Speakers

March 28 2021

PSC HOSTS ZOOM PRESENTATION
BY
LISA LANGELL
ABOUT ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY
ON THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 AT 7:00 P.M. EDT

Expand your creativity! A whole new world of photography, creativity, and fun opens up when you break the boundaries of traditional imagery and explore photographing abstracts in Lisa Langell’s Zoom presentation to be hosted by the Photographic Society of Chattanooga on Thursday, April 15, 2021, at 7:00 p.m., ET.

Abstract photography is all about taking everyday objects and transforming them into something creative and mostly unrecognizable in comparison to their original form. During Lisa’s presentation, you will learn how to apply basic compositional guidelines with a variety of lenses to create artistic and fun abstract images using motion blur, patterning, contrast, shadows, color theory, textures, edges, and more.

Lisa’s presentation is full of laughs, freedom, and creativity for any level of photographer with any camera – even a mobile phone.

The subject for PSC’s second-quarter contest is abstract photography, so Lisa’s presentation is a great opportunity to get ideas for the contest and learn how to compose and shoot abstract images.

Click on this link to join the Zoom presentation on Thursday, April 15, 2021, at 7:00 p.m:

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Immediately upon registration, you will receive a Zoom link to use for the presentation.

Lisa Langell is a full-time, award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in numerous prestigious publications, galleries, and more. Most recently, she was published on the front cover and wrote a feature article in Outdoor Photographer magazine. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the North American Nature Photography Association. She is also an ambassador for Tamron and FotoPro.

Whether it was working as a master floral designer, a licensed psychologist, a university instructor, an international consultant in K-12 education, the Chief Business Development Officer of an education technology company, a researcher, a writer, or an artist—she enjoyed meeting each challenge. She applies the vast knowledge gained from those experiences to her photography, instruction, and business.

Through all of those experiences, photography remained a strong calling. This has been the case since childhood — when bird watching ignited her lifelong love of nature and the camera. In 2010, she turned her passion for photography into a business and in 2015 she transitioned to photography full-time and left the corporate and consulting world behind.

The journey with photography has definitely been Lisa’s favorite venture – she loves combining her diverse background and skills into her photographic art and instruction. Bringing joy to others brings joy to her. She thrives on creating innovative learning experiences that enrich, invigorate, and expand photographers’ minds emotionally, creatively, and intellectually. She places a high value upon honesty, integrity, care, and concern for what she delivers to her clients and to the photographic community.

Please visit Lisa’s website at https://www.langellphotography.com to learn more about Lisa and to see her work.

March 15 2021

Photography Competitions, Who Cares…You Should!

Presented by Colby McLemore
Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom

It’s only an ego trip, the same people always win, I’ll never be good enough to win…ever heard or felt this about photography competitions? It isn’t a surprising reaction as there is only one winner and everyone else is at best the first-place loser. When judging, people often say they hope it goes well. I always reply, “One person will be happy and the rest will blame it on me.”

Your mamma and daddy told you that it isn’t about winning or losing, it’s about how you play the game. And once again they were right. There is no better way to become a better photographer than through the competi-tion process. It has the ability to focus us as visual artists on what is important, the final image—not the camer-as, not the techniques, but what we end up with. Yeah, those get you to the final image, but they are rarely as important as we think. We’ll discuss why competitions are crucial for you to become a better photographer. At the same time, we will review some of the images from the “What’s for Dinner?” photo contest. I hope that I get you more engaged in this scary but exciting element of photography.

Here’s the Zoom link for the presentation:

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Colby is the owner of and visual storyteller at Colby’s Photos & Videos. He is a full-time professional whose work centers on advertising photography and videography for businesses, corporations, and individuals. He is known for his caring, fun, and easy-going demeanor and for being professional and both customer- and de-tailed-oriented. Others often describe his work as creative, clean, and fresh.

Colby has received many accolades from his community, including the Knoxville News Sentinel’s Best of Knox-ville award as Best Photographer, as well as Cityview’s Best of the Best photographer four years in a row. He is most proud of the awards earned among his professional peers, including Tennessee’s Photographer of the Year, East Tennessee Photographer of the Year, and numerous Tennessee’s Top Ten Professional Photogra-phers. He has also earned the Kodak Gallery Award and Fuji’s Excellence Award, and many others.

