Matting Workshop

Bring your photos and learn to cut your own custom mats! We will have mat boards for sale, as well as clear plastic protective bags.

If you own a mat cutter, please bring it! Along with your photos, the class goes a lot faster if people bring a ruler, a pencil and a couple sheets of scratch paper.

LOCATION: Cascades Library, Meeting Room B
TIME: 10am – 2pm

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Exhibit of Past Meadowlark Acceptances

There will be an exhibit at the Fairfax County Government Center of previously shown Meadowlark Photo Expo images. Any image that was accepted into Meadowlark is allowed.

NOTE: Prints must be matted and framed for exhibit (using most likely the wire hangers not saw tooth hangers). Participants will probably have to hang their own images since they’ll be framed with glass.

Check back as the date approaches – we will have more info about how to submit your prints.

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Meadowlark Photo Expo – Judging

This is the date that judging will actually take place for the Meadowlark Photo Expo (nature photography expo at Meadowlark Gardens). We, LPC, will collect images PRIOR to this date, most likely the meeting just before this date.

People’s Choice Theme: “Dogwoods”

Best of Show: $300
1st Runner-up: $200
2nd Runner-up: $100
Meadowlark Award (people’s choice): $100

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Meadowlark Photo Expo

This is the annual nature photography expo coordinated by the Northern VA Alliance of Camera Clubs. Area NOVACC clubs, including us, are allowed to enter nature photographs for consideration for the juried show.

Website: http://www.meadowlarkphotoexpo.org/

People’s Choice Theme: “Dogwoods”

Best of Show: $300
1st Runner-up: $200
2nd Runner-up: $100
Meadowlark Award (people’s choice): $100

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First Meeting – WOW!

First CMP Photo Expo

We are having a great season already! Our first meeting went very well, with as many new folks as returning folks. We hope to see you all again at our next meeting. For those of you not on our Yahoo Group yet, please feel free to join. It’s open to everyone and it’s free. Lots of good info is shared: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LoudounPhotographyClub/join

Our first annual Claude Moore Park Photography Expo went very well and looked great! Thanks, Bob Pierce, for the photo. And thank you to all who volunteered at the event, Bob B, Pini, Joe, Charles, Bob P, Nancy, Geff, Charlotte, Emily, Oscar, Abigail, and anyone I missed.

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Welcome

Welcome members and soon-to-be members. Our 2007-2008 season has already begun with a bang! We had over 100 entries for our 1st annual Claude Moore Park Photo Expo. Wonderful turnout, even at our ‘BME’ matting party on August 30th, where over 15 of us matted entries and learned how to cut mats with Charles’ help.

Our first meeting of the season will be on Sept 13th. To keep things interesting, our first meeting will be a Member Night instead of a speaker. So members, come one, come all and show off your latest masterpieces or bring works-in-progress for feedback. And I’m sure the great conversation will flow.

Oh, and we’ll have pizza to go with our pictures. 🙂

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Claude Moore Park – Photo Expo

Loudoun Photo Club is co-sponsoring with Claude Moore Park the 1st Annual Claude Moore Park Photography Expo! Held in conjunction with the CMP Arts & Crafts Fair on September 15th.

58 entries were selected by our judges, Joe Miller, Mary Louise Ravese and Cory Hilz. More info…

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Claude Moore Park Photo Expo – Deadline

Loudoun Photo Club is co-sponsoring with Claude Moore Park the 1st Annual Claude Moore Park Photography Expo! Held in conjunction with the CMP Arts & Crafts Fair on September 15th.

Deadline for entries is September 1st. More info…

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May Competition: “Open” (Judge: Ian Plant)

Official competition. See competition rules for more information.

Theme is “Open”, which means any subject that meets our PG-13 rules and our regular competition rules. 🙂

Judged by Mr. Ian Plant, who gave a wonderful talk to us in March. Many thanks for coming back to judge for us!

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ELECTIONS + Spkr: Run a Photo Business on a Shoestring Budget

May speaker meeting.

Lisa Duncan, former president of LPC and just-turned full-time professional photographer, will speak to us about how she started a photography business on a shoestring budget. Marketing, how she did it, websites, and more will be discussed.

NOTE: WE WILL ALSO HAVE ELECTIONS AT THIS MEETING – PLEASE ATTEND

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April Competition: “Nature” (Judge: Joshua Taylor)

Official, judged competition. Judge: Joshua Taylor, http://www.archiphotoworkshops.com/
Mr. Taylor has judged for us before, a few years ago, and did a superb job.

Theme is “Nature”:
Images that illustrate the natural features of land, sea, or sky, or that reveal certain natural phenomena such as cloud formations, precipitation, frost, fire, or which depict wildlife. The hand of man may be present as long as it enhances the theme of nature rather than detract. Examples include a small boat in a large lake, a fence in a distance, a path, etc.

*Please note that “detracting” hand of man in an image will be left to the judge’s discretion.

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Apr. Speaker: (WED) Ian Plant, author of “Chesapeake Bay of Light”

Ian Plant, author of

    Chesapeake: Bay of Light

, will talk with us about photographing areas found in his book. He is a very engaging speaker with excellent tips on beautiful places to photograph in our “backyard” of the mid-atlantic.

His website: http://www.ipphotography.com

Check out the April 2008 issue of Outdoor Photographer for more on Ian Plant.

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March Member Night

Come on, come all! Members, bring your latest works to show off or works-in-progress for feedback, and enjoy chatting about photography and more with your fellow LPC members.

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Digital Darkroom Techniques – Joseph Rossbach

We are delighted to announce that Joseph Rossbach will talk with us about Digital Darkroom Techniques! View more info about Mr. Rossbach at www.josephrossbach.com .

Location: Cascades Library
Time: 6:30p – social + setup, 7p meeting starts
Dinner: 5:30p at Famous Dave’s with the speaker

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Feb Competition: “Macro”

Judged official competition (February).

Theme is “Macro”.

Judge TBD.

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Feb. Speaker: “What is HDR, Anyway?” – NEW DATE

NEW DATE – TUESDAY, FEB 5th

Shelley Miller will be talking about High Dynamic Range photos. Last year she gave us a very inspiring talk on using polarized light for indoor photos, which people are still talking about! We expect this talk to be just as excellent and look forward to learning more about this intriguing process.

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January Member Night (Portfolio Share)

Come one, come all! Members, show off your latest works, bring works-in-progress for feedback, and just have fun chatting with your fellow photo club members.

UPDATE: We’ll have pizza as usual. Also – BRING YOUR CAMERA AND TRIPOD. We’ll have a macro setup to practice for our Feb official competition.

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Jan. Speaker: Producing a Photo Book for Publication (Images of the Potomac)

UPDATED!

Our speaker will be Roy Sewall, published photographer and author of a lovely book of images of the Potomac. He’ll speak to us about how to produce a photography book for publication and about his book experience. Although he’ll have copies of his book for sale, this will primarily be a talk about producing a book and getting published.

Links:
Gallery – http://www.photocentric.net/galleryroy.htm
Book – http://www.photocentric.net/gallery130.htm

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Holiday Party

Holiday Party – Happy Winter Holidays!

This is a member night, portfolio share, and potluck to join each other in the season’s festivities.

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Nov. Speaker: Panorama Photography – How-to

Bill Conway will discuss Panorama Photography, including examples and how-to for various photo editing software.

View Bill Conway’s Photos on his website

This is the ONLY November meeting. Happy Thanksgiving!

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