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NEWSLETTER www.caryphotographicartists.org November 2015
NOVEMBER’S FRONT PAGE PHOTO: “Pumpkin Patch” by Susan Bailey is a classic interpretation of the “Autumnal” theme. Susan found this “beautiful line of pumpkins” in a patch off of Ten-Ten Rd. She “loved the morning light and weaving of green and orange throughout the image”. “I felt a vertical composition gave this the feel I wanted of wandering into the pumpkin patch.” Thanks to Susan and all others who submitted! Information on submitting and December’s theme can be found later in this newsletter.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: Tracy and Lil Baker joined in October. Welcome to CPA!
CELEBRATING MEMBER NEWS: JJ Raia has an exhibit at Through this Lens Gallery in Durham starting with a reception on November 20, 6 - 9 p.m. The show will continue through January 9. The theme is scheduled to center around trees and differing ways to create images using them.
Michael Ligett has photos from his “Imagine An Island” photobook on display at the Roundabout Art Collective in Raleigh until the end of December. There will be a reception on November 6 from 6 - 9 p. m.
Michael also has a photo in the “Carolina On My Mind” juried exhibition at the Village Art Circle in Cary. Show dates are October 30 to November 20, with an opening reception during the Final Friday Art Walk on October 30.
Michael’s photo entitled “Aspen Leaves” was selected as one of the 11 on exhibit for the Cary Visual Art Annual Ball at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary. An awards reception will be November 20, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Patrick Bartley has two photos juried into the Cary Visual Arts Annual Ball. His “Butterflies Floating” and “4 Herbs” will be on display for the ball at Prestonwood Country Club November 20.
Dawn Willis has several images on display at Cheerz Deli, Durham. They can be viewed Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. An artist Reception will be held on Thursday, November 12, 1:30 - 3:30 p. m.
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Richard Carter’s “Arboreal Homage” has also been juried into the Village Art Circle’s mixed media “Carolina on My Mind” contest. Images will be exhibited until November 20.
Richard was awarded first place in the NC State Fair photography competition in the professional photographer category for his “Shed Stories”.
Bob Cassanova will have three images in the photographic exhibition at the Cary Art Ball at Prestonwood Country Club on November 20. They are: “Pigeon Point Lighthouse”, “Magnolia in Tarboro" and “Wormsloe Plantation Path”. There will be a champagne artists reception from 6:30 - 7:30 p. m.
Bob will also have 7 images from his "Stained Glass Windows of Calvary Parish" portfolio on display at the Blount Bridger House in Tarboro November 5 - 28. Additionally, he will have five photographs from his "Alice's Garden Portfolio" in the Holiday Invitational Art Show and Sale at the Arts Council of Wilson from November 12 to December 18.
Christer Berg’s photograph “Oasis” received the First Place award at the 2015 CLICK Triangle Photography Festival's Juried Pop-Up Exhibit.
Christer’s portrait “Jonathan, Glass Artist” won Second Premium at the 2015 North Carolina State Fair. He also has work on exhibit at The Mahler Fine Art gallery though November 17. The closing reception will be held on Raleigh’s First Friday, November 6, 6 - 9 p.m.
EXHIBITIONS: The CPA Juried Show selected photographs are on exhibit at the Cary Senior Center in Bond Park until December 19. A total of 246 entries were received. Eighty of those were juried in. Everyone is invited to the reception on Friday October 30, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Our judges, RoyLee Duvall and Gordon Munro, will offer comments at 6:30.
CPA OUTINGS: November 7 Eno River State Park CPA members are invited to gather at “West Point on the Eno” at 8:00 a. m. to capture the beauty of fall. Watch for an informational posts to our website and Facebook page. Sign up with Tom Steen and Sandra Seagroves at [email protected] to receive an email with specifics.
CHECK THIS OUT: Cary Art Loop was originally conceived as a means of connecting artists with Cary business and venues with support of the Town of Cary Department of Cultural Resources. The signature event of the Cary Art Loop is “Final Fridays” – an art crawl around downtown Cary and other locations occurring from 6 - 9 p.m. on the final Friday of each month. Today, the Cary Art Loop exists as a growing non-profit organization in support of the arts. Learn more at caryartloop.org.
Raleigh’s First Friday First Friday is a free self-guided tour of downtown’s cutting edge cultural hot spots. Local art venues and
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museums stay open late the first Friday of every month.
Hickory Museum of Art is exhibiting “Unexpected Beauty: Views From the Lens of Steve McCurry” until May 8, 2016. This is your chance to see McCurry’s “Afghan Girl” the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. Plan your visit at hickoryart.org.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: CPA’s Annual Members Show at the Cary Art Center Gallery runs November 23 until January 25, 2016. To have your work considered, please send jpegs of one to three images to Exhibitions Co-chair, Judy Miller at [email protected] by November 15. Include: your name, phone number, title of photo, framed size, price or NFS (if NFS a valuation amount for insurance purposes). The longest side of your image should be no more than 1000 pixels. Submissions will be curated by Christer Berg and selected pieces must be delivered to the Art Center on the morning of November 23. The artist reception is on December 5, 2 - 4 p. m. Pick up pieces on Monday, January 25, 2016.
