LPS Welcomes Bill Fortney as Guest Speaker at May 14th Meeting

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May 2014
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The monthly newsletter of the Louisville Photographic Society
LPS Welcomes Bill Fortney as Guest Speaker at May 14th Meeting
One of America’s leading nature photographers to show ways to improve your photography.
LPS has been very fortunate to have nationally recognized photographers address us over the years.
This month’s meeting is one of those nights and
will prove to be one of the best and most
enjoyable evenings of photography.
During the meeting, Bill will show how to
improve your ability to see photographs, in terms
of light, form, design, and color and organize
those elements into images that have real impact.
Bill Fortney, with 45 years experience, has
incredible experience as a newspaper and
magazine photojournalist and sports
photographer. For the past twenty years, he has
been one of the leading nature photographers. He
founded the Great American Photography
Workshop company, putting on workshops
throughout the US.
His best selling books include; “The Nature
of America” “America from 500 Feet”,
“American Vision”, “Bill Fortney’s Great
Photography Workshop” as well as “Getting
Serious About Outdoor Photography”.
“America from 500 Feet” was one of the largest
selling aviation photograph books of all time.
Bill has also been named a Fellow by the
N o r t h A m e r i c a n N a t u r e P h o t o g ra p h e r ’s
Association./
He retired in 2013 as a Nikon Professional Services technical representative for the last 11 years.
Bill now runs his own workshops under the company name, “His Light Workshops”.
He also teaches for KelbyOne and appears at Photoshop World as a speaker and presenter.
If you are a new photographer or an LPS veteran, you will certainly enjoy this presentation. Don’t miss the
wonderful photographic event with our old LPS friend, Bill Fortney.
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Thanks to the Volunteers for the March for Babies
As we go to press, it is raining out, and our volunteer LPS
photographers are at the Louisville Waterfront working hard
to support the March of Dimes.
This is the LPS signature service event for the year and we
know they will do a superb job under the tireless leadership
of our own Ted Heitzman.
We look forward to seeing some wonderful and worthwhile images. Stay tuned for next month’s newsletter to
see what I mean.
Thanks again to Ted and the other LPS volunteers!
Quote of the Month
““It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.”” -Alfred Stieglitz
Welcome New LPS Members!
Fred Waits
709 Hollow Trace
Shelbyville, KY 40065
fywaits@gmail.com
William Sanders
9201 Lakeridge Dr.
Louisville, KY 40272
Carolebill1@gmail.com Dennis Dolan
2400 Chadford Way
Louisville, KY 40222
Djdolan2011@twc.com
Did You Know?
LPS on Facebook has over 600 followers! WOW. It is a great way to post photos and get
some feedback. It also has tips of events in
the area, and some great photo ideas in
general. Check it out at Facebook.
Don’t forget..
- Don’t forget to submit an entry form when entering the monthly
competitions at the LPS meetings. They are available for download
on our website or simply click here. Just print one out, fill it out,
and bring it with you to the meeting.
-Don’t forget to sign the attendance sheet at the meeting.
May 2014
Congratulations to the April Monthly Winners!
April 2014 Topic: Patterns Judge: Sam Moseley
1st
2nd
3rd
H.M.
H.M.
H.M.
DIGITALS
COLOR PRINTS
MONOCHROME
PRINTS
Stephanie Turner
Gordi Smith
Kenny Pritchett
“Side Butterfly”
“Aged Wicker”
“Winter Aspens, Santa Fe”
George Sherrard
Kay Sherrard
“Cormorant Feathers”
“Ferns”
Stephanie Turner
David Becker
Al Wollerton
“Focal Zoom”
Ken Tripp
“Blue Iguana”
“New York CIty”
Kenny Pritchett
“Vineyard on the
Rhine”
Alice Thompson
Robert Klein
NOVICE PRINTS
Eileen Strenecky
“Old Glory, Boston,
MA”
Stephanie Turner
George Sherrard
“Sculptured
Ductwork”
Rita Turner
“Bicycles”
“Autumn Leaves”
Kevin Turner
David Becker
“Hieroglyphics of the
Swamp”
Robert Klein
Stephanie Turner
“Parking”
Kenny Pritchett
“Untitled”
Kenny Pritchett
“Hook Up”
Steve Cowherd
“Western Rails”
Eileen Strenecky
“Raining Tulips”
“Candied Bicycles”
“20 Mule Team Canyon”
“Abaco”
“Captured Cloud”
“Diamonds”
April Digital Winners
Stephanie Turner
“Side Butterfly”
George Sherrard
“Cormorant Feathers”
Stephanie Turner
“Focal Zoom”
OOPS!
