NEWSLETTER www.caryphotographicartists.org May 2019

CELEBRATING MEMBER NEWS: Bobby Nicks won a gold medal in the Wake County Senior Olympics Visual Arts Division with his photo, "Bluebird Having a Snack"! The photo was selected to hang in the upcoming SilverArts Exhibit at the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Division of Aging and Adult Services, Raleigh. Bobby also had 3 photos juried into "PHOCUS: The Art of Photography" show at the Lee Fowlkes Gallery in Yanceyville, NC. The reception will May 3rd from 6-8 pm at the Lee Fowlkes Gallery, 43 W. Main St. Yanceyville, NC

Melissa Theil won a 1st, a 2nd, a 3rd and an honorable mention at CNPA's Annual Members' Choice Competition in the conservation category. Melissa will also be exhibiting photos of rural Rajasthan at the Jaipur Restaurant, on Blue Ridge Parkway in June.

Melissa Theil and Bobby Nicks will have a wildlife photography exhibit called There are no Ugly Animals at Cary Townhall April 27 - June 24. Reception date May 31, 6-8 p.m.

Bob Cassanova has six photographs on display at Bel Air Arts Center in Rocky Mount until June.

Lynne Necrason’s Sylvan Sculptures is now on exhibit at Through This Lens Gallery. There will be an artist talk on the last day of the show, May 11, 3 - 5 pm. The exhibit is a collection of photos of winter trees in varying atmospheric conditions from fog to snow and includes images from Lynne’s A Tranquil Morning juried into LensWork’s Seeing in Sixes 2018 publication.

PROGRAMS: May 8 - Our scheduled presenter canceled. Programs coordinator, Julia Daniels, is working on a replacement. Details forthcoming.

May 22: Show and Tell. Theme: Organic Images. Choose images of “anything that is alive and growing. Be imaginative and find beauty in all that is nature.” Dues-current members planning to attend, may email up to 3 images cpa.inbasket@gmail.com by May 19. As we see yours, please share some details about it. To ensure images show at the best quality, please adhere these guidelines.

June 12: F11 And Be There, a documentary film by Jethro Waters, “is a portrait of one of America's greatest living visual poets: legendary photographer Burk Uzzle”. Jethro will be in town to introduce the film for us AND…he and Burk will be available to answer a limited number of questions afterwards. Read about the film at imdb.com and f11andbethere.com. Burk is a NC native and current Wilson, NC resident and has presented to CPA in recent years. A wealth of information about him can be found at: burkuzzle.com.

Hosting this film is an unprecedented opportunity for our club and members. The film was just released in 2018 and very few people have seen it yet. This will be a ticketed event and we are expecting a full house. Details are still being worked out but our plan is to have a number of free tickets available for CPA members (max 1 per) and to sell tickets to non-members. Only those with tickets will be allowed entry. Watch for an email later in May detailing how to get yours before they are gone!

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BURNETTE BLAKELY: So far six of Burnette’s friends, both CPA members and non, have donated a total of $450 to our club in his memory. This is such a wonderful testament to how much Burnette was loved and that everyone knows what Cary Photographic Artists meant to him. If you would like to make a donation in Burnette’s memory, please see John Lapp or Don Ducey.

CPA EXHIBITIONS: Holly Springs Cultural Center: The exhibit is up now through June 28. On June 29 prints will be available for pickup in Holly Springs or Cary Arts Center. Pickup times for each location will be emailed to those participating. WakeMed Reflections Gallery June – August 2019 Only room for 13 framed prints. One entry per CPA member. Submissions will be accepted beginning May 1. Contact: Brenda Wynne bww2463@gmail.com Email the Title, Price, Your Name, your email address and a low resolution jpeg of your image to enter the exhibit. LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES: Chris Richman, M.Photog., CPP, is conducting a one day creativity workshop through Professional Photographers of America. It will be held in Durham on May 20, 9-5pm. For more information and to register, visit https://www.ppa.com/events/super-one-day/find-a-super-1-day-class-near-you. Scroll down to Let’s Get Our Creativity On!

OUTINGS: May 18 - Ole Gilliam Mill Park: 39th Annual Crank-Up. 4699 Carbonton Rd, Sanford. Admission fee $5. Door opens at 8:00 a.m. Meet at the entrance 8:45 a.m. Saw mill crank up is at 9 a.m. This is a once a year event! “You will see an old sawmill in operation, a "hit & miss" motor driven log splitter, and a variety of uses for "hit and miss" engines of all sizes. You can also see a liquor still in operation, weaving demonstrations, and soap making, watch a blacksmith at work, eat some ice cream or just listen to the music.”

