MPA Club News & Events – May & June 2020
CLUB EVENTS LISTED BELOW MAY BE POSTPONED OR CANCELED DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS
Some MPA-member clubs are finding innovative ways to feed your photography fire. Included below are “virtual” events.
In the spirit of hopefulness, some events planned for May and June, and beyond are still listed. Please check the appropriate web sites for current information about any club events.
Arundel Camera Club (www.ArundelCameraClub.org)
The Arundel Camera Club is looking at ways to provide virtual contests. We are also using club members with subject matter expertise (workflow, digital asset management, printing, etc.) to stream presentations during our regular meeting times. Check the website for updates.
Baltimore Camera Club (www.baltimorecameraclub.org)
The Mount Washington United Methodist Church, where the Baltimore Camera Club meets, is still closed by order of the Methodist Bishop. Meetings of the Baltimore Camera Club have been suspended until the church building reopens.
Bowie-Crofton Camera Club (www.B-CCC.org)
The church has closed for all outside activities. We will notify you about future meetings when information is available.
CENTRAL MARYLAND PHOTOGRAPHERS GUILD (https://www.cmpg.photography)
5/6 Monthly meeting (virtual): Paul Biederman - Flowers to Floral Images. Flowers have been the most photographed subject before selfies were born. Flowers are the perfect photographic subject. They possess innate qualities color, shape, and form; they vary by the way they are illuminated, the time of day, and the growing cycle; they are innate and can’t talk back to you; they are universal; they can be grown, purchased in the store, or found in gardens: and, they have many associated meanings (love, friendship, beauty, and transcendence). Most Flower pictures are snap-shots, some are replicas (clinical), and some are artistic (floral). Through preparatory pre-processing, capturing, technical know-how, culling and post-processing (including pixel-painting), transformation occurs. This short course will be an introduction to providing a gateway and inspiration to creating art from your floral images.
5/21 DSLR User's Group Meeting (Virtual) - TBD
Also Club members created a spreadsheet with links about photography learning. Google Spreadsheet: "CMPG Ideas to Keep You Learning." Check periodically for new information. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ITT676n2i5p7zkYU9FCgt_Q4x6-l2XnvjjKCK7FcLuE/edit?usp=sharing
Carroll County Camera Club (http://www.carrollcountycameraclub.org)
Due to the current virus situation, the Carroll County Camera Club is not meeting.
Creative Exposure Baltimore (www.CreativeExposureBaltimore.com)
Due to the current virus situation, CEB is not meeting. Check the website for updates.
Gaithersburg Camera Club (GCC) (http://www.gaithersburgcameraclub.org)
The Gaithersburg Camera Club "in-person" meetings have been suspended indefinitely. Our first virtual competition meeting (via ZOOM) is scheduled for Monday, April 27. The theme is open. If successful, we will hold a virtual speaker meeting on May 4 and a virtual competition meeting on May 18 (theme: Industrial or Urban Decay). All meetings start at 7 p.m. Our end-of-year banquet and competition is scheduled for June. Whether it will be held remains to be seen.
Always check the website for details and updates.
Goddard Photography Club (https://gewa.gsfc.nasa.gov/clubs/photo/)
GPC is now conducting online meetings. Guests from other clubs are welcome to attend. Contact Scott.Hull@nasa.gov for an invitation to the Teams meeting.
5/27 Noon, online. Monthly Snap and Share discussion; topic is Reflections; club members upload up to five images to our Flickr page for discussion.
6/10 Noon, online. Monthly meeting; topic is our first-ever critique session by a trained judge; club members upload up to two images to our Flickr page for critique; topic is Nature.
6/24 Noon, online. Monthly Snap and Share discussion; topic is Vintage; club members upload up to five images to our Flickr page for discussion
Harford County Photography Group (HCPG)
www.HarfordCountyPhotoGroup.org or https://www.meetup.com/Harford-County-Photography-Club/
5/13 Zoom Presentation – “Real Estate Photography” – Fred Silber – Register through Meetup.
610 TBD
Howard County Photographers (https://www.meetup.com/Howard-County-Photographers/)
The Howard County Photographers meetup group has cancelled all meetings until further notice.
