Newsletter January 2007
Section Meeting Reminder
Date: Wednesday January 17th
Place: Nonna's, Geneva
Time: 2:00
TEP Information
You are invited to a special event hosted by the Finger Lakes Section of the Professional Photographers Society of New York.
On-Location Wedding Seminar
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
By Steven Bergano and Ernst Tramposh
Western New York’s Premier Wedding Seminar
for 2007. Centrally located in Batavia, New York.
Only 30 Minutes from either Buffalo or Rochester.
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Click here for more information and to register for this event.
This all day seminar will take you through a wealth of photographic knowledge including shooting philosophy, on site posing and lighting with live models, business strategies and some creative “nik at night” techniques. The on-location Church setting will provide a great background and help stimulate your mind to new possibilities in a real world setting.
Message from the Editor
Happy New Year!!!!
With the Christmas rush over I have a moment to breath and reflect on the past year. 2006 has been amazing with a flood of new business, new ideas and new friends.
A new year is now upon us and I'm looking forward to embracing the challenges and experiences that this next year will bring. I'm not going into it blind folded though. I have clear cut goals that I want to accomplish this year in my business, as a writer and speaker, and in my personal life. This industry changes so fast that it's important to have goals to keep things in focus. (Ha ha, focus, get it? I didn't mean that.) Having goals is vital, however it is also important to have flexibility. With as fast as this industry changes, your goals in the beginning of he year my be outdated by July.
One of my goals this year is to keep up with my Blog. I just started it a month ago, so it's still new to me. For those of you who don't know what a Blog is, it's short for a Web Log. It's basically a journal that you keep online that people can read and post comments on. It can be a powerful marketing tool if used correctly. Here is the link to my Blog page and if you already have one, share it on the FLPPSNY Forum:
http://cheslerphotography.blogspot.com/
- Steve Chesler -
Chesler Photography
Membership News
"If everyone took the time to personally invite one member..."
Its the obligation of everyone in the organization to work on membership!
-Herb Jones, Membership Chairperson
Message from the Section Chairperson
Section Meeting Reminder
Date: Wednesday January 17th
Place: Nonna's, Geneva
Time: 2:00
This is our kick-off meeting for 2007. We have a lot of important items to deal with regarding our up coming TEP in February.
Agenda
- minutes
- treasurers report
- old business (1) PPSNYS Convention (2) summer workshop (other)
- new business
- finalize plans for TEP 2/13/07 - fill out committees, etc.
- Rep. from Fingerlakes Magazine will talk about benefits to our organization
- Print Critique and evaluation. This will be a good opportunity for you to have Craig and Neil look at your prints and get suggestions for improvement, etc. before submitting them for print competition at both our TEP and state convention. SO BRING YOUR PRINTS TO THE MEETING.
- Dinner - plan to stay and have an opportunity to share and socialize. The company is good and the prices are hard to beat.
It's extremely important that we have a good turn out and get "07" off to a good start.
REMEMBER - THIS IS YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOU ARE A VITAL PART OF IT. looking FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE 17TH.
VINCE AIOSA - Section Chairperson
CONTACT INFO:
Finger Lakes Officers
Delegates to PPSNYS:
- Vince Aiosa
- Herb Jones
- Roger Smith
PPSNYS Business Service:
Karen Dyer, PPSNYS Business, 388 Broadway, 4th Floor
Albany, NY 12207
518-434-8830
Fax - 518-434-0072
e-mail - headquarters@ppsny.com
PPA (404) 522-8600
Minutes of the December 2006 Meeting:
No minutes due to holiday gathering.
News and Notes:
New Section: This is a new section of the newsletter for anyone who wants to share something of interest. It could be a birthday, a milestone, something new you're doing that you want to share, the sky is the limit. Send your News and Notes items to Steve@Cheslerphoto.com.
- Don't forget to register for the 2007 State Conference.
Print Critique:
We will be holding a print critique at the January meeting. Bring up to 4 8x10 prints with your name and title on the back. The cost is $1 per print with the pot going to the top scoring print. Here are some tips for choosing photos forprint competitions.
Submitted by Honey DeLapa
The Professional Photographers Association of New England
The Making of a Merit Image
written by Roland Laramie, M. Photo.Cr.,Hon.M.Photog.,A-ASP,CPP.
