Wednesday, January 20, 2021
VIA ZOOM

Here are the rules…
Image Size: Longest dimension 4,000 pixels (20 inches at 200 ppi)
Color Profile: sRGB or Adobe 1998
Named as: Image Title.jpg (Sample: New York at Sunrise.jpg)
Must be exact name of Print
Saved as: JPG, quality 10
Total File Size: Not to exceed 3.5 MB
4 Categories: Portrait * Weddings/Events * Illustrative * Artistic (NEW!)
Max Entries: Send up to 6 images!!
Do not use your own name in the file. Remove any keywords added to the EXIF data.

REMINDER:
In an email, identify each submission EXACTLY as follows: Last Name,First Name,TITLE,Category
Sample: Smith,Jennifer,NEW YORK AT SUNRISE,Illustrative (no space after commas)
Repeat for each submission. Send images as attachments to the email.
Subject format for email – Month Year Print Comp (Sample: Sep 2019 Print Comp)

Email to Eli Sloves, esp377@optonline.net.
DEADLINE: 9:00 A.M. SHARP, MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH – NO EXCEPTIONS !!
Submit early to be safe. ELI will send you a confirmation via email by Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.
If you do not receive the email by Wednesday morning, email him immediately.

Meeting and Print Competition
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
via Zoom – information to follow.

Images will be scored and ribbons given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place and Best in Show Prepare your images now…or just join in to look and listen! It’s a great way to learn from the judges.

Here are the rules…
Image Size: Longest dimension 4,000 pixels (20 inches at 200 ppi)
Color Profile: sRGB or Adobe 1998
Named as: Image Title.jpg (Sample: New York at Sunrise.jpg) Must be exact name of Print
Saved as: JPG, quality 10 Total
File Size: Not to exceed 3.5 MB
3 Categories: Portrait * Weddings/Events * Illustrative
Max Entries: Send up to 6 images!

Do not use your own name in the file. Remove any keywords added to the EXIF data. ‘Print Submission Form’ is no longer used! In an email, identify each submission EXACTLY as follows: Last Name,First Name,TITLE,Category Sample: Smith,Jennifer,NEW YORK AT SUNRISE,Illustrative (no space after commas) Repeat for each submission. Send images as attachments to the email. Subject format for email – Month Year Print Comp (Sample: Sep 2020 Print Comp)

Email to Eli Sloves, esp377@optonline.net.
DEADLINE: 6:00 P.M. SHARP, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH – NO EXCEPTIONS !! Submit early to be safe. ELI will send you a confirmation via email by Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. If you do not receive the email by Wednesday morning, email him immediately.

You must be a member and be present at the meeting for your images to be judged and/or critiqued.

Support our sponsor and friend – Hunt’s Photo and Video

Join us Wednesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. via ZOOM
Dinner is on your own… then join in for a refreshing meeting:
(Zoom link will be posted next weekend, but mark your calendar NOW!)
Joseph Roybal
Unlocking Your Images Full Potential:
Color Harmony and Eye Movement Within The Frame

“Have you ever wondered what makes certain photographs pop and are full of vibrancy and life while others just seem to be a challenge to get to work right? In this discussion, Joseph will go over his philosophies on Color Harmony and Theory addressing these points in several of his images and how this all starts in the field when capturing a photograph. Joseph will discuss a bit of his workflow in the field when looking at a scene assessing its potential analyzing which focal points are catching his eye then and how he brings these to life later in post-processing via color and light. Joseph will also discuss how the natural colors that were there during capture are your best starting point and how to get these to work in harmony later in post.”

Joseph Roybal is a full-time professional landscape and travel photographer based in Denver, Colorado specializing in landscape imagery from around the globe. His passion lies simply in being immersed in the outdoors searching for dramatic light and mood within the frame. Joseph has traveled the globe in search of stunning vistas and scenes with the ambitions of taking the viewers of his work on a visual journey to these locations and evoking the feeling as if there are standing in the scene in person. Joseph is partnered with several leading photographic companies in the industry and is also a Breakthrough Photography Team Pro. In his logo, Joseph utilizes the tagline Explore.Learn.Share as it is these three main components to his philosophy as a photographer that inspire him each and every day. He loves to take everything he has learned while being in the field and share this knowledge later instructing post-processing courses, during private and group photography workshops and tours around the globe.

Support our sponsor and friend – Hunt’s Photo and Video

Join us for our March Meeting – March 18th
with Guest Speaker, Lisa Cuchara – “Creativity is Contagious, Pass it on!”
Creativity is contagious, pass it on! Learn how to be creative in your camera and in your post-processing. Long exposures, multiple exposures, overall creativity in camera and in post-processing (plugins, HDR, and textures), creative focusing (Bokeh, soft focus, focus stacking), camera movement (panning, rotate, overall creativity in camera and in post-processing (plugins, HDR, and textures, etc), neutral density, Bulb setting, white balance, filters, panoramas, perspective, composites, plugins, HDR, tone mapping, Textures, etc.

Lisa Cuchara, PhD, Master Craftsman (PPA), Master of Photography (M. Photog.) HonNEC, is very passionate about photography and she enjoys both being behind the lens and in the digital darkroom. She loves to photograph nature but finds many subjects equally intriguing. From birds and flowers to babies and UrbEx/HDR, she appreciates the world around her and embraces the challenge of interpreting what her eyes see and her heart feel via her photographs. Lisa says that photography allows her to pay attention to the details, to be mindful, to slow down and appreciate all of the beauty, details and nuances of everyday life. Lisa met her husband Tom through photography, and they are both very active in many local, national, and international photography organizations. They have had many successful gallery exhibitions, their work has been accepted into many juried exhibitions and their images have won awards at the local, state, national, and international levels. Their photographs have appeared in Adirondack Life, Wild Bird, Birder’s World, in calendars and on calendar covers, and on the cover of a fictional paperback novel. Lisa has also had images accepted into the PPA (Professional Photographers Association) loan collection and has earned three Bronze image competition cases.

They have published two books with Amherst Media: “Create Fine Art Photographs from Historic Places and Rusty Things” is about their HDR and light painted images (Amazon http://tinyurl.com/lisatom-urbex and also available at brick and mortar bookstores like Barnes & Noble) and their second book “The Frog Whisperer” http://tinyurl.com/lisatom-frogs is about macro photography, using frogs as subjects. Lisa & Tom have been photographing people professionally for over 16 years and have their own Photography Studio in Hamden CT. Their portrait philosophy is based on “We do not remember days, we remember Moments”. Lisa & Tom love to teach, inspire and share. They have presented a wide variety of motivational and instructional programs and workshops (Photoshop, Digital Workflow, HDR, RAW processing, Macro photography, Travel photography) at many photography groups, conventions, and organizations. Check out their photo and editing classes, their photo tours and workshops, and view their photographs at www.PhotographyByLisaAndTom.com. Get Tips & Tricks about photo ops, post-processing, creativity, gear, etc. and learn more about their photography classes and workshops by joining their email list http://tinyurl.com/cuchara-photolist.