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Dick States
Dick is a horticulturist, retired educator of 35 years teaching horticulture, and published author of educational slide series for The Ohio State University. I purchased my first camera in 1973. It was a used Nikon and several used lens. The one lens was a Nikon 55mm macro lens. I had just started teaching horticulture and required my students to learn to identify many different trees and shrubs. I had a problem; no slide series. In those days, to teach, plant ID, you had to have slides. That's when I started taking and putting together my own slide series, which was published, and that started my love for macro and close-up photography. Dick was state winner in Cameras in the Curriculum sponsored by Kodak and the Ohio Education Association. He has won many awards in photography and has more than 50 covers on the Buckeye the publication for the Nursery and Landscape Association. His specialty is close-up (macro) flower photography. He has received four gold medals from PSA as a member of the Warren Photographic Society.
Barbara Asacker
Greetings,
I live in Massachusetts and am a member of a local camera club. I enjoyed taking photos for many years. My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic. However, I always shot on auto mode. In 2016 I joined a camera club, and learned how to properly use my camera. It opened up a new world of photography. My learning journey began and continues.
I shoot with a Nikon D500, Nikon D850, and Nikon Z6 ll.
Diana Duffey
I am a retired first grade teacher. I enjoy knitting, reading, working in my garden, and traveling with my husband.
After I retired, I decided to add photography to my list of hobbies. I didn’t realize how little I knew about photography... I purchased a Canon Rebel 4ti, a Tamron 18-270 mm lens and a Marco EF 100 mm lens and I joined a camera club. I enjoy taking pictures of my grandchildren, nature and pictures when we travel. l am learning how to use Lightroom and Photoshop. I am looking forward to being part of this PSA Study Group.
Linda Johnson
I live in Virginia and work at a non-profit organization. I recently picked back up photography as a hobby and enjoy taking pictures of landscapes, nature and my family. I was always taking photos of something, but it was always a point and shoot, with not much thought given to the subject or composition. I bought a Canon Rebel T7 and am learning more about Lightroom and editing which is not something I have done before. I joined PSA and am seeking camera clubs in my area.
David Terao
After a 40-year career in the commercial nuclear power industry, I retired from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2014 and currently reside in Silver Spring, Maryland. I first became seriously interested in photography in 1975 when I purchased an Olympus OM-1 camera, shot Tri-X black-and-white film, developed the film myself, and made prints in my darkroom. I currently use a Canon full-frame digital camera and also use a micro-four-thirds system for travel. My post-processing includes the use of Lightroom, Photoshop, and several plug-ins. For subjects, I have no particular specialty, but I do favor landscapes, cityscapes, macro, wildlife, abstracts, and architecture. I have difficulty with portraits and street photography, but still keep trying.
Maria Mazo, PPSA
Maribi Mazo is a Spanish born self- taught photographer based in Sydney, Australia since 2012.
I started my photographic journey when our family moved to Australia.
My greatest passion lies in seeing and capturing the beauty of Nature through my
photography. Flowers and Animals are my favourite subjects.
The curiosity for finding the detail keeps me in a process of constant learning and
exploration of the creative side of the photography.
Active member of two local Camera Clubs, I recently joined the Australia Photography Society (APS) and the Photography Society of America (PSA).
Shirley Ward, FPSA, EPSA
My love of photography really began with my first slide camera (Argus C3, which I still have) in 1952. However, I was forced into the digital world about 5 years ago, "a’kicking and a’screaming" when slide processing became too expensive…. A Nikon D200 was the transition.
With photoshop (Elements) I learned how to correct/improve images and to create entirely new ones. Creativity is my passion… taking the simple and ordinary and making it totally different. Macro is another real challenge, but my Panasonic Lumis camera does a fantastic job. I rarely use my D200 as it has become too heavy to hold, except on a tripod…
I have given a number of workshops at the PSA conferences, including print etching (which was on the cover of the Journal in 2002) and the techniques of Color Key, also an article in the Journal. I have also presented many slide and digital programs at the conferences and PSA Chapter meetings, everything from Travel, Creative, to Street ART 101 in San Francisco. I have traveled to 51 countries getting some very unusual and award winning images… Displayed on a wall are 31 Best of Show ribbons from our District Fair along with 11 PSA Best of Show medals.
I received my APSA in 2001, the FPSA in 2007, and the EPSA in 2012, with 5 stars in Color, Nature, and prints, 4 in Travel, one in Photojournalism. I have chaired the San Joaquin Valley Int. Ex. since 2001. I have held a number of offices and/or directors in the Color Division of PSA, including Secretary, Editor, the Portrait Contest, the Photo Essay Contest (for 10 years) and am currently the Travel Aide Service Director for the Travel Division. I have judged clubs and the Internationals (Color and Travel) for over 30 years. A number of my images have been shown in PSA’s Gallery of Nations, some creative, some travel, some just color…
I really love sharing new ideas and techniques with others and helping them become better photographers. I look forward to the constructive comments on my images…some you will like, and others you may not, but that is the learning process….