Executive Director of PPANE
The Print Judging or Exhibition at PPSNYS is an affiliated print judging. This means that any image receiving an 80 or above with receive a Seal of Approval. The image then must be submitted to the next PPA Judging. Once there the image will receive a merit. This merit is very important because it is an exhibition merit. To receive a Master of Photography Degree from PPA you are required to accumulate 13 exhibition merits along with 12 achievement merits.
When picking out the image you would like to enter into competition you should know that there are many items a juror looks at when rendering there score.
What choosing an image, the most important thing to remember, when reviewing the information below, is that the elements are listed in accordance to their importance.
1. Impact: What you see first - what has the most impact, what creates you first impression - it could be a strong feeling of power, what commands you to look - what holds your eye?, and the impact could be any of the elements list below.
2. Creativity: Using your imagination, being very original or a fresh approach on a subject matter, creative cropping, creative use of subject matter, content could be very abstract, invention, design, feeling and imagination lifts the photograph into the realm of art. 8. Lighting: A good statement of light, good portrait lighting, dynamic lighting, pattern of light can add to the enhancement. Strong mood can be created by the lighting, lighting is the art of reproducing the characteristics of the subjects or objects.
3. Style: The part of the photography that sets your work apart from the rest, a different way of seeing, a different way of approaching, a brand new style, very real and not contrived, experimental, individuality is obtained in many different ways.
4. Composition: Good placement of subject matter, a very successful arrangement, harmonious proportions, using dynamic symmetry to place most important objects, good rhythm is created by repetition, whether it's color, spaces, moods, or division of a the photograph. 10. Print Quality: Good strong contrast, using the middle tones, good color balance, expressions and artistic lighting, the simplest statements are the strongest, good angle on the building, backgrounds in key to the subject matter.
5. Print Presentation: Does the presentation enhance the photograph? Good cropping can add to the composition, good color for the matting or mount can help, daring to be different, using something dynamic or being very traditional, initial impression can be obtained by using creative mounting.
6. Color Balance: A good technique for the photograph a good selection of color for the subject matter or objects, using a very interpretative color (maybe not normal at all), creative use of color - example: complementary colors, dark against light, strong against weak.
7. Center of Interest: Dominance of objects or subject matter, a group of subject and arrangement of objects so one center of interest prevails, subject matter holds the eye with no distractions, moody or misty, strength and definition gives the center of interest; secondary points are very important to the photograph, but you must always be able to come back to the center of interest.
8. Lighting: A good statement of light, good portrait lighting, dynamic lighting, pattern of light can add to the enhancement. Strong mood can be created by the lighting, lighting is the art of reproducing the characteristics of the subjects or objects.
9. Subject Matter: An outstanding interpretation for the subject matter, good camera angle for the subject matter, selection of the photographic model or object is important, contrast here can be very creative in selection; example: old and young, warm and cool. All of these will complement your work.
10. Print Quality: Good strong contrast, using the middle tones, good color balance, expressions and artistic lighting, the simplest statements are the strongest, good angle on the building, backgrounds in key to the subject matter.
11. Technique: Different technique for the subject matter, techniques is the foundation of photography, but a knowledge of the art principles are very necessary, using creative and abstract can help, and design brings abstract ideas into concrete form.
12. Storytelling: A good strong statement, complete story within the photograph, successful presentation, achievement of purpose, first glance has complete meaning, strong mood or emotion, using strong complementary colors next to each other, strong mood with the photograph, builds and emotional response challenging your imagination.
FINGER LAKES FORUM:
If you haven't signed up for the Finger Lakes Forum, now it the time. By signing up with an e-mail, automatic reminders of upcoming events will be sent to you. There is also a calendar listing all events. Sign on and see what's happening. There are listings for jobs and equipment also. If you have something you would like to sell please feel free to post it there. Several members have uploaded photos for you to look at. There are also a few photos from Conference.
Thank you Steve Chesler for getting this started. I hope it will become a place where our members will get together to share information.
TIP OF THE MONTH:
I promised you more images
from Dan, and here they are! Located in MA, Dan
does incredible wedding work.
This photo was taken with
the Canon Mark II on a tripod. I wanted to
create a rim light around the couple so I
positioned a Quantum Q flash behind them. The
settings on the flash were set to ISO 200 at F4.
I played around with Shutter Speed until to got
the desired effect on the sky, knowing that the
faster the speed the darker the sky would be and
the slower the speed, the lighter it would be. I
added contrast and Gausian blur to add a
softening effect to the overall picture.
