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|Program: |President’s Message |

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|Wednesday, April 8th, 7:30 p.m. |We had another outstanding presentation at last month’s meeting – Alan Sislen’s workshop |

|McLean Community Center |on shooting panoramas. Personally, I really like workshop style presentations |

| |occasionally and this was a winner. For this one, I happened to take more notes than |

|Walter Calahan -- "Mastering the Box: Expand Your Creative Vision", an |usual, so if you weren’t there or need a recap, check out the notes on p. 3. |

|exploration of the creative process, and how being a perpetual student of our| |

|tools increases our creative options. |Post-Meadowlark news: |

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|Walt’s photographic career has taken him under the Atlantic Ocean aboard a US|The Meadowlark Photo Exposition for 2009 was quite a success. Some information on a |

|Navy Trident Submarine, to lava tube caves in Idaho, into surgical clinics |likely change for next year and a note for past Meadowlark entries exhibited at the |

|for Afghan refugees in Pashawar, Pakistan, canoeing the Okefenokee Swamp of |Fairfax Gov. Center are on p. 2. |

|Georgia and the great northern woods of Canada, launched off the deck of a US| |

|Navy Aircraft Carrier, to children learning to tap dance, as well as the |Making sharper images: |

|tumult of the Romanian Revolution. | |

| |On “How to Make Images Sharp” by John Naman – John had this article about tips for |

|He studied and received a B.S. in Photojournalism from the Newhouse School of|sharpness in an NVPS newsletter that Sue Teunis has suggested for inclusion in our |

|Public Communications at Syracuse University, began my newspaper career at |newsletter and John agreed. So check out the excellent suggestions starting on p. 4. |

|the Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana, joined the start up of USA Today as | |

|a staff photography editor, and launched my freelance career in 1987. Since, |Upcoming area events include: |

|he’s worked for Time Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, Bon Appétit, Vanity | |

|Fair, Boys' Life, National Geographic Society, Fortune, Forbes, Business |Fairfax Co. Gov. Cntr exhibit, asso. w/ Meadowlark – ending April 4 |

|Week, Yamaha, General Electric, Ameritech, etc. |Longwood Gardens and Winterthur Mansion near Phil., PA (see details) |

| |MPAartfest 2009 Call for Entries Submission Deadline: May 1 |

|Walt teaches ‘Introduction to Photography’ for the Art Department of McDaniel|McLean Project for the Arts' community art festival Sunday |

|College, insuring a love for photography in the next generation of |Oct. 4 10 am to 5pm in McLean Central Park |

|photographers to come. Presently he is studying for a Master of Liberal Arts |Corey Hilz location workshops |

|at McDaniel College. |Joseph Rossbach Photography |

| |Bill Folsom workshops at Meadowlark, |

| |Biotrek Adventure Travels with Sunny Reynolds |

| |Christine Kent Bowles, |

| |Horizon Creativity Workshops, |

|. |Ace Photo classes, classes.html |

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| |See the details on those following the “Upcoming exhibitions, workshops, events” section |

| |later in the newsletter. |

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| |And, as always, be sure to check out the Northern Virginia Association of Camera Clubs |

| |(NOVACC) events, field trips, and workshops listed on p. 6. The NOVACC Web site is at: |

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Meadowlark Photography Exhibition postscript:

The Meadowlark 2009 Nature Photography Expo was March 7 & 8.

The NoVA Photo Expo board, the group that organizes the Meadowlark Expo, met Sunday, 3-22. A short recap follows:

1. We made about $5000 this year and will have a cash carry over of about $10,000.

2. Voted to move to a more self contained, larger venue in 2010. The belief of the Meadowlark staff and the board it that the Expo has gotten too large and successful for the facilities. We are investigating a Hilton complex in Manassas that will be completed next spring and tentatively decided to hold the next Expo in November 2010. It will be probably be sponsored by more clubs in the Metro area and include more subjects than nature.

3. MPC will need at least two people to be involved with planning and organizing the new expo. Bill Prosser will be willing to work with anyone interested. If interested, please contact Bruce and Bill. If you have any questions, contact Bill.

4. The NoVa Regional Park Authority (NVRPA) will continue to host a Nature Expo at Meadowlark to be held in the winter time, next year in February. The expo will be more like the one we used to host a few years back. Limited to about 200 images and open to all photographers, including those not members of clubs. Probably no speakers, but possibly workshops held in the Lilac Room section of the Atrium. It will be much more strict on what manipulation, if any will be allowed. NVRPA staff will run it with collaboration with the local clubs.More details to be worked out in the future.

