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Photographic Art Society is a
Florida non profit corporation
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on US 19 (34th St.) and
24th Ave N.
Please Park on 24th Entrance is on side of building, Look for sign
Contact Jim Swallow for additional details.
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Sunrise & Sunset times
Twi N: 5:57am Twi: 6:27am Sunrise: 6:52am Sunset: 8:20pm Twi: 8:45pm Twi N: 9:16pm Moonrise: 2:31am Moonset: 4:24pm Day length: 13h 28m |
Monthly Themes for 2013
Click on the theme to see the months images
January 3rd: Camera Phone Photos
February 7th: Water and Light
March 7th: Urban Decay
April 4th: Using a Model
May 2nd: Backyard Art
June 13th: Boating
July 11th: Vanishing Florida
August 1st: Patriotism
September 5th: Critters
October Meeting is
September 30th: Create a Postcard
November 7th: Textures
December 5th:
Best 2013 & Project Presentations
Photography Newsletter August 2013
Henry David Thoreau
August Meeting is the 1st
This Months Theme is
"Patriotism"
Join us at 6:30 p.m.
Send your image to me by Wednesday night or you may bring them to the meeting.
Please bring only 2 images.
Size is 10x14 at 100 ppi
Summit Executive Building
"Music"
Featured Artist:
Alex R. Spassoff "Live! In Concert"
It was a great reception with wonderful music provided by Denise Moore and Billy Marcus. Our juror, Randy Van Duinen, had a hard time selecting the winners but was able to make some great choices.
"Music" Show Winners Are
Best In Show: Gloria Matyszyk
First Place: Chris Sheppard
Second Place:
Paula Van Dalen
Third Place: Fred Borgianini
Honorable Mentions:
Sonia Smith
Kari Sheppard
Dick Caldwell
Judges Choice for Featured Artist:
Ira Sullivan by Alex Spassoff
People Choice Award Featured Artist:
Smokin Keys
People Choice Award for show
Peter Lousberg:
Timeless
Members in the show include:
Alex Spassoff, Chris Sheppard, Cindy Gieschen,
Cheryl Anne Day-Swallow,
Chris Sheppard, Dick Caldwell,
Dotty Bellefleur, Ernie Graetz, Fred Borgianini,
Gloria Matyszyk, Jane Egbert, Jim Swallow,
JoAnn Lousberg, Joseph Martin, Kari Sheppard,
Paula VanDalen, Peter Lousberg,
Sonia Smith and Sandy Thomas
Music was provided by
Billy Marcus, piano and Denise Moore, vocals
provided by
The Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association
Quarterly Education Nights
Coming in 2013
August 22nd: Time Lapse
with Kari Sheppard
November 14th:TBA
We are still looking for a few more. If your are interested in teaching a class call Jim
Field Trips for 2013
January 19th — Brooksville Raid
February 9th — State Fair
March 16th — Renaissance Festival
March 30th — Photography Day
April 13th — Lowery Park Zoo
May 11th — Lettuce Lake Park
June 15th— Bok Tower
July 13th — Florida Aquarium
October — World Wide Photo Walk
ICOT Show Themes
February Show" Angles"
See the Highlights
June Show
" Music"
October 2013 Show
"Florida"
Frame Day September 6th
Hang Show September 9th
Reception September 26th
Photographic Inspirations
World Photography Day 2013
National Geographic Images of The Day
Photoshop Tips and Ideas
OnOne Perfect Inspiration Series
Photoshop CS 6 Super Guide
Dodging and Burning in Photoshop
Masking Impossible Images in Photoshop
The Droste Effect
Pixel Bender for PS CS5
Adobe Elements Plug with 120 features
The Complete Digital Photography Process
Selective Sharpening with Layer Masks in Elements
Looking for a project to do this year?
just do a Google search for creative photo projects and you will get thousands of ideas.
Give the Gift of Education
this year.
Gift certificates are available for Jim's classes. Classes in Basic photography, Lightroom, Photoshop, Adobe Elements, Asset Management and
Getting organized digitally.
Educational Opportunities
Photography Trip To Germany and Photokina
Lakeshore Camera with Tom Bailey will be hosting a trip to Germany in 2014. Email Tom if you are interested.
