions will be accepted at the April program meeting and the vote will be held at the May program meeting. April 15, 2008 Geometry in Photography is the announced
theme for the NVPS APRIL 15, 2008 monthly competition. (For detailed theme
definitions, please check the NVPS
website). Not only is this a themed
competition, but it is time-dated as well, meaning the original image capture
must have occurred within 2 years of the competition date. Kathryn A. Brown,
full-time, self-employed, commercial photographer since 1983, will be returning
to NVPS as the judge. Her specialties include 35mm coverage of a wide range
of special events and corporate needs but also architectural photography
done with large format 4X5 equipment. Kathryn's training includes a BA
degree in Art from Penn State, and an AAS degree in Commercial Photography
from NVCC. Kathryn's fine art photography has been exhibited and won awards
in one-person, group and juried shows in galleries such as the Art League
and (former) Perry House in Old Town, the Ellipse in Arlington, and the
(former) Rock Creek Art Barn in DC. She is also a juried exhibiting member
of the Artisans United Gallery in Annandale. Additionally, she has been
repeatedly invited by camera clubs in the region to judge their architectural
subjects competitions. She is on the boards of several local arts organizations,
including the Del Ray Artisans where she is a committed and active founding
member of this dynamic community arts group, and exhibits regularly.
Her photography represents a deep love not only for her medium, but also for the essence of her subject. She has pursued photography as a form of expression for nearly 40 years, and although she will point her cameras at any subject in search of successful composition, her preference is to isolate and capture the details of life whether here in the US or in European and Mediterranean lands, or up close to colorful neon tubes. Much of her personal work has become abstraction, the art of removing from context and creating a new reality. Her Living Land, Mediterranean and Archtitecture series do indulge in the joy of fully representational imagery, but her Architecture in the Abstract and Frozen Neon series revel in the freedom of abstraction, inviting the viewer to enjoy life from a different perspective.
The above images won 1st place in their respective categories in the December Competition. A larger version can be seen by clicking on each image.
Amie Tannenbaum VP Competitions
717-398-9705 miladyamie@aol.com
If you attended the Novice Digital Projection competition this month, you had an opportunity to see a catastrophic failure of the digital projection software. We attempted to use a function that we have never used in competition before which allows up to twelve of the remaining images to be projected on a single slide. I had tested the feature with less than spectacular results in the past, but after making some changes to the software to support PowerPoint 2007 the feature had worked flawlessly during testing. As so often happens, the difference between testing and production uncovers unforeseen issues in software. We have not identified the specific issue that caused the PowerPoint Add-in to crash, but the failure forced us to reload the competition images and run through the images removing the ones that were no longer in play. This took what had to seem like an inordinate amount of time to anyone not frantically attempting to get the competition back together. We will be doing more testing of this function, which has been frequently requested by judges, to see if we can get it working, or at least get it into a position where it will fail gracefully rather than locking the software and forcing us to start over again. I apologize for the delay in what was already a long night and I hope that it does not persuade anyone to stop submitting digital images for competiton. Images for Digital Competitions must be uploaded by 6 PM on the Sunday preceding the competition. The upload location is: http://nvps.org/dc/. Help for uploading can be found at: http://nvps.org/main//misc/digital-competition-info/ . Matthew G. Schmidt
AIPAD – The Photography Show
Saturday, April 12 The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) will
present The AIPAD Photography Show New York will run from Thursday, April 10 through Sunday, April 13, 2008, at the Park Avenue Armory at 67th Street in New York City. Show hours will be:
Transportation: To get to NYC, I recommend either of two transportation methods. You can take the train from Union Station for approximately $142, or the bus for $50 round trip. The Vamoose bus service (http://www.vamoosebus.com/) leaves from 1801 N Lynn St Arlington, VA on Sat, April 12, at 7:45 AM, (near the Rosslyn Metro), for $25 each way and only one stop in Bethesda. Returning from NYC the bus departs from 255 W 31 St. bet. 7 & 8 Ave New York, NY on Sunday at 9:30 and 11:30 AM, or 2:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:30 and 7:00 PM. (Sat departures from NYC are at 2:00 4:30 and 7:00PM). Please reserve a seat from their web site, although tickets are purchased via cash or checks on the bus. Great Smoky National
Park April 23-27 REMINDER: Bob Friedman has reserved eight rooms at the Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Parkside (was Comfort Inn in 2007) in Townsend, TN. He reserved the last eight non-smoking rooms available. The rooms have two queen beds. If you are interested, call to make your room reservations, 1-865-448-9000. The rooms will be held until April 12th. Just ask for the rooms held for NVPS. Use Bob Friedman's name if necessary. The cost is: $53.99 + tax for the first two nights $89.99 + tax for the next night $80.99 + tax for the last two nights. Please let Bob know if you are going to be there. He can make some dinner reservations for at least the first night. Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Parkside , 7824 E Lamar Alexander Parkway (along US-321) in Townsend, TN 37882 - Phone: 1-865-448-9000. Details were published in the November FotoFax. Bob Friedman VA Gold Cup Steeplechase Races May 3, 2008 Please come enjoy the 83rd running of the world famous Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase race, Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia! The Virginia Gold Cup is a grand spring tradition as well as a fixture on the social calendar. Run in Fauquier County since 1922 and attended by over 45,000 spectators, this race is one of the largest and most popular sporting events in the greater Washington metropolitan area. Race day features seven hurdle and timber horses races, Jack Russell Terrier races, tent, tailgate and hat contests, a parachute demonstration, and over 30 vendor booths for shopping. Please take a look at the web site for full details. The races are ongoing all day, with a variety of scattered events such as dog races and parachute drops. It is an event where you bring a picnic lunch, perhaps a lawn chair, your photo gear and spend the day touring the sites, or photographing from our tiered home location rail area. I can have approximately 15-25 sign up for this. Please don’t delay or you may miss out! I have booked a SOUTH RAIL 1 reservation for the NVPS Field Trip. My rail space package includes one reserved rail area 12’ x 20’, right up front (and near a jump supposedly), three General Admission car passes (which includes up to 6 passengers per vehicle) and six Members Hill Badges. General Admission Car Passes run $75.00 for each additional vehicle, again up to six per vehicle. We can rotate usage of the six Members Hill badges between those attending. Admission and Rail 1 space costs will be split up among those participating. This is an event which will run each attendee somewhere between $33- $40, depending on participation, which does not include food or beverages but will be a wonderful day of great photographic opportunities. I will supply a pickup truck parked in our area, which will allow photographing from a somewhat higher elevation (two tiers of photographers) and storage of any articles you may wish. I will also provide a table or two for a picnic style lunch. All other vehicles associated with our group will be parked in the general, but very ample parking lots. Bring your lawn chairs, photo gear and picnic. I suspect this may be a very popular event, so please sign up early! Be sure to supply your email address and phone number on the sign-up sheet so I will be able to notify you of updates. artDC This even has been cancelled. See: http://www.dc-artfair.com Kenilworth Gardens More information forthcoming. Check out the web site. http://www.nps.gov/kepa Chincoteague Pony Swim August 1st Experience a unique and up-close view of the ponies of Chinconteague on their return trip to Assateague. Over 100 horses make the return trip, and they can often be seen frollicking in the sand once back on shore. Roy Widgeon, member of the Virginia Beach Photography Club and resident of the Eastern Shore, has volunteered to put together trips to his home island for the club. For this trip, he's working with a friend and charter-boat captain to give VBPC members (and other area club members) a unique opportunity to get some great shots of these fine horses on their annual swim. Most boats go straight back to shore after the very short swim across by the ponies, but the captian of The Tortuga, a fellow amateur enthusiast, has promised to keep us taking photos for a couple of hours! The best shots of those shared with the Captain will receive credit on the captain's web page www.fishawn.com)! Roy says, The best way to experience the pony swim is by boat as they make their way from shore to shore in late July. The major problem with this is that it is really expensive to get a spot on the boat for the initial swim. I have contacted a Chincoteague charter captain who has plenty of spots for the not so well known swim back of the horses on August 1st, and the captain is giving us the opportunity to fill the boat with photographers before he opens it up to the public. August 1st · 50ft vessel with a cabin restroom Price per person $75.00 (as compared to $125 for initial swim) if we share
the boat (in this case, we're not guaranteed a special two-hour photo tour) Registration Deadline Feb 15th (Now extended to May 6th!) NVPS members should sign up through the club. If you do this trip, you'll need to be in Chinconteague very early. You'll probably want to stay overnight, at least the night before. Roy's found a couple of nearby hotels with good rates · Best Western Exmore, VA. they are about 44.4 miles away with
a drive time of +- 1 hour http://www.easternshoreinn.com/ Sign-up Information You can sign up at a club meeting,
by e-mailing me at tek7@cox.net or
by calling me at (703) 938-6391 most evenings. Although email is
preferred, if urgent call my blackberry (day) or cell (eves) at (571) 201-0497
and (571) 217-1010 respectively.
