Volume
44 - No. 3 |
Founded
1965 - our 44th Year |
November
2008 |
The Newsletter of the
Northern Virginia Photographic Society |
Inside Monthly Program |
Calendar
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November 4 , 2008
Don Johnson
Zoo Photography
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.
Mr. Johnson is a past President and an active member of the Gaithersburg
Camera Club, located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, as well as a former
President and current member of the Frederick Camera Clique, a photography
club located in Frederick Maryland. He is also a member of the Friends
of the National Zoo (FONZ) Photography Club.
Don Johnson has photographed in over 45 zoos in North America. In his
talk on Zoo Photography, Don will discuss how to produce
wonderful animal images by simply going to the zoo—a great place
for a photographer. Don will also discuss options for photographing
through glass, through a fence, and how to use a flash in a zoo setting,
when appropriate. He will also tell some interesting stories about
the animals that he has photographed in a captured setting, while detailing
how he captured a number of his images. Don's work can be viewed on
his web site: www.sunspotimages.com.
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
VP for Programs
mary.m.o'neill@gsk.com
703-548-8669 (H)
Workshops, Education,
and Training |
Portrait Photography
Fred Chitty
November 10, 2008
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:
| Bill Prosser prosserwm@aol.com |
Melanie Marts jasmarts@cox.net |
Ed Ruggiero eruggiero@cox.net |
Competitions |
Competition Judge
Barbara Southworth
November 18, 2008
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.
Novice Color Prints
Advanced Color Prints
Advanced Digital Projection
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Novice Digital Projection
Enhanced Prints |
October Competition Results
| Award | Photographer | Title |
| Novice Monochrome Prints | ||
| 1st | Carson Zimmerman | Ren Fest Drummer |
| 2nd | Lorraine Chickering | Big Kahuna |
| 3rd | Pat Lonergan | Trees in Sulfer Mist |
| Advanced Monochrome Prints | ||
| 1st | Oleg Volons | Loneliness of Rose |
| 2nd | Chuck Bress | Oxford Couple |
| Novice Color Prints | ||
| 1st | Curtis Gibbens | Leesylvania Fishing Pier |
| 2nd | Seton R. Droppers | Dark Star 2007 |
| 3rd | Bill Vanderpool | Windmill at Sunset |
| HM | Seton R. Droppers | Capital Sunrise |
| Advanced Color Prints | ||
| 1st | Willa Friedman | Acacia at Sunset |
| 2nd | Timber Gooding | A New Day |
| 3rd | Bill Prosser | Bombay Hook Silhouette |
| HM | Emi Wallace | St. John Sunset |
| HM | Minnie Gallman | Canadian Morning |
| Enhanced Prints | ||
| 1st | Susan Breen | Buck at Sunrise |
| 2nd | Fred Gillis | Balanced at Sunset |
| 3rd | Will Haubert | Long May It Wave |
| Advanced Slides | ||
| 1st | Amie Tannenbaum | Feathers |
| 2nd | Amie Tannenbaum | Dancing Men |
| Novice Digital Images | ||
| 1st | Jason Dalton | Looking to the dawn |
| 2nd | Gayle Dennis | Bonaire Buoys |
| 3rd | Dawn McLaren | Paraglider Over Arizona |
| HM | Charles Rusnak | Couple at Lake Como 1 |
| HM | Dawn McLaren | Yosemite Overlook |
| HM | Jim Carlson | Washington Monument |
| HM | John Moore | PhotographerAtDawn |
| Advanced Digital Images | ||
| 1st | Jan Ponder | Alice in Wonderland |
| 2nd | Frarzin Emami | TimeSquare |
| 3rd | Susan Breen | The Surfer |
| HM | David Biehler | Silhoutte Convoy |
| HM | Oleg Volons | Woman |
| HM | Sam Schaen | Pantanal Sunset |
Matthew Schmidt Co-VP Competitions mgs@loreleistudios.com |
Field Trips |
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Chincoteague, VA
Friday evening, November 7th through Sunday noon, November 9th
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
Please contact Gerry Abbott regarding Chincoteague lodging possibilities
as well as any other questions/suggestions that you may have regarding
the field trip.Information was published in the October FotoFax
Chincoteague lodging is reasonably priced at this time of
year. A group
dinner on Friday and Saturday night.
