Speaker Night 2021-10-14: Kathy Kupka – Pet Photography

Posted on October 5, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, October 14, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Studio 151, 44330 Mercure Cir, Sterling, VA 20166
Zoom meeting

LPC’s speaker for this evening is Kathy Kupka.

Topic: Pet Photography

Detail:
Kathy is a portrait photographer specializing in dog photography, an indie author of “Cancer is Ruff,” and “Online Dating is Ruff,” creator of her line of doggy greeting cards, a speaker, and 20 yr survivor of Multiple Myeloma.

Kathy is a member of the Virginia Professional Photographers Association, and received her Photographic Craftsman from the Professional Photographers of America. She is also a member of Toastmasters International.

Agenda –
7:00-7:15 meet and greet with others
7:15-7:30 Announcements
7:30-9:00 Speaker and wrap up

Safety note:
In order to maintain a safe space for our students, guests and staff, we ask that you please read and comply with the following if you are planning to visit us
– Seating is reserved for students of the class being held only and is very limited.
– Our seats are spaced for physical distance between tables. Please DO NOT move or rearrange any furniture.
– Please stay close to those you arrived with, and stay safely separate from others.
– Masks are optional with proper social distancing. We expect everyone to practice appropriate physical distancing and respect others’ space and decisions for wearing masks. If you are in the public areas (bathrooms, crowded spaces) we ask you to have a mask with you to wear as needed.

Anyone with a fever or symptoms of COVID-19, or known exposure to a COVID-19 case in the prior 14 days, is not permitted in the establishment. If you are sick or at risk of being sick, please stay home.

We will be continuing our sanitization best practices, including wiping down tables, door knobs, props and other items used in high traffic service areas.

Please clean up after yourselves and dispose of plastic cups and trash in our trash cans.

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Competition Night 2021-09-23: Theme – What I Did This Summer; Judge – Jean-Pierre Plé

Posted on September 10, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, September 23, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Studio 151, 44330 Mercure Cir, Sterling, VA 20166
Zoom meeting
Submission details shown below.

Theme: What I Did This Summer
Theme Description: Open theme. The photo must have been captured in June, July, or August 2021.

Judge: Jean-Pierre Plé

Jean-Pierre is a fine art photographer who embraces the concept that photography gives us a chance to see ourselves, to see our emotions, and maybe to see something about ourselves that we have never seen before or we were not able to give voice to. He is drawn to making images where a strong visual and emotional message is formed by shapes, lines, or contrast in color or tones.

His photographs have transitioned from an original interest in nature, landscapes, abstracts and architecture, to a current focus on a contemplative approach to photography, which often depicts his subjects in a non-representational manner. Sensing a deep desire for photographers to experience greater meaning in their work, he developed a workshop exploring a contemplative and mindful approach to photography. While he employs DSLR, mirrorless and iPhone cameras, he is also a recovering large format film artist and misses the slow, methodical, and mechanical components of large format.

He is a member of the North Bethesda Camera Club. His work has been part of numerous exhibitions in the Washington, DC area, including Washington Printmakers Gallery, Waverly Street Gallery, Photoworks Gallery, Nature Visions, Herndon ArtSpace, the Joe Miller Gallery, PhotoWalk in Crystal City, Touchstone Gallery, Lowe House Building, and the Dupont Underground. His professional career is in the field of international ocean affairs and he works for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Submission details:

  • Entries due 11:59 PM ET, Monday, September 20, 2021
  • This is a digital-only competition.
  • Read the updated rules before submitting!
  • You must be a paid member in order to submit images for competition. (Join here.)
  • Click here for how to submit images.

Novice Level
    Submit color entries (max 2)
    Submit monochrome entries (max 2)

Intermediate Level
    Submit color entries (max 2)
    Submit monochrome entries (max 2)

Experienced Level
    Submit color entry (max 1)
    Submit monochrome entry (max 1)

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Speaker Night 2021-09-09: Gwen Meehan – Capturing the Beauty of Monarch Butterflies

Posted on September 8, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, September 9, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Studio 151, 44330 Mercure Cir, Sterling, VA 20166
Zoom meeting

LPC’s speaker for this evening is Gwen Meehan.

