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Volume 3-10 June 2015 IN THIS ISSUE The Winding but Not Long Road The Winding but Not Long Road 1 Competition Results 2 Mike Cassidy, VPS President Congrats New Board Members 2 Quote of the Month 2 Well, this column feels like it is due sooner than I expected. This will be my last as You are invited 3 President of the Vienna Photographic Society. It has been an amazing two years June’s Speaker 4 which started with no meeting June’s Judge 4 room and no website that anyone Joe Miller Exhibit 5 could manage. Through the talent Nature Visions News 7 and effort of the Vice Presidents, May’s Field Trip Reports 8 Directors and members of our PSA Report 10 ‘Society,’ we have developed a very Visit to Truck Graveyard 12 flexible relationship with the 2015-2016 Themes 13 managers our new home and a Portfolio Project Update 15 website that is supporting VPS Board 16 numerous activities, forum and How We Select Our Judges 16 competitions beyond the monthly Bits and Pieces 17 judged competitions. Member News 17 While we do not have hundreds of Things to Interest Photographers 18 members, we do have folks who know each other, work together, compete and win Resource Center 21 national recognition. We were well represented in Nature Visions, Photographic Membership Form 22 Society of America and Joe Miller’s Abstract Competition along with other specialty Support Network Form 23 photographic competitions. VPS is a member of I am reluctant to mention names here for fear of leaving someone out. And saying ‘you know who you are’ is just not enough. The club has always been a situation where many hands make light work and what you get out of an organization like VPS is always rewarded by what you put in. Thank you to everyone who has made and continues to make the Vienna Photographic Society a success. We are in good hands with the incoming Board of Directors lead by David Heagy who takes over July 1. The Board will include many people returning in the same or VPS meets on the 1st, 3rd, new positions and new members. Please give them your support in the coming year and 4th Wednesdays Sept and think about adding your talents to the mix. A returning former member thru June at the Oakton mentioned to me the major increase in photography related activities VPS is into at Elementary School. this time. Please express your interests by starting a program with other members. Check website calendar for Thanks for a great two years as president. Now I can sit further back in the room at any date changes. meetings. Vpsva.org 1 Volume 3-10 Focal Points June 2015 Competition Results May 13, 2015 The judge for the evening was Wayne Wolfersburger. Advanced Digital - 23 entries 1st Cattle Egret Kathy Swoboda 2nd Lorton Walk Mike Cassidy Congratulations to the incoming Board of Directors 3rd Through the Curves Sharon Connolly of the Vienna Photographic Society who were HM Colorful Cafe Chairs Patricia Deege unanimously elected at the last meeting. They will take office July 1, 2015. Please congratulate and HM I’ve Got It Gloria Spellman thank these new officers who will be leading HM Precision Flying David Heagy activities in the coming year. Novice Digital – 14 entries Mike Cassidy, VPS President 1st Stamen Dancing Debbie Newell President David Heagy 2nd Underneath Lori Saunders First VP David Kepley 3rd Tulip in the Rain Urscia Mahring Secretary Vacant HM Sunflower Waking Up Gwen Bowden Treasurer Burgess Levin VP, Speakers Julie Cochran Monthly Theme – Lighthouses – 24 entries VP Competition Judges Gwen Bowden 1st Delaware Bay Lighthouse Gloria Spellman VP Competitions Loma Mier 2nd View from Old Cape Henry VP Exhibits Vacant Lighthouse Kathy Swoboda VP Communications Gloria Spellman VP Forums Morton Friedman 3rd Montauk Light Mary Jane Fish VP Field Trips Dennis Tarnay & HM Lighthouse Light Sherry Beyers George Silvas Jr HM Abandoned NovaScotia VP Program Operations George Silvas, Jr Lighthouse George Silvas Nature Visions Rep. Martin Fish HM Pemaquid Point in a Puddle Mort Friedman Monthly Theme –Town of Vienna –14 entries 1st Freeman Store Kathy Swoboda Quote of the Month 2nd Freeman Store Guitarist John Padbury “People from a planet without flowers 3rd Vienna VFD Craig Beyers would think we must be mad with joy the HM Nottoway Snowy Playground Patricia Deege whole time to have such things about us” Prints - 11 entries Iris Murdock 1st Virgin River Gold Phil Kronenberg 2nd Springtime in Charleston Mary Jane Fish 3rd Double Tulip Bloom Kathleen Furey 2 Volume 3-10 Focal Points June 2015 You Are Invited To the VPS End-of-Year Potluck Dinner and Competition Date: Wednesday, June 17th Time: 6:30 PM – ‘til Location: Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church 8601 Wolftrap Road Vienna, Virginia See all the winners from this year’s competitions – print and digital Come and get to know your