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Melissa Cramer Sonnen
Melissa still uses her 1972 Minolta camera that started a life-long journey. She has been through the darkroom, film, slide, digital and finally mirrorless phases of photography, and is still amazed by what can be done with a camera. She joined PSA in 1978, which has continuously improved her photography. She is an active competitor, teacher, judge, presenter and worker for many photo clubs. She recently retired from the Gulf Region Membership Directorship, the Who's Who in Photography Chairmanship, the Arkansas Youth Showcase rep. position, and the Administator job for DDG-74, so she could accept the Publications VP position. She is also Competition Chairman and co-founder of National Park Photography Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas, a member of the Hot Springs Village Camera Club, the Photographic Society of NW Arkansas, the Huntsville Photographic Society (Alabama) and the Texas Professional Photographers Association.
Trevor Harvey
My name is Trevor Harvey. I am 55 and live in Northern Ireland. I’ve been taking photos for about 40 years and have been a camera club member for about 30 years.
I am an IT contractor and photography is my main hobby. I have started entering exhibitions on a regular basis and am having varying degrees of success.
I am looking for critique and any guidance on how to improve my photos and take/process images for exhibitions.
Ed Palaszynski
Ed is past President of the Gaithersburg Camera Club and has served in several Board positions. He is a member of the Maryland Federation of Art, Nature First, PSA and is a MPA Certified Judge. He has developed and taught numerous photography classes at Montgomery College and workshops for individuals and clients of Mac Business Solutions and Capital Photography.
Ed's photographic journey has taken him into the areas of historical documentation, architecture, motor sports, nature and fine art photography. Ed's images have appeared and placed in national juried shows that include the Circle Gallery in Annapolis, Photoworks, Washington Art Works, Delaplaine Arts Center and the Allegeny Arts Council. He is a Gaithersburg Camera Club Grand Master and his images have been used for online and print publications. Website: https://edpalphotography.photoshelter.com/index#!/index
Ed Taje
I started in my teens using Kodak Brownie camera’s more to get snapshots of things I was doing and general family events. In the late sixties I purchased a 35mm SLR and started with scenery pictures, family and various local events. With darkroom I developed black and white, along with ecktachrome ( E6) slide film, including printing the slides with Cibachrome. Work changes moving and travel resulted in a time away from continuing the learning process and not much was done with photography for about 20 years. During this period I as a work requirement was only taking robot images as they may have related to work requirements. After retirement along with my spouse I joined the Cowichan Valley Camera Club in the fall of 2018, and restarted with new digital equipment. At present I enjoy landscape particularly, but participation in the Camera Club has contributed to an increase interest in other forms and processes. I do very little editing , using Lightroom, Photoshop (which I have just started using), the Nic Collection, and two Topaz programs. I am working on expanding my knowledge of post processing. One project I have started is to scan my slides and negatives from the past to redo old film images. I have take the PSA Photo Analysis course, the CAPA (Canadian Association of Photographic Arts Judging course, and am enrolled in the History of Photography course through PSA. Currently, I am the President of the Cowichan Valley Camera Club.
Stacey Pearson
I'm a cultural/documentary photographer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, practicing since early 2019. I love shooting street, urban, landscape, and live music scenes - mostly in black and white. Great photographs capture what can't be put into words, so when I make an image, I hope to seize upon those fleeting passionate moments, those raw emotions made visible when all the colors are stripped away. A camera helps an introvert like me meet the kindest people, and my ride-or-die camera is a monochrome-dedicated manual focus Leica that I use to give my work a little blur and movement, visceral, sensory compositions that tell a story and reflect life's speed - and imperfections.
You can see my work on: Instagram and Facebook
Haru Nagasaki
My interest in photography started at the same timing of moving to Salt Lake City from Japan in 1998. I was so impressed with the colors of rock formations when the sun (sun set/sun rise) hit the object in national parks. Since then, landscapes became my key interest.
I am also influenced by Ansel Adams. My theme is to show lights and shadow and gradation of colors effectively in B&W.
As for my equipment, I recently switched to Nikon D850 from D700. I am using 3 lenses; 1. 14-24mm, 2. 24-70mm, and 3. 70-200mm telescope lens. I have mostly shot with #2 lens, and started wide lens, #1 last month.
I use Photoshop to brush up images.