Loudoun Photo Club’s usual meeting schedule is the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month in the season (September – June). Informal meetings during the summer months are usually held on the 4th Thursday of the summer months (July- August). Meeting location: Until further notice, Loudoun Photography Club will meet via Zoom.
Please stay tuned to our MeetUp webpage, our mailing list and our private Facebook group and Meetup app for current information.
Schedule of events for the 2023-24 season
(Zoom links will be sent in an email the day prior to the event.)
September 14
Speaker Night
POSTPONED
Topic: Introduction to Night Sky Landscape Photography
Speaker: Jason Nader
September 28
Competition
POSTPONED
Competition Topic: “What I Did This Summer”
Image may be of any subject and must have been captured between 1 June 2023 and 31 August 2023.
(Category: Open)
Judge: John Garofalo
October 12
Speaker Night
Topic: “15 Things Photographers Can Do to Improve Their Photography Skills”
Speaker: Doug Mattice
October 26
Competition
Competition Topic: Image of natural scenery (e.g., mountains, valleys, trees, forests, and rivers) with elements arranged in a coherent composition.
(Category: Landscape)
Judge: Sandi Croan CANCELLED
November 5
EXPO
Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions Expo
There will be a virtual MAPV event on Sun, 5 Nov with speakers including Simon d’Entremont, Rad Drew, Julianne Kost, and Tim Grey. See their website for competition deadlines and milestones. The first milestone is coming up on Sun, 6 Aug when they open up the image upload section of their site.
November 9
Speaker Night
Topic: Sunrise/Sunset Photography
Speaker: Marie Joabar
Drawing on more than 12 years experience as the Corporate Trainer and Education Programs Manager for one of the Washington DC area’s leading camera retailers, Marie Joabar founded Capital Photography Center in January 2012. Marie finds just the right way to take complicated concepts and technology and break the information down into easy-to-understand nuggets to share with others. Whether teaching photography basics or helping one better understand their camera, she works to take away one’s intimidation or sense of overwhelming that often accompanies learning new things so they can begin enjoying the craft and develop their skills. Marie is also very active in the Shenandoah Valley where she teaches photography classes for Shenandoah County and writes the Shared Exposures photography column for “The Mountain Courier.” Her photos can be found in various print and online publications for the Shenandoah County Department of Tourism and have been published in various local magazines and newspapers. She is a member of ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) and VECCA (Valley Educational Center for the Creative Arts). Her work can be seen on her website at www.mariejoabar.com.
November 30 – Popup Speaker
Pop-up Speaker Event: Audrey Gassman will present about her recent trip to Yellowstone National Park. She will share tips on planning a trip to the park and photos from her trip.
Link to recording:
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Link will expire in two weeks.
December 7
Speaker Night
Topic: Where’s the Beef? It’s in the Composition
Speaker: David Luria
Bio: E. David Luria is a professional architectural photographer and founder of the award-winning Washington PhotoSafari (www.washingtonphotosafari.com ) which is now one of the largest training programs for amateur
photographers in the country.
Since the program began in 1999, David and his 11 fellow instructors have trained over 41,600 amateur
photographers from 50 US states and 72 countries in camera usage for 29 different areas of photography, such as travel, architecture, nighttime, portraits, event, street, nature and wildlife photography and in Lightroom and
Photoshop post-processing techniques. Training an average of 5 photographers every day, 365 days a year for 24+ years, his 6,400 + small-group safaris have taken place in 186 different locations in 30 cities of 11 states and 8 countries..
Zoom Recording: (expires 2 weeks from Dec. 8th)
Passcode: X8^9Ye*2
December 14
Competition
Topic: General Water
Image using water as a main element of a composition. (Category: Water)
The deadline for submitting your photos is December 11th. It is important for you to review the competition rules and requirements for image submissions. All this information can be found under the “Competition Info” tab on the home page of the club’s website: https://loudounphotoclub.com/lpc/?page_id=1344
Judge: Geff Bourke
Bio: Photography has been a passion of mine for over 40 years.I definitely caught the photography bug and my interests branched out from family vacations to nature photography, such as landscapes, birds, and flowers; travel photography with the goal of capturing the culture of my destinations; and urban landscapes… street, people, and decay. Recognitions:
- Received 3 Honorable Mention awards in the reFocus International B&W competition (2023).
- Featured in the UK’s Black + White Magazine for his amazing B&W work of Icelandic horses.
- Awarded and published in Minimalist Photography Awards, Annual Book 2020.
- Two images published in Black & White Magazine, 2021, Smartphone issue.
- Featured in the 2021, Lenswork, Our Magnificent Planet 2021 edition.
- Awarded in Alternative Digital Processes category, Black & White Magazine, Looking Forward–Looking Backward 2022.
- Monochrome Awards 2022 Landscapes Honorable Mention.
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81469458508?pwd=b3yBqFK7ME6sc3PODK7Eaa1vjpsbYe.1
Meeting ID: 814 6945 8508Passcode: 113134
January 11
Topic: How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse
Speaker: Dan Ward
On January 11th we will be having Dan Ward speak on Solar Eclipse photography. As we have an amazing eclipse coming up in 2024, I think everyone will be interested in hearing how to capture this amazing event. A little background on Dan Ward – Over the past 30 years, Dan Ward researched classes, articles, new books and webinars on recent innovations in solar, lunar, and eclipse astro-imaging techniques. This presentation will discuss how to capture images from a lifetime of hard learned lessons.
