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2009 Photographer of the Year Images - All Images © John Clemmer |
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Meetings Listing 2009
RPS January 5th Meeting - Speaker: Craig Tanner 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS January 12th Meeting & Photo Review Kevin created his company, Ames Photographic Illustration, Inc. to serve corporate and advertising clients by crafting evocative photographs to communicate their ideas and to sell their products and services. Ames Photographic Illustration is a boutique firm that concentrates on understanding exactly what the photographs are meant to do and then to execute them on time and on budget. Early in his career Kevin became intimately involved in digital capture and manipulation. He worked with practically every major camera system and workflow during the ensuing years. This has made him an expert on digital capture, workflow and managing the vast quantities of data generated during a digital shoot. His expertise also led to writing the book on The Digital Photography of Women. The depth of his experience in this new world of digital photography and post production has proved to be invaluable to his clients and has raised him to the top ranks of Atlanta professionals. Kevin is also widely acclaimed as a Photoshop teacher and lecturer. Kevin loves making photographs. "Any day using a camera to capture what I see is a perfect day for me. Photography is my passion!" You can see examples of his style by visiting his website at www.AmesPhoto.com. 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
RPS February 2nd Meeting - Speaker: John Williams John has spent most of his life teaching the thrill of photography as a founding instructor of the world famous "Nikon School of Photography" to the "Beseler Color Printing School" to his current "Lights, Camera, Portraits" program, his goal has been to teach the excitement of photo imaging. 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS February 23rd Meeting & Photo Review 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
RPS March 2nd Meeting - Speaker: David Akoubian David has studied photography in the field with some of the superstars of our era: Bill Fortney, Art Wolfe, Pat O'Hara and Galen Rowell. In additional to teaching his own seminars and workshops, he has taught at the Showcase School and the Sharptop Arts Association in addition to presentations at REI and most of the photography clubs in the Atlanta metro area. David enjoys sharing his experience and his love of photography through his workshops and speaking to clubs like the Roswell Photographic Society. You can find his workshop schedule and view some of his outstanding images at: BearWoodsPhotography.com. 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS March 16th Meeting & Photo Review Kolb's editorial work is characterized by an artistic style with strong graphic elements. Her photographs have been widely published and have appeared in Smithsonian, Veranda, Rolling Stone, Nature Conservancy, Orion magazine and others. Special photographic projects Kolb accomplished include: a series of environmental portraits of regional artists for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution; portraits of formerly homeless men and women who regained successful lives through Atlanta's Samaritan House. In 1996, Kolb photographed a medical mission to rural communities in the Dominican Republic. Images from Kolb's Tree Series were recently installed in the public spaces of the Children's Clinic at Emory University, and Kolb was one of five photographers selected to display work on Atlanta's MARTA buses for the public art project "Art in Motion," sponsored by the City of Atlanta in 2008. Since the mid-nineties, Kolb has shifted toward fine art images of natural forms and landscapes. Kolb's fine art series includes black & white and color photographs of landscapes, trees and other plants from diverse natural environments. Kolb's fine art photographs are currently available through Thomas Deans Fine Art in Atlanta; Amanda Schedler Fine Art, Birmingham, AL; Artstudio 101, Scottsdale, AZ. You can see her outstanding work on her website at www.KathrynKolb.com or you can buy her new book at Showcase or other bookstores around Atlanta. 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
Her most recent work, mostly in color, explores abstract constructions that often seem more akin to painting than photography. As photographer, Kolb stays true to the simplest form of her medium - all works are straightforward, unmanipulated images, and she uses no digital cameras or printing techniques. Kolb takes all photographs with a Hasselblad medium format camera and prints with traditional enlargers. Her fine art photographs can be found in numerous private and institutional collections including those of the Georgia Museum in Athens, GA, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, King & Spalding (Atlanta), Georgia Conservancy, Emory's Goizueta Business School, Georgia Tech, and the City of Atlanta.RPS April 6th Meeting - Speaker: John Marianna "Often someone sees my photography and tells me that I was lucky to be at the right place at the right time. This is so very far from reality. I have been with other photographers photographing a scene and my final images are very different from the others. "How can I explain that my heeart and mind determine what I capture and create as a final vision? That is my special talent. All that is in my field of vision is nothing more than a snap shot if it has not stirred my heart to feel emotions and excited my mind to see colors, shapes, compositions. My final images may not actually exist in the real world. The painting artist puts on paper or canvas what he sees and then changes through his style of art. "My artistic visions depict the world as first seen within my mind. My heart provides the emotional content. Color, light, shadows and special relationships are combined to bring you into my world to have you feel the world as I feel it. "So, my specialty is seeing and presenting the world in my style, in my color palette and filled with the emotions I want you to feel. "This prsentation presents several images as they were photographed. I will then present the Photoshop steps used to create the final emotional images. This involves contrast control, dodge, burn, hue and saturation, composition, perspective, distortion, layers and masking." 