If you have any questions or suggestions about any of the field trips, please
call or email:
Gerry Abbott
gerry.abbott "at" cox.net
703.967.9677
(mobile)
Forum |
November 25
Entering International Exhibitions
Tom Hady
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
Gayle.Dennis@comcast.net
Members' Gallery |
Digital Projection
Bob and Willa Friedman
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.
Luella Murri
703-256-5290
luellamurri@aol.com
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
pashi@aol.com
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:
| Nov 3 & 7 | Hillary Rubin |
| Nov 10 & 14 | Dennis Tarnay |
| Nov 17 & 21 | Victoria Restrepo |
| Nov 24 & 28 | Bob & Willa Friedman |
The schedule can also be found on the NVPS website (http://nvps.org/main/upcoming/tv_program_photographers_of_no/).
Luella Murri
Host
703-256-5290
luellamurri@aol.com
NVPS Executive Board 2008-2009 The elected and appointed board members for the 2008-2009 club year can be found at http://nvps.org/main/about/board-members/. |
Announcements |
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
Web Master - NVPS
webadmin@nvps.org
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
3000 United Founder's Blvd, Suite 103
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
Website:
www.psa-photo.net
Phone: 405-843-1437
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
Chair
WIPS 2008
martel@wincom.net
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
Photography Exhibit at theEmbassy of the Czech Republic
Michael Borek
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
3900 Spring of Freedom, NW
Washington, DC 20008
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
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
Prince William Forest Park
703-221-7181 (visitor center)
703-221-7183 (office)
703-221-3258 (fax)
laura_cohen@nps.gov
www.nps.gov/prwi
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
(703) 549-6006
Joseph Rossbach
| November 21-23 | Chincoteague Virginia Photo Workshop Chincoteague, VA $525.00 |
Joseph Rossbach
443-852-3796
rossbachphoto@hotmail.com
www.josephrossbach.com
Corey Hilz
| October 26 | Nikon D60/D40x/D40 Location: Ashburn VA, 12:30 - 4:30pm, $99/$125 Learn about all the buttons, dials and menu options of the Nikon D60/D40x/D40 in an easy to understand manner. This class teaches you how to take advantage of what your camera’s capabilities and use it to capture the best pictures. |
| November 2 | Nikon Flash Photography: Using the Creative Lighting System Location: Ashburn VA, 12:30 - 4:30pm, $149 This class focuses on using Nikon external flash units and covers flash functions, using multiple flash units wirelessly and accessories for controlling the light. |
| November 8 | HDR and Helicon Focus Workshop Location: Arlington VA, 12:30-4:30pm, $100 Learn about two techniques that expand the creative possibilities for your photography: HDR photography for greater shadow and highlight detail and Helicon Focus to create unlimited depth of field. This workshop combines demonstrations and photographing to help you learn how to take the photos and use the software. |
| November 9 | Introduction to Photoshop Elements Location: Vienna VA, 10:00am – 2:30pm, $100 Learn how to adjust, enhance and manipulate your photographs. From demonstrations and hands-on practice you’ll learn how to crop, straighten, selectively lighten and darken, remove unwanted elements, resize, make selections and more. |
| November 16 | Introduction to Digital Photography Location: Vienna VA, 10:00am – 12:00pm, $50 Learn the basic functions of your digital camera. Topics and camera functions that will be covered include white balance, ISO, memory cards, focusing, exposure modes, image quality and histograms. |
| November 16 | Nikon D90/D80 Location: Ashburn VA, 1:00 – 5:00pm, $99/$125 Learn about all the buttons, dials and menu options of the Nikon D90/D80 in an easy to understand manner. This class teaches you how to take advantage of what your camera’s capabilities and use it to capture the best pictures. |
| November 21-23 | Chincoteague Weekend Workshop Location: Chincoteague VA, $525 Spend a weekend photographing landscapes, wildlife and macro subjects on Chincoteague Island. The workshop also includes lectures, critiques and demonstrations. |
