We have made a few changes to the competition rules to accommodate the growth of entries. The new rules, in PDF, can be found here - LPC Competition Rules for 2009-2010 . Also see - 2009-2010 LPC Competition FAQ The tenative schedule - LPC 2009-2010 Competition Season
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Loudoun Photo Club had its final judged competition on May 28. Corey Hilz did a fine job highlighting the great work done by members of our club and conveying advice on ways to improve our skills in the future. Competiton Results
Prior to the competition, Mary Austin-Keller officiated her last meeting as our club President. She has done a wonderful job during her tenure but has decided to take a well earned break from the duties. Club members stepped up to volunteer for various positions with Denise Silva entering as President of LPC for the coming year.
The new LPC board will meet soon to set up the End of Year meeting / competition.
Details for the EOY meeting will be posted soon. List of eligible photos ofr the EOY competition
The last official, judged competition for the year. This is an ‘open’ themed competition - anything G-rated… macro, landscapes, wildlife, abstract, etc. can be entered by paid LPC members; please bring your membership card. LPC competition rules will be in effect - See competition rules.
Our judge for the evening will be Corey Hilz. View his website here
There will be a dinner meet and greet before the meeting beginning at 5:30p at Rubino’s in Ashbrook Commons
Thursday, May 14 - 7:00p - Ms. Koslow spoke to us a couple years ago on this topic with great interest (it was the hit of the season). She’ll discuss inkjet printing tips, papers, inks, and more.
Carolyn Koslow’s website: http://www.koslowfinearts.com/
There will be a dinner meet and greet before the meeting beginning at 5:30p at Rubino’s in Ashbrook Commons
Mr. Sewall will continue his presentation from last year on book publishing. He is a published photographer and author of a lovely book of images of the Potomac. He’ll speak to us about how to produce a photography book for publication and about his book experience.
Roy Sewall Links:
Gallery - http://www.photocentric.net/galleryroy.htm
Book - http://www.photocentric.net/gallery130.htm
There will be a dinner meet and greet before the meeting beginning at 5:30p at Rubino’s in Ashbrook Commons
The competition theme for March is Nature. For this one competition, the maximum size will be increased from 11×14 to 16×20 to allow members to enter photos that did not make it into the Meadowlark Competition. Any Meadowlark submission matching the theme can be entered, with one exception - Ross Konigsburg has no Meadowlark photos because he had all six of his submissions accepted - congratulations Ross! All other LPC competition rules will apply. See the competition rules (PDF).
The judge for the evening will be Josh Taylor. Learn more about Josh at his website - http://archiphotoworkshops.com/bio.html
This month’s speaker is Ian Plant. His presentation will be ’Low Light and Night Photography’. Ian has published many nature and landscape photography books and also leads workshops throughout the Cheasapeake Bay area, as well as in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. For more about Ian, see his website.
Dinner beforehand will be at Rubino’s from 5:30p to 6:30p. The meeting is at the GWU campus beginning at 7:00, with the speaker starting after 7:15p. This will be in the tall building on the campus (our regular location). The room for this meeting will be 101. If there is a last minute change the security desk will have information.
From Mary: Hi Everyone ~
Reminder, we will have Josh Taylor speak on “Beyond the Rule of Thirds”. Josh did an excellent job judging for us last year.
We will meet beforehand for dinner, as usual. However, we will try the new location suggested by Bob a few weeks ago. Rubino’s Pizzaria in Ashbrook Commons.
The details:
- 5:30-6:30: dinner at Rubino’s
- 6:30-7:15: final Meadowlark submission dropoff
- 7:15-7:30: annoucements
- 7:30-9:00: speaker, Josh Taylor - “Beyond the Rule of Thirds”
- 9:00-9:30: optional speaker overflow
- Josh Taylor’s website: http://archiphotoworkshops.com
- Link to directions to Rubino’s in Ashbrook Commons
- Link to Rubino’s menu
- Link to GWUVC directions: 20101 Academic Way, Ashburn, 20147
- We’re in room 101, the nice auditorium
IMPT Meadowlark Info + REQUIRED volunteering:
- You can enter 6 images max
- Mat can be a max of 16×20, must have a white backing board and a white over mat (the one with the hole cut in it)
- while you can have bigger images for meadowlark than club competitions, please make sure your image can support the enlargement. a problem in the past has been soft images from enlarging. yes, they do care.
- last year’s acceptance rate was about 25%. i’m serious. so please prepare yourself emotionally (I’m speaking from <bleep> experience).
- Check the border rules for the mats, they really will check!!!
- YOU MUST VOLUNTEER AT MEADOWLARK IN ORDER TO ENTER. We’re not trying to be mean or nazis or anything. but part of our agreement to be in meadowlark is to staff the raffle booth and the club table. other clubs volunteer to staff ticketing, etc. part of the benefit of being a board member is you do not have to volunteer, though I know I personally help work the club table when i’m there and can. otherwise unless you have a medical condition or something of similar import that prevents you from volunteering, then it is a firm requirement (contact me and oscar if you think you fall into this category BEFOREHAND). The number of hours each person volunteers depends on the number of people who enter and therefore # of volunteers. We absolutely have to cover the raffle table.
- Oscar will have a signup sheet for people to volunteer. there are time slots, first come, first pick.
- website for meadowlark (READ THE RULES, they are ultra picky): http://www.meadowlarkphotoexpo.org/
- Fill out Oscar’s form and email it to him and bring him a printed copy: http://www.OGphoto.
com/PhotoEntries Expo2009. doc - email filled out form to him at oscar@ogphoto.com
- print out filled out form and bring it with you to the dropoff
Drop off of Images and Matting
- matting party and DIY party (thanks Charles and Dan!!!):
- Sat, Feb 7th.
- Cascades Library (where we used to meet last year) More info
- 10-2, People’s Choice selection from 1-2
- dropoff #1 for meadowlark: Saturday Feb 7 at the matting party
- dropoff #2 for meadowlark: Thursday, Feb 12 at the regularly scheduled club meeting (please arrive early)
- bring your photos and matboard to party. also bring pencils and scrap paper, they’ll help.
- clearbags will be available for pickup and purchase if you didn’t already sign up to buy them - both at the party at the first feb meeting
Selection of LPC People’s Choice Entry:
- Date/Time: SATURDAY, Feb 7, the last hour of the matting party, 1-2pm
- Theme: Pond Life
- our club gets one entry, we will select at the party. this entry does not count towards the person’s 6 max limit. attendees at the expo vote for their fave amongst all the novacc club entries.
Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this a success. See a pano of our exhibit taken by Tony Moringello.