Montgomery County Camera Club of Maryland (http://mococameraclub.com)
The Montgomery County Camera Club monthly meetings are cancelled until further notice.
NIH Camera Club (https://www.nihcameraclub.com/)
NIHCC meets in a Senior Citizen Residence. Our activities are up in the air until further notice
North Bethesda Camera Club (https://www.nbccmd.org)
Note: NBCC will not meet at Faith United Methodist Church for the rest of our program year, BUT here is information about virtual events:
5/6 Remote Competition: Open – Electronic
5/13 Remote Competition: Open – Prints
5/27 Remote Program: Architecture – Interiors, commercial and residential
Photographers of the Washington/Baltimore Metro Area
(https://www.meetup.com/photographers-of-the-Washington-Baltimore-Metro-Area/)
05/? Movie discussion - date TBD - check meetup website above for details
08/01 High Wheel Bike Race, Frederick, Md. 2:00 p.m.
09/26 Tattoo Arts Convention, Baltimore, Md. 11:00 a.m.
Rossmoor Camera Club (http://rossmoorcameraclub.com)
Due to the current situation, which is barring meetings, Leisure World, a senior community, has cancelled all programs including our camera-club meetings, competitions, and educational programs.
Silver Spring Camera Club (http://www.ssccphotography.org)
04/23 A Closer Focus - 7:30: "At Oneness With Light" - fundamental relationships of light in photography and how to modify light with David Powell. A discussion with Dennis Freeman regarding alternative reality of infrared photography.
05/14 Competition - Monochrome
The following events are information only; they are not presented by MPA clubs, and the content in the text belongs solely to author and not MPA.
Please check the appropriate web sites for current information about events.
Nature Visions – Now Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions - UPDATEMid-Atlantic Photo Visions is the new name for Nature Visions. It takes place on November 6-8, 2020 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, Virginia. The name change reflects that in recent years we have moved to provide education for all photography genres, and not just nature photography.
Our keynote speakers this year are the multi-talented Rick Sammon, wilderness landscape photographer Josh Cripps, nature photographer Kristi Odom and Lightroom/Photoshop superstar Julieanne Kost.
Award-winning photographer Rick Sammon is a tireless, prolific and inspirational image-maker. Rick is a man on a mission – a mission to make digital photography fun, creative, exciting and rewarding for others. His images, from his travels to more than 100 countries, have been published in numerous newspapers and magazines, and have been featured in his 40 books, including the popular Rick Sammon’s Evolution of an Image (2017), and in his online classes. A natural teacher, Rick enjoys sharing his photographs and providing practical how-to advice to a wide audience of photo enthusiasts through his blog, books, how-to videos, a podcast and an expanding following on social media.
Josh Cripps likes to say he has the best job in the world. A wilderness landscape photographer, he leads tours internationally, teaches on the web, appears at conferences like Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions, and hosts a YouTube channel with 300,000 subscribers. If you want to experience the beauty of nature, improve your own photos, or even turn your photography into a business then it's time you got to know Josh.
Nikon Ambassador Kristi Odom is an internationally acclaimed photographer and sought-after motivational speaker. She teaches photographers to focus on improving their work through advanced camera skills and by creating an emotional connection with their subject. Her accolades include a Masters accreditation from WPPI, and over 60 international photography awards including two Nature’s Best Photography awards and 26 Fearless awards. Her recent work has been exhibited twice at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
Julieanne Kost is Adobe's Principal Digital Imaging Evangelist and, in our minds, a superstar of Lightroom and Photoshop education. Julieanne combines practical tips and tricks with an equal amount of humor and creativity. If you haven't become a pupil of Julieanne's yet, please join her at Photo Visions for an enjoyable, informative learning experience that will wow you.
Our home since 2010, the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, Virginia has completed its long-awaited expansion. This will permit all Photo Visions activities to be hosted within the Hylton Center building. The new space will also permit all vendors to be located on the main floor.
Registrants can attend FREE educational sessions for beginning photographers, take in two FREE exhibits and visit with national and local vendors of equipment, supplies and instruction. Entry is FREE.
