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Author: Matthew G. Schmidt

  • 2nd Annual Joseph Miller Abstract Photography Exhibit

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    Matthew G. Schmidt
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    May 4 – May 28 2012 The Second Annual Joseph Miller Center for the Photographic Arts Abstract Photography Exhibit attracted exhibitors from Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and even as far away as Israel.  This year’s exhibit was a resounding success with more than twice the number of images submitted for jurying compared to 2011. …

  • 2011 NVACC Directory of Speakers and Judges

    2011 NVACC Directory of Speakers and Judges

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    The latest version of the directory is available as a GoogleDoc.  It can be exported to a PDF, an Excel Spreadsheet or a comma separated variable file for your convenience.  Judges that have been NVACC trained are marked with an “N” rather than an “X” in the Judge (J) column. PDF Excel CSV

  • 1st Annual Joseph Miller Abstract Photography Exhibit

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    May 5 – May 27 2011 The first Abstract Exhibit hosted by the Joseph Miller Center for the Photographic Arts.  Fifty-seven photographer’s images were juried in to the exhibit.  One of the visitors who had been to MOMA the week before claimed to prefer the images in this exhibit to those at MOMA.  Some images…

  • Visual Design in Abstract Photography

    Visual Design in Abstract Photography

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    Matthew G. Schmidt
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    Visual design in abstract photography can be very individualistic. In traditional photography one is reluctant to show a house upside down or a dog as green. Lacking the familiar, abstract photography is much more receptive to imagination and creativity. What do we mean when we say “abstract”? Here is one definition: “An abstract is characterized…

  • Photography Has Not Changed

    Photography Has Not Changed

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    Matthew G. Schmidt
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    That may sound strange given the amazing technical developments during the past two decades. Since Louis Daguerre the goal of photography always has been to produce a good image that appears within the picture space, be it a glass plate, a sheet of paper, or a screen. It is technology that h as changed as…

  • 2009 NVACC Directory of Speakers and Judges

    2009 NVACC Directory of Speakers and Judges

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    The directory of Speakers and Judges was last updated on August, 21 2009.  It is available as a PDF download 2009 Aug 21 Speakers.  Judges included on this list may not have attended the NVACC seminar on Judging.

  • Seeing

    Seeing

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    Matthew G. Schmidt
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    There is a subject that is not given enough attention in photography. That subject is seeing — how to see a scene we want to photograph. We live in a fast-paced world, but, alas, seeing takes time. Seeing is more than looking, more than glancing. Seeing is examining, isolating, analyzing, abstracting and always asking the…

  • How Many is Too Many?

    How Many is Too Many?

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    Matthew G. Schmidt
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    Membership in many camera clubs is increasing. That is good. The number of images entered in monthly competitions is also increasing. That may not be good. The more images entered in competition the less time the judge has to make meaningful comments on each image. There are those who feel that a minute per image…

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