The Portland Metro Photographic News

It's no secret that PMPN's favorite non-Pacific Northwest source for private photographic education is the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. For many photographers, taking a workshop at Santa Fe is considered a highlight in their artistic careers.  The facility, staff, world-renown instructors and curriculum are under the discriminating and meticulous eye of its Director and Founder, Reid Callanan.  Reid's passion for art, photography and photographers has driven him to create an educational environment that has become the benchmark for all photographic workshops.

If you aspire to attend a workshop at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, here's the opportunity.  Reid has announced the Workshop's First-Ever Photography Contest.  Not only will your photography be reviewed by a panel of distinguished judges, but you could win a Santa Fe Workshop of your choice -- all expenses paid.

For many of us our families are a great source of photographic inspiration. In delight, and in heartache, they are our muse. We're looking for images that speak of FAMILY—in all its glory, from its humor to its quiet moments of grace.

Join our international community of photographers and share your photographs with our distinguished panel of judges. The experience will be rewarding. And the prizes are great!

PANEL OF JURORS
We are privileged to have such an esteemed panel of jurors to view the entries and select the contest winners.
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Brenna Britton, Deputy Photo Editor, People Magazine
Julie Blackmon, Photographer
Anthony Bannon, Director, George Eastman House
Reid Callanan, Director, Santa Fe Photographic Workshop

PRIZES

The Workshops is grateful to our educational partners and sponsors who have contributed to an impressive prize list with a total value of over $14,000. Entrants have the opportunity to win one Grand Prize, one Second Prize, one Third Prize, or one of 46 Honorable Mentions. Entrants who are alumni are eligible to win one Workshops Director’s Award.

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1) Grand Prize

• The workshop of your choice in Santa Fe including tuition, fees, meals, and housing at the Residence Inn by Marriott
• Calumet Travelite 750R Radio Enabled Monolight Umbrella Kit
• Nik Software Complete Collection Ultimate Edition
• Blurb gift certificate for $500
• VisualServer web site account for one year

2) Second Prize

• Santa Fe Photographic Workshops $500 gift certificate
• Nikon Coolpix S8000 Camera
• HP Digital Fine Art Media, 100 Sheets, 13x19
• Think Tank Photo Airport International V2.0 Roller Camera Bag

3) Third Prize

• Santa Fe Photographic Workshops $250 gift certificate
• VisualServer Website Account for One Year
• Nik Software, Silver Efex Pro

4) The Workshops Director's Award

• The workshop of your choice in Santa Fe including tuition, fees, meals, and on-campus housing
• Gitzo Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ball Head
• Nik Software, Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete Edition  

5) Honorable Mention

• A copy of FAMILY, a Blurb book of the 50 winning Contest photographs
• The Inspirational Series from Santa Fe Photographic Workshops – a 2-disc DVD set of words and images from Sam Abell, Keith Carter, Tony O’Brien, Joyce Tenneson, Nevada Wier, John Paul Caponigro, Jay Maisel, Joe McNally, Elizabeth Opalenik, and Eddie Soloway.

July 22, 2010
Early-submission deadline

September 15, 2010
Final submission deadline

Husbands, wives, children. Parents, siblings, partners and pets. Old friends, and the new acquaintances who are instantly old friends. They are all FAMILY, and their images tell the stories of our lives.

Click HERE for entry details.

We've attended auto shows for decades and been amazed by manufacturer's concept cars.  They gave us a glimpse of the future as envisioned by auto designers.  Although the later production cars didn't always look like the chrome-laden prototypes that were showcased on revolving stages with beautiful models, most of the technologies demonstrated did make it into the cars we drive today.

Now Canon has brought its vision of 2030 photography to Shanghai's World Expo 2010 in the form of a concept camera, the Wonder Camera.  A hand-held video of Canon's presentation at World Expo 2010 is available on YouTube.  The camera as shown in this video may never become reality, but having the opportunity to see a vision of future photography through the eyes of one of the most respected names in photography provides a wealth of food for thought and discussion.

Click HERE to see the YouTube video.  Note:  Be aware you have to endure a 30 second commercial before the Wonder Camera video begins.

Blue Sky Gallery, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art Gallery and Camerawork have announced their Photographic Exhibits for next month.  Photography by André Kertéz, Randall L. Milstein, Antionio Martinez, Jim Vecchi and Lori Waselchuk will adorn the walls of these Portland Galleries during the month of August.  This diversity of photography can only be found in the great Pacific Northwest.

Click on the gallery names above to learn all about the exhibits debuting in August.

 I've had the good fortune of knowing Joe McNally since my days at Time-Life.  Joe is not only an renown editorial and advertising photographer, but he also an engaging speaker who shares his photographic skills and insights with anyone interested in photography.  Thanks to ASMP and Pro Photo Supply, the Portland photo community has an opportunity to spend an entire evening with Joe and to learn from his years of award-winning photographic lighting experience.  You'll have to hurry because seating is limited for this July 30th special happening.