Teresa Klinkosz
Andy Klein Photography has been an interest for Andy for a long time.
After substantial cajoling, his parents bought a used Argus C3 when he
was eleven. A Kodak Retina was next and its Schneider lens was quite capable.
Andy spent some years in the black and white darkroom as student, printer,
and teacher and moved over to color and B&W slides where he has been
for many years. The goal of this forum is to share Andy Klein's journey to find a personal style. Andy will present three personal portfolios, each containing about 30 photographs. As Freeman Patterson is wont to say, "The camera shoots both ways." So, each portfolio has personal meaning and captures a photographic passion. The discussion of the photographs will be about their personal meaning and how they have come to define a personal "style". Mary O'Neill
April 22, 2008 Susan Breen has been a member of NVPS since 2004. Her interest in photography began at an early age when her parents entrusted her with documenting family outings and vacations. However, her first learning experiences came when she joined NVPS and participated in workshops and competitions, listened, observed, absorbed and put into practice what she learned. Her subjects range from landscapes to the minute close focus of flowers. She has two loves in photography and one of them is photographing people - especially taking candid photographs of people in the streets of various cities and places she happens to be in. And that is what she will present in the next upcoming Members Gallery Forum. Frank Mertes received his undergraduate degree in Engineering from Northwestern University. Subsequently he was awarded a Masters and the Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from Iowa State University. He was employed as a Project Manager at TRW Defense and Space Systems Group in Washington, D.C. In 1990 he resigned from TRW to devote more time to travel and photography. In 1993, 1995, and 1997 Frank was named as Photographer of the Year by the Northern Virginia Photographic Society. Over 30 of his photographs have been accepted in juried at media art exhibits conducted by The Art League, Vienna Arts Society, and the Fairfax Council for the Arts. In 1998 his photograph of Antelope Canyon was selected for a first place award in the Open Exhibition sponsored by the Arts Council of Fairfax County and juried by J. Carter Brown, Director Emeritus of the National Gallery. His photographs are currently available for purchase at the Art League Gallery in the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria. Frank has photographed Western Europe in depth during 25 trips to the Continent. He also has photographed extensively in South America, the Orient, Morocco, and Kenya, as well as in the United States. When not traveling, he resides with his wife, Corinne, in Oakton, Va. Luella Murri
April 8, 2008 Several Alliance Camera club members have completed Joe Miller’s Seminar on Judging. Three of them, Ed Knepley, Warren Stanley, and Tom Sullivan, will critique images April 8th, 7:30 PM, at the Dunn Loring Fire Station. Critiques are intended to give you educational feedback and enable you to learn about visual design and other attributes of good photography from observing the critique of images made by you and others. We encourage you to consider submitting images that were taken on field trips, in response to recent workshop topics, or are eligible for the April Geometry in Photography- themed competition. To give the “critquers” adequate time to discuss individual images there will be a limit of three images per person. (Even with this image-number limit, it may not be possible to critique all submitted images depending on the number of entries.) You are encouraged to submit your pictures as digital or film slides, rather than prints, because they are easier for the audience to view. You should feel free, however, to bring prints, if you wish. Regardless of what media you submit, please designate your priority preferences—one, two, or three—in case we have too many entries. For film slides (and prints) we will have three trays (stacks) designated, 1, 2, and 3 into which you are to sort you pictures. The “critiquers” will critique all the 1-preferences before moving the 2’s. If you bring prints or film slides, please arrive several minutes early to sort your images in the correct stack or tray. If you plan to submit digital slides, please attach them to an email addressed to Minnie Gallman (pggallman@verizon.net) and send them to her by 6 PM, Sunday, April 6th. Put “Critique Workshop Image(s)” in the Subject box. Images should not exceed 1024 pixels wide or 768 pixels high and the maximum file size is under 1 megabyte. Please name your digital slides by designating the preference first, followed by your name, and title; e.g., 1-Bill Prosser-Seneca Window. If you have questions you may contact either Bill or Minnie. Workshop Coordinators:
Ed Knepley
Judy McGuire
NVPS Members as Judges
Photographers of Northern Virginia Repeat programs of Photographers of Northern Virginia are now being shown on a regular basis on Fairfax Public Access Channel 30 every Monday at 3:30 p.m. and every Friday at 3 p.m. They will no longer be shown on Channel 10. The April schedule is as follows:
The schedule can also be found on the NVPS website (http://nvps.org/main/upcoming/tv_program_photographers_of_no/). Luella Murri