To learn more about Colby and to see examples of his work, visit his website at www.colbysphotosvideos.com.

February 5 2021

PSC to Host Presentation by Wildlife and Nature
Photographer Irene Hinke-Sacilotto
on 2/18/21 at 7:00 p.m.

Wildlife and nature photographer Irene Hinke-Sacilotto will present “A Passion for Wildlife Photography: the Stories Behind the Images” at the February meeting of the PSC on 2/18/21 at 7:00 p.m.

This talk is based on her more than 35 plus years’ experience photographing wildlife and covers the requirements, strategies, techniques, and equipment required to capture engaging images of animals in their natural habitat. Included is information on lighting and composition, plus locating, attracting, and approaching wildlife. The program is interwoven with some entertaining stories behind some of the images. Photos from her recent urban wildlife projects acquired during the COVID19 crisis are included.

For more than 35 years, Irene has shared her photographic experiences and love of nature with thousands of individuals through more than 300 photo classes, workshops, lectures, and tours in both the U.S. and
abroad including Kenya, Iceland, Newfoundland, the Falkland Islands, the Brazilian Pantanal, South Dakota Badlands, Bosque del Apache, Chincoteague NWR, Tangier Island, etc. Program sponsors have included zoos, nature centers, camera clubs, and conservation organizations such as National Wildlife Federation and the Assateague Island Alliance. For many years, she taught photography classes at Johns Hopkins University and other educational institutions and has written “How To” articles on nature photography for national publications
such as Outdoor Photographer and Birding. Her images have appeared in magazines, calendars, and books published by National Wildlife Federation, Natural History Society, Audubon, and Sierra Club. Credits include the book, “Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, an Ecological Treasure.”

For more information about Irene Hinke-Sacilotto, please see her
website at www.ospreyphoto.com/irene-hinke-sacilotto/

PSC Speaker Irene Hinke-Sacilotto February 2021

January 12 2021

PSC TO HOST TIM GREY WEBINAR ON JANUARY 21, 2021 AT 7:00 PM

Tim Grey of GreyLearning will present a webinar to the PSC on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7:00 p.m on “Workflow Tips for Lightroom Classic and Photoshop”.

Tim will share workflow tips related to both organizing and optimizing photos using Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, in a live online webinar presentation. Along the way you’ll also see some of Tim’s favorite photos from his travels around the world. Tim will also address questions from those who attend the live online presentation.

In his webinar, Tim will explain some of the settings for importing your images into Lightroom and how to create presets for importing your images into Lightroom, as well as covering other workflow tips.

You must register for the seminar in order to attend. To register please click on this link:

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/318787315216233483

Tim Grey is a highly respected educator in photography and digital imaging, offering clear guidance on complex subjects through his writing and speaking. Tim has written eighteen books on a variety of subjects related to photography, has published over two hundred training courses, and has hundreds of articles published in magazines such as Digital Photo Pro and Outdoor Photographer, among others. For more than eighteen years Tim has been answering questions from photographers in his daily Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter. He teaches through hands-on workshops and presents at a variety of events around the world.

You can learn more about Tim’s various projects at timgreyphoto.com.

You can learn more about Tim’s courses at https://www.greylearning.com/collections.

October 19 2020

November 19 Meeting 7pm

David has been a photographer since 1972 when his father presented him with his first camera, but his career in photography started in 1992. David learned his craft originally as a painter and from his father who shares his love of nature and photography. Early in his career he traveled with, learned from and taught beside some of the masters of nature photography including John Shaw, Art Wolfe, Galen Rowell, Bryan Peterson, Pat O’Hara, and Rod Planck. David has been teaching photography since 1993 in the classroom and leading workshops around the United States, Iceland, and the Galapagos. David currently presents at many camera clubs across Georgia, as well as leading workshops across the United States and Internationally.

David’s clients include, but are not limited to, Coca Cola, PNC Bank, Tamron, Angels on Horseback, the Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia, Lensbaby, The Nature Conservancy, Scholastic Books, and Gibbs Gardens. His photographs and articles have appeared in publications such as Nature Photographer, Audubon Magazine, Blue Ridge Country, Birder’s World, Outdoor Photographer, Backpacker Magazine, Shutterbug and many local publications. His work has appeared in several feature books, calendars, as well as in instructional guides. David has been designated a Tamron Image Master and Sirui Tripod Ambassador.