The 13th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition (AMPC) submission deadline is 5 p.m. on November 20. Cash and prizes totaling $4,000 and winning images will be exhibited at Turchin Center for the Visual Arts in Boone, NC. A portion of the proceeds support Student Outdoor Learning Expeditions at Appalachian State University. Find more information and last year’s winning photos at appmtnphotocomp.org.
The Town of Cary will be accepting applications for exhibitions in the 2016-2017 solo and group art exhibition opportunities at Cary Arts Center, Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary Senior Center, Herbert Young Community Center, Bond Park Community Center and Cary Town Hall until February 1. In the past few years, several CPA members have been selected to exhibit through this great opportunity. Download an application or pick one up at Page-Walker Arts & History Center or the Cary Arts center. www.townofcary.org.
Smithsonian.com's 2015 Photo Contest ends November 30. There are seven contest categories and nine prizes including a grand prize of $2500. For a list of categories, prizes, and rules go to smithsonianmag.com/photocontest.
Share the View International Nature Photography Contest sponsored by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver is accepting entries through December 1. The contest is open to anyone 18 or older with images of nature and wildlife. Winning images with the photographer’s information will be published on the contest website and can possibly be used in future promotions. More details found at denveraudubon.contest.
Popular Photography 22nd Annual Readers’ Photo Contest has six categories of entries and a grand prize of $1000. Winners of each category will be published in upcoming editions of the magazine. Deadline for submission is December 31. Find more information at popphotocontest.
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Holly Springs Art Council invites you to share your art during their 2016 Community Arts Festival February 1-6. Please visit their website for more details: hollyspringsartscouncil.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: Basic Mat Cutting and Mounting Techniques workshops are offered November 12 and 13 through the Art of the Art Supply Carolinas Expo. The fee is $129. Information on this workshop and other aspects of the Expo can be found at artofthecarolinas.com. Nature Visions Photo Expo (NVPE), a non-profit organization of volunteers from MD and VA camera clubs is hosting their 2015 show Nov 13-15 in Manassas, VA. The event includes seminars, lectures and workshops including over a dozen free presentations. For more information, registration and ticket purchase visit: naturevisions.org.
NOVEMBER PROGRAMS: No CPA meetings will be held in November due to the Cary Theatre being closed on Veterans Day and the second meeting day of the month falling the day before Thanksgiving.
CRITIQUE STUDY GROUP: CPA members meet the third Thursday of the month 4:30 - 6:30 p. m. at Cary Arts Center for an informal discussion of each other’s photos. Due to time and room size constraints, the number of participants is limited to the first 12 CPA members that sign up per month.
Images are randomly shown on a screen for constructive, supportive comments from the group (what worked well, suggestions for improvement, etc). Photographers may choose to reveal themselves to ask specific questions. To participate in the November 19 group, email up to four jpeg photos to Beth Page at [email protected] with naming convention of: CPA_filename_date_1 where ‘1’ represents image 1 of a batch. Max file size 1000x1000 pixels, up to 800 KB. Only send photos if you are attending. Email questions to Julia Daniels [email protected].
PHOTO OPS: Lanternfest Fayetteville, NC on November 21. Thousands of lanterns light the night sky. Tickets required and include entrance to the event, a Lantern, a marker, a lighter, and a s'mores kit. Visit lanternfest.com for more information.
Fall Colors in the Triangle: This is prime time for leaf color in our area. A list of Cary parks can be found at townofcary.org. Fellow CPA members have had good luck finding fall colors at the following locations: Simpkins Pond at Lake Wheeler, Yates Mill, Durant Nature Park, Symphony Lake by Koka Booth. Thank you to those who sent in location tips!
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GUEST WRITER: CPA member, JJ Raia graciously agreed to share his basic method for processing images. Many thanks to him for taking the time! See some of JJ’s photos, information on his upcoming exhibits and read more of his thoughts on photography on his website: jjraiaphoto.wordpress.com
Workflow -When discussing photography, just what is meant by the term "workflow"? One simple interpretation is that which needs to be done in order to achieve the "final print" you originally envisioned. How you arrive there may be a bit different for every photo, but there are some simple steps that can get you started toward your goal. Assuming you've already recorded the image in the best way possible (a whole different discussion), now you need to get the most out of the RAW file you just downloaded. Most times those RAW images look pretty dull and lifeless compared to what you remember, but here are some basic practices that work well that I've come across from various YouTube instructional videos, magazines and photography blogs.
