MPA Club News & Events – January and February 2020
Baltimore Camera Club (www.baltimorecameraclub.org)
1/2/20 Print Competition: - Open Theme - Judge: Les Picker
1/9/20 Program: Working with Models for Portraits, Presenter: Tracey Brown
BayWater Camera Club; Cambridge, MD (https://www.facebook.com/Marylandeasternshore1)
01/08 Regular club meeting at 6PM; Dorchester Center for the Arts; open theme preparation for Feb members show at DCA.
02/5 Regular club meeting at 6PM; Dorchester Center for the Arts.
02/08 Dorchester Center for the Arts; second Saturday reception for BWCC members photo show.
02/12 Regular club meeting at 6PM; Dorchester Center for the Arts; theme- visualizing song lyrics.
Bowie-Crofton Camera Club (www.B-CCC.org)
01/06 Competition, Theme: Eyes, Judge: Mike Washington
01/13 Photo Talk, Photo Books You Should Own
01/18 Field Trip, Peabody Library and Camden Yards
01/20 Program, Travel Photography, Speaker: Jerry Taylor
01/27 How-To, Layering for Fine Art, Speaker: S. Spartan-a
02/03 Competition, Theme: Travel, Judge: Jerry Taylor
02/10 Photo Talk, Why Study Other Photographers?
02/17 Program, Stuck Between Two Worlds, Speaker: Charles Bowers
02/24 How-To, Hand Coloring Photos, Speaker: S. Abramowitz
Central MD Photography Guild (https://cmpg.photography)
01/08 7pm: Les Picker - Photographic Printing, Chapelgate Academy, Marriottsville, MD
01/11 12pm: Fashion Photo Shoot Workshop. More information on our website
01/16 7pm: DSLR User's group. Agenda is TBD
Creative Exposure Baltimore (www.CreativeExposureBaltimore.com)
1/7 January is a contest month! The topic is "Celebration."
2/4 Show & Tell - Steve McDonald, and the assignment is “Two Versions.”
Harford County Photography Group (HCPG)
www.HarfordCountyPhotoGroup.org or https://www.meetup.com/Harford-County-Photography-Club/
1/8 Presentation - “images & Stories of the Urban Development” with Steve Rosenbach
2/12 Presentation – “Food Photography” with David Blecman
Mountain Christian Church Camera Group (MC3)
Meets 2nd Monday of each month from 7-9 in room 26 of Walker Chapel
MC3—Photo Challenges and Program Presentations
Challenges:
Jan – Festive
Feb – Macro
Programs:
Jan – Macro Program
Feb– B/W Program
NIH Camera Club (https://www.nihcameraclub.com/)
1/11 Presentation by George Lea: Review of the functions of the light-sensing element, that which defines a digital camera, and how it responds to the image projected by the lens system. Held in the Art Room, 10:00-11:30 am. at the Five Star Premier Residence, Chevy Chase, MD
1/14 Competition: Shadows / Silhouettes, Open to NIHCC members in good standing. 7:00 pm in the Community Room, Five Star Premier Residence, Chevy Chase, MD
1/21 Travelogue: Peter Dunner presenting "Eleven Days in the DPRK (North Korea)" 8:00-9:00 pm in the Community Room at the Five Star Premier Residence, Chevy Chase, MD
2/8 Presentation by George Lea: Review of the digital photographic process so as to obtain maximum image quality from a digital camera. Held in the Art Room, 10:00-11:30am. at the Five Star Premier Residence, Chevy Chase, MD
2/11 Competition: Abstract, open to NIHCC members in good standing. 7:00 pm in the Community Room, Five Star Premier Residence, Chevy Chase, MD
2/18 Travelogue: Peter Dunner presenting "Cuba" 8:00-9:00 pm in the Community Room at the Five Star Premier Residence, Chevy Chase, MD
North Bethesda Camera Club (https://www.nbccmd.org)
01/08 Competition: Black and White open – electronic
01/15 Competition: Black and White open – print
01/21 Field Trip: DC Churches NBCC members – 12-person limit
01/29 Program: 3 Members Present
02/05 Competition: Human Relationships – Print and Electronic
02/06 Reception: “Faces” Exhibit – 7PM, Gaithersburg Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Rd, Gaithersburg, MD
02/12 Program: Master Photographers Present
Photographers of the Washington/Baltimore Metro Area
1/25 Meetup to create pinhole lenses to be used with a DSLR. The Nora School, 955 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring, Md. 11am - 1pm.
Rossmoor Camera Club (http://www.rossmoorcameraclub.com)
1/14 Meeting at 7:00 PM in Clubhouse 2 with a presentation by Kent Mason focusing on his recently published book photographing the beauty of the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia. Kent, a new resident here in Leisure World and member of the camera club, is a renowned landscape and nature photographer and conservationist who has been creating a photographic environmental study of extraordinary wild places for twenty years.
Silver Spring Camera Club (http://www.ssccphotography.org)
1/12 Silver Spring Camera Club. Field trip to the Baltimore RR Museum (Fee $12 $19. For more information:
http://borail.com or http://www.borail.org/groups/Bguided.asp.
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Contest Opportunity
Allegany National Photography Competition and Exhibition.
Sponsored by the Allegany Arts Council in Cumberland, MD, it offers $5,000 in cash prizes, including $1,500 for Best of Show. The deadline for entries is Monday, February 10, 2020.
Professional Photographers of America (PPA)
The Maryland PPA Board of Directors voted to include Maryland Photography Alliance Clubs as Affiliates, and the clubs are therefore entitled to the affiliate discount rate for most of the PPA programs! Below are some opportunities for MPA Members:
· The upcoming PPA Convention in late January. Educational classes will take place and are priced individually - https://marylandppa.com/event-3577334
· Annual Print Competition - https://marylandppa.com/Print-Competition