New Exhibit Opportunity - Now or never!!

Hi, all members. The Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis - gallery is at 18 State Circle - is inviting our Club to submit photos to their "Chesapeake Watershed" exhibit. They want photos you may already have taken of anywhere in the Watershed from New York to Virginia, at any time.

This is an MFA Open Show, so artists of all kinds are invited regardless of being a member. I was reminded by the show organizer that entries are due next Tuesday Apr 2, and cannot be by email - must be on a CD, USPS mailed with postmark on/before Apr 2 or hand-carried. However, that date could be waived if there is a need for it and if the gallery is notified that an entry is coming (410-268-4566). The info about this is here: http://mdfedart.org/chesapeake_watershed09web.pdf

The juror, Richard Olsenius, has top-rated credentials, owns his own gallery in Eastport, and is a photographer (Nat'l Geog, books, etc.) and composer with several DVDs out.

I've been a member at MFA for several years - have had a one-man show and several individual photos selected for their exhibits. It's a great place to visit, view, and show. There is prestige in getting your photos hung there and possibly selling your photos, as well as winning some of the $1500 in prize awards.

And you don't have to join to enter!! - although it would be to your advantage to participate now and in the future. See the brochure for details and read it carefully.

This notice was coordinated with our Exhibits Director, but it's an individual opportunity, not a Club event. Give it a try and get into the arts community!

Next Meeting - March 23

Hi, all - Our upcoming meeting should be a real winner again. We have Steve Gottlieb, outstanding photographer and founder/operator of Horizon Workshops in Chesapeake City, MD coming to us to speak on what he calls a combination of images, amusing stories, personal history, photo tips, and answers to questions: "On the American Road: Images and Anecdotes." Take a look: www.horizonworkshops.com/index.html. He'll have items from his business, including brochures and books.

With our upcoming Challenge on Black and White Conversion, in addition to the demos we did at the meeting we have a unique opportunity to witness a black/white master printer's work and talk with him. Dick Bond, photography instructor at MD Hall, will conduct a tour for us in the 2d floor Marino Gallery where he has a one-man exhibit in presentation. Dick has made the dozens of woodland prints that are on display using an 1895 Korona 5x7 view camera, which he restored and has on display. The sharpness and tonalities are remarkable.

Following all this, we'll return to the digital world in our Rm 308 for a short talk by Jay Alden on "Photo Documentaries: Creating Entertaining Photo Slide Shows." Jay has considerable experience with this, and will show us one of his, how he does it and alternatives we can use.

I'm surely looking forward to each of these presentations. I think you'll enjoy the evening.

Please don't forget to do some Black and White conversions, even if just for practice. Get pretty good at it and then do some to submit for the Challenge. The submission deadline is April 13. See you there.

Next meeting - March 9

Hi, DPCA Members. You're participating in the Challenge "Composition on a Tabletop," I hope.

We have an expert in closeup photography coming to give us comments and critique on our entries. He's Fred Lagno, retired airline pilot and an award-winning barnstormer/aerial photographer now living in Queenstown. Since retiring 14 years ago he's become an expert modelmaker and photographer, primarily of model trains and scale-model buildings.

I've seen his train photography show, and it's amazing. As an added inspiration about closeups, after our critique Fred will spend a few minutes showing us samples of his realistic shots, including some that have been magazine covers of the popular publications about model trains. We'll have some Q&A about these techniques and equipment. You can bet he knows something about controlling depth of field and composition in small object arrangements. Fred has also been using HeliconFocus, which is a program somewhat like HDR but in this case, for "focus stacking."

Not a bad subject following our field trip to the B&O Museum, huh? It should be an interesting and as always, informative meeting even for those who haven't been challenged this time.

Hope you'll be there with your photos. Looking forward to your innovations in photography.