| Oct. 24, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 121
Oct 24 – Architecture, Judge: Craig Shier
Architecture is defined as; “formation or construction resulting from or as if from a
conscious act.”
So photos of man made / constructed forms; i.e. building, bridges, etc…
Tip: In general, try to keep your straight lines straight and don’t let your buildings lean,
keep them “square”.
-Tony Moringello, VP Competitions
| Date: | Thursday October 10, 2013 | |
| Time: | 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (GMT-05.00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) | |
| Location: | GWU Ashburn Campus, 20101 Academic Way, Ashburn, VA 20147 |
Artist’s Statement:
Photographers seem naturally drawn to decrepitude. Whether your interest is in old cars, old trucks or old architecture, Don will show you how to shoot these environments in a creative manner. During this presentation he will offer tips for better compositions and how to deal with some of the technical challenges you may have to overcome.
While many photographers love this subject matter, finding a great location to shoot decrepitude can be a challenge. Unless you know the right person, these properties are usually off limits. He will share a list of locations that offer easy access for a photographer and in addition, he will share his insights on how you can get permission to explore and create your own art in these great locations.
Artist’s Bio:
Don Rosenberger
Don first picked up a camera in his teenage years, shooting mostly black and white film and doing his own darkroom work. His interests shifted to color film in his early twenties, then he did the unexpected, he quit photography. There were a variety of reasons for this decision, but when he looks back he thinks he was lacking a certain maturity that was necessary to move forward in regard to the quality of his work. With the advent of Digital Photography he started shooting again with a passion that had been missing in earlier years. Today he is drawn to a variety of work, but he considers landscape photography to be the core of his work. Being outside and often in remote locations gives him an appreciation for our natural world. It is his hope that his images bring others to that same level of appreciation.
Today he shoots with everything from the iPhone, to high end DSLR’s and Infrared. But he does not consider the camera that important, as it is just a tool to accomplish the photographer’s vision.
Don is the presentation manager for the Nature Visions Photography Expo. Don is a former member of the Manassas Warrenton Camera Club and Co-Owner of Road Runner Photography Tours.
Competition September 26, 2013… ***NOTE CHANGE IN ROOM LOCATION***
Due to room scheduling, we are meeting on September 26, 2013 in a different location. Please go to Enterprise Hall Dining Room (ENTPRS-EHDR), 44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn, VA 20147. Please see map of GWU on our website showing this location, across the street and east of our normal spot. http://goo.gl/maps/GLUx3
Note: All participants will need to sign in at Enterprise Hall because it is a 24/7 secured building. GWU requested we provide a list of those attending in order to make signing in easier. If you think you will attend please send an email to president at loudounphotoclub dot com; we’ll add your name to the list we started at our meeting on Sept. 12.
Competition Schedule for 2013-2014
Sep 26 – Open, Judge: SteveWhysall, whysallphotography.com
This is an open competition. No specific theme.
Hopefully you got to see some interesting things this summer. Share them with us.
Tony Moringello, Competition Coordinator
| Sep. 12, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 101
Jamie Rose of Momenta Creative scheduled to speak at September 12 meeting
Topic: Documentary Travel Photography
Hold this Date!
Loudoun Photo Club
Thursday, August 22, 2013
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 121, Ashburn, VA
Carol Ann Smith, General Manager of Calumet Photo in Tysons corner has offered to attend one of our club meetings and do an educational presentation. So, this month Geoff Archer will give a presentation that will focus mainly on two themes. First he will provide information on cleaning, care and maintenance of camera sensors. Second he’ll give an overview of the equipment commonly used for calibration of monitors and possibly a demonstration of calibration. In addition, he’ll provide some information on Calumet discounts that are available to camera club members along with some other general information about Calumet Photo.
Geoff is a local Washington DC area photographer as well. From his website www.archerimaging.com Geoff writes: “I have worked in the photo industry, in the Washington DC area, for over 30 years. During that time I have worked for some of the largest camera stores in the area. My work included helping the professional, amateur, and “weekend warrior” photographer to carefully select and knowledgeably use photographic equipment. I am well versed in the major DSLR cameras, including medium format digital cameras. I am also experienced in large format and high-speed event printers.”
