Carol Arnold’s artwork critique session is tonight, Monday, February 5, 2018 from 6:30 until whenever we end! It’ll be a ton of fun. Come on out, bring your artwork, and she’ll offer helpful tips! She can tackle oil painting, acrylic, watercolor, drawing, you name it.
We’d love for you to join us. The public is welcome!
Details:
Do you love chocolate? Of course you love chocolate! And what better way to celebrate the season than with a reception that is all about chocolate and artwork! This our lucky 7th Annual celebration of the theme!
Come on out on Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 from 10am to 2pm and enjoy free, delicious chocolate while viewing our art show. Your vote decides who wins! Bring your family and friends!
Where
Whitinsville Social Library
17 Church Street
Whitinsville, MA
All entries in this show are from members of the Blackstone Valley Art Association. There are paintings and photography. Animals, vegetables, and minerals. Which will be your favorite? Only you can tell!
The 2016 winner for this show was Carole Plante with her chocolate lab! Quite appropriate :).
Who will be the winner for 2018? Come on out and find out!
Thank you so much to Eaton Farms for donating some of the chocolate. Be sure to “like” them on Facebook!
Past Shows:
Choco l’Art 2017 Details – 6th Annual
Choco l’Art 2016 Details – 5th Annual
Choco l’Art 2015 Details – 4th Annual
Choco l’Art 2014 Details – 3rd Annual
Choco l’Art 2013 Details – 2nd Annual
If you have photos from the first show please let us know!
“Painting is silent poetry,
And poetry is painting that speaks.”
— Plutarch
The Blackstone Valley Art Association Art and Poetry show is a creative combination of the written word and visual images. Each artist gives a poet a work of art that the poet is inspired by. The poet gives the artist a poem which the artist brings to life. Come on out to see the works and enjoy the poetry!
Be sure to come out for our show’s opening reception on Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. Meet the poets, chat with the artists, and learn more about this fun process!
Where
Worcester Public Library, Main Branch
3 Salem Square
Worcester, MA 01608
Worcester Public Library Website
The library is fully handicapped accessible. Our display is on the ground floor.
The library closes at 5:30pm on Saturday so plan accordingly!
Art Poetry Pairing 2018 – full details
Here are a few of the images from our Blackstone Valley Art Association black and white photography workshop held at the Uxbridge Art Gallery on January 20, 2018. If you have other images to share, please let us know!
Here are the full details of this workshop, run by Bob Evans:
Here’s a collection of images from our workshop on long exposure photography, held by the Blackstone Valley Art Association on January 27, 2018 at our Uxbridge Art Gallery. If you have images from this workshop to share, please let us know! We’d love to add them in.
This workshop was run by Bob Evans.
Do you have a camera but aren’t sure what all those buttons do? Just what is aperture all about, anyway? How does shutter speed impact an image? What is an ISO?
This basic photography class starts from the very beginning. It covers pressing those buttons on your camera. It presents hands-on practice to learn how f/stop is different from shutter speed and how they relate to each other. You’ll play with the rule of thirds and leading lines. You’ll learn fun tricks that bring life and interest to your images.
The class is limited to 12 students. It is taught by Lisa Shea, an award-winning photographer who is the Vice-President of the Blackstone Valley Art Association.
When:
(Note: We postponed the start by one week due to snow. So we are now starting on Feb 25th)
Sunday, February 25, 2018 10am – noon
Sunday, March 4, 2018 10am – noon
Sunday, March 11, 2018 10am – noon
Sunday, March 18, 2018 10am – noon
Where:
BVAA Alternatives Uxbridge Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
BVAA Alternatives Uxbridge Community Art Gallery Information
The cost per student is $30 for all four classes. That works out to less than $8 per class! This class is open to the public. It is critical that you register beforehand to reserve a seat.
NOTE: THE CLASS IS NOW FULL. YOU CAN REQUEST TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST IF YOU WISH.
The list of registrations we have are for Cindy | Mary | Robin | Fritz | Judie | Linda | Emile | Lori | Jay | Tracey | Lisa | Kelsey.
The featured instructor for this class is:
Lisa Shea, BVAA Vice-President
If you want to read a little beforehand, you can read through our Photography Cheat Sheets. It’s fine to come in to the class as a blank slate. We are happy to start from the very, very beginning!
There’s still time to sign up for Carol Arnold’s oil painting class on Thursday, February 1st, 2018! Make sure you contact Carol to register.
Carol Arnold Oil Painting Class – Feb 2018
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We had a wonderful group of photographers give presentations at the January 16, 2018 Photography Meeting about various aspects of photography.
Here are the notes from Mike Zeis!
Mike Zeis (mike@zeisphotos.com)
BVAA Photography Meeting, 1/16/18
Top points (for me, anyway)
• Capture RAW images (DNG on Nikon, CR2 on Canon. I’ve set my iPhone to save DNG and a JPG). TIFF is an OK alternative to RAW.
• Expose for the highlights, because blown-out highlights can be a show-stopper.
• High ISO (sensitivity) often means high noise. Although cameras on phones have an exposure adjustment, I prefer to control ISO and shutter speed manually, using apps. (I didn’t mention in my talk, but there is in-camera HDR software, which theoretically stitches bright, medium, and dark exposures together, and saves the result as a JPG. You can set the camera to store the original unenhanced JPG in addition to the HDR version. I think three RAW exposures give you lots more control over the final image than a single JPG provides.)
• Because I shoot in low-light situations, I need a shutter speed that is slow enough to allow me enough time to manually fire an off-camera flash.
Reading:
1. Advanced iPhone Camera Controls For DSLR Photographers
https://iphonephotographyschool.com/iphone-camera-controls/
2. “….. computational photography, which combines multiple exposures or lenses or both to produce synthesized images and video….” taken from:
Apps:
ProCamera
https://www.procamera-app.com/en/
Slow Shutter Cam
https://www.cogitap.com/slowshutter/instructions.htm
Post processing:
Noise Ninja (Picture Code’s Noise Ninja has become Photo Ninja. The no-longer-supported “legacy” version which I use is available for free. I’ve got to assume that they have improved noise reduction considerably since the produced the old version that I still use.)
https://www.picturecode.com/tutorials/noise_reduction.php
https://www.picturecode.com/showcase/noise.php
https://www.picturecode.com/nn_legacy/index.php
(Lisa adds a comment that for Android users, take a look at Open Camera which is free. It lets you adjust shutter speed and all sorts of other things)
January 16, 2018 Photography Meeting
Also be sure to take a look at our full page of
The 2018 “Anything Goes” Photography Show had 101 submissions to it. The reception was held on Friday, January 19th, 2018 from 3-7pm. It was a great time! Here are the winners of the show:
First place: Linda Nelson. “Magical”
Second place: April Brown, “Fox Hunt”
Third place: James Hunt, “Greek Letter”
Honorable Mentions:
Jonathan Rocheleau, “Winter Trees”
Carol Frieswick, “Vinalhaven”
Al Weems, “Reflection”
Rick Allain, “Cardinal Picks St. Francis”
Non-Digital Winner: Mike Zeis, “Red TV”
Congratulations to all of the winners!
2018 Anything Goes Photography Show – details
Enjoy a virtual walkthrough of our 2018 “Anything Goes” photography show – 101 beautiful entries were submitted! The show is live now through March 3rd. Come on out to see it in person!
Full details: