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Editor: Sam Schaen - Email: Editor@NVPS.org
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. November 4 , 2008 Over the years, Don Johnson has had a number of his photographs
published. In February 1997, Popular Photography, billed as “the
world’s
largest imaging magazine,” selected one of his photographs for
its Your Best Shot column. He has also produced cover
photographs for The AOPA Pilot magazine and Ballooning:
The Journal of the Ballooning Federation of America. In addition,
Mr. Johnson had three of his images published in the fall 2006 issue
of Nature’s
Best magazine, one of which appeared on the cover of the issue.
Another photograph in the issue was selected as the top Zoo
and Aquarium photograph
of the year. Two of his images from the magazine, including the winning Zoo
and Aquarium image, were displayed at the Smithsonian Institution’s
National Museum of Natural History. Don will be joining interested members for dinner at 6:00 pm at Chili's—if
you're planning to attend, please rsvp to Mary at mary.m.o'neill@gsk.com Mary O'Neill
The NVPS workshop for November 11th at the Dunn Loring Fire Station will cover portrait photography. Fred Chitty will present the workshop and cover Portrait basics, Posing, Wardrobe, Photographic KEY, Lighting Basics and Fill Flash for Environmental Portraits. Following the presentation he will demonstrate a portrait session to show effects that different lighting set ups will make. NVPS members will have the opportunity to try it themselves, using Fred's lights and their own cameras. You can even bring your own model or photographic subject. If there are any questions, please contact one of the Workshop Coordinators:
Competition Judge Based in Alexandria, VA and Stonington, Maine photographer Barbara Southworth has a passion to be outdoors and a vision rooted in the woods and waters of the east coast. Noted particularly for panoramic images and masterful prints, her work is featured in private, institutional and corporate collections, exhibitions and installations, including Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge’s Herbert H. Bateman Center in sizes up to 30 feet long. She believes we owe a debt of gratitude to all who work to sustain whole communities and places through private and public conservation. Her goal is “to communicate as truly as, and as much as is visually possible, the whole experience, the ineffable sense, of being bound to a place through its trees and plants, rocks and waters.” Maine is her muse. She leads classes and workshops combining hiking and photography independently and for the Smithsonian and Northern Virginia Community College, and offers digital imaging classes and consulting. Please plan on joining Barbara at Chili's for some informal socializing before the competition at 6:00 PM. If you have any questions, please contact Sandi Croan at pashli@aol.com or Matthew Schmidt at mgs@loreleistudios.com. Below are some images that received a first place award in the October competition. Clicking on one of the pictures will display a larger version. First place winners in future competitions may be submitted to editor@nvps.org. Submitted photos should have maximum width and height of 1024 pixels and 768 pixels respectively. Images should be sent to editor@nvps.org by the Friday following the competition.
October Competition Results
The NVPS autumn weekend field trip will be to the Chincoteague National
Wildlife Refuge. The trip coincides with peak waterfowl
migration and should also offer photo opportunities for local wildlife,
including the Sika Elk and the Chincoteague ponies. There are beaches,
dunes, forests, salt marshes and freshwater areas that offer numerous
photographic possibilities. Also, there is a lighthouse and other
seaside items of interest. Additional information about the NWR
can be found at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/chinco/introduction.htm Chincoteague lodging is reasonably priced at this time of
year. A group
dinner on Friday and Saturday night. Gerry Abbott
November 25 Have you ever wondered about entering your images into international exhibitions? NVPS member Tom Hady has been entering prints and slides in international exhibions for more than 25 years and has had his images exhibited well over 1000 times! He enjoys putting his work up against that of photographers from around the world and believes there are many in NVPS who might enjoy it too. On the November 25 Forum night, he will talk about what these exhibitions are, why you might want to enter and the "nuts and bolts" of entering them--how to find out about them, how to enter and what images do well. Gayle Dennis