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For the more adventurous, Joe is also teaching a 2-Day Intensive Lighting Workshop on July 31st and August 1st.  Spend two days with Joe and be immersed in learning to light well and how to light while on location.

See PMPN story for more details on this workshop ...

 
ARTrustonline.com is the portal to verificable print authenticity

In January, ARTtrust™ was launched in France.  This month, ARTtrust™ announced the opening of its United States’ headquarters in Vancouver, Washington.  And, PMPN’s Publisher, Tom Hubbard, has been selected to head up U.S. ARTtrust operations.  “I’m excited to have ARTtrust based in Vancouver and for the opportunity to bring a fool-proof print authentication solution to the U.S. fine art community.  The technology is totally unique and delivers immediate on-line verification of a print’s authenticity for the well being of the artist as well as the investment security of the collector.”

The ARTtrust Online (www.arttrustonline.com) print-authentication system is now available to protect the value of all types of art, including digital art, art reproductions, and photographic prints. For example, artists and photographers can use ARTtrust Online and the Bubble Tag™ solution to assure buyers that each print in an edition is unique and authentic. Auction houses, galleries, museums, and collectors can use ARTtrust to trace the ownership of each print over time. Registration reduces risks for owners and better protects artists’ rights.

“No matter what brand of pigment-ink printer is used to produce a photographic print or art reproduction, you can use ARTtrust Bubble Tags™ to ensure traceability and protect each print’s value,” explains Tom Hubbard, ARTtrust’s Director of Business Development in the U.S. “In addition to digital prints, Bubble Tags™ can also be used with traditional silver photography, lithographs, serigraphs, and other printed imagery.”

Although ARTtrust Bubble Tags can be applied to any art print, users of HP’s Designjet Z Professional Photo Printers with HP Vivera Pigment inks who want to provide an additional layer of assurance to collectors regarding the long-term investment value of their prints will discover that details about the longevity and durability of prints on popular media is automatically attached to the information that accompanies each ARTtrust Bubble-Tagged print. This critical life-expectancy data is drawn from testing conducted by the Wilhelm Imaging Research organization in Grinnell, IA. 

How the Bubble Tag™ System Works


The ARTtrust Bubble Tag™ is a label in which a random set of air bubbles is encapsulated in a translucent polymer film. The tri-dimensional code in each Bubble Tag™ can’t be reproduced, and the tag itself can’t be tampered with without altering the look of the film. The label uses a non-removable, pH-neutral, non-acidic adhesive that won’t affect the archival properties of the print. 

For each print, the artist or photographer obtains a set of gold, silver, and blue Bubble Tags™. The silver Bubble Tag™ goes on the back of the print and the gold Bubble Tag™ is attached to the customer’s certificate of authenticity. The creator of the art keeps the blue Bubble Tag™ on file and registers the tag set’s number to his or her personal space on ARTtrust Online.

Sellers or buyers can verify the authenticity of a tagged print on the ARTtrust Online website or with the free I-ARTtrust application for the Apple iPhone. The online records for each tag number will show an image of the print and an enlarged view of the print’s unique Bubble Tag™ configuration. The records also provide information about the artist, printing method, and materials used.

Close up of the unique bubble structure of one tri-dimensional ARTtrust Bubble Tag™

“Artists and photographers can purchase the Bubble Tags™ and ARTtrust membership cards directly through ARTtrust Online and soon from printmakers, print-service providers, or galleries. There is a nominal membership fee ($90) to set up a personal space for each photographer or artist who wants to use the ARTtrust system.”

Promoted in China, Europe and North America


“We recently launched ARTtrust Online in China and will continue promoting it worldwide with the goal of establishing ARTtrust as a global standard,” said Philippe Serenon, CEO of The ARTtrust Company in Paris, France.

The use of ARTtrust Online is being encouraged by a growing number of printmakers and galleries, as well as well-known global suppliers of art and photo papers including: ILFORD Imaging, Canson INFINITY, Hahnemϋhle FineArt, and Innova Art.

Some of the famous photographers in North America and Europe who are using ARTtrust Online include Joel Meyerowitz, Albert Watson, Douglas Kirkland, Daniel Cox, and Magnum photographers Elliott Erwitt, Thomas Hoepker and Martin Parr. Photographers in China who are using ARTtrust include Rong Rong and Mao Tong Qiang. PAE Art has adopted ARTtrust for their collection of Chinese photography.

For more information about protecting the authenticity of your prints with ARTtrust, contact Tom Hubbard at t.hubbard@arttrustonline.com.  To become a registered user of the ARTtrust system, see the website.

With so many DSLR cameras using Compact Flash (CF) cards, PMPN decided it was time to provide some history and facts about CF cards to take the mystery out of this modern day digital film.

