DC Photo

Photo by Vadim Zee

Exhibit Title: ” DC Fashion Photography Weekend”
Date: Friday, Saturday, Sunday September 24, 25, and 26th

Opening: Friday Sept. 24th
Time: 7 pm to 10 pm

(Companion Events: Gallery Talk Sept. 25th, Fashion Photography Workshop- Sept 26th, 2010)

We are announcing our next show, the second annual DC Fashion Photographer’s Exhibition! Last years show was cited in DCist as one of the “top events” in DC during DC Foto Week and attended by over 200 people. We had outstanding work exhibited by photographers Bo Zhang, and Vadim Zee among others. We have changed the date to coordinate with DC Fashion Week, when there will be many fashionistas in town.

You are invited to submit your work for this FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY photo show! It is the part of our 2010/2011 monthly photography exhibition season, and part of a series featuring urban, fashion, dance and figurative photography exhibits.

This show is now an annual event, and the best work at exhibited at the fashion photography show will be exhibited at future pop-up gallery exhibits we are planning in the Mid-Atlantic region and of course at our annual show during DC Fotoweek in November.

Participating in this exhibit will help you to prepare for major local art events, network at our reception and gallery lectures, as well as learn more about gallery practices and professional presentation of your artwork.

Submission Guidelines:

Content may be any image in the realm of fashion photography, and winners will be selected based on the following selection criterion: 1) overall best image, 2) concept and 3) technical merit. The exhibit will be judged by three individuals with background in the fashion and photography industry who will be announced shortly. The top 3 selections in each category will receive a complementary shoot at the Carriage House studio during the 60 days following the exhibit. Participants whose work is not selected will also have their work displayed on a wide-screen display.

All images must be received by 11 pm on Mon, September 13th. You may send up to 4 jpegs (1200 px x 1200 px max) for consideration.

The registration/submission fee for the exhibit is $20 and should be paid via Pay Pal when you register at:

http://www.meetup.com/The-Carriage-House-Studio/calendar/14498697/

Images should be submitted by email to: events@dcphotocoop.com.

If your image(s) are among the 25 selected for the exhibition you will be asked to upload a jpeg or tiff file to our photo-sharing web-site. You agree that we will do the prints for you on archival paper on our Epson 9900 wide carriage printer. Your submission/registration fee of $20 will be applied towards the cost of printing your image or images that are selected for the show. After the show is over, the prints are of course yours to keep!

Please, keep in mind that images will be printed LARGE, about 30″ by 30″ or 30” by 40” at 300 dpi. Along with your submission, send us your contact info and the title of the image.

Each selected image will be printed in two sizes:

19″ x 13″ – portfolio size for promotional use

30″ x 40″ or 30″ x 30″ – gallery size for artist

The printing cost (including the exhibition discount) is as follows:

1st image $75 or,

2 or more images $50 each additional print
(We will honor these prices for photographers who may want to have their work printed, although they were not selected to be exhibited in the show).

If your photograph(s) is selected, payment is due by Monday the 20th, four days before the show starts.

In the future, we plan to exhibit the best images from the show during DC Fotoweek, and highlight the selected images on our website at Carriage House Studio and Gallery Websitewell as produce a printed catalog.

IMPORTANT: Gallery Assistants and Sponsors needed!

We always seek to achieve quality and our monthly photography exhibits are no exception! If you are willing and interested in participating in the preparation of the show please let us know. We need people who can help with 1) publicity and outreach 2) graphic design, 3) setting up and taking down the exhibit, and 4) exhibition/event logistics. We are also interested in having sponsors for the exhibit, or who have venues that would like to exhibit fashion photography. Please contact us if interested!

We look forward to your participation, and of course ask that you pass the word!

Paulo

Featuring:  A Dance Photography Workshop!

Date: Sunday, August 15
Time: 2 pm to 6 pm
Location: The Carriage House Studio and Gallery (Logan Circle)

The Carriage House Studio and Gallery is presenting a Dance Photography Weekend, including an exhibit of dance photography (Friday), seminar for the photographers (Saturday), and to top it all off, a dance photography workshop (Sunday)!
In one afternoon, you will create, or expand your dance portfolio with two wonderful dancers as models!
Featured dancers are Kelly Mayfield of Contradiction Dance (http://contradictiondance.com) and Stormy Budwig, dance instructor and model.
Introduction: 2 pm – 3 pm:
• Presentation of handout with examples of great dance photography (Lois Greenfield and others…).
• Discussion by dancers about their perspective on challenges of dance photography and the physical demands.
• Technical aspects and challenges of dance photography, including motion/in flight/lighting and posing.
Photo Shoot: 3 pm – 6 pm:
A series of Mini Photo Shoots including floor movement, in flight and pre/post performance portraits. Each photographer has had the opportunity to direct and shoot the dancers on different sets. We will have various props, and a trampoline for aerial shots. The other photographers will also be shooting at this time, but not directing. The model who is not dancing, will be in a separate area of the studio posing with continuous (hot) lights.
Workshop Fee: $60 plus $15 for each model release.
Pocket Wizard Rental Fee: If you need one, you may rent one of the studios’ Pocket Wizards for a $10 fee.
Workshop Reservation Fee/Deposit of $25 Required
Workshop Participation: Limited to 8 photographers.

To Register visit: http://www.meetup.com/The-Carriage-House-Studio/calendar/14282613/?from=list&offset=0

Contact Paulo for information or questions!

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.