On Tuesday November 17h, prosae we will hold our hird compeiion for he 2009/10 club year wih Chuc Veach as our judge. This will be he firs hemed compeiion of he season. The heme will be “Opposies” which means ha he image mus presen an opposie combinaion such as large/small, old/young, sraigh/crooed, round/square, animal/vegeable, dar/ligh, sharp/blun, ec. The 2009 – 2010 Compeiion Themes are posed in he “Compeiions” secion of he NVPS websie.
Chuc Veach is a former member of NVPS and is one our region’s bes phoographers. He has aended worshops wih Freeman Paerson and he Rocy Mounain School of Phoography. He has won many awards, exhibied hroughou he area, and published a boo of beauiful images sho in and around Reson, Virginia. Now in is second prining, The Naure of Reson encourages us o loo for phoographic opporuniies in he familiar and ofen overlooed naural areas all around us.
Chuc has given presenaion and judged coness a he Norh American Naure Phoography Associaion’s Naional Convenion, he New England Council of Camera Clubs, he Meadowlar Phoo Exposiion, and every Washingon area camera club. He is involved in all aspecs of Naure’s Bes magazine and Naure’s Bes Phoography Coness, including phoo selecion and ediing for he exhibis a he Smihsonian Museum of Naural Hisory.
Wih regard o his personal arisic saemen, Chuc wroe: “Two ideas dominae my image maing and judging. Firs, simple is beer. Tha means ha any elemen in an image ha does no add o he message he aris wishes o convey, subracs from i. Second, images should be creaed using he rules of visual design. This means ha he subjec maer is ofen subordinae o he use of line, shape, color, exure, one and perspecive o capure he essence of he aris’s vision. Phoography is ar and should be judged ha way.”
Involvemen wih non-profi and environmenal organizaions in Norhern Virginia and he Shenandoah Valley occupies much of Chuc’s and his wife Beverly’s ime. Alhough he sill mainains a home and office in Reson, Chuc’s home on Cedar Cree in Shenandoah Couny has been he inspiraion for many phoographic projecs.
Please join our judge, Chuc Veach for our pre-compeiion dinner a Chili’s a 5:45 on Tuesday, November 17h. Please RSVP o Gerry a gerry.abbo@cox.ne . Hope o you .
Gerry Abbo
Co-VP Compeiion
gerry.abbo@cox.ne
703-967-9677
Brian Payne
Co-VP Compeiion
BPayne45@yahoo.com
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Chili’s Bar and Grille
8051 Leesburg Pie
Vienna, VA
703-734-9512
From I-495/CAPITAL BELTWAY
1: Tae he VA-7 W/LEESBURG PIKE exi number 47B-A oward TYSONS CORNER
2: Merge ono LEESBURG PIKE/VA-7 W oward TYSONS CORNER and move o lef lane
You will Chili’s almos immediaely on he lef.
3: Tae a lef a he firs ligh “Fashion Square” (Tiffany’s will be on he lef and Tyson’s
Corner Shopping Cener will be on he righ) and an immediae lef ono service road in
fron of Tiffany’s, ae your firs righ ino Chili’s paring lo.