This too will be a special event as a Photographic Society of America (PSA) representative who has gone through extensive training will judge the submitted images & do a critique of the top 15 scores from each Class. The assigned topic is Portraits within the Pictorial category, in addition to the Nature category. The assigned...
Join this BPS Zoom event! Eddie Soloway is a photographer, teacher, and storyteller committed to opening our eyes to the natural world. He has taught photography and creativity for leading photographic institutions and schools around the world, and was a popular speaker in National Geographic Traveler’s photography seminars. The Santa Fe Center for Photographic Arts...
September 28 Presentation by Lisa Langell Register now! Lisa Langell will give an amazing BPS webinar on September 28 at 7:30 PM titled "How to Photograph Nature in High Key Style". We are very fortunate to have Lisa speak to BPS through a special program sponsored by the Photographic Society of America. Thank you to...
On October 5 at 7:30, Clyde Butcher, the world renowned, very large format, Florida Everglades photographer will hold a special Zoom session for Berks Photographic Society members titled “Art Comes From The Heart”. Clyde will explain how he graduated in architecture in 1964 & how he became a professional landscape photographer in 1969, first in B&W, then in color,...
An important members meeting will held on ZOOM. We ask that members please attend on ZOOM as we will be discussing important topics about the future of the club and it's plans for next year and beyond. In addition, we are soliciting interest from members who would like to assume officer and board member positions. ...
Rich returns to BPS after his very well received presentation on "Both Sides of Judging" in February 2020. This new talk isn't a lesson in basic composition, it is a serious but entertaining look at the 3 fundamental building blocks required to create great photography. Rich has been a professional and fine art photographer since...
On October 26 at 7:30 PM, professional photographer Joe Pizzuto will present "Word on the Street..." in a Zoom session to the Berks Photographic Society (BPS). Joe will discuss street photography as an explorative process & personal vision, based on his work & that of other artists. He will address the definition of street photography, its...
On November 2 at 7:30 PM, Frank Plucinsky will present a "Skylum Software Update" in a Zoom session to the Berks Photographic Society (BPS). Skylum’s Luminar 4 can be a plugin for Lightroom and Photoshop as well as a standalone image editor. New photographers will appreciate the simple one-click presets (looks) and the user-friendly...
Pictorial - Creativity -- Let you imagination roll Major manipulation, abstract, painterly, Orton effect, infrared image Creativity within Pictorial: Let your juices flow with this anything goes event, from composites of your own images (not software application stock images) to intentional camera movement, selective focus, nature's filters, or whatever. The only criteria is that the images...
On November 16 at 7:30 PM, Lisa & Tom Cuchara will present their new program “Wabi-Sabi” via Zoom. This program will explore the beauty of imperfect and/or unconventional subjects. This program highlights subjects that are not perfect, such as flowers that have character, double headed flowers, decaying fall leaves, the deformed coneflower that stands out...