Spring Photography Conference with George Lepp

Spring Photography Conference with George Lepp

On May 9, the Hudson Valley Photography Network (HVPN) will present its Spring 2015 Photography Conference featuring George Lepp.  The all day program will take place at Mount St Mary College in Newburgh, New York from 9:00  am to 4:00 pm. 

 Nationally known photographer and CANON "Explorer of Light", George Lepp will present a program titled "Innovative Techniques for Nature Photography".

The cost for the workshop is $26 and includes lunch.  Registration can be done online or by check.  For more information and to register, please visit the HVPN website at http://hvphotonet.org/Conference.html and see below.

Jane Rossman

HVPN

The Housatonic Camera Club is a founding member of the Hudson Valley Photography Network which was formed in 2012 by area photography groups to enable them to share resources and present educational programs and conferences about photography.

"Complex Simplicity" by Arthur Ransome March 30th presentation

"Complex Simplicity" by Arthur Ransome

NHCC March 30th presentation 7:30pm. For more information click here

The role of the photographer is to distill the complex scene in front of them to one of simplicity that recreates the vision and emotional experience. Black and White photography removes the distraction of color if it is not an important part of the story being told. In this presentation we will peek into the technical and emotional "toolboxes"  available to the photographer to recreate vision and emotion in the images we create in our attempt to emphasize the story we want to tell.

Here are links to specials that were created to Jerry Hug seminar.

Here are links to specials that were created to Jerry Hug seminar.

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Registration for the NECCC 2015 conference is now live!

Registration for the NECCC 2015 conference is now live!

NECCC Conference Print Competition

NECCC Conference Print Competition 

ALL COMPETITIONS OPEN TO EVERYONE REGISTERED AND IN ATTENDANCE AT THE CONFERENCE, EXCEPT SPEAKERS 

GENERAL INFORMATION:   You may submit images in either or both the print and digital image competitions.  Film-based color slides are no longer accepted for competition.  While care is taken in handling, NECCC, Inc. assumes no liability for the loss of, or damage to, any prints, CD’s or other submitted material.  If a print is believed to have market value or is irreplaceable for sentimental or other reasons, please submit a duplicate instead.  All entries should be salon-type.  Medals and honorable mention ribbons will be awarded in all classifications (open and nature digital projected images, color prints, B&W prints). 

PRINT COMPETITION INFORMATION:   Print makers may enter ONE color and ONE B&W print (2 prints total). 

Name, postal address, e-mail address, camera club affiliation (if any), and title must be on the back of every print mount.  All types of photographic prints (personally or commercially made, traditional darkroom or digitally produced), are acceptable.  All prints must be mounted (fully backed print) and unframed. In Monochrome (“B&W”) only: Adding a single color to a monochrome print is permitted. You can use toning, dyeing, painting (i.e. airbrushing, hand painting with either transparent or opaque oils), or apply color using an image editing program. Adding more than one color automatically categorizes that print as “color,” not monochrome (or “B&W”). 

Potentially hazardous print substrate material: since images can easily be printed on material other than photo papers or canvas, makers should exercise due diligence and caution before submitting work printed on certain materials.  The thickness must be comparable to that of conventional photo papers, and any sharp objects on the back must be    removed or rendered incapable of damaging other prints with which they may come into contact.  Images printed on, or laminated onto, glass, Lucite®, Masonite®, metal, Plexiglas® or similar material, as well as framed prints or stretch mounted canvas wraps are not acceptable.  Certain hard, heavy, or sharp-edged mounts have been known to damage other prints entered into competition and use of these materials should not be considered.   Mounts must be between 8X10 (min.) and 16X20 (max.) inches.  

Prints submission by the entrant: Friday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.  Saturday: 8 a.m. to 12 noon.  

Print pick-up 8 – 10 a.m. Sunday. 

Winning print entries will be shown at the NECCC Competition Awards Ceremony on Sunday at 11:30 a.m.   

2015 NECCC Conference

The program descriptions are now posted for the 2015 NECCC conference...
http://www.neccc.org/p/2015-conf.html

CAP Dinner and Tops in Connecticut Show

CAP Dinner and Tops in Connecticut Show

CAP is pleased to announce that the 2014 Tops in Connecticut acceptances will be shown at a dinner on April 18, 2015, including commentary about the images. These eighty plus images from talented Connecticut photographers were chosen from almost five hundred submitted images.

Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015
Time: Show begins at 5 p.m. followed by a short business meeting and presentation of the awards followed by a buffet dinner
Location: Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Road, Hamden, CT Click for directions to Whitney Center.
Cost: $28 per person

Click for a flyer and dinner reservation form. Deadline for receipt of reservations is April 10, 2015.

A WEEKEND FILLED WITH FUN, FRIENDSHIP AND LEARNING

NEW ENGLAND CAMERA CLUB COUNCIL CONFERENCE

70TH ANNIVERSARY JULY 17,18,19,12015

A WEEKEND FILLED WITH FUN, FRIENDSHIP AND LEARNING

Mark your calendars – the NECCC Conference is a few short months away! This three day conference is a great weekend full of learning and fun. This anniversary year will bring lots of special things.  Friday night is the showing of the last Greater Lynn International Exhibition which will be seen in the Fine Arts Center as the only presentation for the evening followed by an ice cream social.  The main speaker for Saturday night is Ron Magill who is sponsored by Nikon. He is a world known nature photographer who works with the Miami Zoo and has been on all the TV networks as an expert.  The Photo-Op room will have many special items all weekend including “Buford” the bull dog, high–speed flash and on Saturday there will be fire-bellied frogs. Our Sunday morning event will be a Revolutionary War re-enactment with American, French and British soldiers.  There will be lots of musket fire, drums and character portraits to photograph sponsored by Hunts. There will be models, vendors, cameras and lenses to borrow from Canon, Nikon, Sigma and Tamron. Sigma will host a special digital competition which is in addition to conference competitions in digital images and prints.  Each attendee will receive a commemorative flash drive for this anniversary weekend.

More updates, registration flyer, program descriptions and speaker information will be on the NECCC website (www.neccc.org) by the middle of March.  Register early for pre-conference classes and air conditioned dorm accommodations.  If you aren’t staying on campus be sure to make a reservation at a local hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast.

Greater Lynn Photographic Association Third Model Workshop Sunday, March 22, 2015

Greater Lynn Photographic Association

Third Model Workshop

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Greater Lynn Photographic Association is pleased to announce its third and last female model shoot for the camera club year. As of this notice we have seven models who have confirmed that they will join us at the Greater Lynn club house located at, 564 Boston Street Lynn, MA 01905 Phone 781-592-9922. For directions to the club please go on line to Greater Lynn’s web page look at “About Us.” The fee is $10.00 for Greater Lynn Members and $15.00 for guests. The hours of the model shoot are 10:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. Pocket Wizards are supplied for each of the three set ups and we strongly discourage photographers from using their personal Pocket Wizards. Tri-pods are NOT permitted, but mono-pods may be used if they are necessary.

The Model Committee

A Day with Bryan Peterson April 11, 2015

Charter Oak Photographic Society, Inc. 

presents 

A Day with Bryan Peterson 

April 11, 2015, 9:00—4:00 

Trinity-on-Main Cultural Center in New Britain, CT www.charteroakphoto.com

more details and registration form here.
Email David Stewart with questions: crowfeatherphoto@att.net

Bryan has been a successful commercial photographer for over 30 years. His clients include American Express, Kodak, UPS, Phillips and Citibank. In addition he has received awards from the Communication Arts Photography Annual seven times, Print Magazine four times and has also won the prestigious New York Art Directors Gold Award. He has also been a contributing editor at Popular Photography and Outdoor Photographer magazines. Bryan is the Co-Founder of; The Perfect Picture School of Photography, the world’s number one on-line photography school, PPSOP www.ppsop.com. Within the photographic community he is best known as the photographer/writer of eight best selling books, Understanding Exposure, Learning to See Creatively, Beyond portraiture, Understanding Close-up Photography, Understanding Shutter Speed, Bryan F. Peterson’s Field Guide to Understanding Composition and his latest book, Exposure Solutions as well as the photographer for the “You Keep Shooting” videos that are seen on AdoramaTV.com. Bryan also offers  hotography workshops all over the world, you can learn more at www.bryanfpetersonphotoworkshops.com

Morning presentation
Understanding Composition - Light is to photography as paint is to a painter: without light, our art would never progress beyond mere blank canvasses, unrealized potential never brought to life. Professional photographer Bryan Peterson will share his years of field experience chasing the light and trying to find the right combination of color, light, mood, and composition to bring his subjects to their fullest expression.