Membership Info
Membership is $40.00 a year. See link above for additional info. $45.00 using Paypal
You can join and pay using PayPal
Photography Tips
Adorama TV updated regularly
The Zone System for Digital Photography
The Creative Process
Photographic Art Society
Exhibit
"Music"
June 24th Through September 30th
The show is at the Summit Executive Building at 58th And Ulmerton in Clearwater. See the Current Exhibit page for details
Our featured Artist for the show is
Alex Spassoff
Bay Area Photographic Exhibits
Faded Elegance: Photographs of Havana by Michael Eastman
May 11 - September 15, 2013
Faded Elegance: Photographs of Havana by Michael Eastman consists of twenty-nine, 6 x 7 1/2 ft. photographs taken by the artist between 1999 and 2010. Eastman explores Havana’s changing cultural landscape in his images of the city’s architecture and lush interiors, ravaged by the effects of time. His large-scale photographs evoke the nostalgia and wealth of a bygone era, while shedding light on the harsh economic realities faced in present day Cuba.
Florida Museum of Photographic Art
Check out the FMoPA's website for a full list of seminars and workshops available at the museum.
June 20, 2013 – September 8, 2013
Edward S. Curtis Photogravures
from the Collection of Deli Sacilotto
Ethnographer and photographer Edward S. Curtis is best known for his ambition to chronicle the lives of Native Americans at the turn of the twentieth century. Curtis was born in Wisconsin, in 1868, and raised in Minnesota and Washington State, where he developed a deep appreciation for the American landscape. During his twenties, Curtis established a successful portrait studio in Seattle, which established his reputation. Fusing his interest in nature with a passion for exploration, Curtis’s expeditions ultimately led to numerous interactions with Native American tribes. In documenting various tribes across the country, Curtis gained national recognition, which helped him procure funding from J.P. Morgan.
Museum of Fine Arts
Pleasure Grounds and Restoring Spaces Photographs of our National Parks
June 1 through October 6, 2013
At once a seemingly untouched virgin land and a territory of limitless opportunity for development, the American landscape has always fueled the imagination of artists. As rapid industrialization began to threaten some of America’s most striking wilderness areas, President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) and naturalist John Muir (1838–1914) led the urgent call to protect the land on a national scale. Photography was not only an aid to the cause of conservation but also a way to popularize the newly formed tourist sites, aligning nature with American values.
Comprised primarily of photographs depicting National and State Parks, this exhibition explores the relationships between photographers and the American landscape. The earliest date from the 1860s, including albumen prints by Carleton Watkins and William H. Jackson, and one of the most recent is a colossal view of the Florida Everglades by Clyde Butcher.
The Ringling Museum of Art
Witness to War: WWII Photographs from the Collections of Veterans
June 21, 2013 - October 27, 2013
Witness to War is an exhibition of photographs from The Ringling Museum’s permanent collection and the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at Florida State University. It honors U.S. veterans through a gripping visual account of WWII via the lenses of soldier-photographers who documented their first-hand experiences at war. Comprised of snapshots, candid portraits, and pictures documenting action on the front lines, the photographs from these personal collections gifted by veterans offer us a unique historical perspective of WWII from individual servicemen, a perspective not always in step with officially sanctioned press photographs from the era, or the more iconic World War II photographs that have come to symbolize the War in the public’s consciousness.
Digital Images for the group should be jpeg files 1400x1000 at 100ppi files names should be initials, month,year, title example (jim_swallow_treeballet_0411.jpg). You may also bring prints that are matted image area should be at least 8x10
Ernie Graetz August 1st
Cindy Gieschen August 9th
Debbie Stubbs August 18th
Peter Lousberg August 19th
Nils Sheppard August 20th
Jim and Cheryl Anne's Anniv 8/23
Dave and Karen Exterkamp 8/24
Carol and Irwin Glazer 8/29
A List of other Photo Contests
If you know of any please forward to the newsletter
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The Society was designed to
Inspire, Challenge and Educate You in The Art of Photography.
Next Meeting is Thursday August 1st 6:15p.m.
Bring only your best images for the new year