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS April 20th Meeting & Photo Review In 2006, he was selected by Adobe as one of twelve individuals to form their Biomedical Imaging Advisory Group. This group has worked with Adobe in their development of PS CS3 Extended, the first version of the software program to contain medical, technical and scientific digital imaging tools. His fine art photography has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country in addition to being included in public and private collections. October 2007, the George Eastman House purchased for their permanent collection a 12-print portfolio of Mark Maio's work from a series entitled Against the Grain. He is now under contract to publish a book of his work through the Center for American Places in conjunction with the University of Chicago Press. 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
RPS May 4th Meeting - Speaker: Ed Wolkis Ed's work has appeared on TV and in many publications including the New York Times, USA Today, National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, Town and Country Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and TV Guide. His subjects have ranged from President Bush to Yak Herders in Tibet. www.AdPhotographers.com 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS May 18th Meeting & Photo Review - Judge: Greg Strelecki 6:30-7:00 PM: Image SubmissionDownload Meeting Minutes PDF |
RPS June 1st Meeting - Speaker: Jim Markle Jim Markle earned a BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio and an MA in Communications at Wheaton College. He has worked as an advertising manager, designer, copywriter, managed his own advertising design studio and has taught design, Photoshop and digital photography for 8 years at Bauder College. As a photographer, Jim has won numerous awards both locally and internationally for his images. He enjoys participating in critiques as well as teaching workshops. Jim and his wife Betts reside in Incline Village, Nevada on beautiful Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains. To see more of his outstanding images, go to his website at www.JimMarklePhotography.com. 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS June 15th Meeting & Photo Review - Judge: Stan Leary Stanley is a prominent freelance photographer based in Atlanta, GA. He currently serves as Visual Consultant for Chick-fil-A. Stan is represented by the Black Star agency. Stanley loves to share his expertise and, therefore, teaches widely. He has taught photography and the business of photography at such diverse places as: University of The Nations in Hawaii; Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia; Berry College, near Rome, Georgia; Portfolio Center in Atlanta; and at Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas. He has been a guest lecturer at World Journalism Institute and the Southwestern Photojournalist Conference in Fort Worth, Art Institute of Atlanta, the Atlanta Chapter of the ASMP and the Southeastern Photographic Society. Leary’s work has appeared in Newsweek, Business Week, Sports Illustrated, Wired, Chicago Tribune, NY Times, World Book Encyclopedia, Information Week, Popular Mechanics, Technology Review, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and many other publications. 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
RPS July 6th Meeting - Speaker: Cheri MacCallum 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS July 20th Meeting & Photo Review - Judge: Ron Sherman Ron Sherman's photography has been published in national magazines ranging from Time, Life, and Newsweek to Business Week, Forbes and Sports Illustrated. His corporate assignments have been featured in annual reports, brochures and multimedia productions for a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Eastman Kodak, Coca-Cola, BellSouth (now AT&T) and the Southern Company. For more than 20 years he has made a specialty of capturing the essence of campus life in photo-essays on more then 130 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. Photographs from his stock photo library of some 200,000+ color images, are regularly leased for a variety of publication purposes. Getty Images, Inc represents selected photographs for international distribution. BrownTrout publishes a yearly Ron Sherman Atlanta calendar that is available in bookstores throughout the Southeast. His images, capturing the classic beauty of Atlanta and Georgia, have also been published in three hardcover photographic books. Ron started Computer Aided Photography, Inc. in 1991 to explore the creative possibilities of using a combination of photography and computer technology. His foresight has allowed him to stay on the leading edge of his craft and complete many unique projects. With a Fine Arts Degree in Photographic Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Masters of Arts in Communications from Syracuse University, Ron has been profiled in a number of photography publications and is listed in Who's Who in America. His website is: www.RonSherman.com. 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
