{"id":31107,"date":"2025-01-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=31107"},"modified":"2025-01-12T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:56:50","slug":"february-18-2025-competition-zoom-theme-self-portrait-with-david-blecman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/february-18-2025-competition-zoom-theme-self-portrait-with-david-blecman\/","title":{"rendered":"February 18, 2025 – Competition (Zoom): Theme – Self Portrait with David Blecman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Blecman is an award\u2013winning, internationally recognized photographer and instructor, having taught on four continents and in over a dozen countries. His one on\u2013one mentoring programs for photographers and commercial models continue to grow in popularity. David has photographed projects for such clientele as Maggianos Little Italy, Sears, Color Me Beautiful, JCPenney, Bath & Body Works, Foot Action, Kaybee Toys, Littman Jewelers, Seagrams Americas, Holiday Inn, Wyndham Hotels, Days Inn, Hilton Hotels, The White House, Black Market, Water Water Everywhere, Cornell University, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has also been hired to photograph such celebrities as President George W. Bush, Christina Aguilera, Jimmy Buffett, Steely Dan, Moody Blues, Beyonc\u00e9 and Destiny\u2019s Child, Celine Dion, Gene Simmons and KISS, and numerous others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David also speaks at photography venues, judges at beauty pageants and photography competitions, and also continues to teach and mentor photographers and models internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Blecman owns Positive Negatives, a photography studio based in Arnold, MD, as well as The Annapolis Photography Workshop Group, which is comprised of over 1,400 photographers, and is free to join. Not only does he teach workshops internationally, but he also produces the Free Weekend Wisdom photography training videos every weekend, as well as the Terrific Tuesday Tip newsletter every<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday to help educate the photography community. Currently David has his fine art photography on display in several art galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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