REMINDER: For those of you who are displaying pictures at the Fairfax County Govt. Center, your pictures must be picked up April 4 between 8:30 and 9:30 AM. If you can't make that time, please make arrangements to have someone pick your picture(s) for you. I have been told we may not pick them up earlier.

If you have any comments or questions don't hesitate to contact Bill Prosser, prosserwm@.

Fairfax County Gov. Center exhibit, associated with promoting Meadowlark Photo Expo (through April 4, 2009):

Images that have been juried into the Meadowlark Exhibition from among the various clubs are being displayed at the Fairfax Government Center. It’s too late to get in, but it’s an opportunity to view the photos at the Government Center.

Notes on Alan Sislen’s workshop (March at McLean Photo Club) on shooting panoramas:

These are my notes from Alan’s workshop. Can’t guarantee everything is perfect, but it’s pretty close:

Epic $379 specialized camera for shooting panoramas (not the subject

of the workshop, just an interesting gadget mentioned).

Make sure you use good depth of field.

Hyperfocal distance is explained well in . This is important information.

rails -- useful for your tripod for panoramas -- position the camera on rail so that pivot point is at the len’s nodal point.

Nodal point determination:

- tripod

- find two objects that line up with each other – one relatively close, one farther away

- pivot camera from one end of viewfinder to the other

- if relationship between the two objects changes, you’re not at the nodal point, therefore, slide the camera on the rail and try again.

note: The Nodal Point changes from lens to lens and with zoom lens from mm to mm.

Camera, tripod, ball head, rail – all should be level.

Manual focus, manual exposure, and manual white balance are very important.

Remove filters, especially polarizers and graduated neutral density filters.

The same exposure through all the frames is desirable.

Ideally, use cable release and mirror lock-up.

Have a 25 – 30 percent overlap frame to frame. The shorter the focal length, the greater the overlap should be.

A PC (Perspective Correcting) lens is nice, but not necessary (shifting up and down).

After last shot, place hand over lens (or the lens cap) and shoot a blank frame (just to delineate the beginning and end of each panorama sequence).

Composition -- leave extra space on all sides of the photo for later cropping.

Photoshop alternatives – The two most recent versions of Photoshop are superb for putting together the panorama pieces, but alternatives include:

Panorama Factory

Stitcher stitcher.

Panorama Maker

Avoid important compositional elements at the seams (of each frame).

Non-matching tonal areas – Photoshop Curves adjustment layers, locked to the “problem layer” to even out the tonal problems.

Printer – if it takes roll paper, you can get bigger panoramas.



John Naman article on sharpness, from the Northern Virginia Photographic Society newsletter:

How to Make Images Tack Sharp by John Naman

For the past year, I have been researching how to make my images "tack sharp". I will briefly summarize what I have learned and tell you a no-cost, simple way to improve the sharpness of everything you shoot (the way I did).

I just want better images, so these tips are about "how to" and not about "why" or the math and science of photography--maybe another day.

Sharpness is the clarity of detail in an image. There are two elements that contribute to sharpness: focus and contrast. (technically: resolution and acutance). When images are not "tack sharp", they look "soft", "out of focus" and detail is "washed out". We know it when we see it. Photoshop can only help one part of sharpness, the other part comes when the image is taken.

What I care about is improving my images: what can I do to control and increase sharpness? It turns out there is a lot; and most things cost me nothing, once I understood the problems. In the remainder of the article, asterisks point to the solutions I have found. Some will be a review, some may be eye openers.

Motion blur seems to be #1 in terms of losing sharpness. If the camera moves or the subject moves, the image will be soft or blurred.

Wind is my enemy, especially for roses. Early in the day (dawn) the air is almost still.

Use a tripod or monopod. Hold the camera still.

Flash fires in less than 1,000th/sec, which makes a tack sharp image. No tripod required if using flash, which one reason why wedding photographers use flash even outdoors.

VR (vibration reduction)/IS (image stabilization) help make a bad situation less bad, but doesn't really make tack sharp images.

Handhold at 1/(focal length) is an old tale. A 100mm lens at 1/100thof a second is not tack sharp. It takes about 5-10 times the shutter speed to achieve tack sharpness: try 1/500th for sharp hand held (or use a flash or a tripod).

