The 9th NAPƒS meeting of 2017 will be held Thursday, September 7th starting at 7PM.
The meeting location is United Christian Church at 3500 West Parmer Lane, Austin, Tx. 78727 – MAP
Agenda
7:00-7:15PM Meet & Greet, Member Print Exhibition
7:15-7:30PM Open meeting, Member Print Exhibition Q&A
7:30-9:00PM Presentation, Competition
Member Print Exhibition
During the Meet & Greet, Chris Davis Cina will exhibit a selection of her printed photographs. Once the meeting starts, Chris will speak for a few minutes about her work and answer questions.
Monthly Competition
Submission Deadline: Midnight, Saturday, September 2, 2017
September’s themed competition is Pedal to the Metal and will be judged by NAPƒS member and motor sports photographer, Bill Bunton.
Submissions are divided into two classes and each club member is free to choose which class to enter. For more info, read this post about classes.
The monthly NAPƒS competition is meant to be fun, inspirational, and educational. The judging and associated critiques are positive, supportive, and a useful learning tool.
A reminder – you must join NAPƒS to take part in 2017 competitions. The cost of membership is only $24 and your annual contribution is used 100% in support of club operations and activities.
Read the rules, then submit your competition images!
Bill Bunton – ‘Pedal to the Metal’ Competition Judge
Bill Bunton is a North Austin Pƒotographic Society member, an Austin area electrical engineer, and a committed photographer.
Bill rarely passes an opportunity to learn or to share what he has learned. He is comfortable applying complex techniques to get a unique image.
Bill’s photography interests vary widely, covering landscape, macro, and the Austin music scene, but his favorite subjects are motor-sports and action.
Bill presented about motor sports photography for the August 2016 NAPƒS meeting.
Speaker – Charlotte Wright, Program Director, NAPfS
Charlotte Wright will give a presentation on the basics of Photoshop, focusing primarily on the repair of older and/or damaged images.
About Charlotte Wright
Charlotte Wright is a professional photographer who started out in the commercial printing business before going into teaching. She has a BS in Secondary Education and an MS in Curriculum and Instruction. After teaching high school English for 13 years, she finished her teaching career with another 13 years teaching yearbook, newspaper, journalism, photography, and photojournalism classes. During her high school teaching career, she taught Photoshop to her photography students and first Adobe PageMaker and then Adobe InDesign to yearbook and newspaper students.
In addition, she has been an independent contractor for eleven years, doing layout and design – including preparing photographs for publication – for Action!, the monthly publication of World Bible School.
Charlotte served as videographer for Come before Winter – an organization specializing in conducting “renewals” for women in the mission field – for five years. She wielded her video camera to record renewals in Canada, Kenya, Paraguay, South Africa, and Ukraine.