Please join us for what promises to be a very informative evening!
George Lafko
| July 25, 2013 and August 22, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 121
LPC Members, we have casual member nights scheduled for July and August where we do not have outside speakers or judges scheduled to appear. This affords the members greater opportunity to converse and update our friends on what’s been happening in our photographic lives this summer! Bring along any of your favorite shots and/or war stories from the summer of 2013!
We’re not planning to order in pizzas or the like. If anyone wishes to meet up at the Rubino’s prior to our meeting at GWU, please feel free to leave a post on the club’s Yahoo Group page.
Also, some club members had expressed interest in a swap meet so if that’s still alive please post a note on the Yahoo Group page as well.
See you there!
George
NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR YEAR END MEETING!!! NOW ON THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2013
7:00PM
EXPLORATION HALL ROOM 401/413
More members were unable to attend 6/27 vs 6/20 so we have opted to move our year end meeting up one week. Please forward this note to anyone you know at the club who may not get this message. Note that the room also changed to the fourth floor which offers more space for us.
Food/Beverage – The LPC will have a selection of pizzas delivered and we’ll also bring water and soft drinks. Members who wish to do so may bring a small appetizer or desert dish to share. This is appreciated but not expected!
Selection of Photo of the Year – Tony Moringello will conduct the final competition of the year, so please bring in your photos which Tony listed in his previous email. The members will vote, and Tony will announce the tally!
Election of club officers – The membership will have an opportunity to vote on a new slate of officers for next club year. So far, we have at one volunteer for most positions. If any member still wants to volunteer for next year please let us know!
Swap/buy/sell – Some members inquired about having a swap meet. For members interested in bringing surplus/unused/underused equipment to offer other club members for sale or trade, here is your opportunity!
Thanks for your participation and support of Loudoun Photo Club!
George Lafko
PLEASE NOTE: NO GENERAL CLUB MEETING JUNE 13; THERE WILL BE A CLUB BOARD/OFFICERS MEETING JUNE 13
The LPC 2012-2013 program and competition year has drawn to a close. Thanks to everyone for their active participation! Our summer schedule has one meeting each month, on the fourth Thursdays of June, July and August. Each of these are “member meetings” where we have not brought in outside speakers or judges.
Please plan to attend our June 27 year end meeting where all members attending will vote to select the LPC Photo of the Year. Tony Moringello posted the names of eligible photographers in his recent post to the LPC Yahoo Group. We’ll confirm the room number shortly and post it on our website.
Finally, the club is asking for all members to volunteer some time to help with the smooth functioning of the club. This can either be as a club board/officer or as someone who assists and shares in the duties. We’ve mentioned at recent club meetings that some current club officers either have already left or can’t continue with the position for next club year.
I am willing to serve another year as club president. Ginny Chandler has volunteered to take over treasurer and we thank her very much! And we give a big thanks to Michelle Moomey for handling treasurer for this club year. Thanks again to Patt Wattanasupt, Paul Wormeli and Jon Jelling for stepping up to assist covering webmaster duties along with Chad Blair.
Also thanks go to Ken Martin for leading Field Trips and Jennifer Arnett for Exhibitions. Jennifer has already moved out of state and Ken has served longer than two years already! We thank Art Hughes for representing LPC at Nature Visions, and since he’s moving out of state we need to replace him. Thanks to Jeff Schweiger who will assist with Nature Visions but we need another person to help.
Other vacant board/officer positions are: Vice President; Newsletter Editor; Membership Coordinator.
So, you can see that we have many opportunities for you to volunteer! It may also be that the membership in general does not see value in a Newsletter for instance, and the club may want to consider eliminating that activity. Either way, we value your input and hope to have some good discussion during our June 27 meeting.
Meanwhile, Happy Shooting!!
