Tuesday, October 15, 2013 night’s meeting: 6pm – 7pm Intro to Photography with Marion Faria
7:00pm – Login In for Competition (reminder bring in digital images on a jump drive, Tuesday night, or email them to digital {at} psri {dot} us by Friday, October 18th – for 1st competition only).
7:30pm – Image Critique Night. Bring 2 images on a thumb drive to be critiqued.
From Mike Di Stefano:
Wonderous Indeed – Call for Entries
Submission Date – October 30, 2013
Entries due – October 30, 2013
Notice of Acceptance: November 9, 2013
Exhibition Dates: January 24, 2014 – February 22, 2014
THEME – Wonderous Indeed
Life is full of remarkable experiences, unique people, beautiful things, the delightful and the bizarre; all of these can present as wondrous indeed.
JUROR – Phillip Toledano
Phillip Toledano was born in London to a French Moroccan, and an American father and is currently living and working in New York city. He believes that photographs should be like unfinished sentences. there should always be space for questions. Phillip’s work is socio-political, and varies in medium, from photography to installation.
Mr. Toledano has four (going on five) monographs published on his artistic practice. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times magazine, The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Wallpaper, The London Times, The Independent Magazine, Le Monde and Interview amongst others.
AWARDS
Juror’s Award: $500.00
Director’s Selection: $250.00
liveBooks Website Awards: Two websites valued at $399.00
Portfolio ShowCase Volume 7 – Call for Entries
Submission Deadline: November 28, 2013
THEME – Portfolio ShowCase Volume 7
There is no theme for this exhibition. The images will be evaluated as a cohesive body of work, rather than individual images. Fifteen photographers will be chosen to display their twelve-image portfolios in the Center’s Portfolio ShowCase Volume 7 book, Group gallery exhibition, and online exhibition.
Entries Due: November 28, 2013
Book Publication and Gallery Exhibition dates: Mid 2014
Juror – Alexa Becker
Alexa Becker holds an MA in art history and is the acquisitions editor for photography and art books for Kehrer Verlag, in Heidelberg, Germany.
Awards:
Solo Exhibition Award: One artist will be chosen for a solo exhibition at the Center for Fine Art Photography.
Portfolio ShowCase Group Exhibition: The Center will exhibit prints from the selected artists in conjunction with the book launch.
Juror’s Selection: The juror will select one portfolio to be the first presented in the book and will select an image from the portfolio to be the book cover.
Shooting with Lensbaby Lenses
An introduction to Lensbaby (TM) lenses and accessories. There will be Composer Pro w/Sweet 35 Optic lens abailable (see note below) for Nikon, Canon and Olympus to try on your DSLR. The Lensbaby is one of the most unique and beautiful shooting lenses on the market today. Learn how to maximize your art by mastering the use of this amazing lens system. As weather allows we will be shooting outdoors around DSI so bring your tripod and DSLR fully charged to get to work! A discount coupon for 10% off your next Lensbaby(TM) purchase will be provided to all attendees.
Note: If you register at least by Oct. 5 you are guaranteed a lens for your DSLR. If you register later you may have to share with another attendee of the workshop. When registering, make sure you state whether you use Olympus, Canon or Nikon.
When: Saturday, October 19, 10AM – Noon
Location: Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Avenue, Blemont, MA
Cost: $55.00 per person, to register click here.
B&W Photography with Nik Silver Efex Pro2
There are many ways to convert a digital file from color to B&W, but only NIK Silver Efex Pro2 gives you the BEST possible results. Working along with the instructor, Stan Godwin, workshop participants will look at the conversion tools available to you in Silver Efex Pro2 and how to use these tools for superior quality black & white images (a free trial download is available). As a bonus, participants will also be able to see their black & white results when they print an 11 x 14 silver gelatin RC print at the workshop.
When: Saturday, October 19, 1PM – 4PM
Location: Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Avenue, Belmont, MA
Cost: $85.00 per person, to register click here
All Day Lightroom 5 Workshop in Fall River!
In conjunction with the Fall River Camera Club
Saturday, Nov 9, 2013
The Conference Center, LLC.
55 North Main Street
Fall River, MA 02720
10:00am – 12:00 In Depth look at the “Develop” Module
1:00pm to 3:30pm In Depth look at the “Print” Module and time for other LR questions.
$40.00 for all day
Bring your own lunch or we will order sandwiches locally – bring cash for lunch, please.
Please contact Lorraine Anderson at lorraineanderson1@mac.com to register for this class as seating is limited.