A great start to the 2011-2012 Season

We had a great start to our 2011-2012 season. This is our first season in our new meeting place at St. Andrew’s Church in Framingham.

At this meeting, three of our AA members who are also competition judges (Mike Roman, Mike Goodman, and Ed McGuirk) told us, from each of their perspectives, what camera club judges look for in competition images. Notes from each of the judges can be found in the Resources Section.

On Wednesday, October 5, members of BWPS were treated to the program "Environmental Portraits: From CEOs to Children", presented by Kathy Tarantola. Kathy discussed the details of planning a shoot when typically there’s no time for prior location scouting.

What is important is the ability to think on your feet and adapt to the situation as well as how to work with people to make them comfortable, and how to create flattering lighting given sometimes difficult situations. Showing examples of her portraits, Kathy went thru the details of how each was accomplished.

Creating an engaging portrait of a subject can be challenging, but when working in a subject’s own environment you can tell a story which you might not achieve in a studio.

We look forward to the Open Competition coming up on Wednesday, October 19th, with judge Gail Hansche-Godin.