Maryland Photography Alliance March/April Member Club News

Find a list of all these events at https://www.mdphotoalliance.org/news

Arundel Camera Club (www.ArundelCameraClub.org)

  • 03/04         Contest: Open Theme, Color and Mono Prints
  • 03/11         Photo Talk or Program TBD
  • 03/18         Contest: Open Theme, Digital
  • 03/25         Photo Talk or Program TBD
  • 04/01         Competition-Color and Monochrome Prints, Theme: Long Exposure
  • 04/08         Program-Jennifer Bodine—A. Audrey Bodine’s Work
  • 04/15         Competition-Digital, Theme: Long Exposure
  • 04/22         Program: Christine Milleker—Macro Photography
  • 04/26         Field Trip: Baltimore Museum of Industry
  • 04/29         Tabletop Night

Baltimore Camera Club (www.baltimorecameraclub.org)

  • 03/05             Program 13: Member Critique Night: Theme, Macro Photography.
  • 03/12           Digital Competition 7: Open Theme. Judge: Denise Silva of Roadrunnerphotographytours.com
  • 03/19           Program 14: Speaker: Sarah Hood Salomon, “The Play of Light and Shadow.” 

Bowie-Crofton Camera Club (www.B-CCC.org)

  • 03/02           Competition — Theme: Get Outside, Judge: Merry Plocki
  • 03/09           Photo Talk – Top Nature and Landscape Photographers
  • 03/16           Program – Wildlife Photography, Speaker: Irene Sacilotto
  • 03/23           How-To – Documentary Photography, Speaker: M. Jones
  • 04/04         Field Trip – Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge
  • 04/06         Competition – Theme: Nature – Judge: Ron Peiffer
  • 04/13         Photo Talk – Composite Photographs
  • 04/18         Field Trip – Maymont Gardens / Ginter Gardens
  • 04/25         Field Trip – Southern Maryland Celtic Festival

Carroll County Camera Club (http://www.carrollcountycameraclub.org)

  • 03/02           Workshop TBD
  • 03/16           Speaker: Andrew Hoff
  • 04/06           Workshop TBD
  • 04/20           TBD

Creative Exposure Baltimore (www.CreativeExposureBaltimore.com)

  • 03/03             Guest speaker: Irene Hinke-Sacilotto. She will discuss Garden photography.

Gaithersburg Camera Club (GCC) (http://www.gaithersburgcameraclub.org)

Goddard Photography Club (https://gewa.gsfc.nasa.gov/clubs/photo/)

  • 03/14           Studio Event. Michael Louis Photography Studio, 7821 Sandy Farm Rd, Severn, MD 21144).  2-5 pm; Cost $10. There will be two models and up to 12 photographers, each getting one on one photo time. “All you need is your camera.” RSVP to Dave Schaible at fotosbyfudd@gmail.com so we can lock in your slot. If you get a slot, just bring $10 to the event.

Harford County Photography Group (HCPG) www.HarfordCountyPhotoGroup.org or https://www.meetup.com/Harford-County-Photography-Club/ 

  • 03/11           Presentation – “A Comparison: Lightroom v. Capture One
  • 04/08           Speaker Meeting with Rusty Nelson on “Storm Chasing” Photography. For more information:  https://www.meetup.com/Harford-County-Photography-Club/
  • 05/02             Photography Shoot in New York City – Saturday, May 2 – Locations will include the Brooklyn Bridge, High Line, Hudson Yards (both the Vessel and sunset at The Edge).  For more information contact Steve Sattler at spsbalto@comcast.net

Mountain Christian Church Camera Group (MC3) (https://www.mountaincc.org/story.aspx?storyid=960)

MC3 has monthly meetings on the second Monday of the month.

  • 03/09             Image Challenge is Black/White Critique; Program is “Considerations for Composition.”

