The Camera Shop

August 2014 - Jessica Kourkounis

Vincent Dixon, a native of Ireland, is a commercial photographer with a love of street photography. In his early twenties, he moved to Paris where he was a post grad science student in Paris, Through a series of serendipitous events, his unearthed passion for photography evolved into a career as a commercial photographer.

In 2011, Vincent took a sabbatical from commercial photography and went on a year-long journey around the world with his wife and four children. It was a priceless experience to share authentically new experiences with his family, as well a time to submerge him in creating photo-essays of their travels. Vincent’s travel journeys initiated the debut of a collection of images and stories titled, "Wanderings." The lines between personal and commercial work are blurred as he commits with each photograph to tell the story. Visit Vincent's website to see his extraordinary images: http://vincentdixon.com/

To learn more about Vincent, read his in-depth interview with Aimee Baldridge of MAC on Campus

We were very lucky to have professional photographer, Rob Cardillo as our presenter. Rob has been photographing gardens and the people who tend them for the past twenty years. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Better Homes and Gardens, American Gardener, and Organic Gardening among many other publications. Close to home, he did all the photography for the wonderful 2011 book “Chanticleer, A Pleasure Garden” which as you know, is right in our own back yard. Rob Cardillo Photography

Our own Kitty Kono was our speaker addressing the topic: "So You Want To Make a Photo Book". Kitty provided tips and tricks and pointed out a few pitfalls to watch out for on how to create a stellar book of your own photographs. She has created about 20 books herself and says to have made every mistake in the book. After all that trial and error, she was happy to share what she has learned.

 

At our March meeting, our own club member - Stan Muravchick was our speaker. He showed us a sampling from his portfolio.His images are from a group thatdemonstrated that visual complexity, symmetry, and unexpected use of color can be found all around us in an everyday urban landscape. His intent is not to photograph things that are pretty, but to surprise the viewer with unexpected visual appeal.

 

Dan Sneberger is a fine-art photographer based in southeastern Pennsylvania. Formerly an illustrator and painter, Dan approaches each of his subjects in a painterly fashion, utilizing a graphic sense of composition and a distinctive use of color.

Dan spoke about how his training as a painter has influenced his photography. He showed examples of and how he uses Lightroom to dramatically transform his images from ordinary to extraordinary.

 

Gloria gave us a wonderful presentation on plug-ins and showed examples of her work. There are literally hundreds of different plug-ins from different resources so it is a good idea to experiment with trial versions before purchasing. It valuable to have a clear vision of what you want your end product to look like and then select the plug-ins that will give you the desired result. Use plug-in to finish, not fix our images. Capture them in the camera correctly first.

Click HERE to view Gloria's presentation.