Topic: Capturing the Beauty of Monarch Butterflies

Detail:
“For two months every summer, Gwen Meehan offers portrait sessions with live monarch butterflies. Gwen will share exactly how she goes about doing these unique sessions, and you’ll leave knowing more about monarch butterflies than you did before you arrived. She will not only focus on the portraits with butterflies but will dedicate time to the macro photography used to document the monarch lifecycle from the tiniest egg to the fully emerged butterfly. If all goes well in the weeks leading up to the meeting, she will have butterflies on hand to release at the end of her talk. Her goal is not to teach you how to photograph with monarch butterflies, but to inspire you to try something new, to explore the natural world around you, and to incorporate your passions into your photography. ”

Agenda –
7:00-7:15 meet and greet with others
7:15-7:30 Announcements
7:30-9:00 Speaker and wrap up

Safety note:
In order to maintain a safe space for our students, guests and staff, we ask that you please read and comply with the following if you are planning to visit us
– Seating is reserved for students of the class being held only and is very limited.
– Our seats are spaced for physical distance between tables. Please DO NOT move or rearrange any furniture.
– Please stay close to those you arrived with, and stay safely separate from others.
– Masks are optional with proper social distancing. We expect everyone to practice appropriate physical distancing and respect others’ space and decisions for wearing masks. If you are in the public areas (bathrooms, crowded spaces) we ask you to have a mask with you to wear as needed.

Anyone with a fever or symptoms of COVID-19, or known exposure to a COVID-19 case in the prior 14 days, is not permitted in the establishment. If you are sick or at risk of being sick, please stay home.

We will be continuing our sanitization best practices, including wiping down tables, door knobs, props and other items used in high traffic service areas.

Please clean up after yourselves and dispose of plastic cups and trash in our trash cans.

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End of Season Meeting: 2021-06-24

Posted on June 7, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting

Join us for the season finale!

Agenda: Announcements; camaraderie

Announcements include:

  1. Photo of the Year
  2. Photographer of the Year
  3. Board of Directors
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Competition Night 2021-04-22: Theme – Night Photography/Astro/Light Painting; Judge – Ross Stansfield

Posted on April 8, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, April 22, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting
Submission details shown below.

Theme: Night Photography/Astro/Light Painting
Theme Description: Outdoor images captured at night. Typically, but not necessarily, long exposure. May include images of astronomical objects and large areas of the night sky (astrophotography). May include images where the artist uses hand held light sources to selectively illuminate parts of a scene during a photographic exposure (light painting).

Judge: Ross Stansfield

Ross Stansfield, has in his 35 year career, been a studio stills photographer shooting for clients such as Coca Cola, Marriott, SAIC, American Woodmark, The VA, Regency Furniture, Ted Britt Ford, Vie De France, Odin Technologies, and many others. The coffee table book ” Alexandria a Pictorial History” was written by Karen Harvey and Ross supervised the acquisition of archival shots and shot the majority of new photos.

Ross has also been involved in motion picture production since 1990, as a Director, Producer, DP, and Editor creating TV spots, commercial films , short films, music videos, and a documentary on Raymond Loewy currently showing at the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, Va. In 2009, he was the producer for Allied Media working on TV, stills, and radio spot for the 2010 Census.

Ross was co-producer and cinematographer for two films for the 2013 George Mason Idea series shown at the Patriot Center as part of the inauguration of GMU President Angel Cabrera.

Submission details:
Due 11:59 PM, Monday, April 19
Upload via Google Drive
Note: Filename format is “Category_Title of the image_YourName”
(Example: NoviceMono_TheBlackandWhiteBall_SamanthaMarshall)

Remember: There is now an “Intermediate” category. Details in the updated rules.

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Speaker Night 2021-04-08: Don Rosenberger – Light Painting

Posted on April 6, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, April 8, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting

LPC’s speaker for this evening is Don Rosenberger.

Topic: Light Painting and Night Photography

Speaker bio:
I started taking pictures in the mid to late 1970s as a teenager. I developed my own black and white film and really enjoyed photography, but never quite found my calling. By the time I was in my mid-twenties the expense of photography got to be too much and I stopped taking pictures. Several years later I sold all my cameras and lenses since I had not used them. During this dry period, I still had an appreciation for photography, but never felt compelled to pick up a camera.