NIH Camera Club (https://www.nihcameraclub.com/)

North Bethesda Camera Club (https://www.nbccmd.org)

  • 03/04         Competition: Rim Light or Starburst
  • 03/08         Field Trip: 8:00am to 4:00pm Mini-CAMP  Petersburg, VA.  Description:  Jean-Pierre Ple will share his understanding of the Contemplative and Mindful approach to Photography.
  • 03/11         Program: TBA
  • 03/15         Photo Essay: 3:00pm to 5:00pm  Asbury Methodist Village, 201 Russell Ave., Gaithersburg, MD
  • 03/22         Program: Body of Work
  • 03/25         Program – Photo Panel Critique

Photographers of the Washington/Baltimore Metro Area ( meetup.com/Photographers-of-the-Washington-Baltimore-Metro-Area/ )

  • 04/26         Tattoo Arts Convention, Baltimore Convention Center at 11:00. 
  • 08/01         High Wheel Bike Race, Frederick, Md.

Rossmoor Camera Club (http://rossmoorcameraclub.com)

  • 04/10           The March 10 meeting of the Rossmoor Camera Club will feature a panel of club award winners telling you just what you should know when engaging digital photography.  The meeting takes place at 7:00 PM in Clubhouse 2. All residents are invited to attend.

Silver Spring Camera Club (http://www.ssccphotography.org)

  • 03/28         Guinness Brewery, Baltimore, four miles from BWI International Airport.
  • 04/19         Field Trip – Dawn on the Potomac
  • 04/23         Education Night – an opportunity to share ideas, images, questions and inspiration
  • 05/17         Field Trip – Annapolis Harbor
  • 05/17         Annapolis Harbor.

The following events are information only; they are not presented by MPA clubs, and the content in the text belongs solely to author and not MPA.

April 24-26      Creative Photography Conference.

This event is held in Kingsport, TN in April. You can find the Conference info at: https://www.meredithimages.com/creative-photography-conference/

April 25 Odyssey of Light

  • Representative Hazel Meredith will give away 2 product bundles, each valued at $50, at Odyssey of Light 2020. 

April 4       Baltimore Museum of Industry Event

Photojournalist Joe Giordano will be offering a free, hands-on photography workshop at Lexington Market on Saturday, April 4 from 12-2. There is no registration required and all levels are welcome. We haven’t set up a Facebook event yet but the info is on our website. 

Professional Photographers of America (PPA)

The Maryland PPA Board of Directors voted to include Maryland Photography Alliance Clubs as Affiliates, and the clubs are therefore entitled to the affiliate discount rate for most of the PPA programs!  Below is an opportunity for MPA Members:

PSA and Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC) News

  • 03/14           MAC Annual Program Meeting (open to all). NIHCC member, Coriolano (Coco) Simon will talk about Still Life photography
  • 04/01             PSA Photo Festival opens registration. Conference is in Colorado Springs and will be Tuesday, September 29-Saturday, October 3, 2020. Open to all but PSA members receive a lower fee. There is a discount for early registration. For information, https://psa-photo.org/photo-festival-2020/
  • Other activities are planned for MAC, but you must be a PSA member to attend the field trips, competition and presentations. MAC includes PSA camera clubs in Delaware, DC, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
  • The following Maryland camera clubs belong to MAC:

CALLING ALL WOMEN ARTISTS!

The City of Gaithersburg and the Washington Women’s Art Caucus invite women artists to submit work for a juried exhibition titled “Why I Vote.” 

September 11, 2020 – November 16, 2020

Activity Center at Bohrer Park

To commemorate the ratification of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote, on August 18, 1920, the City of Gaithersburg, in conjunction with the Washington D.C. Women’s Art Caucus, will host a “WHY I VOTE” exhibit.

TO APPLY, go to the EntryThingy website for details and to apply: http://www.entrythingy.com

You may also apply through the Washington DC Women’s Art Caucus website: https://www.wcadc.org

  • Deadline for entries: April 3, 2020. 
  • Notification of Jury Results: Apr 30, 2020  
  • Show dates: September 11 – November 16, 2020.
  • Tentative reception date is Saturday, October 3 from 1-4pm.

You do not have to join the Washington D.C. Women’s Art Caucus to participate, but you may find it an organization that you have an interest in.

Send questions to Mary Weiss-Waldhorn, the City of Gaithersburg Art Curator, at marywaldhorn@gmail.com.