George Lafko
| May 23, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 121
National Parks may be searched at nps.gov, if your location of choice is in question.
| March 14, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 101
Bio Info:
Jamie Konarski Davidson is an award-winning freelance outdoor & nature
photographer with a passion for capturing and sharing the intimate moments
and beauty of the natural world on its own and as it blends with the “rest
of the world.” Her images range from macro and abstracts to intimate, grand
and rural landscapes. She connects with all things “old” and finds a special
beauty in decay and fading cultural lifestyles that resonate a life of hard
work. Through her company, New Life Photos, Jamie leads photo workshops
throughout the Southeast. Her goals are to encourage and inspire and help
people grow in their photography skills, connect with their subjects and see
beyond the obvious so that they can discover their own visual voice. Visit
www.newlifephotos.com to learn more.
Jamie is an active member of NANPA (National Association of Nature
Photography Association), serving as a Board member and the 2013 Summit
Chair, and CNPA (Carolinas Nature Photographers Association. She teaches
classes at ASAP Photo & Camera in Greenville, NC, and presents programs for
camera clubs and organizations throughout the Southeast.
| Apr. 25, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 121
Judge: Bill proser
http://www.pbase.com/prosserwm/root&page=all
Additionally, I wanted to give a heads up for our May 23 competition with the theme of National Parks. Our judge will be Corey Hilz.
Because many of you may also wish to submit the same photos to Nature’s Visions later this year, we are going to modify our competition rules to allow matted sizes to be up to 20″ instead of 16″ to match the Natures Visions guidelines.
** This rule change will only be in effect for the May competition.
-tony
| March 14, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 101
Professional photographer Corey Hilz will present images and discuss techniques he uses in travel photography.
More to follow…
| Mar. 28, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 121
Just a quick reminder about the next competition meeting on March 28 7pm.
Matt is a member of NVPS, is a current board member and has held a board position for six of the last seven years. He is currently one of the webmasters and has been the Digital Competition Coordinator, PSA Rep, Co-VP for Competition and the Workshops, Education and Training Coordinator. Matt is a PSA member and has attended the PSA Image Analysis course and the JMCPA Judging Seminar numerous times (hoping to get it right at some point). The current NVACC website is designed and maintained by Matt.
You can see more of Matt’s images at: http://loreleistudios.com
LPC Members – Please note that our Yahoo Group name has been changed. We’ve had some problems with spam messages going to the old group. You should have received a notification message with the new links. Some did not receive it. If you did not, please register again using the button above “Yahoo Groups Join Now”; and provide us with your full name, email address and when you joined the club so that we can recognize you. Thanks!
Please note: Art Hughes, Greg Daily and Bill Corbett will also have 15 minutes at the beginning of the meeting to talk about Nature Visions Expos 2012 and 2013…
| March 14, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 101
Please join us at the next meeting to hear award winning photographer Karen Messick present “Processing Images with Karen Messick”, using Textures, and Multiple Image Blends to create unique images in Photoshop 6. She will be using her images and various textures resources, including Flypaper Textures. This is a 90 minute presentation and I would suggest that everyone be prepared to take a lot of notes, as this will be a very instructional program. I am so excited about this program as this is a way to transform our photos into works of art!
For more info about Karen, visit her website
http://www.
Carol Tharp
| Feb. 28, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 121
Feb 28 – Portraits of People
Judge – Shelley Miller
– A portrait of a living human person. i.e. no pets, statues,
photos, paintings, etc…
“A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other
artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its
expression is predominant. The intent is to display the
likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For
this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a
snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position.
A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter
or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the
subject with the viewer.”
| February 14 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 101
On February 14, what a sweet deal, we have Cindi Hobgood’s program on iPhonography, hope you will come and hear what she has to say about shooting with “the camera you have with you” when you haven’t packed your gear. Android users will be able to translate many of the concepts and use same or similiar apps. This should be a great program from a very talented photographer!
She also plans to join us for dinner at Rubino’s Italian Restaurant in Ashburn Village before the meeting, it will be a great opportunity to meet her personally.
Cindi says:
“As a professional photographer, it’s liberating to put the big camera down and go out into the field traveling light. With it’s powerful apps and limitless possibilities, the iPhone is the perfect on-the-go creative tool. Sometimes I use it as a visual sketch pad, shoot a subject then back it up with the more complex optics on my Olympus OMD EM5 (a mirror less camera). Most days it’s the only camera I carry and there’s never a reason to miss a shot. iPhoneography has the complexity of photography, just in a new form. I’ll discuss shooting, various processing techniques and touch on its rapidly growing validity. In the last year my work has been exhibited in galleries in New York, Indianapolis, San Francisco and Los Angeles.”