Last month’s newsletter incorrectly spelled the name of the Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Novice Print Category for the
Abstracts topic in March.
The correct winner is Rita Turner for her “Fungus Gone Wild” entry. Congratulations Rita and sorry for the error.
The Editor
May 2014
Reminders for upcoming events!
Date
Time
Wednesday, May 14th
7:30 PM
Wednesday, May 28th
Wednesday, June 9th
Details
Bill Fortney- Key Speaker
Digital Images Due “People at Work” Category
7:30 PM
Kenny Pritchett-Key Speaker-More info to come
Start your book for Book of the Year Award!
The guidelines of the 2014 Book of the Year Award are as follows:
1. All images shall be images shot in 2013 or later.
2. The book must be printed after December 1, 2013 and before the December 2014 LPS meeting.
3. The book can be any size with no limit on dimensions or number of pages.
4. The book can be any subject matter.
5. Each member can submit one book per year for judging.
6. The book will be judged at the end of 2014 and awarded in February 2015.
The submitted book will be judged on overall content quality including photography, layout and editing. Later in 2014 we
plan to offer a workshop or presentation on how and where to print your own book. We plan on having members who have
printed books to bring in samples to show LPS members what can be accomplished online.
More details to come in the coming months! Stay tuned and start planning your book for 2014!
Shameless PlugS
HDR Workshop
HDR Master and LPS President will present a Two Day workshop on “HDR Photography with Nick Roberts” at Outdoor
Photo Gear, June 13th from 7 - 9 PM and continuing June 14th from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.
For pricing and information follow this link.
Don’t Miss the News On WDRB Tomorrow, Sunday Morning May 11th!
Nick Roberts was interviewed about his incredible photography of the Ohio River Bridges Project by
Chris Sutter from WDRB TV here in Louisville. The segment is set to run on their Sunday Morning News
Show, Sunday May 11th. It should be on in the 6:00am and 8:00am slots and again Sunday night at 10:00 pm.
Don’t miss it!
NOTE: You don’t need to be an LPS President to have a “Shameless Plug “ in the Reflections Newsletter. If you have a
photographic project, showing or any other photographic event you are working on and you want people to know about, simply
email the editor at email.
May 2014
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LPS Board of Directors and Responsibilities
President Nick Roberts
1st Vice President Jack Cooney
2nd Vice President Byron Butler
Treasurer/Secretary Catherine Balfe
Summer Seminars David Becker
Field Trip Coordinator/
Student Division KY State Deborah Brownstein
Fair
Website Kay Sherrard
Mailings, Flyers, PO Box Gertrude Hudson
Editor Ken Tripp
Past President / KY State Fair
Al Wollerton
Laison
March of Dimes Ted Heitzman
About the Louisville Photographic Society
Membership in LPS is open to everyone. You
must be a member of LPS to submit photos for
competition. The areas of competition are Color
Prints, Monochrome and Digital submissions. No
more than 6 entries may be submitted, with no more
then 2 entries in each group.
A Novice Division has been created for people
just entering photography. People entering the
Novice Division may not also enter any of the above
groups except Digital submissions, where they may
submit two photos. Members of the Novice group
may submit a total of three prints. The prints may be
in color or monochrome. See the LPS website for
complete rules, www.louisvillephotographic.org
Digitals entries must be sent to
digentries@louisvillephotographic.org, and must be
received two weeks before the meeting. Monthly meeting-Second Wednesday at 7:30 PM
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Outdoor Photo Gear, 13305 Magisterial Drive
Louisville, KY
Digital Submissions /Judging Al Boice
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May 2014
LPS Meeting Location
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Henry Exit off the Gene Snyder Expway at
13305 Magisterial Dr. Louisville, KY 40223
2014
May- Barns
June- People at Work
July-Workshop Only
August-Workshop Only
September-Long Exposure
October-City Scapes
November- Horses
December- Boats