November 3-27, 2010 at the Watchung Arts Center

November 27 – January 29, 2010 at the Children’s Hospital

ELIGIBILITY            Open to those photographers who hand-deliver their work to the Watchung Arts Center on Saturday, October 30^th from 1pm-4pm.  We welcome all photography-based imagery.

INSTRUCTIONS : Please read the attached document (2010_prospectus) for full details.

FEE $20 for every 2 pieces submitted. Checks must be made payable to Nancy Ori.

DEADLINES Receiving day…………………………………………… Saturday, October 30, 1-4pm

Opening reception………………………………………. Sunday, November 7, 1-4 pm

Pick up of declined work ………….. month of Nov only (call for hours, 908.753.0190)

Show moves to Children’s Hospital……………………..Saturday, November 27, 10am

Pick up of accepted work…………………………….…….Saturday, January 29, 10am

Everyone must sign for work as it is picked up.

AWARDS Awards of Excellence and Merit

SALES All work should be for sale at a fair market value.  The Watchung Arts Center will handle sales and requires a 30% commission.  The Children’s Hospital requests a donation.

JURORS Stephen McKenzie: Manager, Newark Museum Arts Workshop; MFA, Rutgers University; Mason Gross School of the Arts, Inventor of Mega-Print printing process.

Ken Hubbard: Advertising, training for new products and technology, and Trade Show Supervisor for Tamron USA, Inc.; portrait and fine art photographer.

Ellen Denuto: Professional photographer in Portraiture, Fashion and Products. Exhibiting fine art photographer and instructor; past president of ASMP.

CURATORS Nancy J. Ori and Ann Merten of the New Jersey Photography Forum.

a3theo@gmail.com or nancyori@comcast.net

DIRECTIONS Interstate 78 to Exit 40, or Route 22 to Plainfield overpass.  Follow signs to Watchung.  The Arts Center is located on the circle, between the Rescue Squad and Valley Furniture.  Call for gallery hours: 908-753-0190.

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George will discuss some of the most exciting new imaging options that are redefining the field of photography. This includes how to shoot macro & landscape photos with unlimited depth of field, high ISO images with low noise, “gigaramas,” and daytime lightning captures, along with demonstrating some amazing software.

The cost is only $10.00 per person and will include refreshments. You can send your check to the address noted below.

For those of you who have followed my teaching basics over the years, you already know how much I speak about name recognition as being an important key to artistic success. But when you are just starting out on the journey, how do you go about building your resume and getting name recognition?
You will need to consider a couple of things. You must have a plan, some money and skill. Sounds simple enough. Let’s talk a little about each and how they can relate to our topics.

Read the complete blog article here.

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So I thought I will start this by writing an introductory article myself – and introduce the site to fellow member photographers.

So – this is our site. Our blog. I would like to encourage all members to join us in sharing our knowledge – Write articles, participate in commenting about the articles and most importantly – share your images! Yes – we do have a new gallery as well – its available at http://www.njphotoforum.com/gallery/ – You will need to first register yourself.

The blog also automatically posts updates via twitter and facebook! if you are using one of these new social media networking – feel free to contribute and track the forum updates via these tools.

Finally – the events shown on the home page  is directly linked to google calendar – Feel free to subscribe (or add reminders/notifications) to this calendar via here (XML) or here (iCAL) or here (HTML).

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