Creative iPhone Photography Workshop in Plymouth, MA

Sat, May 4th, or Sunday, May 5th 2013. 9am - 4:30pm

Great location at a private bird sanctuary overlooking the bluffs of Cape Cod Bay in Manomet, Plymouth.

$140 before April 1st midnight, after that $150 per person.  Small class size, individual attention.

Workshop is taught by master iPhoneographer Rad A. Drew from Indianapolis. Have you noticed the many stunning photographs being made with the iPhone? Want to learn how you can turn your iPhone into a more creative tool?

The new iPhones do an amazing job of capturing images and have made the creation and processing of images more fun (and more portable) than ever before. Many traditional point and shoot cameras, and even the DSLRs of professionals, are giving way to the iPhone. But, do you know how to take your images to the next level and to effectively use available iPhone apps to create images that no one would guess were taken AND processed with your iPhone?

For more information and to register go to Photography Events by Amy. http://www.meetup.com/Photography-Events-by-Amy/

The 68th NECCC Annual Photography Conference Preview Available

http://www.neccc.org/2013%20Conference%20Preview.pdf

George Glennie Nature Exhibition

This yearly nature competition hosted by the Merrimack Valley Camera Club of North Andover, MA will be judged this Saturday March 16,  at the Greater Lynn Photographic Association headquarters located at 564 Boston St. Lynn, MA 01905.

This is an interclub Nature competition open to clubs from not only New England but all over the world. The judging will start at 9:00 AM and go until finished, usually about 4 or 5 PM, and is open to the public. 

You can come and go as you would like, stay one hour or stay all day. Whether your club competed or not, come and see some of the best nature images from this area judged.

NECCC Print Competition Results Posted

The Winter 2012-2013 Print Competition scores and winners have been posted at http://www.neccc.org/New_Outline_4.htm

The winning images for the Fall 2012 Print Competition finally came in and those are also posted.

Agon & Orchis: Ballet Inspired by Photography

By Dennis Goulet, MNEC

The Festival Ballet Providence will perform two ground-breaking ballets on March 8-10, 2013 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence. Agon was first performed in 1957 and broke ground with new music by Stravinsky. Orchis, on the other hand, is a newly created ballet whose inspiration is the photography of Rhode Island photographer A. Cemal Ekin. Noticing that his images of dried orchids looked very much like ballet dancers, he approached the Festival Ballet with the notion of a ballet based on his orchid images. Starting from the collection of photographs, music was written and the dance choreographed. The choreographer, ViKtor Plotnikov, is working with Cemal as he organizes the images into a slide show that runs the entire length of the dance; the images and timing coordinated with the movements of the dancers. Cemal has donated his time (many hundreds of hours) to making this unique ballet a success.

I’ve seen roughly half of the slide show and can assure you it is something entirely different, and will be rear-projected on a16 x 20 foot screen on stage with the dancers.

You can read more about the evolution of Orchis, see images of the dancers in rehearsal, and save 15% on your ticket price by reading the posts on Cemal’s website, Kept Light Photography. 

Greater Lynn - 3rd Model Shoot Sunday March 10

Greater Lynn Photographic Association, 564 Boston Street, Lynn, MA, is holding its third Model Shoot on Sunday March 10 between 10 AM and 3PM. The fee is $10.00 for Greater Lynn members and $15.00 for guests.

Water Drop Workshop with Susan Candelario June 9th

http://lifethrulisaslens.blogspot.com/2013/02/water-drop-workshop-with-susan.html

Come to an amazing waterdrop workshop on Sunday June 9th -- be introduced to the exciting world of water drops! The workshop will take you from simple water drops to different colored water collisions, allowing you to get many breathtaking images. No equipment is necessary, as we will provide it for you! All you need is a CF card to attend this workshop. Led by Susan Candelario, she will guide you to some of the equipment that you can use from the basic to more advanced with the ability for you to capture the many phases of water drops as well as water drop collisions. They will cover tips on setups and lighting and every participant will get many chances to go home with their own liquid works of art! Check out some of Susan's high speed photos here: http://sdcphotography.com/hswaterdrop.html Cost is $75 and no previous experience is necessary. Workshop will be held in Stratford CT. Session #1 -- Sunday June 9th 10am-12pm, limited to 10 participants (5 people per station) and Session #2 -- Sunday June 9th 1pm-3pm, limited to 10 participants (5 people per station)

