March 2015 NOTE!!! MEETING CHANGE!!! Our March TW Meeting has moved to SUNDAY! March 22nd’ at Anne Companion’s Studio in Hampton – AFTER the SHOOTOUT at Fort Monroe with Barbi Barnum! – SEE DE TAILS on BELOW!
TW MARCH MEETING: SUNDAY! MARCH 22- 7pm MEETING – open to all members and guests at no charge-
SHOOTOUT with Barbi Barnum - 3-6pm (extra pay, extra Fun!)
BRING A NEW NON-MEMBER GUEST – and be entered into a Drawing for a COOL PRIZE
The cost is $10 for VPPA members (waived if a guest is brought) and $25 for guests. We have a fantastic event coming up this month; Meet us at Fort Monroe from 3-6pm for a shoot out! Northern District member, Barbi Barnum will organize the shoot and be working with models for some creative styling. She’ll be bringing some fun props and accessories to work with so come and try whatever you'd like!
This is a great opportunity to try out new equipment or techniques and play around with freshening up your posing!
Dinner is on your own, then at 7pm we will meet at Anne Companion's studio, 112 Kings Way in Hampton, where Barbi will be teaching about the PRACTICAL ways of dealing with a stylized shoot including how to get and organize models, how to get free or low cost outfits, and how to turn these creative shoots into paying customers. Barbi lead a similar program at an abandoned power plant with the Northern District several months ago; Everyone raved about what a great time it was!! - Here is an image from that program, to give everyone a general idea of what we'll be doing:
Barbi has a BFA in sculpture and art education. When her life shifted she found out that babies and blowtorches just don’t mix well, so she changed her media to photography and never looked back. Barbi has been working with models and creating modeling sessions for over 10 years.
We will meet at the parking lot of the Paradise Ocean Club, 490 Fenwick Rd in Hampton (on Fort Monroe) at 3pm SHARP! Participants should bring their shooting kit and anything new they'd like to try out.
The cost is $10 for VPPA members (waived if a guest is brought) and $25 for guests. SHOOTOUT IS AN EXTRA BONUS (for extra pay)for our Members & Guests – So not mandatory to attend but we hope you’ll join usFor Head Count – Please email: Bob Harper bob@bobharperphotography.com– ***
If you can’t come for the Shootout, Please come to the MEETING at 7pm-it is of course NO CHARGE to members & their guests!
Convention Wrap-up/Tidewater successes The 2015 annual convention was a huge success thanks to Tracy McGee and her crew of volunteers! Tidewater members were well-represented and had a great showing in the print competition! Notable achievements: Erin Clark: Best Portrait of a High School Senior ("Chalking Up"), two judge's choice awards – “Proud Daddy”, “Frozen in Time”, Virginia CPP Award ("Frozen in Time") and Top 5 Scoring Case Award Becky Clark: Best Portrait of a Child ("My Best Friend") and Best Creative Image ("Jester's Quilt"). Adelaide Rooney: Nancy Justice Award (Highest-scored individual image for a first-time entrant, "Holding the Space") and Court of Honor for the Pictoral category ("Holding the Space"). Gordon Kreplin: Court of Honor for the Creative category ("Enchanted Forest"), Best Illustrative image ("Into the Sunrise"), ASP Award ("Into the Sunrise"), Top 5 Scoring Case Award, Lexjet Award ("Upstairs Downstairs"), Kodak Gallery Award ("Into The Sunrise"). Steve Radcliffe: Court of Honor for the Commercial/Industrial category ("Hilton Port O'Call"). Wendy Bardrof: Best Architectural image ("Joyful Noisemaker"). Pat Hansen: Best Specialist/Artistic image ("Morning Song"). Several degrees were awarded to Tidewater members: Erin Clark and Bob Harper earned their AFP and Pat Hansen earned her ninth star beyond the FP! We had a three scholarship winners from Tidewater: Laurie Bateman: Carlton O'Neal Scholarship Charles Hartman: the Archie McDearmid Scholarship Chris Taylor: Bruce Hobbs Scholarship And two Tidewater members got their dues paid for next year! Greg Avant won the membership dues raffle and Erin Clark through the Got One program (everyone who was responsible for signing up a new VPPA member was entered into a drawing to get their dues paid for next year). And just for fun, the group photo from the party. :)
TIDEWATERRR!!!!
TIDEWATER truly ROCKS!
Future Events The SEPPA convention is now FLASH; it will be held in Charlotte NC May 1st-5th and include the district print competition judging. More info at http://seppaonline.com/flash-2015
May 1-5: SEPPA – Charlotte, NC! Aug. 29-Sept. 1: Summer Seminar – SAVE THE DATES: Aug. 29 (Extra Pay) , Aug. 30Sept. 1 Sept. 2-3: PPA Continuing Education: “Demystifying Painting with Photoshop” by Sandra Pearce –LIMITED SPACES-$100 Reserve a Spot in the class (contact Jen Chaconas jollyjenphotography@gmail.com – to pre-register)
Chapter Officers GOVERNOR Erin L. Clark, M.Photog., AFP, CPP images@enephoto.com (757) 472-2955 LT. GOVERNOR Bob Harper, CPP, AFP bob@bobharperphotography.com (757) 325-8300 TREASURER Steven Radcliffe slrimagery@gmail.com SECRETARY Anne Companion, CPP info@annecompanionphotography.com (757) 630-5860