Digital Projection Bob and Willa Friedman have been actively photographing for the last three years. Bob had a darkroom when he was growing up, while Willa came to photography very suddenly after they were married. After graduating from college, Willa was an instructor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. She was given a choice of several assignments as a summer project. These included cleaning small animal cages and filing old paperwork. One choice was photographing wildlife in city parks. She chose the photography and was handed an SLR camera and a light meter. Over the following weekend, Bob taught her enough to have a photo published in a fourth grade social studies textbook. Bob continued to pursue his hobby with a dark room in their home, and supported the hobby by photographing weddings and Bar Mitzvahs. Eventually with pressures of work and children, the darkroom became a storage closet. As they approached retirement, they both drifted back into photography and have taken courses in the basics of photography as well as several workshops, most recently in Kingston, New Brunswick with Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant. They continue to study Photoshop with Eliot Cohen. Willa and Bob are both shooting digitally and use Nikon equipment. They do their own printing on an Epson photographic printer Both have had photographs juried into the Meadowlark Photo Expo. They have also exhibited at Hendry House in Arlington, VA and the Fairfax County Government Center. Willa has a photograph in the permanent collection of the Joseph Miller Center for the Photographic Arts and won second place in a contest run by the JCRC to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Israel. Bob has a photo in the 2009 Burke and Herbert Bank calendar. They will have a show of some of these photos at Temple Rodef Shalom in January 2009. Bob shoots scenery, wildlife and the grandchildren. Willa tends to include architecture, city life and wild flowers as well. A selection of their images may be seen on their website, www.willaandbobphotography.com. Dale Williams was introduced to photography in the mid-1940s by his
grandfather who, with his Kodak folding camera, tripod, light meter and
black cloth, took those reversed images from the frosted glass and made
black and white prints. Other than some experimentation with "drugstore
cameras" during the early teen years, Dale's interest in photography
lay dormant until he entered the military after college and was stationed
on Europe. Photographing military sites was part of his duties and the
desire to record the beautiful scenery, culture and architecture reawakened
his interest.
In his spare time, Dale has worked as a freelance writer and photographer
with articles and photos published in numerous technical and travel magazines.
In his later years, subject matter has varied, but is mostly concentrated
on nature, scenery and images that tell a story, as seen by the photographer/artist.
Many of his photos can be seen on his website at www.fdwphotoart.com.
Luella Murri
Bob Friedman and Ed Ruggiero Bob Friedman and Ed Ruggiero had photos selected for the Burke and Herbert Bank 2009 calendar. Their photos were selected from over 125 submitted. Sandi Croan 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 October 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
NVPS Member Web Site Links Did you know that you can have your photography website linked to the NVPS web site? Just send your request to webadmin@nvps.org and we’ll add your web site to the Members Web site section. Please note that you must be a member in good standing with your dues paid in full for the year. Also note those who are currently listed and have not paid their NPVS dues by Nov 15, 2008 will be removed from the NVPS. Show off your photography website to other members by requesting a link to your site! Wanted, Good Articles on Photography Written by You! We’re always looking for member authored articles for the f-Stop section of the website. Contributions should be submitted to webadmin@nvps.org, and of course must be related to photography in some way. Submit your article and you’ll help other learn what you already know! Scott Musson The website address for PSA has changed to http://www.psa-photo.net. Please adjust your bookmark to the new address. This change will also apply to official PSA email addresses. The domain name at the end of each email address will change to psa-photo.net. For example, the PSA President can now be reached via email at prespsa@psa-photo.net. The previous website address is no longer affiliated with PSA. If you have questions you can contact PSA Headquarters. Photographic Society of America
Camera Donations Sought The photography teacher at Mount Vernon HS is looking for donations of film cameras. Usually, there are 3 or 4 kids who cannot afford film cameras in her classes each year. This year because of the economy, there are almost 20 kids. The teacher, Ms. Stevens, lets the kids "check out" film cameras that have been donated to the classroom and she is very short this year, causing kids to have to share the few cameras that she has. It is a great classroom program where the kids spend half of their time learning the art of developing their own photos and the other half learning the fine points of digital. If you have any old film cameras that you would like to donate, contact, Lee Braun at 703-623-0301 or leebraun2@aol.com. She is more than willing to come to you to pick them up. If you have any questions for the teacher please contact her at Kathi.Stevens@fcps.edu. Bill Vanderpool & Nancy Dubiell