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Experience Shore Acres and the Oregon Coast as never before.  Two photographic icons, Stu Levy and Don Kirby take you on a once in a lifetime, 5-day photographic journey into the "Point Lobos of Oregon".

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Critical Mass 2009 Book Award Winners: © Birthe Pointek (top), and © Alejandro Cartengena (bottom)

Critical Mass 2010 is now open for registration through July 25, 2010 

Since 2004, Photolucida's Critical Mass program has been a tremendous resource for photographers trying to get their work out into the world as well as for gallerists, curators, publishers, and editors in their search for good talent. A totally unique celebration of photography, Critical Mass is a way for photographers to have their work seen by over 200 of the best professionals in the business. From this process, several awards will be given to deserving photographers!
 
Awards in the making: a hard-bound monograph prize, a solo exhibition at Blue Sky Gallery, a Top 50 show at Newspace Center for Photography, and some nifty things from Photo-eye!
 
Photolucida is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the culture of photography. For more information on Critical Mass, including the list of our 2010 jurors, please click on the link below!

It's the new Olympus E-PL1 -- a compact, full-featured DSLR that's as easy to use as a point and shoot camera.  If that's not enough, with the push of a single button it becomes a 720p HD Video Camera.  Whether you're a pro or an amateur, this camera belongs in your camera bag.  After shooting hundreds of pictures with this little gem, it's time to share the good news with PMPN readers.

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PMPN's resident Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom guru, Mark Fitzgerald, takes a look at Lightroom 3.  Is this the all-in-one digital imaging program that photographers have been dreaming about?

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After reviewing all the submissions to PMPN's Summer Photo Masthead Contest, Laurie Hunsaker's image of Cape Kiwanda on the Oregon Coast was selected as our masthead photo for the next three months.  Laurie's picture (shown above) will appear at the top of all PMPN pages.

The contest for our Fall Photo Masthead begins today.

Read more in the Members' Lounge.

If you came away from the 2009 Columbia Council of Camera Club's Convention wishing it wouldn't end.  You'll be excited to learn that this year's Convention in Florence, OR has been expanded to provide even more workshops and "in the field" shooting experiences.  This year's Keynote speakers will be Larry Armstrong, the former Director of Photography at the Los Angeles Times, and Pacific Northwest nature photographer, Don Paulson.

Read more and sign up soon to guarantee your spot in some amazing workshops and seminars.

The Portland Photographer's Forum (PPF) is sponsoring three very special photographic learning and hands-on events.

• Bobby Abrahamson's "Portland: A Wandreing Photographer's Home on the Road"
• The Sunday School of Photography at Mayer State Park
• A Studio Portraiture Workshop with Ray Bidegain

Click on any event above to learn more.

 Newspace Center for Photography has long been a mainstay for photography education in the Pacific Northwest.  We are proud to provide a section of our publication for showcasing upcoming Newspace educational events. The curriculum at Newspace is extensive and has grown to become a core Pacific Northwest educational resource for anyone wanting to further the understanding of photography -- professional and amateur.  If that's not enough, Newspace attracts many of today's finest photography educators.  Here's your opportunity to learn from the "best of the best" and bring a new energy to your photography.

The dedicated Newspace page can be found in PMPN's Photo Education pull-down menu (above).  Check it often.  New classes are being added frequently.

Photographer Laurie Lambrecht was Roy Lichtenstein's part-time assistant from 1990 to 1992, hired specifically to help the artist inventory artwork in preparation for his retrospective exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, held in 1993.

Encouraged by Lichtenstein, she began taking photographs in his studio as they worked together. The two artists grew close over this period of time as Lambrecht's photographic project became a collaborative one. 

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You are a loving parent, but your offspring don't share your passion for photography.  Well, here's a chance to share your family life, have a positive influence on an exchange student's life, and instill your photographic zeal into the life of a young photography enthusiast.

Youth For Understanding USA is looking for Host Families in our community.  Families all over the U.S. have found this to be a wonderful way to discover the world and help young people expand their horizons. Hosting can be one of the most rewarding, fun and enriching experiences your family can have.  Meet, Ann-Kristin, one of the hopeful students with a love for photography.

 
Ann-Kristin, usually called Anke, age 16 from Germany, loves to design pictures and take photos, so much that shes thinking of studying graphic design in the future. She belongs to a track and field club, and goes jogging with friends at least twice a week. She also takes dancing lessons. She is active in her Catholic church youth group, and acts as an altar server. A helpful person, she recently did an internship in a home for migrants. Friends describe her as friendly, patient and motivated someone you can always trust. She enjoys spending time with relatives and extended family, especially on birthdays and holidays. Her family usually has Sunday breakfast together. Often they have barbecues, go bowling, or visit her grandma.

Contact: Rebekah Fuss, (206) 201-3559

Learn more about students who are looking to experience family and school life in the United States at the Youth For Understanding website.