A semi-retired Chief Workforce Economist, Dan Ward is an avid amateur astronomer and life-long photography enthusiast. One of the first 12 members of the Loudoun Photo Club, he served in several roles on the LPC board, but drifted away when his job relocated to Tysons Corner and DC. Dan regularly teaches classes on Stargazing with Binoculars, Capturing the Night Sky with Smartphones, and Eclipse Photography for the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club (NOVAC) and for the Analemma Society. His 2019 lunar total eclipse photo was adopted by TeleVue Optics to demonstrate the capabilities of their TeleVue 85 Telescope.
January 25
Peer Critique
Topic: General Wildlife
On January 25th we will be having a peer critique! That’s right, everyone who attends will comment and critique the photos for the topic “Fauna”.
Fauna-Image where the primary subject comprises one or more non-domesticated animals (including birds, but no cows or farm animals). This is an opportunity to ask questions on composition, editing, and other perspectives about your images – and to offer your opinions on other images. Images are treated anonymously by the facilitator, though you may certainly speak up with any specific questions or desired feedback about your images from the other participants.
This meeting will be virtual only.
Entries may be submitted now through Monday, January 22, 2024 – 11:59 pm ET.
Please visit our Competition Info page for discrete submission links.
Reminders:
- This is a digital-only competition.
- Read the updated rulesbefore submitting!
- You mustbe a paid member in order to submit images for competition. (Join here.)
- Click herefor how to submit images.
- Click herefor information on metadata.
February 8
Speaker
Topic: Introduction to Night Sky Landscape Photography
Speaker: Jason Nader
Jason Nader is a photography enthusiast whose love of photography began early in his life under the red lights of black and white darkrooms. His professional career in technology and photogrammetry deepened his interest in the camera and capturing all aspects life especially night photography, abandoned places and interesting people. Jason attempts to pay for his expensive photography habits by working with Samantha Marshall at Studio 151 Photography supporting classes, meetups, weddings, family and corporate photo sessions. To learn more about Studio 151 Photography and to book a session or class, visit https://www.
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February 22 Competition
Competition Topic: Symmetry/Patterns
Image illustrating symmetry or patterns as a main element of the composition.(Category: Studio)
Judge: Ellis Rosenberg
We are very lucky to have Ellis Rosenberg as our guest judge. Ellis Rosenberg has been an avid photographer for over 40 years. He has previously served for eight years as Chair of the Reston Photographic Society (RPS), and as a board member of The League of Reston Artists. Ellis also continues serving on The Nature Visions Photo Expo (naturevisions.org) as a board member and in other capacities. These positions have provided him with an excellent exposure in the area of judging. He enjoys photography competitions and is a graduate of The Joe Miller Seminar on Judging. Ellis tries to put the knowledge gained from that seminar together with his experience to be a competent judge. For more background: https://nvacc.org/home/ellis-rosenberg/
Links to submit for this competition will be sent in an email to members soon. Please be sure to review the criteria and due dates for submitting your photos on the website.
Zoom Link:
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March 14
Speaker
Topic: Travel Photography- Cuba
Cuba, a country frozen in time. Learn about this amazing place and see why it is a photographer’s paradise!Speaker: Denise Silva
Bio: Denise has been recognized as one of the Top 200 Women Photographers Who Inspire by Nature Photo Guides and has had multiple articles published in Extraordinary Vision (EV) Magazine, and is a featured artist in Breakthrough Photography’s Guide to Night Sky Photography.Her passion is to share her knowledge of photography, while introducing people to the amazing landscapes, wildlife, and people all over the world.For much more about Denise, see her full bio at this link https://roadrunnerphotographytours.com/about/about-denise/
March 28
Competition
Competition Topic: Reflections
Image that uses a reflection to create the composition.(Category: Abstract)
Judge: Ross Stansfield
Our March contest topic is “Reflection”. The theme is an image that uses reflection to create the composition. It’s defined as an image that uses reflection to create the composition.
April 11
Topic: Photographing Shenandoah National Park
Speaker: Andrew Sentipal
I have been photographing since the film days. Shenandoah National Park has been a favorite of mine for decades. I have visited every overlook in the park over the years and enjoy photographing all that the park has to offer from amazing sunrises and sunsets to animals and the night sky. My images have been on the Shenandoah calendar numerous years and I have done work for the National Park Service on their then and now project. I won the 75th anniversary of Shenandoah National Park’s Photography Contest and more recently won Best Wildlife image in the 2023 Mid Atlantic Photo Visions contest. I look forward to presenting for your club in April.Andrew Sentipal
April 25
Competition
Competition Topic: Street Photography
Image featuring an unmediated chance encounter or random incident within a public space.(Category: People)
Judge: Frank Van Riper
May 9
Speaker
Topic: Looking Beyond at the Real: Abstraction in Photography
Speaker: Janet Little Jeffers
May 23
Competition
Competition Topic: My Favorite Images From This Season
Image may be of any subject and must have been captured between 1 September 2023 and 15 May 2024.(Category: Open)
Judge: Sandi Croan
Bio: Sandi Croan Bio;
You can see a sample of Sandi’s work on http://www.sandicroanphotography.com
June
End of Year
Awards and Fun!
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- *The competition descriptions above are not intended to limit the
- photographer’s creativity and any examples given are in no way all inclusive. It is the judge’s discretion to determine how well the image works for the particular theme.
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Terms:
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- TBD – to be determined
- N/A – not applcable
- Topic – Your photo should incorporate this monthly topic for the LPC competition.
- Category – The broad category that competitions such as MAPV may use for photos being entered. Disclaimer: Every contest independent of LPC’s contests may differ in their descriptions of categories, so be sure to check each contest’s guidelines carefully before submitting.
Submission Guidelines: Before submitting your images for competition, please be sure to check out these pages:
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- Competition Info
- LPC Competition rules
- Competition FAQ
- How to Submit a Photo for Competition – YouTube Tutorial
Jan Mul – Speaker Coordinator
Jan Mul – Competition Coordinator