HDR and Macro at Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum

HDR and Macro at 

Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum

• Sunday, April 21, 2013 (12:30-3:30)
• Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum 1605 Daniel Bray Highway (Rt. 29), Lambertville, NJ
• Sign up here

This Farmstead museum is chock full of things: kitchen, store, farm equipment, you name it. It has all of the details for macro and is also perfect for HDR. We will meet on Sunday at 12:30. Tom and I will be providing instruction on composition, exposure, HDR, etc. for the first half and then we will also be photographing this wonderful place. We have posted some images in thephoto album from our last trip there.

You can also join us on April 30th for a post-processing workshop and work on, or learn how to, process those HDR exposures with tonemapping in Photomatix.

"The Museum property was once part of John Holcombe's "Plantation", according to his will of 1742. In 1968, the Farmstead was donated to the Hunterdon County Historical Society In 1984, the property was deeded to the Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead, Inc. The Museum is housed in the restored three story bank barn that was built into the hillside to make both floors accessible from ground level. Livestock were kept on the lower level, crops above. Today, some of the exhibits arranged in the barn cover the tools and equipment used by the farmer to raise and harvest the crops that provided fodder for livestock and commodities to sell. Other displays cover the domestic chores of the farmer's wife in the preparation and preservation of food and the making of clothing. Early examples of now common implements and appliances give the visitor a sense of passing time. The Museum's volunteers and Trustees have restored the property and added outbuildings for the Post Office, General Store, Blacksmith Shop, Carriage Shed, and Print Shop."

Spring Photo Tours and Workshops

A few spaces are open for each of these workshops.

March 16 – 23 Southwest Florida – Little Estero, Sanibel, Venice, Marco Island Florida is famous for bird photography. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Little Estero Lagoon and the Venice Rookery are some the finest locations and provide us plenty of great opportunities to capture great wildlife images. Click Here For Details

April 20–26 Smoky Mountains and Cades Cove  Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a world-renowned preserve of wildflower diversity—over 1,660 kinds of flowering plants are found in the park, more than in any other North American national park. In fact, the park is sometimes referred to as the “Wildflower National Park.” Click Here for Details

May 3 - 5  The Light of Cape Cod – Spring in Cape Cod is a time where the cape has some of the most spectacular light and rovides some of the most incredible landscapes and seascapes. We will explore and photograph the Capes classic sea shore, sand dunes, light houses and wildlife (including migratory birds). Click Here for Details

May 18 - 25 Yosemite in the Spring & Monolake Photographing the phenomenal grand vistas of Yosemite. Half Dome, El Capitan, the Tunnel View and Mirror Lake.  The springtime snow-fed waterfalls will be in full glory as will the the dogwoods and other spring blooms.  This is the time of year for the most incredible light both morning and evening.

Greater Lynn International Exhibition

Only 15 days left to enter the

Greater Lynn International Exhibition!!

Closing Date has been extended to February 15, 2013

http://greaterlynnphoto.org/International_overview.php

All phases of the exhibition will be conducted in accordance

with the recommended practices of

• PSA The Photographic Society of America

• FIAP Federation Internationale de l'Art Photographique 2013/029

• CAPA Canadian Association for Photographic Art

• IIWF Interessengemeinschaft Internationaler Wettbewerbs-Fotografen 2013/13

There is no restriction on subject matter.

Titles and Scores From Prior Greater Lynn Exhibitions:  Have you ever wanted to look up whether you had entered a title in our competition in the past or wanted to check your scores from a past competition?  Now you can do it!  Titles, scores, acceptances and patronage numbers from 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 are available.   Click on Prior Years' Titles and Scores.  You will be prompted for your first and last name. 

For instructions and entry form, please click to visit our website

Closing Date has been extended to February 15, 2013

Susan Mosser, FPSA, HonNEC, Chairman

s.jmosser@comcast.net

WE HOPE TO SEE YOUR ENTRIES SOON