Laurie Marie of Salem, Oregon is taking home the prizes in our May Photo Contest.  Congratulations from PMPN.  See Laurie's winning image as well as those of our two runners up in the Members' Lounge.

June's Members' Photo Contest Theme Is: BRIDGES

One of the hottest topics in photography is the self-creation of fine art photography books.  With an internet full of self-publishing options, photo books are opening new opportunities for creative photographers.  23 Sandy Gallery is dedicating an entire exhibit to showcase this new avenue for creative expression.

Book Power:  A group show of hand produced Artists Books addressing social, political or environmental issues.

Above: Jim Lommasson's "I Wouldn't Wish War on My Worst Enemy"

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Portland's own Stu Levy will be the featured speaker at this month's Brown Bag Lecture Series sponsored by the Portland Art Museum's Photography Council.  The subject of his presentation will be the making of his masterful Grid Portraits.

It all happens this Wednesday, June 16th, at the Portland Art Museum.

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Looking for that original photograph of Al Capone?  You're in luck.  The Chicago Tribune has started the process of digitizing its extensive photographic library.  As the collection is digitized, thousands of new images are posted each week. Pictures from the archives are available to collectors and include sports topics, Hollywood stars, musicians, singers, politics, space, transportation and places just to name a few.

Photograph: Al Capone ©The Chicago Tribune

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If you're one of the thousands of photographers and industry professionals who have made the annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas to attend the Worldwide Community of Imaging Association's PMA Convention for decades, you'll have to change your travel plans beginning in 2001. 

The PMA Convention will remain in Las Vegas, and you'll still be able to see all the new photography products, but it will be held in September.  Citing a need to align itself with the photo industry's 21st century product introduction and selling cycles, the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Convention will also include the well-attended Digital Imaging Marketing Association Convention. 

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Food Styling with Delores Custer

 Delores Custer is an internationally known food stylist whose work has been featured in Martha Stewart Living, Gourmet, Bon Appetit and Family Circle.  Some of her clients include the Food Network, Nestle and Cuisinart. 

We are very fortunate to have her here in Portland and she has agreed to come and chat with our happy hour group!  Delores just published the definitive book about food styling and she will give a presentation about the basics of food styling that photographers should know.  We all end up photographing food at some point, think of those wedding cakes, and it couldn't hurt for us to learn some helpful hints. 

Delores is willing to look at photos that we have taken and give us recommendations on how to improve them. So please feel free to bring in some prints.  She will also tell us about some creative projects that photographers have developed on their own using food styling techniques.  To learn more about Delores and her new book, Food Styling, visit her website:  www.delorescuster.com.

June Photographer Happy Hour - Food Styling!
Host: Andie Petkus and Delores Custer  
Tuesday, June 15, 5:00pm
 
Carriage House Studio
3820 NE 29th Ave. - in the garage behind the red brick house at 2903 NE Alameda
Portland, OR 97212 US
 (503) 314-5851

Crater Lake by Mark Alberhasky

Famed Georgia-based photographer, Mark Alberhasky, share his thoughts with PMPN readers on the photographer's never-ending quest for just the right spot, the right conditions and the right subject. Maybe that perfect shot has been in front of our lens all the while.

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Newspace Center for Photography joins PEG in the Portland Metro Photographic News' Photo Education section with its own page listing in our submenu (see picture at left). The Pacific Northwest is rich in photography education opportunities.  Organizing these opportunities in our Photo Education sub-menu will hopefully help you identify classes and workshops that best fit your needs.

The price is right.  And, the speakers are experts in photographic workflow.  Designing a workflow that fits your photography business is one of the most important business and creative exercises you will perform in the process of establishing an efficient and profitable business.  ASMP's "dpBestFlow" seminar brings 5 world class experts to Portland to guide you through ASMP's best workflow practices and tips.

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Enjoy the artistry of photographers Melissa Kaseman and Teri Fullerton at the Newspace Center for Photography.  Complete the experience and get to know Melissa and Teri at a special Artist Lecture on Saturday, June 5th.

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 For over twenty five years, visionary photographer Phil Borges has lived with and documented indigenous and tribal cultures around the world. Through his work, he strives to create a heightened understanding of the issues faced by people in the developing world.  

Phil shares his thoughts, his photography and his sensitivity to the plight of women in developing nations in this special guest commentary.

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As if you needed a reason to visit Portland's Blue Sky Gallery.  

During the month of June, the walls of the Blue Sky Gallery will showcase the extraordinary photography of Alejandro Cartagena and Christine Osinski.  Visit their exhibits, and then get up close and personal with the artists at their talk on Wednesday, June 2nd.

