Hi - Photo show lovers. The Mitchell Gallery at St. John's College in Annapolis will be opening a new show, this time: photographs!
It's called "The Camera's Muse," exhibiting portraits by world-famous photographers. These prints of famous people have been collected over many years and places by Robert Infarinato, who will talk about them on Nov 1 at the Gallery, 3:30-5 including a hands-on workshop. Here's a chance to see first-hand portraits by the great masters of photography, right here in town. If you can't get there that day, visit almost any afternoon until 5. See www.stjohnscollege.edu/events/AN/art/exhibits.shtml
The National Gallery in DC www.nga.gov/exhibitions also has two photography exhibitions now open: "In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes", and another portrait photography show: "Robert Bergman: Portraits, 1986–1995"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Our Next Showcase is Soon !!
Hi - We have another opportunity for you to shine! Our next showcase comes up at the November 2 meeting and that's only nine days away. That means your submissions for that Showcase need to be in very soon - always one week before.
The good news: we're going to delay the deadline this time by two days to give you a chance to sort out all those candidates and choose your three shots. The new deadline will be midnight Wednesday Oct 28, but it would sure be nice if you didn't wait past the regular Monday night deadline. Remember that address to email them to - its' simple: showcase@digitalphotoclub.net.
Unless you say no in the submission email, these will be posted on our website. So please size your photos to 1024-1200 pixels on the longest side. They'll look good and won't be a big file to store or transmit. Even if you use an email program or Windows Explorer to resize, set it one of these numbers to do that task. Thanks. Can't wait to see your stuff.
Now - on to the current Challenge. To help out with your thoughts and techniques for Action photography - the theme - Mike Kellogg has chosen a program for the next meeting with action as the subject. He'll tell you more on his blog vpdpca.blogspot.com. You can access this blog directly from the club website at any time - it's in the lower right corner.
When you're ready to send those Action Challenge photos in, they go to another simple address: challenge@digitalphotoclub.net. Make sure you don't mix up the addresses - either showcase or challenge will do it. They're due before midnight November 9th, one week before the Challenge meeting on Nov 16th. We'll announce soon who it will be that gets to comment on all these images at the Challenge meeting.
Thanks for all this activity - we all not only love to see your photos but often get inspired by what we see on that screen. Your Club's programs separate out the easy stuff - Showcases - from your going on a time-limited assignment based on a theme - Challenges. The latter gets you to expand your thinking a little bit and make just a few good, directed shots. Don't wait until the last minute as I do - think about how good you can be at this and get out there early !!
The good news: we're going to delay the deadline this time by two days to give you a chance to sort out all those candidates and choose your three shots. The new deadline will be midnight Wednesday Oct 28, but it would sure be nice if you didn't wait past the regular Monday night deadline. Remember that address to email them to - its' simple: showcase@digitalphotoclub.net.
Unless you say no in the submission email, these will be posted on our website. So please size your photos to 1024-1200 pixels on the longest side. They'll look good and won't be a big file to store or transmit. Even if you use an email program or Windows Explorer to resize, set it one of these numbers to do that task. Thanks. Can't wait to see your stuff.
Now - on to the current Challenge. To help out with your thoughts and techniques for Action photography - the theme - Mike Kellogg has chosen a program for the next meeting with action as the subject. He'll tell you more on his blog vpdpca.blogspot.com. You can access this blog directly from the club website at any time - it's in the lower right corner.
When you're ready to send those Action Challenge photos in, they go to another simple address: challenge@digitalphotoclub.net. Make sure you don't mix up the addresses - either showcase or challenge will do it. They're due before midnight November 9th, one week before the Challenge meeting on Nov 16th. We'll announce soon who it will be that gets to comment on all these images at the Challenge meeting.
Thanks for all this activity - we all not only love to see your photos but often get inspired by what we see on that screen. Your Club's programs separate out the easy stuff - Showcases - from your going on a time-limited assignment based on a theme - Challenges. The latter gets you to expand your thinking a little bit and make just a few good, directed shots. Don't wait until the last minute as I do - think about how good you can be at this and get out there early !!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
October 19th meeting coming
Whew! Did you get all the submissions in last Monday? We have the opportunity to show two of your images framed and hung at the Bella Gallery for the Christmas season, and to show three of your photos at the upcoming Showcase meeting. Both of those sets of images were due in last Monday, Oct 12. But if you did submit some, you've now got some nice outlets for your talents.
So, on our program for this coming Monday evening is another Showcase, where for the first hour you will see and hear about 70 or so images made by members. Showcase images can come from any time, any place, any subject (including film scans, but do them well). I get to see them first, and I'll tell you they're good.
If the Field Trip gets rained out, we won't have anything to show for our try on Saturday. But we'll have Laurie Brice, Tech Director, to round out info for you about our Club's communications capabilities. At the last meeting we heard from our Webmeister, Mike DeLucia, who took us around our Web page.
