Our theme will be Flowers (including Wildflowers). The definition is: Single or multiple blossoms of one or more plants, including Desert Wildflowers. This is not a reality-based class, so creative images are acceptable.

The competition is now open for entries. Members may enter up to 3 images for the $5.00 entry fee. The deadline for members to upload entries will be October 12th at 11:59 p.m.

Our judge will be Debbie Lefever. Debbie, a professional traveling event photographer for over 10 years, found herself with lots of time on her hands due to events shutting down during the pandemic. Every time she came home, her husband had “Welcome Home Flowers” waiting. The best way to make flowers last is to photograph them. This is how/why she also became a flower photographer (FYI – she will shoot anything in front of her lens).

After teaching several Zoom Flower Photography classes, she wanted a way to stay in touch with students. Thus “Debbie’s Flower Photography FaceBook Group” was created. It now has over 300 members…and growing. It’s a community where we share not only photos, but what we’ve learned as well. It’s a positive support group for photography addicts.

ZOOM INFO
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On September 21, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., Lancaster Photography Association will be hosting a Zoom workshop for anyone who would like to attend.

John Geldermann, our Vice-President, will present an overview of basic photography skills and tips to help our newer members, and to remind the rest of our members of things we may have forgotten. This session should benefit photographers of all levels.

Invite your friends who might be interested in learning more about photography!

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Join us on August 24th 2021 at 6:00 p.m. for a photo walk along Lancaster Blvd. Learning to take photos with purpose is a great skill to foster and helps us see things in ways we might not normally see them.

We will each pick a theme and work to capture photographs within that theme during the 1 to 1-1/2 hour stroll along the Boulevard. Suggested themes include People, Reflections, Macro, Signs, Abstract, Architecture, Vehicles, Movement, etc.

We will meet at the Round Steel Sculpture kitty-corner to MOAH at 6:00 p.m. and wander along the street from there to take our photos.  They will then be compiled for an article in the newsletter.

See you there!

On August 17th , 2021 at 6:00 p.m., we are excited to announce we will be having a Zoom webinar about photographing Europe! As things start to open up slowly, some of you may be wanting to plan photography trips! Even trips closer to home will benefit from their helpful hints.

Travel with Jim and Magrit Nilsen, two award-winning photographers to some of their favorite locations in Europe. Jim and Magrit will present beautiful images from nine different locations in Italy, France, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Croatia. This presentation also includes photography tips for anybody who would like to create their own masterpieces.

Jim Nilsen is an award-winning photographer who specializes in travel and landscape photography.

For the past 10 years, Jim and his wife Magrit have been operating Photography Travel Tours (www.photographytraveltours.com), conducting photo tours and workshops in Europe. Destinations include the Cinque Terre, Tuscany, Venice, the Italian Dolomites, Provence, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, The Netherlands, and Portugal.

Magrit Baurecht Nilsen was born and raised in Austria. She is a photographer and graphic designer with a background in architecture.
Both Jim and Magrit feel passionate about color and composition in photography and love sharing beautiful destinations and photography techniques with their clients.

Jim and Magrit live in Edmonds in the beautiful Pacific NW just north of Seattle when they are not leading tours or researching new exciting photo destinations in Europe.

Their website is: www.PhotographyTravelTours.com

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On July 20th, 2021, LPA is having our first competition of the year. We encourage all our members to participate in the competitions as a way of getting feedback on your photography and learning ways to improve! We all have some great nature photos, so let’s start this year off with as many of us entering as possible!

The Class is Nature, which is reality based. The definition below is long, but will help you decide which of your images will work best for this Class.

Don’t forget to renew your membership (if you haven’t already) when you log in to enter your photos!

DEADLINE: Friday, July 16th at 11:59 p.m.

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Join LPA on June 22 nd at 6:00 p.m, for Pete Scifres Zoom webinar presentation on Utah’s national parks.

The five National Parks that stretch across Southern Utah -- Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches -- are some of the crown jewels of the USA park system.  In this information packed webinar Pete Scifres will describe great locations; how to get there; when to be there; and how to photograph them.

On May 18th, at 6:00 p.m., Lancaster Photography is hosting a Macro/Close-up competition for its members. It is the last competition before the End of the Year competition.

The deadline for entries is May 11th. Click here to enter.

All members can enter. The entry fee is only $5.00 and you may enter up to three images. If you came to our recent Macro/Close-up workshop, you definitely have images you can enter!

DEFINITION OF MACRO/CLOSE-UP: Photographs of small subjects or close up views of sections of large subjects. Think of this Class as “close up” to the subject. A photo of a faraway galaxy appears closer using a telescope, but it’s not a close-up image. A close-up on a face is good, but maybe better is a close up of an eye. This class is expecting some level of magnification.

Our judge is Robin Stern. Caught by the “photography bug” she joined two photography clubs in the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs: Photonaturalists and Poly Photo, and became active in both clubs and in SCACC. She is currently the SCACC Interclub Chair and secretary of Poly Photo Club.

Her first year entering the San Diego County Fair, she won two 4th Place Ribbons and went on from there to win first place ribbons in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, she also won Best of Show. In 2016., she won Interclub Image of the Year from SCACC and received an Honorable Mention for the same image in PSA Council Challenge last year.

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The Lancaster Photography Association is happy to present this month’s General Meeting webinar with Jeff Leimbach. He is going to speak about What to Shoot When There is Nothing To Shoot. It is an ideas class by all accounts. This class is full of shooting ideas designed to get photographers out of a creative rut and back shooting. There are discussions on Self Assignments, Shooting on Spec, Places to Shoot, ways to shoot and more. This class is for everyone, regardless of skill level, camera brand or type.

Jeff is a professional photographer and graphic designer. He has served as moderator for Photoshop World, Photoshop Seminar Tour for KelbyOne, and the Canon in Action Tour for Canon Live Learning. Other workshop experience includes staff instructor for Moose Peterson’s Digital Landscape Workshops and owner of The Digital Photo Workshops. He also serves as a Canon Camera Product Educator and
Tech Rep.

We hope that you will join us on Tuesday, April 20, at 6:00 p.m. for this great, inspirational topic!
Zoom info:
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Meeting ID: 870 1452 1634
Passcode: 481500