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Due to the many requests PMPN has received recently, we have added a section for selling your used traditional and digital photography equipment (hardware and software).  ITEMS FOR SALE, can be found in the Special Features pull-down menu.  The cost is FREE, and this new section will remain active as long as readers and members find it useful.  We have started modestly with the latest item a reader asked us to mention.  If you are one of the many readers who have made this request in the past, you are invited to send us your information by following the instructions in the ITEMS FOR SALE section.

As PMPN added new sections to better cover the photographic activities in the Pacific Northwest, our main menu that appears at the top of every page grew to become the dominant visual feature.  To us, this was a distraction from the photography content that visitors and members expected of PMPN.  So, we've added pull-down menus (shown above) to minimize the menu's real estate and provide our readers with quick access to any of our sections.  Readers can click on the main menu item or any of the sub-topics to easily navigate to the sections they are looking for.

The new menu structure will also allow PMPN to add new sections without cluttering or changing the size of our menu.  In addition, PMPN has always provided links within its stories to direct readers to other relevant internet sources.  Beginning this week, internet links that appear in any new story will open in a new window in your browser.  In that way, you will be able to follow the link and easily return to PMPN.  As always, we are anxious to hear from you.  If you have any comments or suggestions regarding our new menu structure, feel free to drop us an email with your thoughts.

It's that time again.  Newspace Center for Photography is accepting submissions for its 6th Annual Juried Exhibition.

Read PMPN's article for all the submission and exhibition details.

When a photographer friend asks you, "What's happened to archival processing?"  Tell them, archival processing is alive and well in the great Pacific Northwest -- naturally.  Two more workshops have been announced for those photographic purists who are seeking the very best in photographic archival processing instruction.

Russell Dodd lectures at Washington State University, Vancouver Campus

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Rich Bergeman's "Platinum/Palladium Printing 101" and Russell Dodd's "Modern Photogravure Process" workshops coming to our community.

If you live in the Pacific Northwest and are a flower fanatic, your time is near.  It's time for our area to come into full bloom.  Capturing this visual bombardment of color and floral diversity is a lifelong passion for many photographers.  If this is the year you begin serious flower photography, here's a tip that will give your images a professional edge.

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© Mary Ellen Mark

This workshop is a special opportunity to work with renowned documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark. The weekend will include in-depth reviews of student work and open discussions about photography and the creative process. Throughout, Mary Ellen will candidly discuss the importance of creating emotionally powerful work that truly expresses the photographer's intent and vision.

Mary Ellen will also discuss her own work and process, as she guides students to develop a clear personal perspective in their own work. On Sunday afternoon, class will break for a shooting session at a local street festival, where students will have a chance to put lessons into practice individually. Following the workshop, students will send contact sheets from the festival shoot to Mary Ellen in New York for feedback and review.

Students should bring cameras and 20 - 30 prints for review. Register for this workshop by July 14th.
 
Mary Ellen Mark has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial work. She has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair. For over four decades, she has traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Today, she is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers. Her images of our world's diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. Her portrayals of Mother Teresa, Indian circuses, and brothels in Bombay were the product of many years of work in India. A photo essay on runaway children in Seattle became the basis of the Academy Award nominated film Streetwise, directed by her husband, Martin Bell.

Her recent book and exhibition, Extraordinary Child, were commissioned by The National Museum of Iceland. The work features photographs of children at schools for the disabled in Reykjavik. Mark was presented with the Cornell Capa Award by the International Center of Photography in 2001. She has also received the Infinity Award for Journalism, a Hasselblad Foundation grant, an Annenberg grant, and a Guggenheim Fellowship as well as many other notable awards. She has published sixteen books and exhibits worldwide.
 

 You're in for a treat.  And, it's all courtesy of PMPN Member, Harald Johnson.  There's a new internet game in town called Phoozl.  What makes Phoozl special is its audience -- us!  Phoozl is a game site designed specifically for photographers of all skill levels and ages.

Ever wonder what your Photo IQ might be?  Well, there's a game on Phoozl that will answer that question.

How about testing your knowledge of photographic locations around the world?  Phoozl has a game that will test your photographic memory (Where Are We?).

Other games on Phoozl test your face recognition abilities (Face Match), send you out into the wild on specific photo assignments (Get the Shot!) and evaluate your eyes' discriminating capabilities (Differenz).

The entire site is the brain child of PMPN member Harald Johnson (with a little help from some close friends).  Harald is not only a member, but he is also a judge in PMPN's Monthly Members' Photo Contest, a frequent PMPN Guest Commentator and author of Digital Photography Printing books (Mastering Digital Printing series) that have become industry icons.  (PMPN will be interviewing Harald about his obsession with the letters "ph", the inspiration for Phoozl and his site building experience in an upcoming article.  So, more to follow.)

