http:\/\/edknepleygallery.com\/2014\/02\/18\/abstract-slide-show\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h1>\nCancelled due to weather<\/h1>\n
Program<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Abstract Art & Photography<\/i>. The pure art portion will be minimal and serve as context for the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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The 1st section mainly will be an overview<\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n- \n
including things such as definitions, history, observations and suggestions<\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n- anything dealing strictly with art will be in this section<\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- The 2nd part focuses on abstract photography how-to-suggestions<\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span>the idea is to show via craftsmanship, composition, creativity & communication<\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span>the differences and similarities between making a representational vs. an abstract image.<\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span><\/li>\n
- The third section will consist mostly of abstract image examples<\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span>\n
\n- with comments referred back to the previous two sections.<\/small><\/span><\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBio:<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/small><\/p>\n\n- Native of the Pittsburgh, PA area<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/small><\/li>\n
- Currently live near Gainesville with my wife of nearly 53 years<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/small><\/li>\n
- Retired (for 20 years) engineer; final position was Chief Engineer at DoD activity responsible for internet R&D<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Took up photography in 2002 (2 MP P&S > 5 MP P&S in ’03 > DSLR ’04 > Current D800E, D300, IR converted D300)<\/small><\/span><\/span>\n
\n- Shot & posted an image EVERY day for 4 years (’03 – ’07); self taught (with a noted local instuctor as mentor) and this is when\/how I learned<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Volunteer since ’06 for the National Park Service at Shenandoah with several images used nationally<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Beta tester for several photo software developers<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Shot competitively from ’03 to ’06<\/small><\/span><\/span>\n
\n- Final year was at NVPS (advanced, where I won 4 pieces of marble and 7 of paper at the EOY event)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- My work has been published (books, papers & magazines) and hangs in private & public collections<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Main current activity is a blog that’s been posted daily for over two years<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ed Knepley<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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