DC Photo

Open Call – Street Photography Exhibition

Matt Dunn Photo From Snowamaggedon to Sizzling Summer Heat We took a walk for a few minutes together. The street became his photographs. Bruce Davidson on Henri Cartier-Bresson There are things hidden for all the world until photographed. - Craig Coverdale You are invited to submit your work for the Urban Landscape and Street Photography Show! In order to continue developing our exhibition program, we now announce a new open call each month. It’s an excellent chance to get your photography out there, as well as network with other people involved in DC arts’ scene. Inspired by the changing urban landscape of our capital, the rebirth of such neighborhoods as U St. and H St., we decided to ask local photographers to pull out the images that reflect this transformation. Reportage, street portraits, social documentary, abstract cityscape – all genres are welcomed! Work will be evaluated based both on creative and technical ability. Opening weekend: July 30th - August 1st Reception: July 30th, 7 pm to 10 pm Submission Guidelines Deadline: July 19th The call is opened to all legal residents of Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia, 18 years and older. Please send up to 5 images (jpeg, 1200 pixels x 1200 pixels max) to info@dcphotocoop.com along with the titles and your contact info (name, address, e-mail, phone number). There is no submission fee. If chosen, you will be asked to upload the original file to our server. Please, keep in mind that your image should be at least 16×20 inches at 300 ppi but no larger than 40×50 inches at 300 ppi. Due to the limited time frame, Carriage House stuff will handle all printing and installation. We do not accept any mail-in submissions. You will be charged the regular rate for printing at our brand new Epson 9900, with your choice of paper (for example, $40 for a 20”x30” photograph). After the show is over, you can keep the print! If you can’t pick it up, we will mail it to you within two weeks (the artist pays shipping charges). In the future, we plan to produce a catalog and highlight the selected images at our website. If you are selected for this or any other upcoming shows within the next three months, you will get a chance to compete for a place in “the best of the best” DC Foto Week gallery show at the Carriage House in November, 2010. All work will be judged by the current members of DC Photo Cooperative and Carriage House staff and invited jurors.  To inquire about facilities, equipment, studio rentals and membership, please send a letter of interest to info@dcphotocoop.com Carriage House Photo Studio and Gallery 1327 Naylor Court NW, Washington, DC 20001 info@dcphotocoop.com

We hosted another fashion photography workshop/photoshoot/tutorial today with  Bo Zhang of www.boandbro.com.

With this workshop, Bo went through the fundamentals of on set photoshoot preparation including (learning makeup, interacting with models etc), to types of fashion photography, and then on to the marketing side of fashion photography including your book/website/promo cards/business cards etc.

Then we roared off shooting.  We had two studios set up in side shooting with studio lighting and then a bit of natural lighting and then shot outside as well.  Quite a lot to cover.  here are a couple shots Bo took.   Bo will also be hosting Creative Lighting Workshop II soon as well, sign up here.

You can see more photos by other photogs here.

(c) bo and bro LLC | Bo Zhang

(c) bo and bro LLC | Bo Zhang

We’ve been rather busy this past month with the addition of a new printer and a few more workshops and summer events to boot.

One of the main events we hosted was our fashion photography workshop/photoshoot/tutorial.  Bo Zhang of www.boandbro.com hosted the workshop with Kim Gray giving a makeup artists view on fashion photography.

We were able to set up two indoor photostudios in Studio B, one for headshots, the other for full length fashion.  The workshop was open to 10 photographers  and we had 2 professional models Diana and Emoni.   The workshop was set up so that we were able to switch between the stations, models and really use and experiment various styles of lighting.   Here are a few quick snaps from the workshop.  Be on the look out for future fashion workshops, such as one on the 16th…sign up here.

(c) www.boandbro.com | bo zhang

(c) www.boandbro.com | bo zhang

(c) www.boandbro.com | bo zhang

Wednesday (April 14th): 7pm to 10pm

As a photographer you can increase your profit from a wedding, portrait assignment, model portfolio or fine art print by printing the work yourself and increasing the scale and size…

To offer this possiblity to members of the Carriage House Studio and Gallery, we now have on-line a brand new state of the art Epson 9900 wide carriage (44″) printer. The printer will produce photographic (or reproductions of paintings – glicee) in life size, or to full wall size! As you have seen in high end galleries, these large images sell for $1,000 or more… Of course we also continue to offer the Epson 3800 19″ printer for smaller size requirements (model or actor’s portfolios…)

With the top of line papers now available from Hahnemuehle, Ilford, and Crane Museo, you
can now offer you images to clients with the same archival quality used at the Corcoran Gallery and photographers such as Annie Leibovitz!