Are you a Photoshop user? No, I mean the big Photoshop, not Elements. No? Have you wondered whether you should move over there from Photoshop Elements? What are the advantages of using the big program? Is it worth the extra cost and learning time? Mike Kellogg has a talk for you on the differences between the two. Don't miss.
See you on Monday evening.
Don Dement, Pres.
So, on our program for this coming Monday evening is another Showcase, where for the first hour you will see and hear about 70 or so images made by members. Showcase images can come from any time, any place, any subject (including film scans, but do them well). I get to see them first, and I'll tell you they're good.
If the Field Trip gets rained out, we won't have anything to show for our try on Saturday. But we'll have Laurie Brice, Tech Director, to round out info for you about our Club's communications capabilities. At the last meeting we heard from our Webmeister, Mike DeLucia, who took us around our Web page.
Are you a Photoshop user? No, I mean the big Photoshop, not Elements. No? Have you wondered whether you should move over there from Photoshop Elements? What are the advantages of using the big program? Is it worth the extra cost and learning time? Mike Kellogg has a talk for you on the differences between the two. Don't miss.
See you on Monday evening.
Don Dement, Pres.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Challenge Change
Hi, all members. Maybe my recent trip to Maine set me onto the track about Creative Fall Colors for the Challenge. But I think now there won't be enough shooting time for our colors here to change. So I'm going to eat those words spoken at the meeting and revert to the original Challenge subject: Action photography.
Please be sure you are clear on the Challenge theme now - it's Action photography. We're going to prime that with a program speaker on this, so you'll get some better ideas on what to do.
I apologize for any confusion this could cause, but I think it will be easier and more fun to do the Action and let the leaves wait for a Showcase if you choose to shoot them.
All other conditions are the same for the Challenge, and the dates are on the slides from last meeting. Thanks for your attention to this and see you on the 19th
Don Dement, Pres.
PS - Don't forget that we have a Showcase coming, and the deadline for submissions is this coming Monday at midnight. You'll also receive a note about submissions for the Exhibit at the Bella gallery. That deadline is also Monday night, Oct 12. Submissions info can be found on the blog: http://dpca-exhibits.blogspot.com/ by Robbie.
Please be sure you are clear on the Challenge theme now - it's Action photography. We're going to prime that with a program speaker on this, so you'll get some better ideas on what to do.
I apologize for any confusion this could cause, but I think it will be easier and more fun to do the Action and let the leaves wait for a Showcase if you choose to shoot them.
All other conditions are the same for the Challenge, and the dates are on the slides from last meeting. Thanks for your attention to this and see you on the 19th
Don Dement, Pres.
PS - Don't forget that we have a Showcase coming, and the deadline for submissions is this coming Monday at midnight. You'll also receive a note about submissions for the Exhibit at the Bella gallery. That deadline is also Monday night, Oct 12. Submissions info can be found on the blog: http://dpca-exhibits.blogspot.com/ by Robbie.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Showcase Coming Up Oct 19th
Hello again - We had a speaker at this Monday's meeting that showed many of us prints that we haven't even imagined. Some were made on materials like heavy rag paper, wood veneer, and even metal sheets. Some were colored/painted by hand after the photo was printed on the material. It was remarkable simply as a process, and so were the beautiful results. Thanks to Barbara Ellison we got a glimpse into another aspect of how we can render our photos through an experienced expert's talk.
The next meeting, Oct 19, will have a Showcase. Watch out for the short schedule because the deadline for submissions to showcase@digitalphotoclub.net is this coming Monday Oct 12, one week ahead of the presentation as usual. So with this great weather you can make new photos now, or you can scare up something from your archives that you think is more impressive. You could even work on it with some creativity and make something new from something old. That's what showcases can do for you - make a target date to show us something no one has seen before.
All in the same evening Mike Kellogg, VP Programs, will give us some info on the differences between Photoshop CS 4 and Photoshop Elements. And we'll hear more about our club's communications from Laurie Brice, Tech Director.
In the meantime - speaking of short schedules - we all need to pay attention to the deadline on that same day for your submission (an electronic version) of whatever you'd like to show framed at the Bella Photo Art and Framing Gallery over the Christmas buying season.
Sound like a good time to sell something? It's the best.
All the important dates for the exhibit were shown by Robbie on Monday night but they're also here online: http://www.digitalphotoclub.net/pdf/program100509.pdf as part of the last meeting's presentations. Just run down through these slides to the Important Dates one.
So here are a couple of things for you to do on Columbus Day. Keep your eye on Monday, 13th for 1-3 submissions to the Showcase, and one or two entries to the juried show coming up for Nov-Dec. Is this a busy and involved club or what? Have fun.