Afternoon Presentation
Learning to See Creatively - Once you've captured the light in the field, it is important to optimize your photos during the digital processing phase to bring them to their fullest potential. Bryan will discuss a number of techniques that are part of his personal digital darkroom workflow for unlocking the magic contained with the digital raw file.

more details and registration form here
Email David Stewart with questions: crowfeatherphoto@att.net

Honors Applications, Courtesy Enrollment for Conference registration, Scholarship Applications, Sponsorship of high school student

Due to the recent storm activity and the fact that many clubs have had to postpone their meetings, NECCC has decided to extend the deadlines for the 4 NECCC services that were due March 1, 2015.

The new due date is March 15, 2015

The deadlines for 4 NECCC services are still rapidly approaching:

* March 15, 2015, Honors Applications
* March 15, 2015, Courtesy Enrollment for Conference registration
* March 15, 2015, Scholarship Applications
* March 15, 2015, Sponsorship of high school student to the conference

Information on all of these services was included in the Club Services Package mailed to you last August. All this information and much more can be found at www.neccc.org under club packet.

Best regards,

Jacob Mosser, FPSA, EPSA, HonNEC

Courtesy Enrollment Chairman

s.jmosser@comcast.net

"Complex Simplicity" by Arthur Ransome

"Complex Simplicity" by Arthur Ransome

NHCC March 30th presentation 7:30pm. For more information click here

The role of the photographer is to distill the complex scene in front of them to one of simplicity that recreates the vision and emotional experience. Black and White photography removes the distraction of color if it is not an important part of the story being told. In this presentation we will peek into the technical and emotional "toolboxes"  available to the photographer to recreate vision and emotion in the images we create in our attempt to emphasize the story we want to tell.

GLPA model session

Model Session

Sunday, March 22, 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

Please join us on Sunday, March 22nd, between 10:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. for a wonderful
photographic opportunity. As all of GLPA programs and events this will be a learning experience. If you have never, or are uncomfortable photographing models, we will have mentors available to assist you. The fee for the Model Session is $10 for Greater Lynn members and $15 for non-club members. This is a great opportunity to get some of those award winnings images for competition. We will have six models in attendance, some from this past NECCC conference in three different lighting set-ups. You should begin your three image set by introducing yourself and then asking the model to please pose in the manner you have envisioned. Please finish your three image set by saying, “Thank you,” to the model and then handing the pocket wizard to the next person in line. Please be cognizant of the fact that some of the models are launching their modeling careers and that being friendly and polite helps to put them at ease.

There is a sub shop and very good Italian restaurant within walking distance from the camera club.

If you know of a model or aspiring model that would like to participate in one of our model sessions,
please notify either chairman Jim Gallagher at gjm@aol.com or Skip Hoyt at skiphoto@comcast.net.

The small amount of money that the models receive represents only a partial payment for their
modeling commitment. Every participating photographer is asked to e-mail the models several images that were taken during the day’s shoot. The images will be sent to the individual e-mail address published along with the model’s name during the particular shoot. This will be a fun time for all so please join us for the event.

Jim Gallagher, MNEC
Skip Hoyt, MNEC
Chairmen

The Club is located at 564 Boston St. Lynn, MA. We have parking behind the club and in the church lot next door. Please see the attached map for directions or go to the club website at www.greaterlynnphoto.org  for more information.

Last Green Valley Digital Photography club

The Last Green Valley Digital Photography club is so new that we do not yet have officers, a constitution, or a budget.  We have met twice and will be hosting our first competition on 

Thursday evening, 12 March.

Presbyterian Church of Coventry

55 Trowbridge Road, Coventry, CT

7:00 PM

We are following NECCC rules for open and nature to the letter!  :-)

Our only web presence, to date, is Facebook.  Persons aged 14 and above with a digital camera or a camera phone are welcome!  

