On January 22, 2019, Lancaster Photography Association will have John Geldermann speak on Sports Photography. The meeting begins at 6:00 p.m. at Antelope Valley Senior Center.

John will provide tips on how to get started photographing sports, and will discuss basic techniques, equipment, and workflow.

John has been a part-time Pro Sports photographer since 2006, and has shot countless events, including Pro Beach Volleyball, World Series Boxing, World Indoor Football League, Pro Surfing, Women's Lacrosse, NCAA Indoor Volleyball Regionals, University of Florida Volleyball, USC Volleyball, and UCLA Volleyball. John is an FIVB and AVP-credentialed photographer and led an LPA Field Trip to the AVP Hermosa Beach Open in July 2018. John has been a member of LPA for one year.

LPA is hosting a field trip to the Antelope Valley Indian Museum on January 26, 2019. We will meet in front of the Museum at 11:00 for a group photo and then head off to explore the buildings and environs. Cost is $3.00 per adult (cash and checks only). It should be a fun time. The address is: 15701 E Ave M, Lancaster, CA 93535.

The Indian Museum is a unique and eclectic folk art structure located on the far east side of Lancaster. The museum houses objects created by the American Indian cultures of the western Great Basin, California and the Southwest. There are trails around the museum with interesting rocky desert landscape and vistas as well.

Just up the road on 150th St. East is Club Ed, a popular movie and TV set, which is only photographable from the road, but is interesting to stop and see nonetheless. Check it out on your way to or from the Museum.

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Attention: All Lancaster Photography Association (LPA) members have the opportunity to enter an interclub competition and have our club represented in the 38th annual George W. Glennie Nature Salon. This is an international salon and would give our club members some experience comparing our work against clubs around the country, as well as the world. So, if you are interested, please upload your images on the LPA website’s competition area. It is free to all active members. The competition area will allow you to enter up to five (5) images.

Our club will enter ten (10) images with up two (2) images per maker. LPA members will select which images will best fit the rules from the images submitted. We would suggest that you upload at least three (3) images which would make the choices easier.

Salon entries close on February 28, 2019 so LPA entries should be submitted by February 8th, 2019 for selection.

Kathy Newman is leading a field trip to Calico Ghost Town on February 16, 2019 for their annual Civil War Reenactment. Calico will come alive with Civil War battles, the sounds of bugles and the thunder of cannon and musket fire. They invite people to come and witness historic presentations, troop inspections, artillery demonstrations, military battles, and much more.

The admission fee is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for youth (4-11).

Once we know who is planning on going, we can arrange carpooling for those who are interested. It takes almost 2 hours to drive there, but well worth it for the great photo opportunities.

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Serge Ramelli will be discussing Landscape Photography and Retouching with us on February 19, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Antelope Valley Senior Center.

We are very excited to have him presenting to Lancaster Photography Association! Invite your friends who are interested in photography. He has some great resources, and he will be offering his courses to us at a discount.

His words regarding his upcoming presentation:

In 2005 a friend of mine showed me what you can do with Photoshop and turned an ok portrait into a magazine cover. I was amazed, since my earliest childhood I wanted to create art, images and videos. What I like about it, is that all it took to create a great piece of art was a camera and a software, the rest was up to my skills and imagination.