fellow club members in a relaxed social setting Bring your spouse, significant other, or guest $10.00 per adult Everyone is asked to bring a potluck dish to this event. VPS will furnish drinks (beer, wine and sodas) and paper products. Directions: From the Capital Beltway take exit number 46A, Route 123 South, Tysons Corner. Travel south on Route 123 approximately 2 miles. Turn left onto Niblick Drive. Follow Niblick Drive until the street ends at the entrance to Our Lady of Good Counsel campus. Traveling North on Route 123 (Maple Avenue) through the Town of Vienna from Fairfax or Oakton - turn right onto Niblick Drive. Follow Niblick Drive until the street ends at the entrance to Our Lady of Good Counsel campus. The Church and DeSales Hall are on the left behind the bell tower. Sign up by June 10 using SignupGenius at: http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0F48ABA62DAAF49-vps2015 3 Volume 3-10 Focal Points June 2015 June’s Speaker - Essdras M Suarez Photographers Association awards and multiple Thomas Pulitzer Prizewinner Photographer Lowell awards from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation...among other awards. Essdras Suarez is an award- On the personal front, Essdras is originally from Panama, winning photojournalist who has been married for 23 years and is the founder of worked at the Denver Rocky visYoga™: An ever- evolving physical conditioning system Mountain News from May 1995 which incorporates principles of power yoga, martial arts, through December 2001 and isometrics, stretching and relaxation. then Boston Globe from January 2002 until October 2014. He has covered the second Iraq war, conflict in Haiti, aftermath of the tsunamis in the Far East and the evacuation from Gaza among other international news stories. Nationally he has covered stories including the Boston Marathon bombing, the Newton Elementary School shooting, the Columbine shooting and the space shuttle Columbia disaster. His favorite quote is from St. Augustine: “The world is a book and those who don’t travel have only read one Essdras was an adjunct page.” professor at Boston University in 2013. He has taught at www.essdrasmuarez.com the Maine Media Workshops and College. He has been a [email protected] featured speaker at Boston University, MIT, Wellesley College, Northeastern University and University of Florida. June’s Judge - Mary Louise Ravese He has taught workshops in the US, Canada, Costa Rica, El Mary Louise Ravese is Salvador, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Cuba, St. Kitts, St. Barts, our judge for the end of Kenya, Tanzania and the Republic of Panama. year competition. Mary Louise is founder and owner of Bella Vista Photography in Waterford, VA. She specializes in nature and travel photography from locations across the world. Her favorite subject matter includes country landscapes and nature close-ups. She draws inspiration from a variety of In addition to the 2014 Spot New Pulitzer, received as visual arts to produce photographs part of his Editorial Staff coverage of the Boston often described as "painterly". Marathon bombing, and the 2000 Spot New Pulitzer, Mary Louise’s fine art photography is in received part of the news staff coverage of the Columbine private, university and corporate shooting, Essdras has also received multiple Boston Press 4 Volume 3-10 Focal Points June 2015 collections in over 30 states and is exhibited nationally Fifth Annual Joseph Miller Juried Abstract through art shows, galleries and shops. Her images have Photography Exhibit been used in calendars, magazines, books and websites including various projects with National Geographic Out of the 466 images submitted to this exhibit, VPS maps. entered 82 of which the following were juried into Joe Miller’s Abstract Exhibit. Some of these have been honored with a Special Merit Award. Those members are: Name Image Caroline Stevens – Into the Void Carla Steckley – Garden Impressions Won a Special Merit Award David Biehler – Mary Louise is a regular speaker and competition judge Europa Sunrise for photography clubs in the Mid Atlantic. She also enjoys Won a teaching on a wide range of topics related to nature, Special travel and creative photography. She leads classes and Merit field workshops ranging from one day seminars in the Award Mid-Atlantic region to multi-day workshops at a variety of locations across the US and abroad. Locally her work is available for sale at the Arts in the Village Gallery in Leesburg, VA. David Kepley – The Hot Box Mary Louise has two workshops in the area: Flower Photography Workshop (Water Lilies and Lotus Blossoms) Saturday June 27, 2015 Noon - 6 pm Dennis Tarnay Jr – Bella Vista Photography Studio Basilica 15750 Brookhill Court Waterford, VA 20197 Sunday June 28, 2015 6:30 am - 11 am Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens 1550 Anacostia Avenue N.E.