Hi Dave,
I have contacted our judge and asked him if he has anything particular he wants to say. So I will get back to you soon.
Thanks
Helen

(I wish I had a grammar checker not just a spell checker )

Our theme is "Showing Depth of Field Creatively" this month we will use Shallow Depth Of Field, created in camera, this is where the maker uses DOF to create or to change the story presented in the picture, the judge will be giving special attention to the use of DOF to make or change that story.

Anything creative, implies to me, that it is a rendition of the artistes self creation. So, by using

shallow depth of field you can be very creative, blurring the background (and foreground) of your

scene, isolating a particular subject and protecting it from otherwise distracting detail. This is only

the beginning. I am sure by the end of the workshop everyone will have a secure grasp on how to

achieve the depth of field they are after, the creative part will come in how it is applied. This is a

pictorial class so our judge will also be using these guidelines,

" Pictorial Color images are judged both for their technical and pictorial merit. The image must be properly exposed, be in focus, and have appropriate depth of field. A Pictorial Color image should have strong composition, pleasing quality, and color impact. The content is unrestricted except for tonight our theme is "Showing Depth of Field Creatively" As in our flower competition, Black and white pictures are also allowed.

Here’s a YouTube video that I thought was well done re creative depth of field.
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other links for more information:

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(this web site offers a almost daily newsletter with a lot of helpful information in it)


So, thanks again! Hope to see all your &quot;Works of Art&quot; October 20th. Our judge will be Ted Dayton from Santa Clarita.
Helen Henry
Competition Chair


For more info see my next post

Ted Dayton is a commercial photographer living in Santa Clarita, CA
and currently the president of the Santa Clarita Valley Photographers Assoc.

Raised in Los Angeles and a graduate of Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, CA, his career began in a catalog studio in Dallas where he lived and worked for eight years before returning to the Los Angeles area.

During the first half of the 1990s, he was the West Coast Staff Photographer

For Fairchild Publications, shooting mostly for Womens’ Wear Daily and

W Magazine where assignments were mainly within the LA fashion industry and the movie industry. Portrait credits include Elizabeth Taylor, Jeff Goldblum, Sandra Bullock, Reese Witherspoon and many others.

From 1995 until the present, Ted has been working independently for a variety of clients in and around Southern California and shoots heavily for

the stock photography side of the photographic industry.

Ted teaches classes each month at the Santa Clarita Valley Center for Photography and his work can be seen at teddaytonphotography.com.


Ted Dayton Photography
Studio: 661-255-2828
http://www.teddaytonphotography.com/

...coming soon...teddaytonphotography.com/blog...