We had a great meeting on Wednesday, April 20th with many awards presented from Focus NY and an informative presentation on ‘Post Production For Competition’ with James Ferrara.

Post Production For Competition with James Ferrara

Join us next meeting Wednesday, April 20th at 5:30 p.m. at La Casa Vicina
1015 Little Britain Road-  where our own James Ferrara, M.Photog, CPP, will be demonstrating what he does in post-production to not only some of HIS images, but yours as well. We encourage all of you to send him no more than 3 RAW images that you would like to see how Jimi interprets them. Feel free to submit past print comp entries, or future ones as well. Send your RAW IMAGES ONLY to jf@jamesferrara.com no later than Tuesday, April 19th by 9:00 a.m. Jimi has quite a skill for making a good image become excellent. He will open up the images in Photoshop and edit them live and talk about what he does step by step.

BIO: Jimi graduated with a BFA in Cinematography and a minor in Photography from the University of Bridgeport, CT. After college he worked in the film industry for 15 years operating the camera on many movies and commercials as well as “Saturday Night Live.” Coming from a filmmaker’s background has given Jimi an advantage in telling a story through still images as well as being efficient with time. He has a studio in Cornwall, NY, is an active member of PPA and PPSNYS. and has won numerous awards in NYS and Nationally. He earned his Master of Photography degree in 2010. His work can be viewed on his website: http://www.jamesferrara.com or on his blog, http://www.jferrarablog.com .

Prepay on Paypal – links below:

Dinner Meeting – Members $27

Dinner Meeting – Non Members $45

Join the Capital Champlain section of PPSNYS for a day of education with
Jim LaSala

Using all our resources, including our hearts to tell our story.

“Street Photography”
• The How’s
• The Do’s
• The Don’t’s
• Telling the whole story
• Street Photography, Photojournalism, Documentary (which one is it)?

Throw natural light into your camera bag.
• Understanding how to use mother nature’s lights to give shape and form to our subjects.

Now What?
• The Capture (It’s not all about the histogram), is it?
• The Import (Pick your poison) Adobe Lightroom/Adobe Camera Raw/Capture One
-They all seem to do the pretty much the same thing. But, do they?
• Raw Post Processing
• More post processing in Adobe Photoshop
• Third Party Plugins(Let’s not over do it). Using Layer Masks(control your wild imagination).
• Painting With Light to enhance and give more dimension to your images.

Black and White Photography
• The unmistakeable power of B&W can bring your photography to a new level.
• How to Post Process for B&W
• What makes for a good B&W
• Understanding Contrast
• SilverEfex/On1/Topaz (which way do I go)?
• Keynote Presentations
• The Power Of Slideshows (bringing impact to your presentation). Haiti/Cuba

Door Prizes
Topaz
Moab/Legion Paper
Cuba/Haiti Prints

Discounts
LiveBooks Website
Spider Holster
Vertus Fluid Mask

Monday, May 23, 2016, 9am – 4pm

Moscatiello’s Restaurant
99 N. Greenbush Rd
Troy, NY 12180

Pricing – Lunch is Included!

**Earlybird Price thru May 1, 2016**
PPA/PPSNYS member – $39
Non-Member – $49

Full Price
PPA/PPSNYS member – $59
Non-Member – $69

Hudson Valley Photography Network is hosting a Spring 2016 Photography Conference on Saturday, May 7 at Aquinas Theater, Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh if anyone is interested. Click on the image below for a link to their website.

Hudson Valley Photography Network – Spring 2016 Photography Conference

Join us at our next meeting on March 16th – Dynamic On-Location Portraits

When shooting on location, we don’t always have the luxury of ideal settings and conditions. So we have to make it work!

By looking at the thought-process in how we set up an on-location shoot, we’ll look at posing and specifically the lighting, whether available light, or additional lighting. We will look at all the factors that have to come together for a successful portrait and a consistent style.

We will discuss practical steps to develop and achieve consistency with your on-location portrait photography.

Bio:

Neil van Niekerk is a world-renowned photographer based in New Jersey, specializing in weddings.

