Pre-Conference Workshops at the 70th NECCC Annual Photography Conference

70th NECCC Annual Photography Conference Pre-Conference Workshop Descriptions

Friday, July 17 (9am - Noon) – Workshops and Portfolio
Reviews will run concurrently, so you can not attend more than one

Participants in any Workshop must also be paid registrants for the Conference.  Class size is limited. Register early. If paying by check please write separate checks for the Conference and for any of the six pre-Conference workshops.  See Registration Instructions for Workshop cancellation policy. See www.neccc.org for additional information.  Electrical outlets will be provided for power. The fee for each workshop is $66.95; this includes a 3% UMASS administrative fee.

Workshop I - Fashion Shoot from Start to Finish
By Lindsay Adler (NY)

Fashion Photography is a very creative and expressive realm of photography. In this workshop Lindsay shows photographers how to put together a fashion shoot, start to finish.  This includes preparation, styling, props, lighting, posing and post-processing. She will discuss creativity, building a team, finding a model and more. You will learn how to find inspiration for shoots and how to execute your inspiration to create successful striking images. (Program Sponsored by Sigma, Lighting Equipment supplied by Dynalite)

Workshop II - Hands on Macro: Taking Your Macro Photography to the Next Level
By Roman Kurywczak (NJ)

Roman will show you how to get the most out of your macro photography and achieve consistently good results. Overcoming distracting backgrounds and the use of natural light will be covered but a heavy emphasis will be placed on using flash correctly in the field to properly balance the exposure and achieve dramatic results.  Many of the techniques used by the pros are inexpensive and can be done using the gear you already own! High key macro photography, cross polarization, and other creative macro techniques will also be explored. Bring your camera, macro lens, and flash if you have one with a fully charged battery and fresh memory card.  Knowledge of how to change your camera settings is required to participate; bring your camera manual.  Sigma will provide a selection of loaner macro lenses for you to try out during this hands-on workshop. (Sponsored by Sigma)

Workshop III - Preserving Your Memories in a Photo Book
By Hazel Meredith, APSA, MNEC (CT)

In these days of digital images, many of us are guilty of taking lots of photos, maybe posting a few on Facebook, and then the rest just live in the dark on our computers! One great way to share your images and tell a story is to make a photo book (you know, kind of like our old photo albums!). In this workshop you will learn how to select your images, prepare them for use in your book including a very basic review of editing, cropping, and sizing (please note this class will not be about teaching you all about Photoshop!). We will utilize Shutterfly to set up your book.  You are not obligated to order from Shutterfly, but this will teach you how to choose layouts and add your photos, text and captions. Prerequisites: Bring your laptop (mouse is helpful), power cord, folder with images you would like to use, Shutterfly account, http://www.shutterfly.com/

Workshop IV - In Camera Creative Techniques
By Tony Sweet (MD)

Although software is one of the great driving forces in modern digital photography, there are many creative effects that can be accomplished in-camera, depending on the camera’s capabilities. Techniques such as HDR, multiple exposures, swipes, infrared, light painting, and extreme long exposures will be illustrated. Jumpstart your creativity in capturing images as Tony shares his visual inspiration with you, along with valuable tips, techniques and knowledge you can quickly incorporate into your own creative style. (Sponsored by Nikon)

Workshop V - Maximizing Wacom
By Shiv Verma, APSA, MNEC (MA)

This program will enable you to work more intuitively translating to an increase in productivity, resulting in a better-quality work product. We will cover how to maximize the use of Wacom tablets in Adobe Photoshop and Elements, Lightroom and a majority of the key Plug-Ins that photographers use as creative tools. We will be using the Intuos Pro that provides exceptional pen pressure control with an intuitive multi-touch surface and many enhanced productivity features. All the demonstrations will be applicable to both Windows and Mac based products. We will learn how to install the tablet; how to map the tablet to your display or displays; how to configure and customize the tablet and pen and creating unique settings for your Touch Ring, ExpressKeys, ExpressView, touch gestures, and the side switch on your pen will be addressed. Finally we will use these tools to work on enhancing images in Lightroom and Photoshop.  We will use the tools with various plugins and demonstrate how you can scale up the quality of your image editing and enhancement with this must have combination of the pen and tablet. 20 Wacom Tablets (supplied by Wacom) will be on hand for attendees who do not own one to borrow for the preconference course. This will be on a first come first served bases. Prerequisites: Bring your laptop, power cord, and tablet.

Workshop VI - Lightroom Basics: How to Work Faster and Smarter
By Janice Wendt (CA)

Want to learn Lightroom or get better at using this powerful tool? This hands-on class will show how you can get the most out of using Lightroom. This class will cover all aspects of Lightroom from time saving techniques on how to import your images into Lightroom to learning the best settings within Lightroom to get the most out of your images. Learn how to use all the tools, white balance, density, color and contrast, highlight, shadow, white point and black point for image editing utilizing best workflow methods. Import, use and create your own presets within the class. This class will also feature lessons on how to apply adjustments selectively with the brush tool.  Get amazing and dynamic transformations that brush tool can create with stacked application of brush adjustments. Prerequisites: Bring your laptop with Lightroom 5 installed and power cord. Image files and presets will be provided for all lessons learned in class.

2015 - 38th Greater Lynn International Exhibition Show

2015 - 38th Greater Lynn International Exhibition Show

The Greater Lynn Photographic Association would like to invite all photographers to the 2015International Exhibition showcase of accepted & award winning images.    Greater Lynn Headquarters

          564 Boston St. Lynn, MA 01905

          Sunday afternoon, April 12, 2015 at 2 PM  or

          Monday night, April 13, 2015 at 7:30 PM.

          This year’s exhibition, which will also be our last exhibition, had 1103 entrants with over 4400 images, from 28 states and 57 different countries. For 2015 we had 28 clubs from all over the world enter and vie for “Best Club” status, sixteen United States clubs (fifteen from New England), and twelve foreign clubs. We received entries from clubs in Iran, Japan, India, Hong Kong, England, Australia, Slovenia, China, Wales, Iran, and Denmark. The Best Club went to Merrimack Valley Camera Club of Andover, Massachusetts.  Please join us to see this spectacular array of images from all four corners of the earth. This year’s exhibition has some very unique and dramatic images in it. The world’s best photography in one showcase presentation. After the show we will present the Medals to those winners who are in attendance. We had a large number of New England Award winners this year.  

          The multi-media showcase is being assembled by a Greater Lynn talented audio-visual producer, Barbara Rozavsky, HonNEC. A master of music selection, her theme segments are a joy to hear and watch. She always matches the images to the music perfectly. The show will run approximately 90 minutes with a short intermission. It will contain about 1400 of the higher scoring images that were "accepted into the exhibition" by the 3 person judging panel.

           The admission cost will be $8. Tickets are available at the door or in advance from Susan Mosser s.jmosser@comcast.net

    Please visit the clubs website www.greaterlynnphoto.org for more information and a map to the club under directions. The winning medal images are also available in a gallery for viewing. To view the images, go to the GLPA website and on the home page, click on the link on the top of the left column.

     Thirty-eight years is a long time for a continued project. Over the years we have gone from slides to digital and photography has evolved in many ways. This is the end of an era at Greater Lynn and I hope you will be there to see the last of the era.

Susan Mosser, FPSA, HonNEC  Exhibition Chairman

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.

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.

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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...
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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.