Ice Cream Sundaes, Good people and Great Photographs…

Doesn’t get get any better than that !!!

Join us on Tuesday, August 26th at 6pm at the senior center for an fun evening sharing your favorite images and enjoying an ice cream sundae. It’s all free to our LPA members and their guests.

Here’s how it works:

1. Upload your 10 favorite JPEG images (PG13 please) to the LPA website. The deadline for the upload to the website is August 22nd..
    
2. On August 26th, enjoy an ice cream sundae with your fellow members and watch the slide show of our members photos.
    
3. When your images are presented, you can comment on them talking about where they were taken or how they were shot. If you don’t want to comment, that’s OK. We’ll just show the images for everyone to enjoy.

We all look forward to seeing and hearing about your images. Don’t be bashful; even if you’re a novice, we’d love to see what you created. It’s not intended to be a critique event…just a fun evening amongst us photogs.

Indian Summer in the Owens Valley!  Mike Carr and Kurtiss Humphrey will lead a field trip through the Alabama Hills.  They will guide us to scenic spots there as well as nearby in the Owens Valley the weekend of September 19, 2014. Photographing will commence Friday evening and continue through Sunday, the 21st noon.  If possible (if permissions are forthcoming) we will also get some night shots of the Owens Valley Radio telescopes near Big Pine.  Hotel accommodations can be had in Lone Pine or in the smaller community of Big Pine.  Camping areas are also available in the Alabama Hills and in some of the county parks near Big Pine and the fish hatchery and there is an RV park near Lone Pine.  Mike has provided a gallery of photographs of the area which are available through the LPA website.

Further itinerary details will be sent to all those who sign up below.

Join LPA for a late autumn trip to Yosemite commencing Tuesday, December 2 and ending Friday, December 5.  We plan to photograph early and late and very late (think star trails) from Tunnel View, Valley View and the bridges, meadows and waterfalls.  With luck there might be some snow.  (Caltrans requires that you carry chains.)  Accommodations within Yosemite Valley are available at Yosemite Lodge At The Falls and the Ahwahnee (historically very expensive).  We’ll probably plan a lunch there for the ambiance and the inside photographs (distinctive chandeliers!).  Other meals can be taken at the food court or the Mountain Broiler Dining Room.

Please sign up below if you'd like to attend.

Doug Wade will lead a joint field trip with AV Photographers to the Getty Center (1200Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA) on Sunday, June 29. Admission to the Getty is free but parking is $15.00. The Getty is hosting an Ansel Adams exhibit through July20. Participants should meet Doug at the Ansel Adams exhibit between 12 and 1 PM.

Activities for the trip include perusing the exhibit and then photographing throughout the museum and grounds. The architecture is award wining and the gardens are stunning. It holds promise of many breathtaking images. Further information about the Getty is available on http://www.getty.edu/museum/exhibitions/.

Please sign up below if you'd like to go on this trip.

Join us for our End of Year Photography Competition where LPA Members get to vote for their favorite photos of the year.  All 1st place winners from July 2013- May 2014 are eligible to compete for awards.  Winners List is at http://www.lpaphotography.org/photocomp/index.php?view=winners.  Please arrive early with your prints.  We already have your digital files.

Other special events for the evening include:

• Recognition to  2013-2014 Board/Chairpersons and Volunteers
• Presentation of the AV High School District photography submissions to the  PSA Youth Showcase
• Presentation of photos from LPA/S4C Members Year End HM and Medal Winners
• Presentation of  Year End Photography Awards for LPA Members
• Installation of 2014-2015 Officers and Board Members
• Cake/Pie and Social Time

The Lancaster Photography Association (LPA) is hosting a free photo mounting workshop to help those in our community who want to enter prints in the AV Fair Photography Exhibit.

Location:  Antelope Valley Senior Center – 777 W Jackman Street, Lancaster.

Participants need to bring their photos and foam core. The LPA will provide spray adhesive, surfaces to spray on, straight edges, knives and cutters, and demonstrate the mounting procedure.  LPA Members will be on hand to provide assistance to you.

On Thursday, June 12, LPA will have a field trip to the San Fernando Mission, 155151 Mission Hills Blvd in Mission Hills. At 7:30 am there will be an optional breakfast meeting at Lucky Roxy (the old Denny’s at 405 West Palmdale Blvd.) in Palmdale west of Highway 14.

Following breakfast we will proceed to the Mission, pay our admission fee of $5.00/person and meet punctually at 10am right inside the inner courtyard for a group photo. The Mission is open from 9am until 4:30pm. There are courtyard buildings, reconstructed Mission building, as well as gardens and fountains. There will be opportunities for flower macros, landscapes and HDR images within the church.

Bring a tripod. Nan Carder and Sue Craft will be available from 10am to 12am to answer questions about composition and camera settings.

Please sign up below if you'd like to attend.

Please join us on May 20th at 6pm at the AV Senior Center for an evening full of photos taken in the dark of the night, judged and critiqued by Dan Holmes. LPA Members can enter up to 3 photos, either print or digital, or a mix, but all must be entered before 11:59pm on May 13. If entering the print competition, we would like you to submit a digital file of your print, for display overhead. New participants are always encouraged to enter. If you have questions as to what level to enter in, please contact Tina Crowe (lrcalliope@yahoo.com). If you need help entering, contact either Tina, or Paul Craft (craft.paul@gmail.com) or call 273-7257. Help is always available, just don’t wait until the last day.

Please join us for a no host dinner with our judge Dan Holmes and LPA members at 4:30pm at the Greenhouse Café in Lancaster. LPA members will get to vote in their new board. 2014-2015 candidates are: President- Douglas Wade, Vice President – Rock Myers, Secretary – Open, Treasurer – Bill Liberto, Voting Board Members – Diane Cable & Tina Crowe, and Past President David Wilkins.