One step that I use when I import my images into Lightroom is Punch in the Developing Settings when importing RAW images. It's under Lightroom General Settings. So you might add those changes it makes to the one you created; I think it's only an increase in Clarity, Vibrance and applies some sharpening. I found a simple, straight forward method from Matt Koslowski on YouTube for using Lightroom: Take the Highlights slider and move it to -100; and take the Shadows slider and move it to +100. Next, while clicking on the Whites slider and holding the option key on a MAC (ALT on a PC??) which turns the screen black, move the Whites slider to the right until you see the first pixels that indicate clipping, and then back off just enough until they disappear. Do the same with the Blacks slider. Click on the slider holding down the option key, the screen turns white. Move the slider left until the underexposed pixels appear. Release the option key, which brings back your photo, and continue
left with the slider until the image suits your taste. At this point you may want to adjust your overall exposure and contrast. Working your way down the sliders, adjust the Clarity, Vibrance and Saturation sliders, going easy on the Saturation, until the overall appearance is near what you're after. Then, adjust the Sharpening amount to between 25 and 40, Radius to 0.5, Detail to 50 and finally Noise Reduction/Luminance between 15 and 50 depending on how much noise is present. I found those numbers from a photographer's blog and use them because they seem to improve the image. But trying to understand how it's done is beyond me. The last two things are pretty much standard, click the Enable (Lens) Profile Corrections and Remove Chromatic Aberration options. Then you can then tweak your image using various brushes until the appearance is, overall, about as good as it gets.
After the Lightroom steps, occasionally I go into Photoshop to take care of the things there I cannot do, or are much easier to do in Photoshop than in Lightroom. Then it's back to Lightroom to do some final touch-ups using the various brushes and crop if necessary. When cropping, I try to always use the same aspect ratio (5:4) so I can interchange photos in my mats and frames. There are loads of YouTube videos by Serge Ramelli that go into how to work with both Lightroom and Photoshop that I found really informative and useful for the type of photography I do and I'm sure there are plenty more that will help for your own interests as well.
There's a lot to explore in these programs and it would probably take a lifetime to understand all the options that are possible. It's interesting to explore those possibilities and your own creativity, but if you keep the options to the minimum of those that work for you, then you won't spend so much time in front of the computer and more time out with your camera, or better yet, with your friends.
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VIEWPOINT: The “Viewpoint” newsletter feature spotlights alternate photographic interpretations of the same or similar scenes. One of the things many of us find fascinating about photography is how differently the same subject can be interpreted.
The following images were selected from some taken during the CPA Cameron Barn Outing. The two artists offer different viewpoints of very similar subjects and have provided us some comments on their thought process for composing the shot.
Jim Trull had seen the house in the above image before, in more “harsh” lighting, but “on this morning the light was very soft as the sun was rising due to it being overcast”. He “thought that the colors on the side of the house were very compelling” and that they were “blending very nicely” with the roof and sky colors.
The above image was made by Don Ducey. Though the day was damp and overcast, Don was attracted to this house by “the untold story of people who lived here”. He included the barn to suggest “what they did” and the tobacco field for context. “This was a tobacco farmer and his family.” Don is drawn to the “rural, sort of decaying history” and wonders “Why did they leave and when? Where are their descendants? What do they do and what is their life like today?”
How might you have portrayed these painted houses? Do these two viewpoints evoke similar emotions/questions from you? Please join us on our next CPA outing, Fall Colors on the Eno, to explore your perspective and maybe compare it with that of other outing participants viewing the same scene.
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FRONT PAGE PHOTO: Front Page Photo submissions are open to all CPA members; beginners and professionals. The theme for December is “RED”. What reds do you have in your photo library? Or you maybe you can shoot some photos in the next few days with “red” as your self-assignment. Interpret the theme as you wish! Some suggestions: signs, holiday ornaments, fruit, clothing, buildings, cardinals, lipstick!
Please send your images to [email protected] by November 20. Please send only one image along with some details. Where was it taken, what do you find interesting about it, or what feeling did you hope to convey, etc.? Consider adding a watermark as our newsletter goes on the CPA website.
REMINDERS: Volunteers: CPA, an all volunteer-run organization, depends on member engagement. How can you contribute? The last page of this newsletter has photos of the various board members along with their positions. Almost all of us could use help or a committee member to improve that aspect of the club. What area are you most interested in? Contact a board member to get involved.
CPA Club Historian needed to collect news on club events. Members, as you come across news articles or other CPA-related printed material please save it and give it to a board member for inclusion in the History binder.
The CPA Web Site at caryphotographicartists is a source of great information on a wide variety of topics and is updated regularly.
Descriptions of CPA Exhibit Types are found here.
Parking suggestions for our meetings found at ParkingAtTheCary.
Image Submission for our CPA member photo programs at The Cary Theatre should be sent to [email protected]. Submission guidelines can be found here.
The CPA Facebook page is a great place to get timely information or opinions on your photographic questions.
Cell Phone Etiquette - Please silence and dim your phone during our programs.
Programs Chair: Do you enjoy CPA programs? Our programs chair has been volunteering her time for several years to make them happen. She could use some assistance researching and contacting potential presenters. Email her at [email protected] to discuss how you might help.
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