It is hard to believe, but the end of year banquet is soon upon us. ..soon enough to mark your calendars for June 6th, the first Friday in June. We will have a cash bar at 6, a buffet dinner at 7, and festivities to follow. The superb winning photographs of competition winners throughout the year will be on display. The photographer of the year will be honored, there will be a speaker, prizes, oh, yes, and did I mention food. Prices will be $35 per person paid in advance. Send or hand your checks to Fred Chitty, Treasurer, made out to NVPS. The same tickets will cost $40 each at the door. We will be at the Tysons Westpark Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive, Mclean (703 734 2800). This is half a mile west of the beltway on the north side of Rt. 7. It is the same place we were last year. Andy Klein
That Creep!
Georgette Grossman In an unprecedented move, two camera manufacturing giants have collaborated to produce a new camera with something for everyone. Canon and Nikon have jointly announced the Cankon 41. It comes with a 41 Megapixal full frame foveon sensor. It is designed to far surpass images possible with either company’s current offerings. In addition, the Cankon 41 operates as a film camera through its advanced mirroring system that can direct the light coming through the lens at either medium. Moreover, it can switch between the two modes so rapidly, that virtually the same image can be captured in both places with one press of the shutter. As one might expect, the camera comes with two sets of lens adaptors, making it usable with your current lenses, whether they’re Canon or Nikon. There are optional adaptors to permit Zeiss and Leica lenses to be used as well. Similarly, either Nikon or Canon flashes can be mounted and will provide full through-the-lens advanced metering. The perspective control feature automatically shifts the sensor in relation to the lens to avoid those nasty perspective problems. The Cankon 41 allows you to say “goodbye” to leaning buildings! One feature, not seen in either manufacturer’s line previously is the patented composition advisor. There is a rule-of-thirds indicator that illuminates in the viewfinder when the subject is at one of the power spots in the frame. The advanced microcomputer in the camera is also capable of identifying and highlighting in the viewfinder, geometric patterns (both subject- and design-based), rhythmic repetitions and esthetic balance. Up/down/left/right indicators illuminate to direct the photographer to move the camera to capture a superior picture. One enthusiastic prototype tester said, “If only they had put legs on the camera, I’d be able to send it out on its own early in the morning and go back to sleep, confident that I’d have some award winning images when it returned.” The new Cankon 41 goes on sale April 1st and has a list price of $4,108. April F. Uhl
Events LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph Last year Charlottesville, Virginia hosted the first annual LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. We transformed the historic downtown Charlottesville into a "living image" with world-class photography exhibitions, outdoor projections, master presentations, film screenings, and special events. This coming June 12-14, we will do it all over again with an all-new lineup of photographers, including our three featured artists: Mary Ellen Mark, Joel-Peter Witkin, and James Nachtwey. Full details including a slideshow from last year can be found on our website: www.look3.org New in 2008 are the LOOK3 Workshops and Project Critique Sessions. Photographers of all skill levels will find invaluable instruction and experience by enrolling in classes taught by renowned photographers David Alan Harvey, William Albert Allard, Eugene Richards and Lynn Johnson. The shooting workshops will be intense 5-day courses (June 7-12) in which students will craft a body of work from start to finish during the week, learn to work under a deadline, edit and sequence their images, and develop and refine their skills as a shooter. Andrew Owen
Festival of the Photograph
Andrew Owen
Operations Manager
P.O. Box 1541
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434.977.FOTP (3687)
Photographic Society of America
Tom Hady Exhibition Opportunities National Wildlife Federation Contest NWF invites you to submit your favorite nature images to their 2008 Photo Contest. Cash prizes totaling $18,000 plus camera equipment and other gifts will be awarded to the winners in three separate divisions: professional, amateur and youth. The grand prize winner will receive $5,000. Plus, a portfolio of award-winning entries will be published in the 2008 December/January issue of the magazine. The deadline for all submissions: July 1, 2008. For more details about the categories, how to submit your photos and other information, read the official rules at: http://www.nwf.org/photozone. Workshops and Tours Bill Folsom
Classes are held at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. Bill Folsom Adobe Lightroom Jeff Burton will teach Adobe Lightroom at the Vienna Community Center, Saturday, April 5th. Jeff Burton Nature Photography Workshops Christine Bowles will be offering 3 nature photography workshops this spring in Howard County, MD.