A remote shutter release (infrared or cable) may help a little, especially if you usually stab at the shutter-release button.

Mirror Lock-Up, even with the best cameras, can cause your image to blur slightly when using very slow shutter speeds. I use this feature occasionally, but the improvement is not much. On the other hand, it doesn't cost much either.

Camera Practices: You probably have heard most of the above before. Some non-motion tips:

Keep your lenses clean, and keep them protected! Dirt and scratches both soften images.

Try to shoot outdoors before noon. Any fog, dust and other impurities in the atmosphere will make objects further away appear somewhat hazy and lacking in contrast. This is always true, but water vapor evaporated off of vegetation and bodies of water by the afternoon sun will bond with any pollution present making the effect even more apparent. Pollution is so severe it can be hard to take a good picture across a valley or other expanse in the afternoon.

Use a Polarizer! Polarizers cut haze, reflections and increase contrast and saturation. At least pull it out of the bag, look through it and see if it helps. Outdoors, it usually does. Keep the threads pointed toward you or it won't make any difference.

ISO. For all brands of camera, the higher the ISO, the less contrast in an image (muddy, washed out). Try to keep ISO as low as you can. A small difference. Who knew?

Lens sharpness. Every lens, from the cheapest to the most expensive is tack sharp at the center and softer at the edges. Corners are worst. Excellent lenses can be 25% less sharp at edges than at the center. Below average lenses can be much less than 1/2 as sharp at the edges.

For maximum lens sharpness, using an FX lens on a DX camera is almost the best you can do, because you are not using the softest edges of the lens. Unfortunately you pay double for this one: FX lenses are much heavier and cost way much! This is true for20all brands of lens.

If you use a zoom, widen a little and crop the soft edges. This makes a huge difference, no cost.

Every lens, from the cheapest to the most expensive is softest wide-open and closed down (f/48).

Optimal lens sharpness and contrast is always about 2 stops down from wide open: f/5.6 for a f/2.8 lens or f/8 for a f/3.5 lens. After that, depth of field increases, but sharpness and contrast decline, the image gets softer,

but more is in focus. Depth of field is not sharpness.

Every zoom lens, from the cheapest to the most expensive is softest at the ends, wide and telephoto, and sharpest in the middle range of the zoom.

For optimal lens sharpness and contrast in a zoom telephoto, zoom all the way out and then back up a quarter turn. If the zoom goes to 300m, back off to 200-250mm. Much sharper. Also, you can crop a little of the edges (soft) and end up with what you were zoomed in at full zoom.

Teleconverters reduce contrast and may also reduce resolution. Close-up lenses also suffer from edge and corner softness. Buy the best add-ons you can afford and use every tip above to improve sharpness, particularly

stopping down to f/5.6 or f/8.

Photoshop.

Lenses affect both resolution and contrast. Once the image is in the camera, resolution can not be artificially increased:20detail that isn't recorded can't be pulled out of thin air. However, contrast can. This is what unsharp mask (USM) does: it increases the brightness differences between adjacent areas. So, judicious use of unsharp mask will make the detail that was already in it more visible. The way it does this is determined by the parameters: amount, radius, and threshold. The amount sets how much USM changes the contrast. The radius determines how far USM looks from each pixel to make the adjustment. The threshold means how much difference it looks for to make any change at all. Each of these impacts the

picture in a specific way.

Of the three USM variables, Radius is the pivotal one: it determines the type of impact USM will have.

Printer: The Epson 700, 890, 980 1900, 2400 all print 720 dpi. If you only print 360 dpi, your images will be less sharp. The difference between 360 dpi and 720 dpi on my 2400 shows up in portraits: each hair is distinct at 720 dpi. The printer could do it, except I used to print at 360 dpi. Print at 720 dpi.

Small prints are sharper than larger prints. The larger the print size, 8x10 or larger, the more important all of the above tips. If a print looks soft, try printing it a smaller size. "If you are not planning on making large prints, you should not have any problems with most of the amateur telephoto lenses as long as you use a good tripod."

A no-cost simple way to improve the sharpness of everything YOU shoot (the way I did).

Find something that roughly represents your shooting subjects: the roof of a nearby house, a silk rose in a vase, a mannequin or shirt on a hanger. Be sure they are fixed and completely still and have lots of detail so you can see if the images are sharp or soft.

