Club Competition This Wednesday, November 5
Our next competition of the season is this Wednesday, November 5, 2014.
Digital submissions for this competition are due by the end of the day Monday, November 3, 2014. You can submit your entries to DHFore@hotmail.com.
For digital image submission guidelines please reference our website’s Rules and Guidelines page, under sections V – DIGITAL IMAGES and VI – DIGITAL FILE SPECIFICATIONS.
The assigned subject for November is After Dark.
Print submissions are accepted until 7:15 pm the evening of the competition. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:30pm.
Our judges for this evening will be:
Anne von Stuelpnagel
Anne von Stuelpnagel is Director of Exhibitions at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut. In this position which she has held since 1995 she is responsible for the design of the Museum’s 12-14 exhibitions per year along with the accompanying exhibit graphics, as well as the majority of printed materials, such as invitations, brochures and catalogs. Anne has worked at the Bruce Museum since 1980 in various positions in the exhibition department, gaining increasing responsibilities for shows which span art, history, anthropology and science. Anne also initiated, planned and carried out the Museum’s two annual, juried outdoor arts and crafts festivals and now oversees their execution. Anne received her BFA from the Blocherer School of Fine and Applied Arts in Munich, Germany with a Major in painting and Minor in interior design.
Anne is a returning judge for our Club
David Land
These are a few excerpts from David’s website:
“I have been an artist for over 30 years working with oils, gouache, photography, and mixed-media. I studied at Silvermine College of Art and Connecticut College. When the combination of digital photography and digital manipulation software arrived, I found the opportunities fantastic and unlimited…
“When I switched from film to digital, the digital darkroom opened up whole new vistas for expressing my visual ideas. My two main areas of focus, currently, are the reinvention of the still life and the re imaging of the portrait. My training as a painter is solidly reflected in my work as a digital photo artist. As a painter I built my canvases using layers upon layers to create the depth and complexity of the composition and the colors. Each work required understanding about how each layer would interact with the paint beneath it. I use the same technique in my digital art. I build the image using layers of images, colors, and textures to create my vision…
“I continue to hone my craft shooting a variety of subjects. Equestrian, polo, landscape, and traditional portrait photography are some of the areas in which I work at constantly looking for a fresh approach, a new angle, or a new combination of styles to give my art a fresh and contemporary look while retaining a solid grounding in classic techniques.”
You can view some of David’s work at his website www.davidlandphotography.com
David is a returning judge for our Club
Gretchen Tatge
Gretchen is known to many SPC members as the former President of the Art Society of Old Greenwich. For five years in that position (and for years before in other positions) she oversaw the running of many art shows at the Flinn Gallery, the Bendheim Gallery and the Old Greenwich Sidewalk Art Show. After graduating from Vassar as an art major, she worked as a color and B&W darkroom technician for a PR company in Louisville. In those days she also took her Rolleiflex to her friends’ family events and that experience soon developed into her own event photography and portrait business. Gretchen later moved to New York City and assisted the notable fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo. After marrying, moving to Greenwich and starting a family, Gretchen again worked on her own doing mostly portraits but also some events. Today her favorite visual art form is pastel. “Working with chalk challenges me” she says.Steve Ellis is a freelance photographer and internet marketing professional based in Stratford, Connecticut. His photography includes landscapes, travel and golf, as well as macro and detail studies, and spans 30 plus years and over 25 countries. He converted from film (primarily Kodachrome) to digital more than ten years ago.
Gretchen is a first time judge at our Club