Windsor International Photo Seminar On the weekend of November 14 15 16, a photo seminar will be held. This year we have Freeman Patterson, Daryl Benson and Charles Needle For more information, see https://www.internationalphotoseminar.com. Don Martel FotoWeek DC, the first annual celebration of photography in the nation's capital, will take place November 15-22, 2008. A notice was in the October FotoFax (http://www.nvps.org/main/docs/fotofax/2008/2008-10.html#FotoWeek). Also, more information can be found at: http://www.FotoWeekDC.org Wide
Asleep Czech-American photographer Michael Borek's work ranges from the playful fairytale-like balloon sailing over Prague to an ominous scene from a Santa Fe railway depot that is evocative of a David Lynch movie. Embassy of the Czech Republic Reception: Thursday, November 6; 7-9 PM Friends of Banshee Reeks, Inc., announces their first photo contest, Banshee Reeks: Nature’s Oasis. Banshee Reeks is a 700-acre of nature preserve that is operated by Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services. It is supported by the Friends of Banshee Reeks, Inc., a volunteer, nonprofit organization. Photographic opportunities abound in forested, hillside, meadow, wetland and streamside landscapes. Banshee Reeks is open on weekends (8 am – 4 pm every Saturday and Sunday). This contest runs September 1, 2008 to April 16, 2009. Cash and gift certificate prizes will be awarded. Guidelines are available on-line at www.bansheereeks.org George W. Glennie Nature Interclub Exhibition NVPS has been invited to participate
in the 29th annual George W. Glennie Nature Interclub Exhibition, which
will be held by the Merrimack Valley Camera Club, North Andover, MA on
March 28, 2009. While this digital-only showcase event
is conducted as an interclub activity, awards for individual images will
be presented as well.
In 2008, the invitation area was expanded beyond the New England boundaries
with great success; 52 clubs participated. For the 2009 Exhibition, the
invitation area will be enlarged again. The intent is to provide
many more clubs with the opportunity to participate in this premier event. The
increased spectrum of Nature specimen is a goal, as well.
For the first time, a Best Wildlife Award will be presented. “Best
Of” and Merit Awards will be presented in each the following categories: Amphibians,
Birds, Botany, Insects, Land and Seascapes,
Mammals, Marine
Life, Reptiles.
Each club may submit ten (10) images, which conform to the PSA Nature
definition and guidelines for the manipulation of Nature images. An
individual may submit no more than two (2) images, even through more than
club.
Visit www.glennie-exhibition.com to view last year’s results. In order to participate, NVPS needs one or more volunteers to coordinate selection and submission of images. Please contact Tom Brett if you are willing to serve as the coordinator. Prince William Forrest Photo Contest Every year in October, we host a photography contest to choose the photo that will be on the annual pass to our park, Prince William Forest Park. We are a unit of the National Park Service located next to Quantico Marine Corps Base off of Exit 150B on I-95. I wanted to ensure that your members knew about our contest. This year's theme is wildlife. The photos have to be taken in our park. We hang them in our visitor center and let people vote on them. The winner gets an annual pass to the park and a framed plaque with the photo. Our rules and regulations can be found on the front page of our website at http://www.nps.gov/prwi. Please disregard the Oct 17th deadline, we've extended it to Nov. 15th. Laura Cohen,
Chief of Interpretation
Gallery West National Juried Show Gallery West will be sponsoring its 12th Annual Juried Show in February. The prospectus is at www.gallery-west.com. It will be held at Gallery West in Alexandria Virginia from February 4th to March 2nd 2009. The Juror is Joey P. Mánlapaz. Entries must be submitted on CDs. There is a fee of $35 for 1-3 images. The deadline is November 20, 2008. Total awards will be $1000. Linda Bankerd, Show Chair Joseph Rossbach
Joseph Rossbach Corey Hilz
Corey Hilz Photography Christine Kent Bowles (CKB Photography)
Christine Bowles Jim Clark
Jim Clark Henderson Fine Art
Colleen Henderson Alaska Photography Cruise
Lisa Glover Costa Rica Photo Tours
Additional information about itineraries can be obtained by contacting Frank Scott. Frank
Scott Manassas Warrenton Camera
Club McLean Photography Club Vienna Photographic Society The NVACC November Calendar is posted on www.NVACC.org
Tamron Di II lens - AF18-250mm F/3.5-6.3, LDAspherical (IF) MACRO. This lens is for a Canon digital camera and has a 62 mm filter size. The lens is used but you can't tell it. It is in the box. Includes a lens hood, UV Filter, Circular Polarizer, and case.$175 . Louise Ransom, RJWagons@aol.com |