ASPP DC/South Chapter

American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) DC/South chapter invites all photography enthusiasts to join us for the third DC Picture Show on May 20, 2010.

The DC Picture Show will be held at the 5th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant in downtown Washington DC.
DATE – May 20, 2010 (Thursday)
LOCATION – 5th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant 1025 5th St NW Washington, DC 20001 (MAP)
TIME – 6:30 pm to 9 pm
GETTING THERE AND PARKING – Closest metros: Mt. Vernon Square and Gallery Place-Chinatown (each two blocks away). There is ample car parking space near the venue.
ENTRY FEE – Entry to the show is free for ASPP members. Non-members will be charged $5.00
ASPP does not provide refreshments for the event, but Busboys and Poets has a full-service restaurant and bar.

If you have a Facebook account please RSVP here or email sjohn24@gmail.com

The presenters for the third DC Picture Show are students of Critical Exposure, and Patrick Allen.

Photograph by Byron Coleman

Critical Exposure

Critical Exposure is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change. By empowering young people to develop skills in documentary photography and advocacy, and to exhibit their images and stories in galleries, coffee shops, and other public spaces, we expose citizens and policymakers to the realities and challenges faced by DC youth.

A class composed of about fourteen 7th and 8th grade Truesdell Elementary students are taking student government as an elective. The class recently identified several issues they want to address at their school including: the need for lockers, improved school lunches, a change in the uniform policy, and concerns about the required book bag check. Students have created shot lists around these issues, have learned basic photo techniques and are currently shooting photos on these issues to support their campaign.

Students were introduced to documentary photography and learned how the power of photography can be a catalyst for change. They are taking this concept and using it to create positive change on their school campus by bringing attention to these issues to their principal, teachers, and other key decision makers via visual imagery and written word.

Byron Coleman (former student at Spingarn STAY) -  Byron graduated in June 2009, and his project focuses on his personal experience with education. Byron will be presenting his multimedia piece and his story on the project.

Spingarn STAY is a night school in NE DC for students who have left traditional day schools, and are back to complete their high school diplomas.  Byron was one of Critical Exposure’s students from October 2008 – January 2009.

Patrick Allen

Between 2005 and 2007 Patrick traveled the country in a small two seat R22 helicopter and an RV. With one other photographer and a pilot, he was hired to photograph every marina, lighthouse, harbor, and inlet in North America. While photographing the clients targets, he was determined to make the most of his time in the air and capture a more meaningful view of the changing landscape and our interaction with it. His photographs challenge the viewers sense of perspective and space and present to them what they have seen before in a new light.

Patrick Allen is an art history and philosophy major from the St. Mary’s College of MD. He interned at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens photography department. He was the chief aerial photographer for a boating & GPS company, which allowed him to travel the U.S. and Canada and served as the photo editor for the same company. He has worked as a photography assistant for photographers in the D.C. area, while developing his own creative fine art photography. Patrick currently works at  Ken Allen Digital where the focus is on fine art pigment ink prints and digitization of photographic collections.

Andrea Hsu and Coburn Dukehart, both from National Public Radio, will go over all aspects of capturing audio: from which microphones to use and when, to techniques of collecting sound in the field. They will also present some of their projects for a little dash of inspiration! So put that camera away for the night and join us as we learn audio from the best in the business.

Andrea Hsu

Andrea Hsu has been on the staff of All Things Considered since 2002, starting out as a booker and now working as a producer and editor. Her day-to-day work includes everything from generating story ideas to writing and editing show segments to reporting from the field.

She was the lead producer of NPR’s coverage of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China, which was recognized with Peabody and duPont Awards. She’s also produced political stories in election years, covered the US military on the home front, and is currently working on developing a series on childbirth around the world.

In addition to work for the radio, Hsu has also produced multimedia work for npr.org , including photo galleries and audio slideshows.

Before NPR, she worked for the BBC in Beijing and London, and for National Geographic Television in Washington, D.C.

Coburn Dukehart

Coburn Dukehart joined NPR.org  in June 2007 as the first photo and multimedia editor. Since then she has helped to grow the department into a six person staff, trained multiple web producers and reporters in visual literacy, started a daily photo blog on npr.org , and has been part of multiple award-winning projects. Her role at NPR entails overseeing the visual and multimedia strategy for the website, producing original multimedia content, and encouraging higher standards of visual literacy in an organization best known for it’s audio storytelling.

