F STOP SWAP

As all of you probably already know, the F-Stop Swap is an exchange for buying and selling used camera equipment. It is held two times per year in the Minneapolis area. Their motto is: BUY-SELL-TRADE EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHIC.

The fall show has been rescheduled to new dates. It is now being held on Saturday October 22nd and Sunday October 23rd at the Brooklyn Park Community Center, 5600 85th Avenue North. The hours of operation are from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

For more information or directions to this show go to the F-Stop website.

Photojournalism with Brian Peterson

The MPC has announced a new workshop entitled: Exploring Your World as a Photojournalist. Brian Peterson, who is well known as a photojournalist for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, will be teaching this workshop.

The first session is scheduled for September 2nd from 6:30 to 9: 30 at the MPC. For further details and to register for this session, or one of the others in this series go to the Minneapolis Photo Center website.

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Picture in a Park Photo Contest

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, People for Parks and National Camera are sponsoring the Picture a Park photo contest designed to highlight the life and times in Minneapolis parks year round.

Entries to the contest can depict people, activities, nature and places in the Minneapolis park system. Photos must be unpublished and taken in a Minneapolis park or parkway between January 1, 2006 and October 15, 2010. Photographs from all seasons are encouraged. For more information and entry forms go to: Picture a Park Photo Contest.

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Black and White photo exhibit at the MPC

Cynthia Fleury, a member of the Crosstown Camera Club and the Minneapolis Photographic Society, has been accepted for the show titled "Black and White: People, Places and Things" opening at the Minneapolis Photo Center. This juried show runs from September 10th to October 25th. It features 69 photographers images selected from over 200 photographers from all over the world. The exhibit is juried by George Slade.

The public is invited to the opening on September 10th from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. For details and directions to this exhibit click on the announcement below, call 612-643-3511, or go to the centers website at: www.mplsphotocenter.com.




Congratulations to Cynthia on her acceptance into this exhibit!

Split Rock October Workshops

The Split Rock Arts Program at the University of Minnesota has completed its summer program of events and workshops. But it has two more workshops/retreats lined up for this fall at the Cloquet Forestry Center in time for fall colors among other things.



Fall would be a great time to plan a visit to the forestry center for a little peaceful and scenic shooting. For more information go to www.cce.umn.edu/split-rock-arts-program/index.html.

WEST PHOTO CLUB EXHIBITS

West Photo in Minneapolis has wall space that needs to be filled. In the past, the various clubs that belong to the Camera Council have had member images put up on the wall for exhibit.

This year the months of September, October and December are currently available (although December may be going fast). If your club wishes to participate and exhibit members works, contact Kyle Krohn at:kylek@westphoto.com to reserve a spot for your club.

Call for Holiday Entries

The Minnetonka Center for the Arts has issued a call for entries for a holiday show and sale the center is putting on between November 18 and December 23, 2010. The call for entries is for a juried show and sale of all types of art work including photography at the arts center. The goals of the show are to provide a unique shopping experience for customers, provide a venue for fine artists and to act as a fund raiser for the center (40% of sales go to the center's operating costs.

To learn more go to: www.minnetonkaarts.org/gallery.html and click on call for entries to see the rules and regulations for submissions to this competition. If you have that quintessential holiday shot or something like it, check out the rules and submit your best shot.

HDR

Our friend Alec Johnson of AC Johnson Photography writes a blog that contains a lot of valuable insight into the craft of image making. He recently posted an article and images on HDR that was quite interesting. He discusses the prevalent use of HDR by photographers who often use the process simply for the sake of creating something new and different. We've all seen those highly graphic images with strange color hues and wild lighting effects in what would otherwise be a commonplace subject. They can be exciting at first to look at. But Alec makes the case for using HDR as a compliment to good photography and not as a substitute for it.

Check out his blog at: www.acjphotoworkshops.com and click on the article "I bet my HDR can beat up your HDR" to read his post. You may also want to check out his photo/video critiques and tutorials while you're there.