To keep the cost of printing attractive, and learn how to price and use this printing to maximum benefit, we have an experienced professional printer (Ashleigh) who will be providing instructional classes on how to use the printer.

Workshop Program:

The workshop is designed to teach you what you need to know to set up and operate a digital printer for your clients in wedding, portrait or fine art photography.

Completion of the workshop is a requirement to be able to use the on-site printers.

Topic covered include:

- Sizing, budgeting and pricing your prints for profit

- Profiling and preparing files for printing

- Choices of papers and other medium for printing

- Working with a master printer

- Operation and maintenance of the printer

- Participants should bring an image of their own on USB or disc to do a sample print.

Instruction will be with Epson 3880 and 9900 printers, capable of producing life size prints ( 3 ft by 5 ft / 4 ft by 6 ft, or custom dimensions).

Cost: $25 for workshop plus $10 materials fee.

Workshop Limited to 10 participants



March was a great month as we had two firsts at the Carriage House!

At the beginning of the month, the studio was rented by the Washingtonian Magazine to do the fashion shoot for a story on men’s fashion and suits, so that a number of local celebrities visited the studio (Devon McTavish – DC United, Howard Yoon – literary agent, Jay Hutchins – Executive Director Professional Liscencing Boards,  Tony Reali – Host ESPN’s Around the Horn, Peter Cherukuri – General Manager Huffington Post, Christopher Boutlier – Interior Designer.   You can see images from the shoot at the following link:

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/shopping/15306.html

We also hosted a genuine New Orleans Burlesque review with dancer/mode Zoya Pepel at our monthly Open House – as one of the the photographers present commented – “What are you going to do to top this!” Zoya was in such demand she is returning to Washington DC from June 8 to 12th, and is booking shoots (zoyapepel@gmail.com) at the studio for the very reasonable rate of $95/hr, which includes the use of the studio. You can see Zoya’s portfolio at One Model Place – http://www.onemodelplace.com/member.cfm?ID=403904.

Just a note to all that Charles Butler’s Fashion Photography Workshop is this Sunday, from 3 – 8.  You will have a great opportunity to learn from Charles about the in’s and out’s of shooting fashion, business aspects, and of course, shoot two beautiful models (Evgenia and Bethany) in full wardrobe, makup and with a hair stylist.  Please go to the Carriage House Studio meetup.com site to RSVP if you are interested in attending.

Title:  Advanced Creative Lighting Workshop 2.0 hosted by Bo Zhang (www.boandbro.com)

Subtitle:   Part 2:  Introduction to Soft Light and modifiers

Required Prerequisite:  Fundamental knowledge or experience shooting in a studio environment

Recommended Prerequisite: Advanced Creative Lighting Workshop 1.0

Contents:

1. Diffused lighting- introuction

1.1.  Diffused lighting with hard light

1.2.  Diffusion layers

2.  Umbrella- introduction

2.1  Bouncing

2.2  Shooting Through

2.3  Colour (silver/gold/white)

2.4   Size

2.5   Creative uses

3.  Softboxes- introduction

3.1 small vs big

3.2 layers of diffusion

3.3 Creative uses

This is the 2nd part of a series of advanced creative lighting workshops to be hosted by Bo Zhang, published fashion photographer based in the DC metropolitan area.  The lighting techniques will be based around fashion/portraiture lighting.  Furture workshops in the  Advanced Creative Lighting Workshop series will include other types of light modifiers, light sources, indoor outdoor lighting techniques.

Are you passionate about photography and/or dance? If so, come join us this Friday night as we hold a benefit for the Red Cross Relief Fund at the Carriage House Studio and Gallery.

We are inviting dancers, musicians, photographers, and other artists to come to this event to support the relief efforts to support this country and its people.

(c) haitiphotos.com

We will feature Haitian music (troubadour, reggae, all types) contributed by our members some of who have visited Haiti, or in some cases have family there. If you know Haitian music, you will understand why we want to have a dance jam session!

We are looking for solo, improvisational dancers, professional or amateur to participate. We will have music and theater/photographic lights set up for photographers to capture the moment!

In addition to our regular Open House activities (see below) we will have a brief presentation on Haitian photography.

The first hour (7 -8) we will have our regular monthly update including:

- social networking with other creatives (photographers, make up artists, models, etc…)

- update on future studio workshops and gallery activities

Starting at 8 we will get the music, dance and photography going…

For those that are interested, the upstairs studio (with internet and monitor), will be open for those who are interested in participating in a portfolio critique.

