General Meeting & “Night Photography” Competition Night: May 20, 2014

David Wilkins, our President, welcomed 47 people to our General Meeting and Competition night featuring “Night Photography” as the theme, and Dan Holmes as our returning guest and judge.

Dan is past President of the Channel Islands Professional Photographers Association, a member of Professional Photographers of California, and the Professional Photographers of America. He specializes in Fine Art Nature, Events, Commercial, and Workshops.  He has traveled extensively: climbing, trekking, and photographing in Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, and the USA. He has a unique ability to capture light, color, emotion, and tension in his images.  “Whether it is a landscape, a wedding, or a farm worker, it is all about light, emotion and impact”. His photographic workshops cover: creating powerful photographs, digital workflow, field workshops & photo adventure tours. He will be leading photo workshops in Alaska, Nepal, Namibia, and the western US. Dan’s work has been widely recognized with regional, national and international awards, including: California Nature & Landscape Photographer of the Year; Kodak Gallery Award; Black and White Spider International, Creative Asia, and others. He has had multiple local and regional showings, with his images displayed in public and private collections in the USA, Mexico, Holland, Chile, Brazil, and South Africa. His commercial work includes projects in agriculture, retail, music, and events. Dan’s presentation will entertain, educate, and inspire us in this journey we call life and photography.  He will take us on a humorous journey through our evolution as photographers, lead us on a visual journey through some of our most amazing places, and discuss how to create powerful imagery.

We had a total of 43 digital entries and 15 prints. For print entry participants, we had 3 novices, 0 amateurs, 0 advanced amateurs and 12 masters. For digital entries, we had 15 Novice, 3 Amateur, 13 Advanced, and 12 Master. Congratulations to all the winners!

Welcome Visitors & New members - Carol Moss welcomed 2 new visitors to the meeting this evening.

Membership – Terri Garner

Name Tags – Lyle Trusty

Break Time – 10 minutes

Vote on Slate of Officers for 2014-2015 – Sue Craft and Dale Ware presented slate:

Vote on Slate of Officers – One candidate running per office position.  President – Douglas Wade, Vice President – Rock Myers, Secretary – Open, Treasurer – Bill Liberto, Voting Board Member – Tina Crowe, Voting Board Member – Diane Cable, Past President – David Wilkins.  Motion of acclamation made by Darren Cole “to accept slate of officers and vote by show of hands”, 2nd by Dale Ware, approximately 35 Yes, 0 No. All voted in.

Recognition – Wayne Staley presented a “Certificate of Appreciation” to Lee Garner for his outstanding work with the LPA Website, and to Terri Garner for her invaluable dedication with the LPA Newsletter.

Programs – Douglas Wade

• June 17th – End of Year Competition and Program: Competition, Program, Voting, Installation of New Officers, Break & Count Votes, Awards, Show 3 - 5 slides.

Workshops – Rock Myers

• May 27th – “Photo Critique & Ice Cream Social” – Rock Myers
• Jun 24th - “How to Enter the AV Fair” – Douglas Wade
• Jul 22nd - “Photo Mounting Workshop for AV Fair” – Douglas Wade
• Aug 26th – TBD
• Sept 23rd – “Time Lapse Photography” – Kurtiss Humphrey
• Oct 28th  - TBD

Upcoming Field Trips – Chris Wilkins

• June 12th (Thurs) – 10 am-12 noon field trip to San Fernando Mission for composition and camera setting skills, Nan Carder and Sue Craft will be assisting
• July – TBD – field trip to Getty Museum to visit Ansel Adams exhibition, need someone to lead trip
• AV Fair – Douglas Wade and Sue Craft
• June 14 at 6pm - LPA hosts a free workshop “Preparing & Mounting Photos for Fair” at AVF
• June 24 – LPA workshop “How to Enter the AV Fair”
• July 15 -  “Poultry in Motion” themed items needed for raffle baskets
• July 22 – LPA workshop “Mounting Photos for AV Fair”
• July 23 – Decorate Photo Building
• July 23 - Volunteer/Clerk Training at 9am or 7pm at AVF
• July 25 – AV Fair Kick Off Dinner for 2013 Volunteers
• July 30 – AVF Home Arts Meeting
• Aug 5 at 6pm - Volunteer/Clerk Training at Doug Wades house

Library - Bonnie Matthews – contact for resource information

S4C – Bonnie Matthews - See S4C report on LPA website

PSA – Nan Carder - See PSA report on LPA website

Friday Night Discussion Group –Terri Garner

• May 23rd and June 13th at Carrow’s on W Ave K 6:30 pm

Sunday Breakfast – Dale Ware

• June 15th is next meeting… at Carrow’s 7:30 am

Newsletter – Terri Garner - Deadline for June Newsletter is Saturday May 24th 

Corporate Challenge – Terri Garner  - All information on this event can be found on LPA website

Announcements –

Adjourn -