“There is no such thing as art. There are only artists.” -- The Story of Art, E.H. Gombrich Photography IS art! Per Merriam-Webster, art is “the conscious use of skill and creative imagination...”. There are countless decisions that photographers make every time they create a photograph. In studio photography you may control EVERYTHING! But when...
PHOTOS WITH SANTA AT BOSCOV'S NORTH It’s that time of the year again and we need your help! On Saturday December 10th Berks Photographic Society will be having our annual Santa Photo-shoot. This year Boscov’s North will be hosting us. We will be meeting in the down stairs auditorium at 10:00 am and the photos will...
How Did You Get That Shot? Get ready for some creativity! Join us as presenter Betsy Wilson shows us how to remove the roadblocks and add that spark to getting great images. A hybrid zoom meeting. Betsy will share a sampling of some before and after images by both her husband Jim and herself and...
January 16, 2023: Mollie Isaacs will do a hybrid Zoom presentation titled “Abstracts with Impact”. Abstracts are the poetry of photography. They allow your imagination & your creativity to soar. Abstracts allow you to incorporate line, shape, form & color to create images that are unique & artistic. And, it allows you to be completely free of...
February 6, 2023: BPS Member Talk organized by Leigh Reeves - a group post processing session.
February 20, 2023: Matt Payne will present “Methods for Tapping Into Your Creativity” in a hybrid Zoom session. By focusing on what speaks to us as a person in the field, we can hone in on what makes photography an incredible creative pursuit in a more consistent way without using rules or tropes. Using some of Matt's own...
Hi Folks, We had a very well received evening of image processing on February 6 led by Leigh Reeves as part of the member speaker series organized by Jay Linsenbigler. Five of us worked on Leigh's image in real time then compared our final products to his vision. It was an excellent learning experience for...
March 20, 2023: Alan Ross will do a hybrid Zoom presentation titled “The Magic of Black-and-White”. Alan feels that black-and-white, by its very nature, is an abstraction of “reality”. A sky can be light or dark without looking wrong. Colors can be skewed without anything looking wrong. But with color, unless doing something clearly wild, there is...
March 27, 2023: BPS Member Photo Competition Night with Nanci Ori as judge for a hybrid Zoom meeting. The theme of this event will be announced in the near future. Nancy Ori is extremely qualified to judge & critique our competition. She obtained a BA degree in Fine Arts from Elmira College & an MS degree in Visual...
Easter Pet Photoshoot - Fundraiser Saturday, April 1, 2023 We need your help! If you love pets then this is the one photoshoot you're not gonna want to miss! A local pet store, “Godfrey’s Welcome to Dogdom” is heading up this fun Easter photoshoot for pet owners. Pet owners will bring their pets and leave...