Corey Hilz Photography
http://coreyhilz.com
corey@coreyhilz.com
Christine Kent Bowles (CKB Photography)
| November 2, 2008 | Water Photography Workshop: This workshop focuses on how to photograph flowing water and reflections and is appropriate for intermediate level photographers; includes classroom instruction, a water photo shoot in a state park, and an online group photo critique session. Held in Ellicott City, MD on Sunday, November 2, from 12-5 pm. Cost is $90 per person. |
Christine Bowles
410-719-9656
christine@ckbphotography.com
www.ckbphotography.com
Jim Clark
| November 12-16 | Autumn on the Easter Shore: Nature Photography Workshop – Chincoteague, Virginia. Workshop will focus on photographing at the national wildlife refuge and seashore, and the village of Chincoteague. Workshop begins on the evening of November 12 and will end at noon on November 16. Tuition Cost: $795. Lodging: Hampton Inn at Chincoteague. Assisting will be creative photographer Bruce Haley. Workshop Registration at Adirondack Photography Institute: www.adkpi.org |
Jim Clark
703-71-1554
jimclarkphoto@comcast.net
www.jimclarkphotography.com
Henderson Fine Art
Colleen Spencer Henderson
| Nov 3 – Nov 12 | Layers and Layer Masking Learn to master Photoshop’s most useful and important editing feature, layers and layer masking. |
| Dec 1 – Dec 8 | Raw Files This class provides a solid foundation in RAW files: what they are, why they are useful, and how to process your RAW images quickly and efficiently. |
Colleen Henderson
301-229-1305
colleen@colleenhenderson.com
www.colleenhenderson.com
Alaska Photography Cruise
| Aug 7 - 14, 2009 | Photography Cruise from Seattle, Washington to Alaska on. Stops include Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan and Victoria BC. Rates start at $1,190 per person. |
Lisa Glover
800-766-2911
lglover@dynamictravel.com
Costa Rica Photo Tours
| January 11-20, 2009 March 1-10, 2009 | 10 Day Costa Rica photo tour. $2495.00 per person double occupancy. $300.00 single supplement. |
| January 23-29, 2009 | 7 Day Panama photo tour $2549.00 per person double occupancy. $300.00 single supplement. |
| February 1-8, 2009 | 8 Day Cartagena, Columbia photo tour. $2549.00 per person double occupancy. $300.00 single supplement. |
| March 13-19, 2009 | 7 Day Costa Rica photo tour. $2495.00 per person double occupancy. $300.00 single supplement. |
Additional information about itineraries can be obtained by contacting Frank Scott.
Frank
Scott
011-506-2789-5018
crphototour@yahoo.ca
www.crphototours.com
Manassas Warrenton Camera
Club
Contact: Gene Wells (703) 330-5835 or ewellsjr@verizon.net
Website: www.mwcc-photo.org .
Meetings: Held on the 1st and 3rd Thur. at 7:30 pm, Manassas
City Hall, Old Town Manassas, or as indicated.
Program: The Magic of Photoshop by Andy Jezioro
Competition: Nature; Judge: Warren Standley
McLean Photography Club
Contact: Bruce Copping at (703) 725-9331
or bcopping@gmail.com
Website: www.mcleanphoto.org.
Meetings: Held on the 2nd Wed. at 7:30 pm (meet & greet
at 7:15 pm), at the McLean Community Center, or as indicated.
Program: Competition, see below.
Competition: November 12, Wed., 7:30 at the Community
Center. Charles Neenan will be our guest judge.
Reston Photographic Society
Contact: Ellis Rosenberg at 703-855-4008 or erosenberg@cox.net
Website: www.leagueofrestonartists.org
Meetings: Held the 3rd Monday of the month 7:30-9:30 pm at the
Reston Community Center – Lake Anna
Program: On Monday Nov 17th we will have Alan Sislen
giving a program on digital infrared photography
Vienna Photographic Society
Contact: Mary Jane Fish at (703) 281-9743 or fishsfotos@aol.com or
Warren Standley at (540) 635-6721 or editor@vps-va.org .
Website: www.vps-va.org
Meetings: Held on the 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 pm in the main lecture
hall of the Thoreau Middle School, 2505 Cedar Lane, Vienna, VA.
Program: Wednesday, November 5th… Walter P. Callahan
presenting “Mastering the Box… Expanding Your Creative Vision”
Competition: Wednesday, November 19th… The competition is themed “Tools
of the Trade” with Bill Prosser as judge.
Field Trip: to
be announced… watch the VPS web
site and newsletter
The NVACC November Calendar is posted on www.NVACC.org
For Sale |
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