Prior to joining NPR, she worked as an online photo editor and multimedia producer at usatoday.com . She has also worked as a photo editor at washingtonpost.com , and interned in the White House photo office. She has a master’s degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri, and is the recipient of various editing awards from WHNPA, NPPA, and POYi. She also served as vice president for the Women Photojournalists of Washington in 2009.

Coburn has coached at various multimedia workshops, including Eddie Adams, the NPPA Flying Short Course, the NPPA Immersion workshop, and the Syracuse Fall Workshop. In her spare time, Coburn likes to play the drums, do yoga, swim and search for new adventures.

Space is limited so please register early!

When:
April 13, 2010
6:30pm Social & refreshments
7:00 pm Lecture Begins

Where:
American University
Wechsler Theater
Mary Graydon Ctr, 3rd Floor
4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Washington, DC 202-885-1000

http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm
Fee:
ASMP Members: $10
Professional Organization Members (APA, ASPP, WHNPA, WPOW): $10
Non-Members: $20
Students: $5

Photograph by Joel Sartore

North American species are disappearing at an alarming rate. Some are well-known like the grizzly bear and the California condor. But many more, such as the bog turtle or Santa Catalina Island fox, are less familiar though equally threatened and critical to their habitats. A series of portraits on plain backgrounds gives equal weight to each. The back-lit photographs displayed on the Museum’s exterior show the beauty, grace, and value in every species.

These photographs are featured in Rare, a new National Geographic book, and are the result of Joel Sartore’s three-year investigation of endangered species in North America. A photographer for National Geographic for twenty years, Joel Sartore says of his work, “By photographing the most endangered of our plants and animals, I can make the most dramatic plea to get folks to stop and take a look at the pieces and parts that we’re throwing away.”

Date March 18, 2010 – October 11, 2010
Location Washington, D.C. - 1600 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036

This evening event will be an overview of lessons learned in Richard Harrington’s new book;
From Still to Motion: A photographer’s guide to creating video with your DSLR

With the arrival of high-definition video-enabled DSLR cameras, photographers are faced with an opportunity for creativity and a competitive edge in their field unlike anything they’ve experienced before. Add to that the expanding demands from a video-hungry audience and it’s no longer a matter of if you are going to add video to your repertoire of skills, it’s when.

During this event Mr. Harrington will

•     Explore the options for video recording with DSLR cameras
•    Give gear recommendations including camera support and lighting
•    Talk about the benefits and drawbacks of using a DSLR camera to shoot video.

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Doors open – 6:30
Program – 7:00 -9:30 pm

RHED Pixel
180 South Washington Street #210
Falls Church, VA 22046
(703) 531-1325

FREE for APA members

$25 at the door for non-APA members

MUST RSVP for this event as space is limited!!

(Check HERE to confirm your APA membership)

Richard Harrington is a certified instructor for Adobe, Apple, and Avid, he is a practiced expert in motion graphic design and digital video. Starting his career out in the world of broadcast journalism, Rich has always had great interest in visual communications. His producing skills were also recognized by AV Video Multimedia Producer Magazine who named him as one of the Top Producers of 2004.
Rich is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team, and a popular speaker on the digital video circuit. He has chaired conferences since 2003 for the National Association of Broadcasters.

Rich is an internationally published author. His book, Photoshop for Video, was the first of its kind to focus on Photoshop’s application in the world of video. He is also a contributing author for Apple’s Aperture, iLife ’08 and iWork ’08, Final Cut Pro On the Spot, After Effects On the Spot, After Effects at Work, and Producing Video Podcasts.

A Master’s Degree in Project Management fills out Rich’s broad spectrum of experience. Rich enjoys traveling and digital photography, as well as teaching his kids the joys of science fiction and comic books.

American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) DC/South chapter invites its chapter members and guests to join us for “DC Picture Show” in 2010. The DC Picture Show was launched in 2009 as the “Share, See and Sip” with three events throughout the year.   The DC Picture Show will kick off the first event on January 28, 2010 at Busboys and Poets in downtown Washington DC.

All the shows will be held at the 5^th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant in downtown Washington DC. The restaurant provides excellent audio/video facilities.

DATE – January 28, 2010 (Thursday)
LOCATION - 5^th and K Street Busboys and Poets Restaurant 1025 5th St NW Washington, DC 20001 (MAP)
TIME – 6:30 pm to 9 pm
GETTING THERE AND PARKING – Closest metros: Mt. Vernon Square and Gallery Place-Chinatown (each two blocks away). There is ample car parking space near the venue.
ENTRY FEE - Entry to the show is free for ASPP members. Non-members will be charged $5.00
ASPP does not provide refreshments for the event, but Busboys and Poets has a full-service restaurant and bar.

