TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP - APRIL 22, 2025
Carolyn's goal for the evening is to help our members to understand the PSA Photo Travel definition (very similar to LPA definition). She will discuss the definition word for word and give examples of photos that meet the definition, most of which have won awards or acceptances in exhibitions. She will also provide examples of photos that do NOT meet the photo travel definition. She will discuss the resources available at PSA that can help club members improve their photo travel photos. Finally, she will introduce some news about important changes in the photo travel division as of January 2026.
The Powerpoint will be available in PDF format for distribution after the meeting, so people will not need to take copious notes on the definition while she talks.
Donna Horn, Exhibition Standards Director for the Photo Travel Division, will also be present for this presentation and will be available to address any questions related to the definition and changes in exhibition standards.
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84613723137?pwd=Oa4EYFF5LbW599nYSr28aaA2rpOKGr.1
Even as a child Carolyn Todd-Larson always enjoyed taking photos. It was the advent of digital photography that caused her to become serious about moving beyond snapshots and automatic cameras. She bought her first digital camera in 2002 and joined the State College Photo Club in 2010. Numerous courses, workshops, competitions, and cameras since then have helped her fine tune her skills. Not to mention software upgrades... as the art of photography has become even more dependent on mastering editing techniques.
Travel photography is her strongest interest area, especially as retirement from a teaching career at Penn State has allowed more time to visit new places. Another strong interest is documentary photography such as street scenes, sports, or community events. Landscapes and macro photography are also passions, and she experiments with creative abstracts from natural surroundingsas well as black and white conversions.
Carolyn currently serves as Chair for the Photo Travel Division of the Photographic Society of America. In addition, she is a dedicated Penn State football fan who followed the team wherever they played for over two decades, visiting over 50 stadiums in the process.
She lives in State College, Pennsylvania, with her husband John Larson.