Visit MidAtlanticPhotoVisions.org for more information on speakers and activities as it becomes available. You can follow us on Facebook too. Passes for paid presentations go on sale on August 1.
http://midatlanticphotovisions.org/speakers/rick-sammon/
http://midatlanticphotovisions.org/speakers/kristi-odom/
http://midatlanticphotovisions.org/speakers/josh-cripps/
https://www.youtube.com/user/julieannekost2011/videos
CALLING ALL FEMALE ARTISTS - SUBMISSION
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 30!
WHY I VOTE
September 11, 2020 to November 16, 2020
Activity Center at Bohrer Park
Call Deadline: April 30, 2020
To commemorate the ratification of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote on August 18, 1920, the City of Gaithersburg, in conjunction with the Washington D.C. Women’s Art Caucus, is hosting a “WHY I VOTE” exhibit.
This call is open to all two-dimensional mediums and styles. Approximately 40 works will be juried into the show. Works should be no larger than 5’x5’. Sculpture cannot be accommodated. Please keep in mind that, as the venue is a family-friendly community center, we are unable to exhibit violent or sexually explicit subject matter, as well as any art depicting current political figures. Any work submitted must not have been in any previous WCA/DC exhibition.
The exhibit location is the City of Gaithersburg Gallery at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park, Gaithersburg, MD. Our tentative reception date is Saturday, October 3 from 1-4pm.
HOW TO APPLY:
Go to the EntryThingy website: http://www.entrythingy.com
You may also apply through the Washington DC Women’s Art Caucus website: https://www.wcadc.org
This is a juried exhibition open to members of the DC Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art and other women artists in the Delmarva area, as well as to additional invited artists. You do not have to join the Washington D.C. Women’s Art Caucus to participate, but you may find it an interest in the organization. We encourage all entrants to join both the WCA and DC Chapter prior to the application deadline via www.WCADC.org.
If you have questions, contact Mary Weiss-Waldhorn, the City of Gaithersburg Art Curator, at marywaldhorn@gmail.com.
Deadline for entries: April 30, 2020. Notification of Jury Results: By the third week in May Show dates: September 11 - November 16, 2020.
Volunteer Opportunity:
The Fenwick Foundation (www.thefenwickfoundation.org), which provides life enrichment opportunities and healthcare to low income seniors and veterans and caregivers throughout the mid-Atlantic, is sharing a volunteer opportunity.
They are re-starting a program this spring/summer/fall, offering portraits in nursing homes and group homes. They will send an email to everyone on their volunteer list each time they book a facility. Learn from other photographers, sharpen your lighting skills, and learn how to get the best from your subject, while giving back to the community. Interested photographers should send a note to info@thefenwickfoundation.org.
PSA 2020 Photo Festival Information from Twila Bourlon, PSA Photo Festival Chair
PSA wants to confirm that we currently plan to hold the Photo Festival in Colorado Springs. Many procedures are underway to curtail and treat this global virus, and many activities have been canceled, but many others are still in place. This is especially the case for those events and activities occurring in the last 3-4 months of the year. The PSA Photo Festival is not until late September, so we want you to register as usual beginning April 1, 2020. You will be able to register without making a payment at time of registration. Know, too, that if the coronavirus pandemic is unchecked or very much unknown nearer the Festival time, you will receive a FULL REFUND for the registration and tour fees you have paid.
Check the website for details and updates: https://psa-photo.org
PSA and Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC) News
The PSA (Photographic Society of America) is a worldwide organization with many divisions, chapters, clubs and councils. PSA groups their clubs and councils into areas, one of which is the Mid-Atlantic Area. The Mid-Atlantic Area includes MD, DE, VA, DC, NJ, GA, NC and SC. PSA groups states for designating a membership chairman for each area.
Chapters, made up of individual members of PSA, are located in various places in the USA. The MAC (Mid-Atlantic Chapter) includes PSA members who reside in DC, MD, VA, or DE. All individual members of PSA who live in those states and DC are members of MAC without paying an additional fee.