The LPA has pledged to assist the Children’s Center by providing staff and photographers for their photo booth and a photographer or two to take candid shots during their Family Fun Day event.  The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 10:00AM to 1:00PM.  We are looking for members to volunteer and sign up to be “roving” photographers, photographer(s) for the photo booth, and members to staff the signup table and provide assistance to the participants.  The photo booth will be set up inside the Center in one of the multi-purpose rooms.  The center will provide the backdrop and props for the photo booth.  The LPA is also asking for a donation of lighting (use of) for the event.

The LPA will photograph and print one 4 X 6 photo free with additional prints at $5 each.  All proceeds will go back to the Children’s Center.  Please sign-up on the website if you would like to be a roving photographer, or you can donate the use of lighting equipment, or you would like to shoot inside at the photo booth.  If you have any questions or concerns, you can also contact either Terri Garner via e-mail at terri.garner@lpaphotography.org or by phone at (661) 645-2556; or Rock Myers at rocksprints@gmail.com or (661) 547-9571.

Lancaster Photography Association Partners with the City of Lancaster to run the Lancaster Corporate Challenge Photo Contest

Volunteers Needed. Sign up below

The 2014 Lancaster Corporate Challenge Kick-Off Event is right around the corner.  The Lancaster Photography Association (LPA) has partnered with the City of Lancaster to facilitate their Corporate Challenge Photo Contest.  For running the Photo Contest, the LPA will be provided a table/booth at the events to provide attendees information about the photo contest; provide assistance with questions and to provide information to the public about the Lancaster Photography Association.

The Photo Contest submission dates are February 22, 2014 (Kick Off) through June 14, 2014 (final entry upload date).  The registered teams can submit up to 10 photos per team.  The photos are to be taken at any of the Challenge events.  Photo Contest Rules, click here.  Awards will be given for:

• Best Group Portrait
• Best Action Shot
• Best Sportsmanship Image
• Best Overall Photo

The photos will be judged by LPA Master Photographers.

March 18, 2014 will be the next LPA competition. This will an open class competition with prints only. No digital entries will be judged for this competition but digital images of the print entries will be displayed for everyone to see. Choose your favorite photo and submit it in print form. Print size can range from 8×10 to 16×20 and will accepted mounted or unmounted for this competition. The photo can be of any subject you choose. Manipulation of the photos is allowed in this category and creative filters can be used. This is a great opportunity for everyone to show their Fair photos or try their hand at competing in prints for the very first time.

Please be sure to upload a digital file so everyone can view the photos during the judging of the prints.

George "Hutch" Hutchinson will the judge for this competition and he will be attending the no host dinner at Greenhouse Cafe at 4:30 on competition day.

Presented by Rob Sheppard
April 15th, 2014, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at the AV Senior Center
777 Jackman St., Lancaster

Close-up and macro photography take you into a whole new world of imagery that will surprise and delight you and viewers of your photos. In this session, Rob Sheppard will share the techniques needed to get the most from your close-up and macro work.

Do you need a macro lens to do close up work? The answer is no. Great close-up and macro work can be done without ever owning a macro. You will learn how that is possible in this program. You will also learn how macro lenses can help certain types of photography and when macro lenses can limit your photography if they are the only way you do close-up work.

February 18th, 2014, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at the AV Senior Center (777 Jackman St., Lancaster, CA)

Curt Gideon is a AV and destination wedding photographer that is a master of wedding photography. He does additional work for the City of Lancaster (often you will see his work on the cover of the OUTLOOK), and his wedding photographs are featured in the main window display in the store, The Forge on the BLVD. He is a multiple competition winner for his photography and is one of the busiest photographers in the area and abroad.

Come see Curt on February 18th as he gives insightful information for anyone interested in the business and art of wedding photography. Whether you are the prime photographer or the second shooter. He will cover the gear needed, and his workflow. As a wedding photographer, being prepared for a wedding is critical and often you start working a year in advance is important to being successful.

Lancaster Photography Association presents:
Lewis Kemper, Sponsored by Canon USA
February 25th, 2014, 6pm to 8pm at tht Antelope Valley Senior Center
777 W. Jackman St., Lancaster, Ca. 93534

Lewis Kemper has been photographing the natural beauty of North America, and its parklands for over 30 years. During his extensive travels, he has been to 47 states from Alaska to Florida.   His work has been exhibited and published in magazines, books, and calendars worldwide.

Before moving west, he received a BA in Fine Art Photography from the George Washington University in 1976. The grandeur of the west beckoned and Lewis moved to Yosemite National Park, where he lived for 11 years. From 1978 until 1980, he worked at The Ansel Adams Gallery. Working at the gallery gave him the opportunity to meet, observe and learn from some of the greatest photographers of our time. “The experience of working at The Ansel Adams Gallery was very influential in my development as a photographer”, he states.

General Meeting: AV Senior Center, 6:00PM November 19, 2013

How to turn our favorite hobby into making money or making it a career. Juan now uses photography as his livelihood. He uses every opportunity to make money on each image he releases. He uses social media, blogs, connections, prevalence and does not allow rejection to keep him from reaching for larger clients and other commercial opportunities.

Juan Roberts

Juan Roberts is one of the top creative thinkers in the nation. As an Executive VP/CD of a top Interpublic Group multicultural agency, his work has graced almost every major US media format -- broadcast, radio and publications. He’s competed and won accounts/awards on multiple continents. His mix of design, creative development and branding has served Fortune 500/100 brands such as P&G, DaimlerChrysler, General Mills, CitiGroup, Coca Cola and many others, to garner clients over $50 Billion in market share and volume.

The Lancaster Photography Association’s October workshop will provide information on both the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (Bonnie Matthews, AS4C) and the Photographic Society of America (Nan Carder, DFS4C, EPSA). Join us at the AV Senior Center at 6:00pm on October 22.

The Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C) is a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA). The Council consists of a number of photography clubs. The Council’s primary objective is to conduct photography competitions among member clubs and among individual members of those clubs. The Council has chosen to follow PSA guidelines in the conduct of these competitions.