RPS August 3rd Meeting - Speaker: John Marianna Making a photography book may seem to be complicated and difficult. Not so. John will present easy to follow steps from image preparation to having your own book printed. John has produced two books at this time and has two others in process. His Visions of Scotland and Visions of Italy may be viewed at www.MarianaPhotography.com/books.php. You will learn how to select photographs, develop a theme for your book, choose and use templates, add text and design a dust jacket with front and back flaps. John will present easy to follow steps for preparing your images, deciding on the type of book and using free software to create your book. Digital technology has changed the printing industry. You can now order a single book at a reasonable cost. Books can be hard cover with a dust jacket or soft cover. 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS August 17th Meeting & Photo Photo Review - Judge: Larry Winslett Larry and his wife, Julie, co-authored the book, Wildflowers of Stone Mountain Park. They have recently published a photo book of nature scenes for Stone Mountain Park. This new book is titled Stone Mountain - a walk in the park and is currently available at bookstores and through his website (see Store page). Larry's work can also be seen in the books, This is Stone Mountain Park and Stone Mountain Park – a Pocket Guide Book, published and distributed by I.D. Gear. Larry and Julie are currently working on several other book projects including a new wildflower book. You can visit his website at: www.LarryWinslett.com. 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
RPS September 14th Meeting - Speaker: Tom Vadnais On Monday, September 14, 2009, RPS Past President Tom Vadnais will discuss and illustrate the possible answers to these questions. His presentation, Photography Fundamentals in the Field, will give proven techniques every photographer should keep in mind while out shooting. Whether you are a well-experienced photographer, or just starting out, these fundamentals are essential to producing successful images. Tom has been refining this list by attending and by giving numerous workshops and presentations for more than seven years, and he has distilled it into this presentation that even the most experienced photographers should benefit from. During his talk, Tom will show examples of how changes in your position, your camera settings, and even in your timing, can drastically affect your images. This will be an open discussion, so questions will be entertained throughout. 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS September 28th Meeting & Photo Review - Judge: Dan Schultz Dan thrives on the creative process and believes Photoshop is an artist's tool, not a crutch. When he's not earning a living with his camera he's sketching out shots, reading about his art or studying his craft. He continues to ready himself for the next challenge. 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
RPS October 5th Meeting - Speaker: Onne van der Wal 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS October 19th Meeting & Photo Review - Judge: John Haigwood John Haigwood has earned quite a reputation in Atlanta as a food and product commercial photographer, photographing for such national and local companies as Home Depot, Sysco, Coca-Cola, PGA Superstore and Chick-Fil-A, to name just a few. Photography is John's passion and this is part of what sets his work above the rest. He lives in Roswell, Georgia, with his wife, Cindy, and their three children. To see examples of his outstanding portfolio, 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
RPS November 2nd Meeting - Speaker: Chuck Rogers Chuck Rogers is a photojournalist. The Orlando Sentinel provided Chuck's first paid photography experience while a student at Orlando High School. After 11 years as one of the official photographers at Cape Canaveral, Chuck opened a studio in Atlanta specializing in Corporate Annual Report photography, Advertising and Editorial photography. His photographs have appeared on covers or inside such magazines as LIFE, TIME, FORTUNE, BUSINESS WEEK, NEWSWEEK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WOMEN"S WEAR DAILY and PARIS MATCH. Annual Business Meeting - election of officers for 2010 6:30-7:00 PM: Social |
RPS November 16th Meeting & Photo Review - Judge: Mark Alberhasky Theme: Abstract His method is straight forward: Follow the light until the subject and movement reaveals itself. View his work at: www.imagema.com and his photo essays at: http://www.imagema.us. 6:30-7:00 PM: Image Submission |
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| Jan. 2010 Color Image "Draw" © Wes Suggs |
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| Oct. 2009 B&W Image "Descendants" © Wes Suggs |
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| Aug. 2009 B&W Image "Out of a Dream" © Luis Gutierrez |
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| Feb. 2010 Projected Image "The Big Swing" © Paul Nuesslein |
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| Nov. 2009 Altered Image "Shot Glass" © Linda Lester |
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| Oct. 2009 Altered Image "Cement Truck" © John Clemmer |
2009 Image of the Year
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| October B&W Image "Descendants" © Wes Suggs |
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