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Vicki Wert is a Cleveland-based photographer with an eclectic background.  She is a lifelong classically-trained musician and also a retired Certified Public Accountant.  She is also passionate about the art of photography in spite of earning her living in other fields.  She has been involved in photography for more than 30 years, and after joining the Cleveland Photographic Society (CPS) 11 years ago, she became very serious in her pursuit of that art.  She has won numerous awards at CPS and has been honored to take part in many exhibitions in the Cleveland area.  She is also a Photoshop instructor at CPS and serves on the board of directors.  While enjoying most types of subject matter, Vicki particularly pursues landscape, wildlife, floral, and macro photography.

Our second quarter theme for 2021 is Ant’s Eye View

Members can submit up to two (2) monochrome and two (2) color photographs, no later than 8pm (PT) on the competition date. Submission instructions will be sent to members via email.

All submissions will be posted online within 3 days after entries close for members to vote. Winners will be announced at the second meeting of the following month.

Scoring

Members shall earn one (1) point for each print entered into the competition. Additional points shall be awarded to each division winning image as follows:

Three (3) points for each First Place winning image.

Two (2) points for each Second Place winning image.

One (1) point for each Third Place winning image.

Awards

At the end of each year, the member(s) with the highest number of points in the Monochrome division shall be awarded the Harris Wallace Perpetual Trophy. The member(s) with the highest number of points in the Color division shall be awarded the Pitt Warner Perpetual Trophy.

Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. First Wednesday Meetings are lectures, talks, discussions, or presentations.

This meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).

Darkroomers members will be sent Zoom log-in info via email. If you’d like to attend as a guest, please contact us so we can add you to the guest list.

Larry Vogel Presents: Photoshop Techniques, Real-Life Examples – Problems & Solutions

Larry has been holding monthly critique sessions for over thirty years. During these sessions, he has helped hundreds of photographers improve the quality of their photographs through group critiques and offering image processing solutions through Photoshop. 

Vogel has gathered thousands of “real-life” images from past critique participants. He will draw from this collection of photos as he leads the group through a series of before and after Real Life Examples, showing image problems and Photoshop solutions. This is guaranteed to satisfy both sides of the technical and aesthetic photographer.

Contact information:

• Web: www.lavogel.com
• Email: lavogelart@gmail.com