By the time I was in my early forties, I started using digital photography for my day job and as the technology improved I started wondering if it was time to get back into photography. I first purchased a small handheld camera to see how it would go. I fell back in love with photography and the next step was to purchase a DSLR and some interchangeable lenses. This time around I was mostly drawn to landscape photography. I say mostly because I attended a flash workshop that Penn Camera hosted for Nikon Pro Joe McNally. Joe’s work was so amazing and while I continued to focus on landscape photography, I still maintained a distant desire to make images of people.

I joined a couple of camera clubs, meeting a lot of amazing photographers along the way. Some of whom I still consider mentors today.

What has been my driving passion since picking up a DSLR was the desire to improve my craft. You could call this passion, but it’s more than that. I’m always interested in how to elevate the quality of my work and I believe if this ever stops, I’ll stop growing as an artist.

As the years progressed I started arranging trips with my photo friends. This turned into co-founding Road Runner Photography Tours in 2013. Road Runner has been an amazing adventure on one hand and all-consuming one on the other. After 5 years it was time to go in a different direction.

I decided to take a portrait workshop from Kelly Schneider in 2017, and after working with Kelly for the last 2 years, I have accepted a position as tour manager on his international portrait workshops.

I love working with other photographers and plan to continue doing this via my Meetup group, occasional workshops and working with Kelly.

Follow along and let’s see where this journey goes!

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Speaker Night 2021-03-11: Lori Lankford – Creative Close Up Photography

Posted on March 3, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, March 11, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting

LPC’s speaker for this evening is Lori Lankford.

About the speaker:
Lori Lankford is a photographer specializing in macro, flower, and landscape photography. Her passion for photography began as a way to capture her personal travel adventures. Over the years, she dived into the fine details of macro and flower photography. She loves to escape so deeply into the details of a tiny object. Lori spends her free time in local gardens across the country, shooting in the natural light and capturing its beauty. Lori’s work has been exhibited in local and national gallery exhibits as well as in printed calendars and catalogs.

Lori has a love for teaching and sharing her passion for nature. She leads workshops in the Virginia/DC area. You can learn more about Lori on her website.

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Competition Night 2021-02-25: Theme – Patterns; Judge – Ellis Rosenberg

Posted on February 22, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom (See email for link)
Submission details shown below.

Theme: Patterns
Theme Description: Artistic use of patterns in a photograph. May be abstract.

Judge: Ellis Rosenberg

Ellis Rosenberg is a talented photographer who has been refining his craft for more than 40 years, He has served as Chair of the Reston Photographic Society, as a board member of the League of Reston Artists, and as a board member of the Nature Visions Photo Expo. He is a graduate of the NVACC / Joe Miller Seminar on Judging, and has judged many photography competitions over the years, helping participants to both learn from each competition and enjoy sharing their images in a competitive setting. These experiences have given him considerable insight into the judging process.

Submission details:
Due 11:59 PM, Monday, February 22
Upload via Google Drive
Note: Filename format is “Category_Title of the image_YourName”
(Example: NoviceMono_TheBlackandWhiteBall_SamanthaMarshall)

Remember: There is now an “Intermediate” category. Details in the updated rules.

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Speaker Night 2021-02-11: Cindy Vasko – Urban Exploration

Posted on January 15, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, February 11, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting

LPC’s speaker for February 11th is Cindy Vasko.

About the speaker: “Welcome to my world and experience an environment outside of the ordinary and far removed from daily life experiences. Although I am a photographer of many genres, including landscape, event, concert, and architecture, my photographic passion rests within the classification of urban exploration, also known as abandoned site exploration.

“I was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and reside in the Washington D.C. metropolitan bounds of Arlington, Virginia. In 2009, music was the catalyst that prompted a reawakening of my photography journey. For more than four years, I interviewed musicians, wrote articles, and photographed concerts for a music magazine. In 2012, I had a visceral reaction to an urban exploration photograph of an abandoned asylum that caused an immediate shift in the motion of my photographic endeavors. My love of history, research, and writing compliment my urban exploration photography track. I am the author and photographer of thirteen books (nine completed) about urban exploration, published by Fonthill Media. Several of my images, especially my urban exploration works, were recipients of prestigious photography awards along with my works featured at gallery exhibitions in New York City, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Paris, France’s Louvre Museum.”