Light refreshments will be provided. Contributions of food and drink are welcome!

Please RSVP at info@dcphotocoop.com to be put on the guest list. You must be 21 to attend this event.

Our next workshop will be a full length fashion workshop, featuring instruction by fashion/beauty photographers from the Carriage House Studio, wardrobe and design by Booshie,  models from the IM agency, and make up artists.

Photographers

Charles Butler
www.charlesbutlerphotography.com

John Lyons
www.jlyonsphotography.com

Bo Zang
www.boandbro.com

Models provided by Cici Carmen
www.modelmayhem.com/285764

There will be lecure, instruction and shooting at the workshop, so that participants will have a full blown fashion photogaphy experience by the end of the event!

Agenda and Topics:
1. The business of Fashion Photography in the DMV.
-Finding Clients
-When to Time for Print (TFP)
-Delivering media

2.  Finding Models, MUAs, and Hairstylists and building a team
-Modeling Websites
-Testing Makeup and Hair
-Working with a stylist

3. Creating a concept

4. Lighting for effect
-Basic Lighting
-Catalog Lighting
-Lighting for emotion
-Lighting for post production

5. The Shoot
-Rules of thumb
-Getting the most from your model
-Posing and Angles
-Lens Choice

6. Wrap up and Q and A

7. Time to Shoot – Workshop attendees will have an opportunity to implement the techniques they have learned and shoot live models.

For more information on the Open House during the week, including updated schedule, and information about models, etc..
check www.meetup.com at:

http://www.meetup.com/The-Carriage-House-StudioCarriage-House-Studio

IMPORTANT:

As always, this will be a private event, and you must RSVP to be on the guest list.

We will limit the guest list to 12 Photographers

Light refreshments w ill be available.  You are also welcome to bring food or a beverage of your choice!

Fees: There is a fee of $95 per person for paid members of the DC Photo Coop, and $125 per person for non-members. (Membership is $50 per quarter and includes discounts on all workshops. We prefer you make payments through the Pay Pal link below. Payments will also be accepted at the door if IF you are on the RSVP list.

Please bring your identification as you must be over the age of 18 to attend this event.

For more information, contact:

Charles Butler Photography
www.charlesbutlerphotography.com
240-515-4291

THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED! Here’s one of then, in the Category of Best Technical Image…  Wait until you see what won the Category of Best Concept and Best Fashion Image!  Wonderful work by the photographers who submitted work.

Event: DC Fotoweek Fashion Photography Exhibit

Date and Time: Opening Night Reception - MONDAY November 9th at 7:00 pm / Exhibit in Gallery through December 18, 2009

Venue: The Carriage House Studio and Gallery

Jurors: Fashion Journalist, Digital Artist Fashion Photography, Boutique Owner, Gallery Curator

The Carriage House Studio and Gallery presents a Fashion Photography Exhibit @ DC Fotoweek 2009, the first juried photography competition and exhibition featuring the work of professional and emerging photographers, working and/or living in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Winning entries have been selected based on three criteria: (a) creative fashion concept; (b) use of technical elements of composition and lighting and (c) best overall fashion design and model image.

Jurors were:

National:  Li Jing, NYC TV Fashion Journalist  (http://lijing.tumblr.com) and

Mandy Strong, Miami Fashion Photography Digital Artist and Photographer (www.mandystrong.net)

Local: Analena Graham, Owner Dascha Boutique (www.daschaboudoirboutique.com) and  Mike Kellog, Photography Gallery Owner (www.bellaphotoart.com)

Congratulations to the winners of the competition:

Charles Butler (www.charlesbutlerphotography.com)

John Lyons (www.jlyonsphotography.com)

Raju Singh (http://rajusingh.30art.com)

Vadim Zagorodniy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeelight/sets)

Bo Zang (www.boandbro.com)

Please join us to share an appreciation of this talented group of photographers work!

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP: If you are interested in attending the Fashion Workshop on TUESDAY, Nov. 10th at the Studio (5 to 10pm), please go to  http://www.meetup.com/The-Carriage-House-Studio/calendar/11622510/ and register for the event.   You will see how images like this are produced, and printed!

STUDIO OPEN HOUSE AND TOUR: The studio will also be open to visitors for a tour and to meet the staff on Wed. Nov.11th from 7 pm to 10 pm.  Please fell free to drop by during that time.  Ample parking is available.