Get a pad of paper and number it 1 to 20.

Put your camera in your favorite mode: aperture priority or time priority and fix the ISO for now.

Take a series of the pictures at different f-stops. Say f/2.8 at 1/200th, f/4 at 1/100, ... Make a note of each exposure-time on each line of your notepad. Try this with a tripod, monopod, VR, hand-held. Try different ISOs or switch to AutoISO. Try flash, if it makes sense.

Go into Lightroom or Photoshop or just a JPEG viewer and view each one, in order, at the highest magnification you can. Try to look at corners and edges. (I like my neighbor's roof because there is detail from edge to edge.) Score each one A, B,C,D,F

Some of the images will be much sharper than others. Maybe even Tack sharp.

Make a note of which ones are sharpest. That is your custom setting for YOUR hand, camera, lens combination and the types of subjects you shoot. Try to always shoot where you are sharpest and avoid the combinations that were soft. If you buy a new camera or another lens, do it again. Every camera and lens has it own "sweet spot" and once you find your sweet spot, try to shoot there.

For me, I shoot a lot of roses, thousands in the past couple of years, so I tried one of everything with a silk rose indoors (no wind!) and my neighbors roof across the street. I found out where VR works for me, where a tripod works, and surprisingly that I get the best results using both a tripod and dynamic VR. Who knew? I've tried to use every one of the above tips when I

shoot and I think I'm getting better. But there is always room for more improvement.

John Naman

Northern Virginia Alliance of Camera Clubs (NOVACC)

April 2009 programs of the affiliated clubs

(As a member of the McLean Photography Club you may attend any of the listed activities

Loudoun Photography Club

Contact: Mary Austin-Keller at info@ or 703-435-8907

Website: 

Meetings: The George Washington University Virginia Campus, Ashburn (see website for directions)

Program: Book Publishing Pt 2 - Production, Marketing & Sales by Roy Sewall, April 9, 7:00 p.m.

Member's Night: April 23, 2009

Field Trip: TBD

Manassas Warrenton Camera Club

Contact: Gene Wells (703) 330-5835 or ewellsjr@

Website: mwcc- .

Meetings: Held on the 1st and 3rd Thur. at 7:30 pm, Manassas City Hall, Old Town Manassas, or as indicated.

Program: April 2, 2009 - “I see what you’re saying, can you say what I’m seeing?” Moving from visual exploration to communication with photography by Glenn Howell

Competition: April 16, 2009 - Rhythm & Symmetry judged by Josh Taylor, Jr.

McLean Photography Club

Contact: Bruce Copping at (703) 725-9331 or bcopping@

Website: .

Meetings:  Held on the 2nd Wed. at 7:30 pm (meet & greet at 7:15 pm), at the McLean Community Center, or as indicated.

Program: April 8, 7:30 p.m. -- Walter Calahan -- "Mastering the Box: Expand Your Creative Vision" -- An exploration of the creative process, and how being a perpetual student of our tools increases our creative options.

Competition: May 13

Northern Virginia Photographic Society

Contact: Tom Brett at 703-642-1595 or TomBrettPhoto@

Website:

Meetings: Held at 7:30 pm at Dunn Loring Fire Station, 2148 Gallows Rd., Dunn Loring, Va.

Program: Tues. April 7, Karen Keating, “Saga of Producing Your First Photo Book”

Competition: Tues, April 21, Judge is Steve Gottlieb, Theme is Architecture/Cityscape

Forum and Members Gallery: April 21-Susan Breen: The Andy Warhol look in photography

Workshops, Education and Training: April 14, Critique

Field Trips: April 2nd - 5th, Charleston SC; April 11 Bluebells at Bull Run; contact Gerry Abbott, gerry.abbott@, 703.967.9677 (mobile)

Reston Photographic Society

Contact: Ellis Rosenberg at 703-855-4008 or erosenberg@

Website:

Meetings: Held the 3rd Monday of the month 7:30-9:30 pm at the Reston Community Center – Hunters Woods

Program:

Competition: Club digital and print competition on Monday April 20th 7:30pm at RCC HW. Theme is Travel, images from your travels that capture the cultural environment. Details in newsletter and web site.

Vienna Photographic Society

Contact: Mary Jane Fish at (703) 281-9743 or fishsfotos@ or Mike Stevens at 703-619-1605 or mike-vps@

Website: vps-

Meetings: Held on the 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 pm in the main lecture hall of the Thoreau Middle School, 2505 Cedar Lane, Vienna, VA.

