March 2007
19 posts
Adobe Photoshop CS3: Feature story →
Top Photoshop CS3 features for professional photographers
NPPA: Cutting Edge Competition →
First Quarter entries must be postmarked by April 7, 2007. Visit the NPPA site to download entry forms and review requirements.
Approaches to Photojournalism - April 16 at the...
Event Date: Apr. 16, 2007 Event Name: Photojournalism Event Type: NPC Professional Development Time: 7:00 PM Sponsored by: NPC Photography Committee Event Location: Zenger Room Details: “Approaches to Photojournalism” This is a panel discussion by four top-rated photojournalists: ...
Mary Calvert and Sarah L. Voisin win NPPA awards
Mary F. Calvert of The Washington Times was named Photojournalist of the Year (Small Markets), and Sarah L. Voisin of The Washington Post won the Cliff Edom’s “New America Award” at the NPPA’s Best Of Photojournalism 2007 competition. Carolyn Cole of the Los Angeles Times (who was one of the still photography judges in this year’s The Eyes of History contest) was awarded Photojournalist Of...
General Membership Meeting March 20
The next General Membership meeting will take place THIS Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at Dennis Brack’s Studio, 318 Third Street, NE Rear at 6:30 p.m. Tom Tinervin, Director of ASP Sales at DigitalRailroad, will present an informative talk on DigitalRailroad¹s unique Web-based services that enable us to manage, market, and sell our work with greater efficiency. Tom will be available after...
Steve Deslich memorial service March 17th
Memorial service Date: Saturday, March 17, 2007 (St. Patrick’s day) Time: 10:00 am Where: Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home Address: 11800 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20904 Phone: 301-622-2290.
about the dinner
Please e-mail Heidi with the funniest thing that has happened to you over the years covering the White House and Washington Politics, in general. We would like to incorporate some of them into the dinner this year. Needed asap. Oh, and I don’t think that we’lll be using any names. If you have photos of WHNPA members at work (both TV and still) that you have taken in the past year and...
the eyes of history 2007 contest photos and videos →
Chris Usher wins WHNPA project grant
Freelance photojournalist Chris Usher has been selected by the White House Education Committee as the recipient of the WHNPA 2006 Project Grant, committee chairman Leighton Mark announced. The $5,000 award will help in the production of Usher’s project - “One of Us: Portraits & Interviews of Hurricane Katrina’s America”. He hopes to photograph and have an audio...
golf, anyone? april 27th
We’ve reserved a date and place for this years’ golf outing. Its at the Penderbrook Golf Club in Fairfax, April 27th (the Friday before the awards dinner) Take route 66 West to Exit 57B - turn right on West Ox Road North and then turn right on Penderbrook Drive). Tee off time is 8 a.m., with a luncheon to follow. Contact Mark Abraham at Mark_Abraham@saa.senate.gov for more information.
photography exhibition
The Eyes of History traveling exhibition is on view at the the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, on Capitol Hill, 144 Constitution Avenue, NE / Washington, DC .The (2006 contest) photographs will remain on display through July 10, 2007.
gary haynes discusses "picture this"
At the next meeting on March 20, Gary Haynes will talk about his book PICTURE THIS, which features the work of UPI photographers when UPI was at its best.
remembering steve deslich
Steve Deslich, whose passion for photography took him from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to various spots around the globe, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, of brain cancer. He was 35, one day short of his birthday. Deslich, of Silver Spring, Md., was managing editor of the McClatchy-Tribune Photo Service, one of the nation’s foremost photo operations. He is survived by his wife, Kathy; son...
general membership meeting March 20
The next membership meeting will take place at Dennis Brack’s studio - more info to follow, but save the date: March 20 at 6:30.