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...
BPS Scavenger Hunt BPS will be hosting a Scavenger Hunt virtually this year. In order to allow for better social distancing, we are expanding the length of time for this event from the traditional 6 hours to 48 hours! This will also allow members in different time zones to participate and everyone can fit it...
BPS member Valerie A. Hoffman will present "Finding Beauty in the Broken" via Zoom. This program will cover a variety of abandoned, broken and rusty subjects that Valerie has encountered along the road. Valerie's goal is to not only introduce a new or different type of subject matter than you may be used to...
BPS Photo Competition - "Best of the Year" judging & critiques by Henry Rowan of the PA Center for Photography from among the 91 award winning Class A & B images from the 2020 BPS photo competitions. Eligible winners of this event from Class A & B will be submitted to the International Michael Day...