Cordially,  Steve

Steven Park, Ph.D.

University of Connecticut/Avery Point

Campus-by-the-Sea

Director of Academic Services

Academic Building room 317A

1084 Shennecossett Road

Groton, CT 06340

860.405.9057

Steven.Park@uconn.edu

Simsbury Camera Club

Hello from the Simsbury Camera Club in CT!   

Per your request for information on upcoming programs and events in our club, please find events we have scheduled for per our club newspaper which you can view via this link: 

http://www.simsburycameraclub.com/pdf/Focalpoint/Current_fp.pdf

Please let me know if you prefer the information in a word document.

Thank you.

Lorraine Cosgrove

Simsbury Camera Club Publicity and Communications

The Provincetown Photography Workshop: "Seeing More Than Meets The Eye"

Considered the best photo workshop at the tip of Cape Cod for seven straight years!

The Provincetown Photography Workshop:

"Seeing More Than Meets The Eye"

with Juried Master Fine Art Photographers Bob Singer and John Tunney

Friday-Sunday, September 25-27, 2015

limited to a small group of registrants to assure personal attention

Hone your photographic skills and develop your digital darkroom techniques as you explore the area in and around Provincetown, one of the most visually rich and diverse parts of Cape Cod. Led by fine art photographers and instructors, Bob Singer (MNEC) and John Tunney, this 3-day workshop is perhaps the most comprehensive and cost-effective offered on the Cape. Highlights include:

Expand your repertoire at guided field shoots:

▪ Guided photo shoots
▪ Off-road tour through the National Seashore
▪ Whale watch trip
▪ Area beaches
▪ Working fishing harbor
▪ Streets and scenes of Provincetown

Plus technical sessions covering:
▪ Composition strategies

▪ Photographing landscapes and seascapes
▪ Optimizing images in Photoshop, Elements and/or Lightroom
▪ Creative processing and interpretation
▪ Constructive critique sessions

▪ NEW THIS YEAR: optional one-on-one portfolio reviews on Friday morning.

Our workshop is based at the historic Provincetown Inn on the tip of Cape Cod. Your workshop registration fee includes National Seashore entries, parking lots and boarding passes, expenses typically excluded by other workshops. Note, though, that Provincetown Inn room (breakfast included) and other meals are extra.

 Instructor Websites:

www.jtunney.com

http://artsfoundation.org/member/name/bob-singer/

The Provincetown Photography Workshop: Seeing More Than Meets the Eye is offered through Cape Cod Art Association/Photography Center of Cape Cod. For more information and registration visit:

http://capecodartassoc.org/shop/y-october-4-6-provincetown-photography-workshop-with-john-tunney-and-bob-singer/#sthash.qQmblNSs.dpuf

Model and Portrait day at GLPA

Model Session

Sunday, March 22, 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Please join us on Sunday, March 22nd, between 10:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. for a wonderful
photographic opportunity. As all of GLPA programs and events this will be a learning experience. If you have never, or are uncomfortable photographing models, we will have mentors available to assist you. The fee for the Model Session is $10 for Greater Lynn members and $15 for non-club members. This is a great opportunity to get some of those award winnings images for competition. We will have six models in attendance, some from this past NECCC conference in three different lighting set-ups. You should begin your three image set by introducing yourself and then asking the model to please pose in the manner you have envisioned. Please finish your three image set by saying, “Thank you,” to the model and then handing the pocket wizard to the next person in line. Please be cognizant of the fact that some of the models are launching their modeling careers and that being friendly and polite helps to put them at ease.

There is a sub shop and very good Italian restaurant within walking distance from the camera club.

If you know of a model or aspiring model that would like to participate in one of our model sessions,
please notify either chairman Jim Gallagher at gjm@aol.com or Skip Hoyt at skiphoto@comcast.net.

The small amount of money that the models receive represents only a partial payment for their
modeling commitment. Every participating photographer is asked to e-mail the models several images that were taken during the day’s shoot. The images will be sent to the individual e-mail address published along with the model’s name during the particular shoot. This will be a fun time for all so please join us for the event.
Jim Gallagher, MNEC
Skip Hoyt, MNEC
Chairmen