In Camera Abstracts Jeff’s Presentation
www.dewpix.com/JohnNaman/Presentation/Setups-for-Abstract-Workshop – John’s presentations
With the snow on Dec 10, this workshop will be cancelled or postponed. Enjoy the above links.
Tonight’s Education and Training will feature presentations by NVPS members Jeff Hancock and John Naman accompanied by renowned abstract artist Joe Miller.
The NVPS Abstracts Workshop is intended to demonstrate some ideas and techniques for creating abstract photos in your own home. Bring your camera! Cell phone up to DSLR with close-up. We will make several table-top setups to unleash your creativity, experiment, and have some photographic fun! This workshop ties to a popular survey topic: Composition and Creativity. Exhibit Opportunity: the workshop is scheduled to help members prepare images to submit to the 4th Annual Joseph Miller Abstract Photography Exhibit in March, 2014. Jeff Hancock will also demonstrate techniques for generating in-camera abstracts using techniques such as zooming, spinning, panning, and swirling. Some examples can be seen here: https://nvps.smugmug.com/NVPSGallery/PortfolioProject/2010-2011-Portfolio-Project/Jeff-Hancock/.
Bring a camera that can focus on an object three feet away or closer for the close up tables, and bring a broad range zoom lens for the swirling techniques.
John Naman photos@jnaman.com is an award-winning technical photographer with a focus on close-up, architecture and abstract photography. He also has a creative side that he employs in exploring the possibilities of light, texture, form, and unusual subjects. John was the Northern Virginia Photographic Advanced Digital Photographer of the Year (2011-2012). He has twice earned awards in the annual juried Joseph Miller Abstract Photography Exhibit.
Jeff will perform a live demonstration showing techniques used to perform in camera abstracts. Zooming, swirls, and panning will be performed while the camera is connected to the projector, so the results will be shown instantly.
Jeff Hancock has been an SLR photographer for 26 years. His initial training was from a photojournalist. Jeff has been on the staff at the newspapers of Hawaii’s Punahou School and Duke University. In addition to photojournalism, he’s been active in a wide variety of genres. His photographs of the Berlin Wall (before the fall) were exhibited at Duke shortly after the wall came down. He photographed sailboats for sale to Maryland’s Governor’s cup crew. He’s been the official photographer for Lindsay Cadillac’s Track events at Summit Point Motorsports. He is currently a contract photographer for Gadsby’s Tavern http://alexandriava.gov/GadsbysTavern, a museum built in 1785 that host historical figures and guests in period garb for galas and other events.