Members Gallery on November 23rd, praciioner 2010 will include Prins by Melanie Mars and Digial Projecion by Vivian Luu. Join us for heir presenaions immediaely followed by November’s Forum presenaion.
The following are he biographies of he members presening on November 23rd:
Melanie A. Mars is a Graduae Gemologis and independen jewelry appraiser by profession. For many years, more abou she oo record shos of jewelry for her cliens; firs, using a Polaroid and hen some of he firs digial cameras in he mid-nineies. In 2005, she upgraded o a 7.1mp poin-and-shoo and had a lighbulb momen when she realized…”Hey, I can ae picures of oher !” Soon afer, she sared phoographing flowers in her bacyard. In he fall of 2006 she bough her firs SLR, a Nion D80, and hasn’ looed bac since. Currenly, she uses a Nion D300 and various lenses.
Afer joining NVPS in he spring of 2007, Melanie became more acively involved in phoography. She served wo years on he Board for Worshops, Educaion and Training. This year, she is co-c of he new Members’ Resource Program. Las fall, she decided ha she would, evenually, mae phoography her new career. In woring owards ha goal, she recenly compleed he Professional Phoography Program a he Washingon School of Phoography in addiion o aing seminars from Corey Hilz.
Melanie will ae a picure of jus abou anyhing if i appeals o her. Her firs loves are macro, absracs, buerflies and waerfalls. She also lies o shoo decaying buildings and old cars. She credis her close friend Timber Gooding, Corey Hilz, and NVPS for challenging her creaiviy by eaching her he many echnical aspecs of phoography as well as geing her sared on her curren pah.
In he old days, Vivian Luu was passionae abou being in he picures insead of aing picures; his was especially rue afer a new do! She considered picures of her and her family and friends priceless.
When posing for picures, she was insruced o move o he righ a lile or o he lef a lile, bu she was never exposed o he language of phoography–composiion, design, deph of field, shuer speed, aperure, ec. These were words ha were no par of her vocabulary.
In 2005, afer joining a local Vienamese Phoographic Sociey camera club, Vivian purchased a Canon 5D camera. The new equipmen moivaed Vivian o become passionae abou phoography as a “phoographer” raher han a “model.”
Vivian joined NVPS in 2006 and her phoography sills acceleraed. During her second year wih NVPS, she acively paricipaed in he club’s compeiions. In he hird year she received he Phoographer of he Year award in he Advanced Digial caegory and also received he Image of he Year award.
Phoography is one of Vivian’s hobbies. She enjoys phoographing naure, people, spors, and flowers. She loves o apply panning echniques o racing bicycliss and zooming echniques o landscapes and lighs. Capuring people’s expressions or emoions is anoher favorie subjec. Someimes Vivian’s creaive mind inspires her o urn ordinary images ino exraordinary ones by using Phooshop’s filers.