She is offering a 10% discount for students who register by February 29, 2008. Christine Bowles Fairfax County Adult and Community Education Wayne Wolfersberger will be teaching the following photography classes among others this spring through the Fairfax County Adult and Community Education Center (ACE). More information, including how to sign up can be found at http://www.fcps.edu/aceclasses.
Tours for Photographers Ltd.
Nicholas Reuss ARPS John Shaw - Nature & Digital Photography Seminar Well known nature photographer, John Shaw, will present two seminars in Baltimore on April 12-13. The first day is devoted to Nature Photography. The second day covers Digital Photography and Digital Workflow. Cost is $225 for the entire weekend or $160 for one day. More information can be found at the Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris website: http://www.photosafaris.com. Josh Taylor's Workshop Schedule
More information can be found at http://www.archiphotoworkshops.com Corey Hilz’s 2008 Location Workshop Schedule
Corey Hilz’s 2008 Local Class and Workshop Schedule
Details about each workshop (and photo galleries) can be found at www.CoreyHilz.com in the “Instruction” section. Feel free to contact Corey with any questions: corey@coreyhilz.com 2008 VA Safaris
10% discount for repeat participants 10% discount for camera club members To sign up for a Va Photo Safari go to www.vasafaris.com. Jack Nevitt & Alan DeFelice Costa Rica Costa Rica awaits, come photograph BATS, birds and more with Wildlife Photo Tours in 2008. Costa Rica is home to all three species of Vampire bats and we hope to photograph all three. Additionally, Costa Rica is home to some of the most magnificent birds on the planet! Other tours for 2008 include Bosque del Apache, Aransas, TX for Whooping Cranes, and bats and venomous reptiles in Arizona and New Mexico. Visit our website at www.wildlifephototour.com for additional tour information. Loudoun Photography Club Meetings are held on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 7:00 pm at the Cascades Library or as indicated. Program: WEDNESDAY, April 9th
- Ian Plant, Photographing the Chesapeake Bay
Manassas Warrenton Camera
Club Program: Digital and print
competition see below.
Self-Improvement Outing: Sat (4/12) at 8:00am… Green Springs Park… topic is “Proportion”.
200mm Marco Lens: Nikon 200mm MACRO f4 lens for sale. The three year old lens is in pristine condition. Will sell for $650 or best offer, was over $1400 when purchased new locally. Contact Wayne Wolfersberger 703-476-6048 or wwolfers@verizon.net Nikon Coolpix P4: features
8.1 effective megapixels of image resolution and delivers professional-quality
imaging power to the average consumer. The high-quality 3.5x Zoom- Nikkor
lens has a focal range equivalent to that of a 36-126mm lens in 35mm format
and the large and bright 2.5-inch LCD makes for easy viewing in all conditions.
The camera is compact and lightweight, measuring just 3.6 x 2.4 x 1.2 inches
and weighing less than six ounces. In like new condition. $175 and it is
yours. Contact Andy Klein at 703 395 2804 or at andrew-klein@cox.net
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