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Competition Night 2021-01-28: Theme – Decay/Rust; Judge – Roy Sewall

Posted on January 2, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, January 28, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom
Submission details shown below.

Theme: Decay/Rust
Theme Description: Artistic representation of decay. Rust, for example, is typically decaying steel. “Decay” is frequently defined as “to undergo decomposition or “to fall into ruin”.

Judge: Roy Sewall

Roy Sewall is a full-time photographer based in Bethesda, Maryland, adjacent to Washington, DC.

Roy’s interest in photography evolved from travel in six continents, yet he found his own community to be one of the most photogenic locations in the world.

Photography
From 2001 to 2009 Roy concentrated on capturing scenes of the Potomac River and the adjacent Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal. He then developed diverse bodies of work that include foreign and domestic destinations, architecture and design, people, nature, old places and things, and abstracts. But since 2012 his foremost passion is his ongoing project called “Mysterra” – illusions that convey fantasy, whimsy, and spirits.

Roy has done extensive work for private and commercial clients, as well as Potomac River and C&O Canal-related government and non-profit organizations.

Roy’s considers the ultimate destination for a photograph to be a large fine art print, 12″ x 18″ or larger. He has exhibited in numerous DC-area group and one-person shows, as well as in his own studio.

Books
Roy’s first photography coffee-table book, Our Potomac, from Great Falls through Washington, D.C., was published in 2005. The book led to numerous lecture and slide show engagements with local organizations, and established him as one of the leading photographers of the Potomac River and C&O Canal. His second book, Great Falls and Mather Gorge, took a magnifying glass to this extraordinary area; it was published in 2009. These are still the definitive photography books of the river and canal in the DC area.

Education
Roy offers both private and group instruction and critique to novice and intermediate photographers. In 2014, he became an instructor for the Capital Photography Center, where he offers classes and local field trips.

Roy has judged photographic competitions and has critiqued bodies of work at Maryland, DC, and Virginia camera clubs more than 70 times since 2006. He regularly does instructional programs at camera clubs and Nature Visions (Manassas, Virginia), with the most popular one being “Taking Your Photography to the Next Level.”

He has made over 40 presentations to the general public about the Potomac River and C&O Canal using photographs from his two books. He has also made presentations of photographs of China from 1901 to 1939 by his missionary grandfather Robert Fitch, to Chinese and US audiences.

In 2018, Roy was selected by the Maryland Photography Alliance to conduct their Judges Training Program, a three-session program each fall and spring.

Leadership in the Community
Roy served as the President of the North Bethesda Camera Club from 2016 to 2018. He was the first Chair of the Board of Directors of the C&O Canal Trust, and also served on the Board of Directors for the Potomac RIverkeeper Network.

Submission details:
Due 11:59 PM, Monday, January 25
Upload via Google Drive
Note: Filename format is “Category_Title of the image_YourName”
(Example: NoviceMono_TheBlackandWhiteBall_SamanthaMarshall)

Remember: There is now an “Intermediate” category. Details in the updated rules.

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Speaker Night 2021-01-14: Ross Stansfield – Travel Documentation

Posted on January 2, 2021 by John Tabor

Thursday, January 14, 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting

LPC’s speaker for this evening is Ross Stansfield.

Ross Stansfield, has in his 35 year career, been a studio stills photographer shooting for clients such as Coca Cola, Marriott, SAIC, American Woodmark, The VA, Regency Furniture, Ted Britt Ford, Vie De France, Odin Technologies, and many others. The coffee table book ” Alexandria a Pictorial History” was written by Karen Harvey and Ross supervised the acquisition of archival shots and shot the majority of new photos.

Ross has also been involved in motion picture production since 1990, as a Director, Producer, DP, and Editor creating TV spots, commercial films , short films, music videos, and a documentary on Raymond Loewy currently showing at the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, Va. In 2009, he was the producer for Allied Media working on TV, stills, and radio spot for the 2010 Census.

Ross was co-producer and cinematographer for two films for the 2013 George Mason Idea series shown at the Patriot Center as part of the inauguration of GMU President Angel Cabrera.

