Member Bios
Bill Vogel
My grandfather gave me a Brownie Hawkeye when I was a little guy in Brooklyn. I’ve taken pictures all my life but only got serious when I joined a local camera club . I still shoot film, both 35mm and 2 ¼,. My darkroom is active. Digitally I shoot Sony and use Photoshop & ON1 for PP. I do a lot of international travel so my focus is on travel and nature.
Kathleen Jablonski
My photography path began in 2013 when I took an introductory digital photography class at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and instantly fell in love with the craft. However, it was joining a local camera club two years ago that truly inspired me to dedicate more time to my art. While I enjoy exploring a variety of genres rather than specializing in just one, living on the North Carolina coast provides endless opportunities to capture the local wildlife. Mastering the challenge of keeping birds in flight sharply in focus is a constant pursuit, though I am equally drawn to the striking lines and repeating patterns found throughout nature.
Adi Ben-Senior
In 1987, I purchased my first camera, a Pentax K1000, and have been photographing ever since. I studied photography at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and later became a professional photographer in the navy. Over the years, I worked as a printer in photo labs and as a freelance photographer for nature magazines. My belief is simple: a good photograph needs no words. I keep my editing minimal and true to what I see -no cloning, no heavy manipulation, no layers. Only basic adjustments to contrast, brightness, and clarity. The 3:2 ratio is the original format of my camera, and it remains my only crop ratio. My work has been featured in multiple museum exhibitions, fine art galleries, private collections, and has received several prestigious international awards. I love both learning and teaching photography; for me, it is a lifelong journey. While my day job in engineering supported my path, in recent years my artistic focus has been primarily on Landscape, Travel, Street, and Fine Art photography.
You can see my work on: Flicker
John Nilsson
ABOUT JOHN NILSSON
I first flirted with photography in the dark ages of the 1970's when I received a job assignment when I was just out of college for a garment manufacturer with an office in Hong Kong. While there, I became enthralled with the beauty and excitement of the city and how inexpensively I could purchase Japanese camera equipment to record it. This photographic experience continued stateside on my return to Denver and I found I was never without a camera in hand.
In the 1980's I found myself with a career in real estate brokerage in Vail, Colorado and began taking photographs of my listings for submission to the new local Multi-list. I soon found myself with a terrific business photographing the listings of my fellow brokers. This challenged me to become proficient in all aspects of the photographic art including composition, lighting, and digital photo finishing. These skills were honed over the next 30 years.
Upon my move to Los Angeles, I formed OZ Images LA to carry on my professional photography practice which has grown to include Architectural, Designer, Landscape and Street Photography. I am a member/contributor to the Los Angeles Center of Photography. I am very active in The Sierra Club and am a past Chairman of the Angeles Chapter Camera Committee. In addition, I am the past editor and publisher of Focal Points Magazine - a publication dedicated to the exposure and promotion of nature and landscape photography and photographers throughout the US. A past issue of Focal Points is here:
https://issuu.com/johnnilsson9/docs/focal_points_20_11_final?fr=sOWJmMDIwMjUwNDY
Oz Images LA Website: http://ozimagesla.com
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Elsie Allen
As a hobbyist, I delight in visualizing, capturing, editing and printing images. Each phase is important to me. Although I have dabbled in photography since, college where I spent a reasonable amount of time with film, only recently have I felt compelled to bring more discipline to the art. The range and flexibility of digital photography has provided an excellent opportunity to reconnect with this art form following retirement.
Trees, landscapes and seascapes are my usual focus. But, I also enjoy capturing mundane images around the house, yard and anywhere as well as the occasional abstraction. To me, anything can be a subject if I visualize it correctly and the lighting is manageable.
Biography
Born in Connecticut, Elsie Allen is a retired physician who relocated to Decatur, Georgia from New Jersey in 2018. Juried exhibitions in which Elsie has presented her work include The Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey, Gallery 14 in Hopewell, New Jersey and the Downtown Gallery in Cartersville, GA. In 2013, she received a Photography Purchase Award from the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission.
Hanna Nevreva
My name is Hanna Nevreva and I'm originally from Ukraine, but I moved to the United States in 2023. I started my journey as a photographer in 2012. I love to shoot close-up photos of female beauty. In my work I use only natural light and try to show only true emotions.
Sheila Cornett
I have had a camera in my hands since I got a Brownie camera for Christmas when I was probably about 8 years old. My dad was a professional photographer, so photography has always been in my life.
I didn’t get serious about my photography until about five years ago when I joined a camera club and started taking photography classes at the local college, which I still continue. I look forward to growing
and learning more about monochrome photography.