Steve Gottlieb will be our competition judge on April 21st. The theme for April's competition will be Architecture/Cityscape. Please plan on meeting Steve at Chili's for dinner prior to the competition at 5:45PM.

Images must meet the below guidance for Architecture/Cityscape to be eligible:

Capture the artistic essence of manmade structure[s]. Strive to

photograph the scene in an unusual manner and/or from a unique

perspective.

In addition, all images and parts of images must have been photographed on or after April 22, 2007 and your NVPS membership dues must be up to date. Please review all competition rules posted on the NVPS website under "competitions" for eligibility requirements, number of images, types of images, deadlines and instructions for uploading images, etc.

Bio info on Steve:

Steve Gottlieb has photographed architecture for architects, home-owners, interior designers, real estate developers, construction companies, corporations, magazines and advertising agencies. Steve is the photographer of five books, including American Icons, Washington: Portrait of a City and Abandoned America. His books contain a wide range of architectural photos and cityscapes. Abandoned America was selected by both People Magazine and USA Today as a "2002 Gift Book of the Year." Noted architect I.M. Pei declared: "Gottlieb is not just an architectural photographer . . . he is a true artist." Steve was designated as one of a half-dozen "Kodak Professional Icons" in the U.S.

Steve is the director of Horizon Photography Workshops in northeast Maryland, where he is also one of Horizon's 12 instructors. He teaches four different courses: architectural photography, lighting, creativity and People and Portraits. Steve is also a business consultant. His company, VisionMining, uses photography as a tool to help people in business learn to expand their vision to meet the challenges of today's economy.

Sandi Croan

Matthew Schmidt

Co-VP's Competition