CPA CRITIQUE STUDY GROUP: CPA MEMBERS ONLY. Join some of your peers on May 16, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the Cary Arts Center for image critiquing. We will view each others images and offer gentle feedback. To participate, send up to 4 jpeg photos to Beth Page at brpage0056@gmail.com by May 14. Only send photos if you are attending. Please use the following naming convention: 1CPA_filename_date (where “1” represents image 1 in a batch). Max file size 1080 pixels H x1400 pixels W up to 800KB.

CALL FOR ART: Umstead State Park 2019 Photography Contest - Deadline for entering May 26. Three photography categories. Winning photos will be printed, framed and hung at the Visitors Center. As many of them as possible will be chosen for the 2020 Park calendar. Find details and registration form at umsteadcoalition.org.

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CHECK THIS OUT: Eyes on Main Street 5th Edition, now through Aug 4. Historic Downtown Wilson has been transformed into a vibrant gallery of large-scale photographs spanning over six city blocks. It “features 100 photographs by 100 prominent and emerging photographers from over 40 countries with an equal number of men and women participants. The exhibition, curated by Jerome De Perlinghi and co-curated by Ghadah Alrawi and Carol Johnson, focuses on the theme of "Main Street, a Crossroad of Cultures" as interpreted by the individual photographers. This year’s edition will include four additional exhibits, making Historic Downtown Wilson, NC a real crossroad for photography.” To see this year’s events visit: eyesonmainstreetwilson.com

North Carolina Museum of Art - Within the Frame Photography Exhibition. On display until July 21. An interesting collection of images that reveal scenes within mirrors, frames, windowpanes, and other constructions.

Duke Nasher Museum is exhibiting Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897 – 1922 until September 1. A self taught photographer, Mangum made portraits of a “clientele that was both racially and economically diverse.” The images made on “glass-plate negatives” laid buried and unprotected in a barn for 50 years before being saved. Here is an interesting article detailing some of the story.

CPA’S ONLINE PRESENCE: CPA's Meetup Group Most of our new visitors are learning of us via our Meetup page. Our goal is to have every CPA member be an active participant in the Meetup group to help demonstrate we are a vibrant club. Meetup is an ideal tool for keeping apprised of programs and getting reminder emails. Joining meetup.com is free. Search for Cary Photographic Artists and join our Meetup group. If you are already on Meetup, please make sure you are a member of the CPA group and that you RSVP to events. CPA's Facebook page is a great platform for showing your latest photographic work, asking questions, finding shoot buddies, selling gear, sharing info, etc. To find our group page, go to the search bar at the top of your FB page and type in Cary Photographic Artists. Once our group pops up, click on it and then click on the request to join. Facebook is free and offers many levels of security so that you can participate, stay informed, and be seen as little or as much as you like.

CPA's website hosts a wealth of information about our club and photography. Under the “Education” tab, you can find information on over 40 photography related topics such as: exporting from LR, shooting waterfalls, understanding histograms, guideline for submitting to our digital shows, etc.

The website also hosts photo galleries from CPA shows, a calendar with upcoming events, maps for parking around the Cary Theatre, etc.

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PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES: Plants Delight Nursery & Juniper Level Botanic Garden is open to the public only a few days a year. Open Nursery and Garden Days: May 3-5. Friday and Saturday hours are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Open Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm. Photographers welcome.

MEMBER TIPS: — I have been watching some of Valerie Jardin’s webinars. They are well done and very helpful for those who like to do street photography. She also has a great book on street photography which I have read and found very helpful and easy to apply. Her website is www.valeriejardinphotography.com Her webinars are $20 and can be watched as many times as one likes. She also teaches workshops on street photography. You can also find some of her short videos on YouTube that are very instructional.

— Why Tasmania? Because I wanted to get my "holy grail" shot of the Milky Way in straight-up vertical alignment. The Bortle Scale measures light pollution from 1 (excellent dark sky) to 10 (inner city). To get a really good milky way picture you need to be in the 1-2 range. 1 is very rare in the U.S. and 2 is still very rare. However, Tasmania is a different story, so I used an app named PlanIt! to find a 1 spot 5 miles south of a tiny coastal town named Bicheno, Tasmania. There at 5:31 am on April 6, 2019 the "stars aligned" with the right conditions (no moon, minimal clouds) and I was able to capture the following shot to see just how many stars are out there on the

universe. It was a magnificent moment in my life, so I just had to share!

— Some CPA members who may be tired of digital and even conventional film photography, may want to pursue this trip in the photography time machine: News and Information from Camp Tintype https://johncoffer.com

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Barbara Guin Newsletter Editor

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