Program: Wednesday, April 1 @ 7:30pm… Wayne Wolfersberger will discuss strategies and techniques that foster “Successful Wildlife Photography”

Competition: Wednesday, March 15 @ 7:30pm… open (unthemed) competition with Andy Klein as the judge.

Field Trip: Saturday, March 28… TBA

Upcoming exhibitions, workshops, events:

McLean Project For The Arts

Sunday. October 4. 2009

10am to 5pm

McLean Central Park

(rain location - McLean Community Center)

MPAartfest 2009 Call for Entries

A one-day juried fine art and craft show and sale featuring the work of 40 local and regional visual artists.

McLean Central Park will reverberate with the sights and sounds of art and music on Sunday, October 4th at the 3rd annual MPAartfest. Last year’s event drew 4,500 art and music devotees.

For more infoformation and entry form:



entry deadline: May 1

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Longwood Gardens and Winterthur Mansion Philadelphia (tour bus trip):

Brunswick Photographers Guild is planning a tour bus trip to Longwood Gardens and Winterthur Mansion near Philadelphia on the Saturday of Easter weekend. 25 needed to make the trip a go and they are inviting members of other photography clubs to come along. Leaving out of the commuter lot in Brunswick and will be returning to the same spot, 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Both locations allow tripod photography and we will be watching strobist DVDs along the way.

Kelly Putz

703-961-8663

301-834-6873

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Location Photography Workshops with Corey Hilz

Join Corey Hilz to photograph in a great location at a beautiful time of year, receive personal attention in the field and learn how you can make your photographs even better. Location workshops allow Corey to spend more time assisting participants and answering questions while out photographing. The workshops also include critiques and presentations on composition, creative techniques, image editing, software and more.

2009 Workshop Schedule:

Charleston, South Carolina: April 2-5

St. Michaels, Maryland: June 4-7

Ireland: June 23 - July 3

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee: September 17-20

Canaan Valley, West Virginia: October 8-11

China: October 20 - November 3

You can find details about these workshops other learning opportunities at .

Feel free to contact Corey Hilz with any questions: corey@ or 703.473.4618

Bill Folsom workshops at Meadowlark

Goto to see Bill Folsom classes dealing with the key elements of photography.  Introductory classes are offered aimed at beginners; those classes provide a very gentle overview of all aspects of photography in a 1 to 2 hour lecture.  Intermediate classes help beginners to understand the basics of photography (lighting, equipment, composition) and are also helpful to those who wish to become better photographers.  Some of the advanced classes can also be taken by beginners once they have some experience in photography.  Advanced techniques, such as understanding aperture, shutter speed, and exposure are useful for those who wish to advance beyond the "point-and-shoot" style of photography. If the weather cooperates, classes frequently head outside to photograph in the Gardens for an hour or so after each class.

William B. Folsom    Photography, Inc.

7600 Tremayne Place, #104

McLean, VA 22102



wbfolsom@

cell: 571-213-8696

Joseph Rossbach Photography Workshops

-- Web site

443-603-2384

-- samples of Joe's photos

-- schedule of workshops

and introducing Mountain Trail Photo - a brand new website for photographers



Joe is part of a new website, Mountain Trail Photo ()! Mountain Trail Photo is your one-stop source for nature photography inspiration, education, and exploration. There you will find image galleries from the Mountain Trail Photo Team (which is made up of some of the nation's most talented nature photographers); how-to articles and trip reports; information on nature photography workshops; and links to purchase team members' books and calendars. Also, Mountain Trail Photo holds regular nature photography contests, giving participants the opportunity to win prizes and discounts on workshops, and to have their images displayed on the site. With regular updates -- including recent images, blog entries, and new articles every month -- there's always something new to discover at Mountain Trail Photo. Whether you are an avid nature photographer looking to sharpen your skills, or just someone who likes looking at beautiful photographs, this is the site for you!

Christine Kent Bowles:

Please visit the Specialty Workshop area of Christine’s website at: , or e-mail Christine at

Nature photography workshops being conducted this spring in Howard County, MD:

Backyard & Trail Deluxe on Saturday, April 25 from 9 am to 5 pm

Macro Photography on Sunday, May 17 from 12:30 to 5:30 pm.