The inaugural DC Picture Show will showcase works by ASPP members Vanessa Vick and Judy Heffner.

Vanessa Vick will present her work on the oil economy in Angola, and how it is fueling a construction boom by the Chinese who are hungry for natural resources. Currently the Chinese are building roads, fancy shopping malls and expensive houses at a rapid pace while the majority of Angolans are still living in abject poverty.

In addition she will show photographs of recipients of micro finance in Uganda and Malawi.  A small amount of investment with knowledge of how to save, plan for the future and create a business plan can completely change people’s lives and help bring them out of poverty.

Judy Heffner will present her photography essay “On the Avenue, Faces of Del Ray,” which documents the entrepreneurs of Del Ray, Alexandria through environmental portraits, and profiles of their businesses.

The book grew out of a project at Northern Virginia Community College on documenting the new Northern Virginia.  Del Ray had been a neighborhood in decline with an interesting history that has been revitalized in recent years, and transformed into a vibrant, eclectic, family-friendly community with a wide, and growing, variety of small businesses.

About Vanessa Vick

Vanessa Vick has worked around the world, in recent years focusing on Africa, where she has become known for her compelling portraits of life on the continent in stories ranging from brutal rebel insurgencies to public health campaigns.

Vanessa began her career studying commercial photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York and soon after began shooting feature photos and environmental portraits. She worked for several years as a photo editor at the legendary photo agency Sygma and later at U.S. News & World Report in New York City.

After receiving a master’s degree in photojournalism from Ohio University in 2001, Vanessa moved to Uganda on a Fulbright scholarship to document how AIDS had ravaged the lives of individual Africans. She has lived there ever since. A regular contributor to The New York Times, Vanessa has worked on such stories as the disintegration of the Zimbabwean economy, the inner workings of the Ogaden rebel group in Ethiopia and immunization campaigns in Nigeria.

She has also worked for Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and The Boston Globe as well as Essence, Vibe, The Guardian, and The Discovery Channel. She has extensively documented the two-decade long insurgency that has torn apart the social fabric of northern Uganda. Vanessa also shoots regularly for humanitarian organizations including the World Food Program, The United Nations, Doctors Without Borders and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

Vanessa recently relocated to Reston, Virginia where she will be based until the end of 2010 and will most likely return to Africa at that time.

About Judy Heffner

An accomplished portrait, documentary and fine art photographer, Judy Heffner always looks for the art in everyday life, which is often a different way of seeing people, familiar places, and ordinary objects in their customary surroundings.  In addition to her regular work, she has volunteered her time to document the outreach efforts of several area non-profit, public service groups including the Network Preschools,  which serves at risk children and their families, and the Freddie Mac Heart Galleries,  whose mission is placing foster children in permanent homes, with the aid of professionally made photographic portraits..  Judy studied photography at Northern Virginia Community College where she serves as a teaching assistant.

Judy holds a bachelor’s degree in English and publication from Simmons College, worked as a reporter and photographer for several community newspapers, and published an interview with former N.Y. Times Observer columnist Russell Baker in Editor and Publisher magazine while a student. She also holds a Master of Social Work degree from Catholic University.  Before launching her photographic career, Judy worked as press aide to former New York Congressman Ogden Reid, legislative assistant to Sen. Patrick Leahy, public affairs director for a national trade association, and as a public relations consultant.   She also worked as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She also has taught photography at the Howard Gardner School in Alexandria.

Her work has been exhibited at the Art League and Del Ray Artisans’ galleries, the Tyler Teaching Gallery at Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria City Hall, and the John F. Kennedy Center.

David Doubilet is one of the world’s most celebrated marine photographers. He has photographed over 60 stories for National Geographic magazine and his work has appeared in countless other publications worldwide. Join this award winning photographer as he discusses capturing our underwater world and presents some of his most stunning images. Don’t miss this undersea adventure!

Wednesday, January 13

500 17th Street, NW

$12 Corcoran Members and ASPP members; $15 Public

Pre-registration for this program is encouraged. To register, please call (202) 639-1774 or visit www.corcoran.org.

American Society of Picture Professionals members will receive the discounted Corcoran member rate of $12 to attend. To receive the member rate online, please use the member code: ASPP.