Ross co-produced, shot, and edited a PSA for APVote.org with the Director, Robert Rodriguez.

He was the gaffer on 6 episodes of “Man at Arms Reforged” near Baltimore. A web-series about a team of blacksmiths creating hybrid weapons…the first show “Batman’s gauntlet with Wolverine Claws” has 6 million views.

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Competition Night 2020-12-17: Theme – Negative Space/Minimalist; Judge – Kristi Odom

Posted on December 6, 2020 by John Tabor

Thursday, December 17, 2020, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom
Submission details shown below.

Theme: Negative Space/Minimalist
Theme Description: A form of photography distinguished by extreme, austere simplicity. It emphasizes spareness and focuses solely on the smallest number of objects in the composition process.

Judge: Kristi Odom
Kristi Odom is an internationally acclaimed photographer, a Nikon Ambassador, and a motivational speaker. She makes her home just outside of Washington DC, with her fiancé and dog. Kristi travels the world photographing, teaching, and sharing her insights so she can help make our planet a better, more loving place. When not taking photos she loves any excuse to be outside like hiking, camping, climbing, and diving.

Kristi joined Nikon’s elite Ambassador program in May of 2018. Her work is driven by a passion to help people connect emotionally to wildlife and the natural world. Kristi’s accolades include over 60 international photography awards including 2 Nature’s Best Photography awards. Her recent work has been exhibited twice at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

Submission details:
Due 11:59 PM, Monday, December 14
Upload via Google Drive
Note: Filename format is “Category_Title of the image_YourName”
(Example: NoviceMono_TheBlackandWhiteBall_SamanthaMarshall)

Remember: There is now an “Intermediate” category. Details in the updated rules.

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Speaker Night 2020-12-03: Denise Silva – Life at 66° and North

Posted on November 17, 2020 by John Tabor

Thursday, December 3, 2020, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting

LPC’s speaker for this evening is Denise Silva.

Explore the beauty and stark landscapes of Alaska and Iceland. Learn about these amazing destinations, the vast landscapes, the people, the challenges, and the shear beauty of traveling to these remote locations. This presentation will inspire you to brave the cold weather breathe the fresh crisp air of the arctic.

Denise’s interest in photography started when her grandmother would share images from her travels to Egypt and Africa for safari. The evenings watching slideshows set the seed. 35 years later those seeds took root and inspired Denise to embrace photography and more specifically travel photography and Road Runner Photography Tours was born.

Her passion is to share her knowledge of photography while introducing people to the amazing landscapes, wildlife, and people all over the world.

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Speaker Night 2020-11-12: Joseph Rossbach – Nature and Fine Art Photography

Posted on October 24, 2020 by John Tabor

Thursday, November 12, 2020, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting

LPC’s speaker for this evening is Joseph Rossbach

Speaker Bio (from his website): “My quest as a landscape and nature photographer is to showcase wild, beautiful & unique natural locations and to use my creative vision to capture those landscapes in high quality and evocative images that inspire awe in the viewer, respect for the natural world and ultimately a greater appreciation of wilderness and wilderness preservation.

My images have been published hundreds of times and I have co-authored two books on nature photography: The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography (Mountain Trail Press) & 50 Amazing Things You Must See and Do in the Greater D.C. Area: The Ultimate Outdoor Adventure Guide (Mountain Trail Press).

I spend on average of 180 days a year in the field chasing the light and leading photography workshops & tours in the US and abroad. I also teach online classes on the art of nature and landscape photography through ShutterMonkeys.”

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MAPV One-Day Event – 2020-11-07

Posted on October 19, 2020 by John Tabor

MAPV One Day Event – 11/7/20

We are hosting an in-person meetup on Saturday, Nov 7 at the Studio 151 training room at 44330 Mercure Circle, Entrance 3, upstairs on the second floor. (This will not be streamed live via zoom – this is in person only.)