Smithsonian classes:

The Smithsonian has many photography and digital media classes and events going on:





An example of one of the classes:

Working with Digital Cameras:

This hands-on workshop covers topics such as obtaining a good exposure using various shooting modes; making exposure adjustments on an image that is too light or dark; controlling color and tone as files are captured; understanding resolution, picture quality, and file formats such as JPEG and RAW; transferring files to the computer; and organizing files with a browser.

Meli Mathis

The Smithsonian Associates

Public Affairs Intern

202-633-8671

mathism@si.edu

Washington School of Photography

4850 Rugby Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814

301-654-1998

wsp-

WSP has workshops and professional programs in nature photography, digital specialties (like Photoshop), film

photography, studio lighting, fine art photography, gallery events, and more.

Biotrek Adventure Travels

Sunny Reynolds, Director

81 Main Street, Warrenton, VA 20186 USA * (540) 349-0040

E-mail: biotrekadv@



Bella Vista Photography Workshops

Mary Louise Ravese



(540) 882-9354

Ace Photo classes

Ace Photo

44710 Cape Ct.

Suite 122

Ashburn , VA , 20147 United States

703-430-3333

classes.html

Horizon Creativity Workshops:



2008 Workshops (eligible for discount)

Travel - Cecil County (Chesapeake City, Oct. 31-Nov. 2)

Nature: Blackwater Wildlife Refuge (Nov. 6-9...Waiting list only)

The Canon Experience (Chesapeake City Nov. 13-16) (2 spaces left)

Camera Basics (Chesapeake City, Nov. 7) (2 spaces left)

Creative Vision (Chesapeake City, Nov. 8-9)

Documentary (Chesapeake City, Nov 7-9)

Weddings (Chesapeake City, Nov 13-16) (2 spaces left)

Flash Magic (Chesapeake City, Nov. 22-23)

Editing Your Images (Chesapeake City, Dec. 6)

Steve Gottlieb

Director, Horizon Workshops

98 Bohemia Ave. PO Box 9

Chesapeake City, MD 21915

410 885-2433



Virginia Photo Safaris



Nov 29 - Conowingo Dam, Md - Full day safari

Dec 13 - Bombay Hook NWR - Smyrna, De - 1/2 day safari

Meadowlark 2009:

2009 People's Choice Contest:

The theme is Ponds and Wetlands. This includes scenes of wetlands and ponds, as well as plants and wildlife at these locations. Photos must be taken in the Mid-Atlantic region (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC). No hand of man is allowed.

Also see the announcement p. 2 of this newsletter about the exhibiting opportunity at the Fairfax County Gov. Center.



Search for art opportunities, such as Jurored Shows, Online Jurored Shows, Calls For Work, etc, by the type of media allowed. Now photographers can find shows to enter that consider photography appropriate art, rather than wading through disappointing listings and wasting their time. It’s free.

e-mail: ArtPerkTeam@

Exhibiting opportunities for MPC members:

Arlington Library:

Their art staff (under auspices of Friends of the Public Library) is always on the lookout for artists and photographers especially given additional new branches with lots of walls. They are more disposed to individuals or to group shows that have a theme. Shirlington Branch displayed about 15 of Gloria Freund’s photos in mid-Dec through Feb. They also asked if Gloria would hang several at the central branch in June. They are interested in hearing from more prospective artists. Individuals should apply for this great opportunity. Photographers must prepare & frame their work for a gallery-hanging format. If accepted, photographers also are invited to offer works for sale; the library keeps 20% for anything that sells. Submission are juried on a quarterly basis through the year. Here is the web site, there is a pdf download with instructions for applying:

co.arlington.va.us/departments/Libraries/events/LibrariesEventsCentralLibraryArtProgram.aspx

The SonaBank:

The manager of the Sonabank at 6830 Old Dominion Drive (corner of Old Dominion and Beverly Road) would like us to exhibit some of our pictures at the bank.  There are approximately 28 linear feet of wall space spread throughout the lobby available for display. We can also make use of another 32 linear feet in an open office and behind the teller stations (which we might or might not want to utilize.)

 

Requirements: Any print accepted into Meadowlark as well as any print which has received a 1st, 2nd 3rd, or honorable mention in any MPC competition (or any other NVACC competition.)

Pictures must be framed and matted with wire on the backs.  (No restrictions on mats or frames as to type or color.)

