May Meeting and Image Competition

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May Meeting and Image Competition
May 18, 2022
Via Zoom – link forthcoming

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
4 Categories: Portrait * Weddings/Events * Illustrative * Artist
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: May 2022 Print Comp)

Email to Eli Sloves, esp377@optonline.net.
DEADLINE: 6 P.M. SHARP, MONDAY, May 16th – 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. 

 

Thank you to our sponsor: Hunt’s Photography and Video

April Meeting and Program – Wabi-Sabi with Lisa Cuchara

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Wabi-Sabi with Lisa Cuchara
“Wabi means a beauty of elegant imperfection. Sabi means aloneness. Together, they suggest the beauty of the withered, weathered, tarnished, scarred, intimate, course, earthy,
evanescent, tentative ephemeral” ~Crispin Sartwell, Six Names of Beauty.

This program teaches you to:
• Explore the beauty of imperfect and/or unconventional objects
• Appreciate the beauty of everyday life Instead of searching for subjects that are perfect, highlight subjects that have character such as decaying fallen leaves, a deformed coneflower, rust as it creates abstract patterns amidst the decay, etc.

LA CASA VICINA
1015 Little Britain Road, New Winsor, NY
845-567-1890
Social Hour 5:30, Dinner/Meeting 6:30

Members: $32; Guests $32 (first two meetings); Non-Members: $40
R.S.V.P. by Sunday, April 7th

Email info@hvppsny.org to r.s.v.p.
Reservations are Required

BIO: PhD, M.Photog.Cr, HonNEC. Lisa is a passionate photographer who
enjoys being behind the camera and in the digital darkroom. She and her
husband, Tom, are known for their expertise in Photography and Photoshop, and for their inspirational, informative workshops. Lisa has created numerous award winning
photographs and enjoys sharing her vision, passion and knowledge! Her images have appeared in magazines, paperbacks, galleries and exhibitions, and have been accepted into PPA’s Imaging Excellence Collection. Together, she and Tom have published two books as pictured above. www.photographybylisaandtom.com

January Meeting, Awards and Print Competition

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Due to the increase of COVID infections, this meeting will be held VIA ZOOM
Our Judges are Frank Dispensa & Jim Ferrara

Social Hour: 6:30 p.m.
Program 7 p.m.

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: Jan 2022 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.

 

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November Meeting with Robert Near – Crafting B&W Fine Art Images in Today’s Digital World

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021 (Reservations are Required)
Robert Near
Crafting B&W Fine Art Images in Today’s Digital World

Join Robert as he shows you how he creates his black and white images by seeing colors as a grey zone level, making them work together to give the image pop and depth.

Topics to be discussed:

  • Initial Lightroom/Photoshop adjustments

  • Luminosity maks for targeted dodging

    and burning

  • DxO’s NIK collection: SilverEfex &

    ColorEfex

  • ADP LumiFlow Panel

  • BW Artisan Pro Panel

    In the last half of his program, Robert will pull it all together with a live workflow revealing the steps of his final B&W fine art image which has resulted in many PPA IPC Merit worthy images for him over the years.

BIO: Robert Near has been a resident of the Hudson River Valley of New York State since birth. As a landscape photographer for the past 40 years, he finds the challenge of capturing an iconic image is to look for that angle or condition that has yet to be captured. Robert is a self- taught photographer starting B&W film, and in today’s digital world he is still drawn to producing B&W with digital captures. Robert has begun offering small workshops, guiding and working with other photographers to photograph the many beautiful areas in the Catskills. His works have been published in magazines, NYS tourism brochures, 2008 first place in the Photo Professional Photographers of America (PPA) International Photographic Competition (IPC) since 2017. In 2019 he earned PPA’s Master of Photography degree.

October Meeting with Sherrie Fryxell – Creating Symmetry in Photoshop

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October Meeting – Wednesday, October 20
with guest speaker Sherrie Fryxell – Creating Symmetry in Photoshop
 
LA CASA VICINA
1015 Little Britain Road, New Winsor, NY* 845-567-1890
Social Hour 5:30
Dinner/Meeting 6:30
Members: $27;
Guests $27 (first two meetings);
Non-Members: $35
 
R.S.V.P. by Sunday, October 17th
 
Join Sherrie for this live, in person program as she teaches you the fun and simple steps of creating Symmetry Art in Photoshop.
 
Topics to be discussed:
* Types of Photoshop Symmetry
* Brush Techniques
* Adding & Modifying Color
* Getting Creative
* Making Brushes Using Symmetry
* Other Uses for Symmetry Designs
A live demonstration will follow the presentation.
 
Sherrie has been creating art all her life in various forms. She is a recipient of numerous State and Regional Photography Awards including a Fujifilm Masterpiece Award. Since becoming a member of PPA in 2018, Sherrie has been credited with ten Loan Images at IPC, and named a Silver Medalist in 2019 and a Diamond Medalist in 2021 for her IPC Artist cases. She will be awarded with both her Master Artist and Master Photographer Degrees in January 2022 at Imaging USA. Currently, Sherrie is active in four PPA affiliated organizations in NY from the Hudson Valley to the Adirondacks. She just completed a three-year term as President of Capital Champlain and has been Hudson Valley’s Newsletter Editor since 2013. Sherrie resides in Saratoga County, NY.
 
 
 
Support our Sponsor:
Hunt’s Photo and Video
Competitive Prices * Free Shipping
Personal Sales Rep: Brian Maryansky
bmaryansky@wbhunt.com
781-662-8822

September Meeting and Print Competition

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September Image Competition – Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Via Zoom – Link Forthcoming

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
4 Categories: Portrait * Weddings/Events * Illustrative * Artist
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 20TH – NO EXCEPTIONS !!
Submit early to be safe. Eli will send you a confirmation via email by Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.
REMINDER!

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
Hunt’s Photo and Video
Competitive Prices * Free Shipping
Personal Sales Rep: Brian Maryansky
bmaryansky@wbhunt.com
781-662-8822