Author: Matthew G. Schmidt
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New Actions as Editing Tools
By Matthew Schmidt I was reading some blogs about photography this past week and ran across this article with a unique and effective tool for identifying editing flaws, particularly in smooth texture areas. The technique was not complicated, so I wrote an action to create the layers. I included this technique in a …read more…
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Darkroom Equivalents
By Matthew Schmidt For all of you who never knew the wonders of a B&W darkroom, here is a video about the darkroom equivalents of some common Photoshop tools. This week is Photoshop’s 25th anniversary and Lynda.com has produced a free video demonstrating some wet darkroom techniques that are commonly used in Photoshop’s …read more…
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Grayce Wheeler – A Retrospective on the Life of a Photographer
As photographers we leave behind a legacy of photographs which many times simply end up in an attic somewhere and are eventually thrown in the trash. Some of those photographs are cherished by our children, but often those are snapshots of family members that don’t really stand up to the critical eye of a museum…
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ReBlog of Past Tense: Film’s Special Quality
By Matthew Schmidt I noticed this article on Andy Beel’s blog feed today, a short discussion on why film still has a place in so many of our hearts. The original article, written by Kenneth Wajda, describes the feeling that film embodies that makes a film image mean more to use than a …read more…
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Marti Belcher at the Frederick Gallery
Local photographer Marti Belcher is currently in a show at the Frederick Gallery in Fredericksburg, VA. The exhibit, Like a Box of Crayons, features photographs by Marti Belcher and glass works by artist Jeanne Marie Tanks. For more information or directions, visit the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts website.
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2014 NVACC Directory of Speakers & Judges
The latest version of the directory is available as a GoogleDoc. It can be exported as a PDF or a comma separated variable file (for use in Excel) for your convenience. Judges that have been NVACC trained are marked with an “N” in the Judge (J) and End-of-Year (EOY) columns. PDF CSV
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4th Annual Joseph Miller Abstract Photography Exhibit
May 2 – May 26, 2014 The 4th exhibit in our series attracted 421 images from 101 photographers with 116 images displayed in the exhibit hall. South Africa was the only foreign country that entered images, with the bulk of the entries from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Abstracts are design-based photography, the poetry of…
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Major Photo Event Coming to Wilmington
On March 1 & 2, the annual Horizon Photography Summit comes to Wilmington, Delaware. Fourteen leading professional photographers and educators will lead classes on such subjects as: Travel…Nature…Flash… Photoshop…Macro…Historic B&W…and iPhone Apps. There will also be portfolio reviews, one-on-one Lightroom instruction, book signings, and a Keynote Address by Nikon “Legend Behind the Lens” Lou Jones.…
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Photography as Art Workshop – October 12 & November 16, 2013
In today’s camera club world, much attention is given to hardware, software and technical advances. Sadly, little attention is given to photography as art. This Photography as Art Workshop will be in two sessions. The first session will be a Keynote digital presentation that covers what is art with definitions and criteria. An assignment will…
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2013 NVACC Directory of Speakers and Judges
The latest version of the directory is available as a GoogleDoc. It can be exported as a PDF or a comma separated variable file (for use in Excel) for your convenience. Judges that have been NVACC trained are marked with an “N” in the Judge (J) and End-of-Year (EOY) columns. PDF CSV
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