Here is how to join the Zoom meeting:

1. If you have not already done so, before the meeting time, please go to zoom.us and install the Zoom app. You will also have the opportunity to do this when you click on the link given below to join the meeting, but installing the link ahead of time will make things go more smoothly.

2. A few minutes before 7:00 pm on 11/19/20, please click on this link to join the meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89576944817?pwd=bVQ2YXp6UFBxemRkV1Yyb3NnVTFVUT09

3. You should not need a meeting ID or passcode to join, but in the event you do, here they are:

Meeting ID: 895 7694 4817

Passcode: 058068

October 2 2020

Kathryn Northcott lives in Onarga, Illinois, where she is known as “The Picture Lady.” She has been a photographer since the 6th grade. She owns Portrait Place Studios, in Onarga. An excerpt from her bio:

“Portrait Place Studio / After Dark Artistry provides photographic services for the discriminating client.

Photography literally means to Paint with Light. Your images are made singular by the manipulation of light – knowing how light behaves and using it to specifically create something special, rather than just relying on natural light wherever outdoors. Portrait Place is a full service studio with dozens of backgrounds & sets in an indoor location.”

Her presentation for the Photographic Society of Chattanooga, October 15, 2020 (online Zoom presentation) at 7:00pm Eastern time, will be on “After Dark Artistry”, the process of “painting with light. ” This is one presentation you don’t want to miss!!

I encourage you to visit her websites:

www.afterdarkartistry.com

www.portraitplacestudios.com

October 2 2020

ATTENTION ALL PSC MEMBERS

(Dateline: September 2, 2020)

Once again I find myself in the position of having to cancel our monthly meeting for September, 2020. And again, if this seems premature, it is to allow time for it to get into the newsletter. St. John United Methodist still has no plans to reopen in the near future. In addition, Governor Lee’s executive orders limiting large group meetings are still in effect through at least August 29, 2020. More importantly, the case rate, number of hospitalizations, number of ICU admissions, and deaths continue to increase in Hamilton County and even surrounding areas. As important as photography is to me, the health and safety of our members are even more important.

We had a successful online meeting with Lin Prabish presenting on July 23, and Bob Blevins is working on trying to arrange another online speaker for August. Nothing is confirmed yet, and even if he arranges a program it may or may not be on our normal meeting night and time. We’ll have to let everyone know details via a mass email if and when details are final.

I hope everyone is keeping up with the newsletter, website, and Facebook page and you are finding other ways to fuel your photography passion in this difficult time. There have been several recent newsletter articles that may give you some ideas and inspiration.

I don’t take canceling these meetings lightly, and I feel like the Grinch each and every time I have to write one of these notices. I really miss seeing my fellow photographers in person. This can’t and won’t last forever, it just feels like it.

Mickey Rountree, President

April 25 2020

Lin has been drawing since she was two years old; it was the only way her parents could keep her still while in church. A pencil would keep her drawing for hours! In the 1960’s she began painting portraits, signs, billboards, race cars and her father’s pickup trucks. In the 1970’s she acquired her first 35mm camera, a Nikon EM. It was true love! Advancing to more manual cameras, Lin’s imagination and creative juices flowed. She opened her photography studio in 1975, Photography by Lin. Joining groups like Professional Photographers America, Associated Professional Photographers of Illinois and Professional Photographers Association of Northern Illinois gave her encouragement and knowledge needed to become a successful photographer. Her work in the 1980s combined painting with photography. 1990’s she was developing new techniques, that caught the eye of the Kodak company. Kodak sponsored Lin to speak and teach other photographers her technique “Lin’s Touch”.

The local college contacted her to design a new photography lab and share her skills and knowledge with their students. She taught part-time for 9 years, this gave her a break from busy days in her studio. Although no longer in an academic setting Lin continues to share her techniques and encourage aspiring photographers and artists in a workshop and private settings.

Lin will take you through the steps of how she creates Fine Art. She will tear apart the PS steps and any others in her process. You will be guided through the legal and just being polite steps. It is all about going the extra mile and breaking rules when necessary. You need to know the rules before you can break the rules! How you approach people is important, respecting their rights and guarding yours. You will see before and after the product, some on-screen and some to touch. She will review with us the vendors she uses and how she presents her ﬁnal product to the public.