Neil has also presented workshops on lighting, in the USA and the UK and Ireland. In addition to that, he has written several books on flash photography, with another in the works.  He also maintains a website for photographers, Tangents, which is loaded with tutorials.   http://tangents.photography

We had a great February meeting with guest speakers Paul Bernstein, Caryn Benjamin and Owen Kassimir – they shared a great presentation on “How to Get that Merit”. Save the date – our next meeting will be March 16th!

Join us for our February meeting on Wednesday, February 17th at 5:30 p.m. Social Hour / 6:30 Meeting at our NEW LOCATION: La Casa Vicinia in New Windsor 1015 Little Britain Road. Members: $27 ; Guests $27 (first meeting); Non-Members: $40 R.S.V.P. by Sunday, February 14th

Paul Bernstein and Owen Kassimir will be joining us for “How to Get that Merit”. What factors does an image need to earn that Blue Ribbon? Is it technically good enough? Does it have that “Wow” factor to make it stand out? Will it make viewers know the maker is a true artist? Does it tell a story to impress the judging panel? What do the judges look for? How do they base their scoring? Paul and Owen are PPA trained judges and they will take you through the process of selecting the appropriate “WOW” image for competition, enhancing it in postproduction, creating a professional presentation and giving that perfect title to put it over the top. Learn the techniques and procedures that you, as the photographer, can master to increase the odds of scoring 80 or above as well as creating better art for yourself, and higher quality, more profitable work for your clients.

RSVP to info@hvppsny.org by Sunday, February 14th.

January 2016 Meeting

Our January meeting was a busy one. We had Print of the Year Awards, Officer Awards, Newsletter Award, President’s Award, Induction of Officers and a Print Competition. Thank you to our judges, PPSNYS President, Paul Bernstein and Owen Kassimir.

(left to right) Treasurer, Mark Kovner, President, Steve Moses, Vice President, Natalie Kane and Secretary, Peter Salo.

James Ferrara Awarded Print of the Year – Portrait Category for “Almost Ready For My Close Up”

Natalie Kane Awarded Print of the Year, Wedding/Event category for “Bride To Be”

Sherrie Fryxell presented with Newsletter Award

Mark Kovner presented with President’s Award

Peter Salo presented with the officer award for Secretary

Steve Moses receiving a plaque in recognition for his 2015 Presidency.

 HVPPSNY Meeting Nov. 18 – *Note Venue Change!!

Featuring:
Print of the Year Competition!
Guest Speaker and PPSNYS President Paul Bernstein's on  "Seeing the Light!"
Officer Elections for 2016-2017

Please RSVP for this meeting using either Facebook or Email

Every artist works in a preferred medium. As photographers, our medium is light. For us, the use of light and shadow creates the illusion of depth in two dimensional images. Light has several variables that we also must take into consideration and control when making images: direction, intensity, color temperature and quality. What defines a true professional is the ability to see the light, determine if it is perfect for the task at hand and then have the capability to modify or substitute the source if it is not.

My program is designed to raise your ability to see the light, select the correct photographic tools, plus utilize the proper lighting techniques in order to create three dimensional portraits and candids every time you hit the shutter. It’s all about being able to consistently control your illumination to suit every situation and subject.

Paul’s Bio – Paul has been a professional photographer for over 38 years, during which time he has photographed 2500 social events and countless portrait sessions. He is a master of lighting and posing, as well as candid photography. He is certified by the Professional Photographers of America and holds both Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman degrees from PPA. He is the president of the Professional Photographers Society of New York State, former president of the Professional Photographers of Greater New York, a council member of the Professional Photographers of America, as well as a member of both the American Society of Photographers and Wedding and Portrait Professionals International.

Paul and his wife Caryn Benjamin have lectured and presented their innovative ideas to groups of professional photographers around the country. In 20o4, 2008 and 2010 they were honored by Professional Photographers of America among the “Photographers of the Year”.

Please RSVP for this meeting using either Facebook or Email

Youngest Brother Restaurant
310 Robinson Ave. (Rt. 9W), Newburgh, NY
5:30 Happy Hour
6:30 Meeting followed by Dinner and Speaker
Members and First-time Guests: $25
Non-members: $40 

Members

Non-Members

Invited Guests – Please check in and pay at the door.