Please don't forget my invitation for someone to step forward and become the Club's Treasurer. We must have someone in that office, and soon. Thanks for anyone considering it, and I'll be glad to chat with you to scope it out. I'll hound you all about this until we come up with a solution, so the sooner you volunteer, the sooner I'll get off the soapbox.
Don Dement - Pres.
PS - You can always go back and see in some detail what past meetings have done. Poke around on the website www.digitalphotoclub.net under the "Calendar" dropdown, which is where this URL came from.
And if you "follow" (over on the right side) my blog that you're reading, you'll get these notes without forgetting to take a look. It would make life easier for all of us if we could just post these notes, without email. Let's make that a habit. Try following. I follow other blogs in our club and it makes sense.
The next meeting, Oct 19, will have a Showcase. Watch out for the short schedule because the deadline for submissions to showcase@digitalphotoclub.net is this coming Monday Oct 12, one week ahead of the presentation as usual. So with this great weather you can make new photos now, or you can scare up something from your archives that you think is more impressive. You could even work on it with some creativity and make something new from something old. That's what showcases can do for you - make a target date to show us something no one has seen before.
All in the same evening Mike Kellogg, VP Programs, will give us some info on the differences between Photoshop CS 4 and Photoshop Elements. And we'll hear more about our club's communications from Laurie Brice, Tech Director.
In the meantime - speaking of short schedules - we all need to pay attention to the deadline on that same day for your submission (an electronic version) of whatever you'd like to show framed at the Bella Photo Art and Framing Gallery over the Christmas buying season.
Sound like a good time to sell something? It's the best.
All the important dates for the exhibit were shown by Robbie on Monday night but they're also here online: http://www.digitalphotoclub.net/pdf/program100509.pdf as part of the last meeting's presentations. Just run down through these slides to the Important Dates one.
So here are a couple of things for you to do on Columbus Day. Keep your eye on Monday, 13th for 1-3 submissions to the Showcase, and one or two entries to the juried show coming up for Nov-Dec. Is this a busy and involved club or what? Have fun.
Please don't forget my invitation for someone to step forward and become the Club's Treasurer. We must have someone in that office, and soon. Thanks for anyone considering it, and I'll be glad to chat with you to scope it out. I'll hound you all about this until we come up with a solution, so the sooner you volunteer, the sooner I'll get off the soapbox.
Don Dement - Pres.
PS - You can always go back and see in some detail what past meetings have done. Poke around on the website www.digitalphotoclub.net under the "Calendar" dropdown, which is where this URL came from.
And if you "follow" (over on the right side) my blog that you're reading, you'll get these notes without forgetting to take a look. It would make life easier for all of us if we could just post these notes, without email. Let's make that a habit. Try following. I follow other blogs in our club and it makes sense.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Next Meeting Oct 5
Been out of touch on a vacation trip to Maine (again) - 2d half. Great views and shooting opps in and around Mt. Desert Island. Back home for the meeting and starting the teaching season.
On Monday evening we'll be hearing a fine speaker about creative printing, Barbara Ellison. You can read about her on Mike's blog: vpdpca.blogspot.com
We'll catch up with that short business meeting that I noted for last meeting - all the facts weren't in at that time. It's important for the Club that we agree on the season's budget. At this meeting, I expect most of our officers will be back from their trips, too, so you can see who they are and hear from them about our programs, exhibitions, field trips, and our website and blogs.
We'll also be announcing the first Challenge of the season, where you get to shoot "on assignment" about a particular theme in a period of a few weeks, choose your photos to show, and hear from an expert reviewer about them.
We have a very short schedule for getting "Your Best Shot" together for the first exhibit, which will be at Bella Photo Art and Framing Gallery. There will be more on this from Robbie, our Exhibition Committee Chair, on what to do.
So come early (6:30) and have a chat with your friends, and I'll see you there.
Don Dement
On Monday evening we'll be hearing a fine speaker about creative printing, Barbara Ellison. You can read about her on Mike's blog: vpdpca.blogspot.com
We'll catch up with that short business meeting that I noted for last meeting - all the facts weren't in at that time. It's important for the Club that we agree on the season's budget. At this meeting, I expect most of our officers will be back from their trips, too, so you can see who they are and hear from them about our programs, exhibitions, field trips, and our website and blogs.
We'll also be announcing the first Challenge of the season, where you get to shoot "on assignment" about a particular theme in a period of a few weeks, choose your photos to show, and hear from an expert reviewer about them.
We have a very short schedule for getting "Your Best Shot" together for the first exhibit, which will be at Bella Photo Art and Framing Gallery. There will be more on this from Robbie, our Exhibition Committee Chair, on what to do.
So come early (6:30) and have a chat with your friends, and I'll see you there.
Don Dement
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