Subject Matter: Open

Installation: Easy, no fishline!  We can hammer into the walls small picture hangers. Each exhibitor must hang his/her own pictures.  I hope there will be enough interest so that we can have a rotating exhibit within the club. 

Sale:  Pictures can be for sale.  I will prepare labels and price sheets.  We will need to sign a waiver releasing the bank from liability in case a picture is stolen or damaged.

 

If you are interested please get back to Tony Hathaway for a first come first serve for this first exhibit.

He will get back to those who are interested with more details.  If you can give me a rough idea of how many images you would like to show that would be helpful.

Anthony Hathaway -- T.Hathaway1@

Other venues to exhibit:

La Grand Cafe -- This lovely and friendly venue in middle of McLean is open daily 'till 5 pm except Sundays. It offers wall

space for about 6 - 8 framed works, depending on size. The owner, Hilaire, also offers counter space for an artist

statement and business cards. If interested, please contact Bill Prosser who is coordinating the exhibit schedule. A word

to the wise: Le Grand Cafe also offers delicious light French fare, so time your photographic display missions or trips to

check-out the venue to occur at mealtime. A few club members have already displayed there, and others will be exhibiting

in coming weeks. (Bill, Gloria Freund, Minnie Gallman, Jan Ponder.)

Stop by and see the photos being exhibited and enjoy a delicious breakfast pastry, lunch, or afternoon snack with your coffee or

tea. Located in the Salona Village in McLean (on Chain Bridge Road near Mesmeralds and across from the Safeway).

Unitarian Church in Reston, VA -- Check with Bill, Gloria, Tony Hathaway, or call Bruce Copping at 703-725-9331.

Joe Miller critiques via e-mail:

1) Be sure your image is no more than 8-bits per channel (In PS: Image > Mode & check 8 bits/channel)

2) Change the resolution to 72, change the long side to 500 pixels (Click on Image > Image Size)

3) If you have Photoshop, go to File > Save for Web and set the quality to High and 60 and save.

Or, if you don't use Photoshop

3a) After step 2 save as a JPEG.

4) E-mail it/them to Joe at: furnfoto@

One restriction: Please don't send him more than 3 images at a time.

Photographers' Reproduction Center photos.BEA-

12019 Nebel Street Rockville, MD 20854 301-299-7900

photos@EA-

Ethiopia Photo Journeys

Ethiopia Photo Journeys offers a cultural and landscape photo excursion to Ethiopia in March 2009. F/STOP STUDIO has partnered with Ethiopia Airlines Journeys to bring a terrific learning experience in the field. Please check out the links to get bios and trip info. In addition, Andarge Asfaw, one of our trip leaders has recently released his photography book entitled "Ethiopia from the Heart", available at

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Looking for part-time photo assistant:

Someone who can help lug heavy equipment around and who will help assemble cameras, camera lights, tripods, etc. and who will assist Bill Folsom and Jim Goodridge, Bill’s associate at the JPG Photo Events Team, in off-camera flash (that means carrying around a portable flash). The individual MUST be over 21 years (tax and insurance liability) and somewhat flexible about the odd hours we work. The ideal candidate should also have a pretty good understanding of computers and printing and be a good listener and follow instructions.

Initial pay rates will be $10/hour during a short probationary period. Normal rates will increase to $25/hour after about six months, if the candidate proves helpful. Pay will ultimately each $50/hour for major assignments.

The individual should be interested in learning photography and be willing to spend the time learning how to become a valuable member of a photographic team. If you know someone who meets these criteria, please have them get in touch with Bill Folsom or have them contact Jim Goodridge, JPG Photo Events Team at 703-281-5441 or jim@ or via his website,

Joe Miller’s tips for selecting photographs for a portfolio (not in any order of priority):

Color Exposure – good or bad?

Tone Mood / Feeling / Emotion / Mystery

Balance / Imbalance Story telling / Subject matter

Eye movement Sharpness

Rhythm Flaws / Viewing distance

Proportion / Dominance Total presentation

Lines / Shapes / Texture / Perspective Composition

Background – fiend or foe? Creativity

Light – good or bad? Communication

Joseph Miller Center for the Photographic Arts

Joe’s list was offered specifically for those putting together portfolios of their photographs (NVPS is in the middle of just such a project), but most of the tips for selecting photographs could be used for selecting individual photos for competitions, exhibits, etc. (in my opinion – BC). So enjoy the tips.

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