Check out Cindi’s iPhone blog: www.theiphoneexpeditions.com
Also check out Cindi’s website: www.scoutphotoexpeditions.com
For more than 25 years, Cindi Hobgood traveled the world scouting film and television locations for major Hollywood studios… thus the name SCOUT Photo Expeditions!
Location scouting for the entertainment industry sent Cindi and her camera to more than 20 states and 10 countries where she found the perfect stage for the boy to kiss the girl, the battle to be waged, or the child to romp in the jungle. During the scouting process Cindi would photograph hundreds of locations in countless ways in order to translate a “sense of place” to the directors, production designers, and cinematographers on a given project. She would carefully annotate stunning locations, including compass readings, to establish the location for a perfect shot, and would provide insight on the quality and availability of light at given times of day.
Cindi scouted locations for more than 160 projects, including Separate But Equal, The Patriot, Jungle Book, The Notebook, Dear John, The Amazing Race and Wheel of Fortune; working for Paramount, Columbia Pictures, Disney, New Line Cinema, HBO, United Artists, Republic Pictures, and Sony among others. Cindi worked for some of the most highly recognized and established producers and directors in the industry, including Roland Emmerich, Spike Lee, Nick Cassavetes, Lasse Hallstrom, Sam Shepard, Nik Powell, Irwin Winkler, George Stevens, Jr., Stan Margulies, Evan Weinstein, and Bob Sofia.
The technical elements of film scouting and location management have helped Cindi hone her photography and leadership skills. She has the eye of a travel photographer, the quickness of a photojournalist, the artistry of a landscape photographer… and the ability to teach and translate what she sees to her colleagues and clients.
If you want to create something unique with your camera, spend the day with Cindi Hobgood.
…………..
An award-winning photographer, Cindi studied photography at UNC Chapel Hill in the Radio, Television, Motion Picture department. She went on to study at Savannah College of Art and Design and after Hurricane Hugo, headed to California to attend Brooks Institute of Photography.
Cindi Hobgood is a member of Destination DC (the Washington, DC Convention and Tourism corporation) and Women Photojournalists of Washington.
Carol Tharp
| Jan 24, 2013 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Location: GWU Ashburn Campus, Exploration Hall, Rm 121
January 24th’s theme is “Abstract” and will be judged by Roy Sewall.
You can check out some of his work and find out more about him on his web page.
Click the Galleries menu tab, scroll down to Themes to see some of Roy’s own Abstract photos.
http://www.roysewallphotography.com/iWeb/About_Roy_Sewall.html
-tony
Hi everyone!
I hope everyone was inspired by last night’s excellent lecture on the aesthetic aspects of creative print media. Not surprisingly, the topic of color management came up…albeit briefly.
If you would like to learn more about color management, just a reminder I will be leading a free 4 hr workshop next Saturday Jan 19 at the Cascades Library from 10:30-2:30.
We will thoroughly explore everything you will need to set up your own personalized calibrated, color managed workflow. Problems with white balance? Got ya covered. Monitor or Printer colors messed up. You’ll learn how to fix that too.
First we will fully explore the topic of White Balance.
Next we will discus five practical concepts key to color management:
-Color Models/Modes like RGB and LAB
-Color Spaces like sRGB, Adobe RGB (1998), ProPhotoRGB, and Monitor/Printer Profiles
-Converting between color spaces (Rendering Intent)
-Soft Proofing
-Camera/Monitor/Printer Calibration & Profiling
Finally, Armed with these key concepts, you will learn to set up your own personnal color managed workflow via 5 critical settings spanning your:
-Operating System
-Camera
-RAW Converter
-Editing Software
-Printer
That’s it! Five Concepts plus Five Settings equals one trouble free workflow!
I will also have an ebook on CD available so you can relax on note taking.
Hope to see you there…please RSVP so we can best accommodate you. Bring your camera and manual.
Mark P. DiLallo