Phoozl's Home Page

Phoozl is the culmination of almost 2 years of tireless concept, design, and website and game development for Harald and his contributors and partners.  And, it's just been released to the world as a "public beta."  Harald is giving PMPN readers a "sneak peak, first look" at Phoozl and seeking your input.  Everything on Phoozl is fair game.  Try every game, every link, the sign up process -- everything. (but see Firefox note below)

Jot down your thoughts as you navigate through the site and play the Phoozl games and challenges.  Then, submit your feedback directly to Harald by clicking on this link: http://www.phoozl.com/index.php?loadpage=contact.php

For an even fuller experience, Sign Up on Phoozl and leave blog comments and game reviews and ratings. Become an official "Phoozleer" and Beta Tester to assist Harald in making this photographic game site a worldwide hit!

Here's some information to get you started and the type of feedback that would be most helpful to Harald.

• For now, the site works best with Firefox browser.  Other browsers will be optimized soon so you may experience occasional hiccups -- but that's OK.  Harald wants to hear about your experiences (good and bad) regardless of your browser.  He's working hard to ensure that the Phoozl experience is the same on all platforms and browsers.
• Tell Harald the browser you are using
• Tell Harald the computer and operating system you are using (and Flash Player version, if you know it – Flash is required, sorry iPad users; Apple chose to skip the world's more popular gaming format!)
• Tell Harald if any of the games are too easy or too hard
• Tell Harald if you had phun
• And, any other thoughts that you think might improve Phoozl's gaming experience

Do not include your Social Security Number, driver's license number, bank account numbers, copy of your passport, home phone, shoe size or the names of your children/grandchildren.  (In Phoozleze, that's supposed to be phunny.)

And phinally, here's the link to Phoozl.  Enjoy, and tell all your friends, "I heard about Phoozl in PMPN".

The Portland Metro Photographic News is proud to support the educational mission of the Photographers' Education Group (PEG).

Located in Portland, Oregon, The Photographers' Education Group (PEG) is a non-profit organization with the mission of providing education in fine art photography for photographers, collectors and educators. A major focus of PEG is to build an interest in young photographers and to support them with educational opportunities, equipment/supplies, contests and exhibitions of their photographic work.

PEG - spearheaded by Robert Brummitt -- is also heavily involved with other non-profit organizations to provide photographic services and support that helps these organizations achieve their worthwhile goals.  Most recently these organizations have included a Native American group to document the history of the Grand Ronde tribe and the Shriner's Hospital to provide photography for their Grand Re-Opening.

A direct link to PEG Workshops has been permanently added to PMPN's menu above.  Visit their page often to keep abreast of the latest photographic workshop offerings, educational projects and information on how you can play a part in PEG's mission..

It's that time again.  The winners of the Spring 2010 Juried Student Exhibition have been announced.  The 22 selected images represent the best work of these aspiring University of Portland student photographers.  PMPN proudly shares these images and congratulates all the winners as they strive to build their photographic careers.

Click here to experience the imagery of tomorrow's photographers.

PMPN offers space in our virtual on-line Student Gallery at no charge to photography teachers and their students throughout Oregon and Washington.

Best of Show Photograph by Anne Carey.

It's back!  The next generation of Polaroid film is now available.  For all of those Polaroid aficionados who's photographic lives were cut short with the closing of the last of Edward Land's Polaroid factories, arise and rejoice.  From a recycled Polaroid Plant in the Netherlands, three entrepreneurs and a world-class technical team comes a new line of instant films for SX-70 and Polaroid 600 cameras.

You might think that the re-invention of the classic Polaroid film is impossible.

You wouldn't be alone.  Even the founders of the business had their moments of doubt and hence the company's name: The Impossible Project.

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Polaroid picture from the Impossible Collection

Saturday was a big day for Apple as the iPad made it worldwide debut.  What does this new computing device mean for photographers?

 Our Editor has a few thoughts on the impact this technology could have on the daily lives and businesses of professional photographers.

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Marie Antoinette’s Head. Jim Riswold. Color digital print on Museo Silver Rag. 46 x 30 in. Courtesy of Brian Garcia and Kirsten Heinz.

 The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art will open a new exhibition featuring the photography of Jim Riswold, the former creative director at the Portland, Ore. based advertising agency, Wieden+Kennedy.  
 
The exhibition, “Marie Antoinette’s Head and Others,” features portraits that explore historical, political and art world notables. Riswold’s particular cast of characters is linked by their personal mythologies.
 
“Marie Antoinette’s Head and Others” demonstrates the difference between Riswold’s portraits and traditional portraiture. Many of the subjects featured in the photographs are deceased, and the pictures satirize the subjects. While Riswold acknowledges the role of myth creation through portraiture, he serves it to the viewer with a large portion of cleverness and humor. Many of his works make fun of notorious historical figures, such as Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, by constructing monumental settings in which the figurines are photographed. The exhibition includes the work “Marie Antoinette’s Head” from a series created on Marie Antoinette and her fatal finale.
 