Meetup Link

Our tentative schedule for this event is as follows:

  • 9am – meet and greet
  • 10am – Hands-on Class: Painting With Light Sticks
  • 12noon – Lunch break/picnic
  • 1pm-2pm – Streaming Rick Sammon speaker MAPV
  • 2pm – Break and mingle
  • 2:15pm – Hands-on Class: Portraiture and Lighting w/model
  • 4:30-6:30 – Streaming Award Ceremony And Keynote Speaker Kristi Odom

You can come ANY time during this one day event. If you’d like to come to one event or the whole day you are welcome! (or just to drop by and say hi!!!)

RSVP on the meetup so we have an overall headcount. Watch for more details in the coming weeks.

(Social distancing and CDC rules will be followed at this event. We may need to limit the attendees for this, but we will see who is available to come and for which part of the day, etc. We have 2 large areas for social distancing.)

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Photo Walk 2020-10-17: Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park – Nature (RAIN DATE)

Posted on October 11, 2020 by John Tabor

Ball's Bluff

Rain Date

Join other LPC photogs for an independent photo walk focusing on nature and landscape photography.

John T. will be leading this walk beginning at 9am. He’ll provide an overview of the park and some key points of interest before the walk begins, then you can walk with John or break off on your own. Small groups and social distancing rules will apply. The “visitor center” is the information kiosk and the nearby portable potty, so bring your own water, mask, and any other items you may need.

There are ~7 miles of trails in the park and many are flat to “easy” (particularly the interpretive trail). Some of them are more strenuous (like the red trail) and can be muddy after wet weather. (Link to trail map)

Ball’s Bluff Battlefield is the site of one of the largest Civil War engagements in Loudoun County. Visitors can take advantage of weekend guided tours from April through November, volunteer guided programs and living history events (weather permitting). Brochures are available year-round for self-guided walking tours of the park. Major sites at Ball’s Bluff include a cemetery, which is the third smallest national cemetery in the United States. Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park also features an interpretive trail, signage and an amazing view of the bluff itself, overlooking the Potomac River

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Competition Night 2020-10-22: Theme – Big City/Architecture; Judge – Denise Silva

Posted on October 5, 2020 by John Tabor

Thursday, October 22, 2020, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom
Submission details shown below.

Theme: Big City/Architecture
Theme Description: Urban analog of a landscape. An artistic representation of the physical elements of a metropolis or urban/suburban area.

Judge: Denise Silva
About the judge: Denise’s interest in photography started when her grandmother would share images from her travels to Egypt and Africa for safari. The evenings watching slideshows set the seed. 35 years later those seeds took root and inspired Denise to embrace photography and more specifically travel photography and Road Runner Photography Tours was born.

Denise has been recognized one of the and has had multiple articles published in Extraordinary Vision (EV) Magazine, and is a featured artist in Breakthrough Photography’s “Guide to Night Sky Photography“.

Her passion is to share her knowledge of photography, while introducing people to the amazing landscapes, wildlife, and people all over the world.

Submission details:
Due 11:59 PM, Monday, October 19
Upload via Google Drive
Note: Filename format is “Category_Title of the image_YourName”
(Example: NoviceMono_TheBlackandWhiteBall_SamanthaMarshall)

Remember: There is now an “Intermediate” category. Details in the updated rules.

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Photo Walk 2020-10-11: Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park – Nature

Posted on September 24, 2020 by John Tabor

Ball's Bluff

Join other LPC photogs for an independent photo walk focusing on nature and landscape photography.

John T. will be leading this walk beginning at 9am. He’ll provide an overview of the park and some key points of interest before the walk begins, then you can walk with John or break off on your own. Small groups and social distancing rules will apply. The “visitor center” is the information kiosk and the nearby portable potty, so bring your own water, mask, and any other items you may need.

There are ~7 miles of trails in the park and many are flat to “easy” (particularly the interpretive trail). Some of them are more strenuous (like the red trail) and can be muddy after wet weather.

Ball’s Bluff Battlefield is the site of one of the largest Civil War engagements in Loudoun County. Visitors can take advantage of weekend guided tours from April through November, volunteer guided programs and living history events (weather permitting). Brochures are available year-round for self-guided walking tours of the park. Major sites at Ball’s Bluff include a cemetery, which is the third smallest national cemetery in the United States. Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park also features an interpretive trail, signage and an amazing view of the bluff itself, overlooking the Potomac River

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Speaker Night 2020-10-08: Taylor Jackson – Success in Wedding Photography

Posted on September 10, 2020 by John Tabor

Thursday, October 8, 2020, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom meeting

LPC’s speaker for October 8th is Taylor Jackson! We are excited to have this new speaker join us!

Taylor Jackson has been a photographer in the Kitchener-Waterloo (Canada) area for over 15 years.

He started in music photography, photographing the bands he loved. Eventually, those friends started getting married. They didn’t want to hire a typical wedding photographer. They just wanted to live their day, and have someone make it look incredible.

Facts:

  • Over 90% of his wedding days are entirely candid.
  • First photographer in the world to offer both photography and highlight film coverage as one person.
  • 80% of couples hire him for both photography and video.
  • Married to the beautiful Lindsay Coulter.
  • Has taught over 10,000 photographers all around the world how to take better pictures, and make better videos.
  • Has a strange obsession with pandas and tacos.
  • Became a professional photographer when American Idol used one of his images on Season 2 in 2003.
  • Hosts a photography+travel show called, A Photographer In.
  • Has photographed over 600 weddings in the local Kitchener-Waterloo area over the past 15 years.
  • Has been in over 40 different wedding and photography magazines all around the world.
  • Photographed Rick Campanelli’s (aka Rick The Temp) wedding.
  • Photographed on every continent (including Antarctica) last year.
  • Voted Most Inspiring Canadian Wedding Photographer by WeddingBells Magazine.
  • Preferred vendor at: Langdon Hall, Hacienda Sarria, Whistle Bear, Cambridge Mill, and Elora Mill.
  • Father to an Olde English Bulldog named Richard.
  • Started the GoPro on the Tequila Bottle trend in 2013.
  • Hosts a Kitchener-Waterloo based food show with Nick Benninger (Owner of Taco Farm, Harmony Lunch, Marbles and Uptown21)
  • Favourite places in the world: Queenstown, New Zealand. Tokyo, Japan. Antarctic Penninsula, Antarctica.
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Competition Night 2020-09-24: Theme – What We Did Last Summer; Judge – Sandi Croan

Posted on August 23, 2020 by John Tabor

Thursday, September 24, 2020, 7 PM – 9 PM
Zoom
Submission details shown below.

Theme: What We Did Last Summer
Judge: Sandi Croan

Theme Description
Open theme. Photo must be taken between May – August 2020.

About the judge:
Sandi Croan is an independent artist from Centreville who has been living in Northern Virginia since 1978. She has always looked at the world through the lens of a camera and has been taking photographs for family, friends, and her own gallery since her first “Brownie” camera. Over the past 15 years, she has gotten much more serious about landscape, nature, travel, and portrait photography. Now, she is devoting herself full-time to her photographic passion, and constantly striving to capture that special moment in time as well as the beauty, wonderment, feelings and humanity that surrounds us.

Sandi has won numerous competitions and awards for her fine art photographs. She has been juried into many shows and exhibitions. She was recently awarded Best Landscape and People’s Choice Award at the prestigious Nature Visions Photography Exposition and was honored with both Best of Show and Second place at the Meadowlark Nature Photography Expo. She has also won Versatile Photographer of the Year (Advanced), Photographer of the Year (Advanced Color Prints and Advanced Digital) and numerous Prints of the Year at Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS), as well as many competition awards. Sandi was a featured artist in Elan Magazine, and her photograph “Blue Lagoon” was on the cover. She has also had photographs published in other local and national magazines.

In addition, she has been juried into the prestigious ArtSpace Herndon Fine Art Photography Competition, George W. Glennie International Digital Competition, Nature Visions Photography Expo, VisArts of Rockville, Fairfax County Council of the Arts Show (Unlocked), The Fraser Gallery International Photography Exhibition, Art At The Mill, Oatlands Plantation Art Show, Aldie Mill Art Show, and the Meadowlark Photography Expo. Sandi has sold many of her photographs to private, corporate and government clients, and does shows for businesses and other local events.

Submission details:
Due 11:59 PM, Monday, September 21
Upload via Google Drive
Note: Filename format is “Category_Title of the image_YourName”
(Example: NoviceMono_TheBlackandWhiteBall_SamanthaMarshall)

Remember: There is now an “Intermediate” category. Details in the updated rules.

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