Riswold’s photographs have been shown in galleries throughout the Northwest and are in the permanent collections of several museums in the region, including Seattle Art Museum and Portland Art Museum.  
 
Riswold, born in 1957 in Seattle, Wash., was the creative director for Wieden+Kennedy for 22 years and an instructor for the agency’s experimental advertising school, WK12. After being diagnosed with leukemia in 2000, he quit advertising in 2006 to become a full-time artist and photographer, going from, as he describes it, “a career of selling people things they don’t need to making things that people don’t want.”
 
In his 14 years at Wieden+Kennedy, Riswold created some of Nike’s most famous ad campaigns, including “Spike and Mike” (1991), “Bo Knows” (1989), and Charles Barkley’s “I Am Not a Role Model” (1993)

Jim Riswold

“Marie Antoinette’s Head and Others"
 
March 30 - September 5, 2010
 
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
University of Oregon campus
1430 Johnson Lane
Eugene, Oregon
Museum hours:
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Sundays.
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for senior citizens.
Free admission is given to ages 18 and under, JSMA members, college students with ID, and University of Oregon faculty, staff and students.
For information, contact the JSMA, (541) 346-3027

The University of Oregon is bringing the Polaroid Portraits of Andy Warhol and Gus Van Sant to The Jordon Schnitzer Museum of Art.  Make the short drive to Eugene between May 16th and September 5th to experience the Polaroid's that served as the interim process of their art.

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Photograph: Andy Warhol, American, Debbie Harry, 1980
Polacolor Type 108
Jordan Schniter Museum of Art, a Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts 2008:9.10
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

What is the density range of a "good" photograph?  PMPN's Editor comments on the frequently offered advice that a "good" photograph must contain a full range of densities -- from pure white to pure black.

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 A Public Service Announcement by the Portland Metro Photographic News

You know you're addicted to photography when:

1. You try to color calibrate you HDTV.
2. You confuse door stops and f/stops.
3. You forget your car keys and your wife, but not your camera.
4. Your 16 gig memory card always says "memory full".
5. You view the world in DX or FX format.
6. You buy new eye glasses, and ask for a pair with interchangeable lenses.
7. Your five year old daughter asks Santa for a camera, and you buy her a Canon 5D Mark II.
8. You surprise your non-photographic spouse with a week at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops as a 25th wedding anniversary gift.
9. You ask your doctor for a histogram.
10. You believe the second and sixth Presidents of the United States were Ansel Adams.
11. You're in a gourmet restaurant and send your steak back for more saturation.
12. You put copyright notices on your daughter's birthday party pictures.
13. Your Facebook photo album documents the life and times of the common housefly.
14. Your tripod is included in your will.
15. Your local camera shop refers to you as "a major corporate investor".

If you have additional "signs of photographic addiction" to add to PMPN's list, send them to us in an email.

Here's two more symptoms provided by a loyal PMPN reader, Amanda:

• You are enjoying a beautiful hike, and you think to yourself, "I need to add +3 magenta."
• You drive past a dumpster covered with graffiti and log it into your mind for a future photo shoot.

Portland's own Don Jacobson is our spring masthead photo contest winner.  His backlit image of a springtime beauty, Plum Blossoms, eloquently captures one of those pieces of "eye candy" that delights photographers every spring in the Pacific Northwest.

Congratulations Don.  Your picture will welcome readers of PMPN until the winner of our Summer Masthead Photo Contest winner is announced.  You will also be the proud owner of a "Composer" from Lensbaby.  Be sure to visit Don's site to see more of his photography.

It's time to start thinking SUMMER.  PMPN is now accepting submission to our Summer Masthead Photo Contest.  Details for entering the masthead contest can be found in PMPN's Members' Lounge. 

This opportunity is so unusual and photographically intriguing that we couldn't decide if it belonged in the Photo Education or Special Happenings sections of PMPN.  We finally decided it deserved the title of Special Photo Educational Happening and brought it to our front page.

Oregon's Janis Miglavs is organizing a tour of the wine lands of China and a rare opportunity for photographers of all skill levels.  If you've ever considered visiting China, you couldn't pick a better time or a more knowledgeable wine expert and photographic guide than Janis Miglavs.

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Joel Meyerowitz provides PMPN readers with a rare glimpse into a creative process that has evolved over the years to place his photographic art among the most collectible works of the 20th and 21st century. This renown, New York-based, "street photographer" enjoys an intimacy with his craft and his environment that instinctively tells him "when and where".

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Joseph Cartright is a friend and an acclaimed New York City-based photographer specializing in Beauty, Fashion and Lifestyle Photography. Joseph has been at the forefront of digital photography since its inception in the late 80s.

When can a photographer be satisfied with his/her work?

Joseph crafts some of the most unusual, imaginative and inspired works of photographic art. But when does he find satisfaction in his art.

Joseph shares his thoughts on Being Satisfied and provides PMPN readers some stunning imagery.

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© Joseph Cartright

Tiny bubbles may be the solution for absolutely verifying the authenticity of a photographic print.  ARTtrust has announced an identification system at this year's PMA Convention that provides indisputable proof of a photograph's history and authenticity.  As DNA is to forensics, ARTtrust's Bubble Tags promise a similar level of legal identification.

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The internet is full of ads declaring the necessity of owning a high-end digital camera to achieve photographic bliss. It's a trap that's easy to fall into -- an expensive trap.  But what is the essential tool that students of photography should value most.

Long-time friend, admired instructor and "overtly political" photographer, Steven Katzman, brings his thoughts on "what's really important" to PMPN readers.

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 PMPN's guest commentator, Jon Canfield is a photographer, instructor, writer and friend with a love of nature, macro, and landscape subjects. He is a frequent contributor to PC Photo, Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo Pro, and Shutterbug magazines where he writes on a variety of subjects, particularly in the digital output area.

Jon shares his love of the black and white image and how it continues to call to him and shape his photography in this age of the color digital image.

As a prolific writer on digital output, Jon is in the unique position of understanding the potential of modern digital photographic printers for producing stunning, museum-quality black and white images.

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© Jon Canfield

One of the Pacific Northwest's most sought after workshop instructors, Steve Anchell, contributes his technical thoughts and considerable expertise on the topic of accurate color balance in professional photography.  If you're looking to gain an understanding of the best professional practices for achieving accurate color balance in a studio environment, don't miss this illustrated educational article.

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Digital imaging has made it easy for photographers to scale pictures to virtually any dimensions.  But, as in the traditional darkroom, proportions rule.  Forcing an image to fit a final print size that is not proportional to the original image size will result in a distorted image.  PMPN offers this brief primer on proportions to take some of the mystery out of the topic for new photographers.

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 PMPN continues its series on local manufacturers of photo-related products with the story of onOne Software.  The company's family of innovative plug-ins for Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture are the world's benchmark for add-ons.  onOne's plug-ins provide powerful solutions to photographic imaging problems and creative tools to help photographers achieve their visions.

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 There's no shortage of Internet hosting services for sharing or selling your images.  PMPN has looked at many of the current providers by signing up for their services and going through the process of setting up the initial site.  Although many of the services were found to be acceptable, the clear winner in our evaluation was SmugMug.  Read more...

 
© Nate Mumford

Is 2010 the year you realize your dream of attending a photography workshop?  If so, it could be the inspirational event that changes your photographic life.  Selecting the workshop that best meets your photography goals is an important decision.  Long-time PMPN friend and Director of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Reid Callanan, offers some practical advice on making that important choice.

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Opening a DSLR camera box for the first time can be intimidating.  Learning all the controls and rules of composition can be nerve-wracking.  PMPN has composed a list of photo tips for beginners that will make the experience more enjoyable and those first pictures more rewarding.  Read more...

"From the Editor" takes a look at the numerous on-line debates that are attempting to determine just what Ansel Adams might have thought of today's digital imaging technologies.  And how he might or might not have used these non-traditional photographic advancements in his art.  But rather than add his own speculation, Editor Tom Hubbard asked the question of someone who can speak with a little more authority.  Read Tom's interview with Matthew Adams, who is not only Ansel's grandson but also the President of The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite.

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Photograph courtesy of The Ansel Adams Gallery.

Before you open pocketbook and part with those hard-earned dollars on your first DSLR, here's some advice and guidelines to help you make a choice that you and your billfold can live with.  Editor, Tom Hubbard, provides some helpful hints and a checklist for making that critical purchase.  Arming yourself with this information will take the uncertainty out of shopping for that first DSLR while making your trip to the camera shop more productive and enjoyable.

Portland is rich in photographic educational opportunities. If you're looking for a hands-on, classroom setting, be sure to check out the Photo Education section of this site.  From beginner to pro, there are classes throughout the area designed for your level of experience and interests.

If you're a "do-it-yourselfer", one of the nation's leading educational blog authors is located in the area and offers FREE educational instruction from this site.  Check out the many Hub's Photo Blogs shown in the right-hand sidebar of this page.

Planning a photographic excursion or family vacation to the great Northwest?  Then Portland and the surrounding area are sure to delight. Regardless of your photographic interests, you'll find a wealth of shooting opportunities within a 50 mile radius of Portland's city center.  Check out our Visitor's' Photo Guide for great photo ideas, tips and location recommendations.

The success of this Portland-dedicated Internet project, and the vitality of the businesses who have chosen to support your interest in the photographic art by becoming sponsors, rely on your active support.  Please take every opportunity to make your photo-related purchases from one of our many loyal sponsors.  Providing our financial support for these retailers, who have been reliable local sources for all our photographic needs for decades, is more important than ever during these sluggish economic times.