PSET UPCOMING PHOTO SHOOTS

APRIL

Saturday, April 17—Wildflowers of Porters Creek, Greenbrier, GSMNP—Porters Creek Trail, located in the Greenbrier section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is well known for its awesome display of wildflowers in the early spring. Porters Creek Trail is on an old gravel road and makes for easy walking.  Among the many wildflowers you will see are yellow trillium, showy orchis, blood root, hepaticas, white trillium, violets and white fringed phacelia just to name a few.  Other photo ops include Porters Creek itself, old stone walls, the John Messer farm site with a cantilevered barn. At 2 miles is Fern Branch Falls if you choose to walk that far.  Those wishing to carpool, meet at 8 a.m. in the parking lot of Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Newport. If traveling east on I-40 take exit 435, make a right at the end of the ramp, look for The Cracker Barrel on the right soon after the Best Western Hotel.  Contact person is Cathy Holloway at 423-613-4757 or by e-mail at cmholloway1122@gmail.com.

MAY

Saturday, May 15—Highlands, NC waterfalls—Highlands, NC is a very unique mountain town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern, NC. It is well known for the hundreds of waterfalls in the region, including Whitewater Falls, the tallest in the eastern U.S. If you are a waterfall photo enthusiast, this trip is right up your ally. Some of the many waterfalls located in this area include Bridal Veil Falls, Cullasaja Falls, Dry Falls, Kalakaleskies, Lower Satulah falls, Clear Creeks falls—that is just a handful of the falls located near Highlands. This will be an all day photo shoot. Carpooling is highly recommended due to limited parking at some waterfalls.  Meet at 7 a.m. at The Cracker Barrel, exit 435 in Newport.   Contact person is Ron Plasencia at 865-437-6457 or e-mail at ronplasencia@charter.net.

Saturday, May 22 – Red House Flower Farm- 3393 Rutledge Pike, Blaine, TN (Grainger County).  These flowers may not be growing wild, but they are spectacular.  Red House Flower Farm grows petunias, begonias, irises, various perennials, etc.  You don’t have to go hunting to photograph these blossoms and there is not any hiking involved…well maybe a little walking. Carpooling info and contact person TBA.

JUNE

Saturday, June 5—PSET Annual Picnic/monthly meeting—Cosby Picnic area, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Cosby picnic area with covered pavilions is located on the “quiet” side of the Great Smoky Mountains.  Bring a covered dish to share.  Sign up sheet will be made available at the May meeting.  PSET has the covered pavilion reserved for member use from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Before or after lunch, photo ops in the area abound including Cosby Creek itself, the Cosby Creek Nature Trail, Hen Wallow Falls, etc. From Morristown you can take I-40 East to the Newport exit 435. Turn right (south) onto US-321/TN-32.  Travel about 5.7 miles to stop sign. Turn right onto Wilton Springs Road/US-321/TN-32. At 0.1 miles, at another stop sign, turn left onto US-321/TN-32/TN-73). Continue south towards Cosby/Gatlinburg. Once in Cosby at the stop sign (Cosby Post Office will be across intersection on right) continue straight on Rt. 32.  The GSMNP Cosby entrance will be 1.5 miles ahead on your right.  The picnic area will be ahead on the left just before the entrance to the Cosby Campgrounds.

Saturday, June 19—Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Parkway extends 469 miles from the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia south to The Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cherokee, North Carolina.  The section we will explore and photograph is from Balsam Gap where the Parkway intersects with US 23-74 south of Waynesville, NC to the Parkway’s terminus in Cherokee, NC.  There are fabulous views at every overlook. Some of the highlights on this section of the Blue Ridge Parkway include Waterrock Knob at 6, 292 ft elevation, Soco Gap and the Oconaluftee Mountain Farm Museum at the end of the Parkway.  Meet at The Cracker Barrel Restaurant off exit 435 in Newport to carpool at 8 a.m. Contact person TBA.

All PSET photo shoots are subject to cancellation.  Check with the contact person for any additional information or questions you may have.

If any member has a suggestion for any additional photo shoots, and are willing to be the contact person, please e-mail or contact any board member with your suggestions.

Don Wilson – donaldwilson2007@gmail.com

Randal Elkins – randall_elkins@musfiber.com

Jim Ross – jmr1959@charter.net

Rosemary Clark – rhclarktn1@gmail.com

Cathy Holloway – cmholloway1122@gmail.com

Dale Knight – daleknight@gmail.com

Ron Plasencia – ronplasencia@charter.net

Chad Carpenter – chad53@embarqmail.com

Kevin Adams (author of a number of photography books) and Bill Lea (Bill Lea is a nature photographer living in western North Carolina.)are hosting an event called Western North Carolina Foto Fest.

It is going to be a photographic seminar that we will host every year on the second weekend after Labor Day in Brevard, NC.  It is not going to be a workshop, as we are not leading any field trips or working with participants in the field, but instead it is simply a photography seminar with Kevin and I being the primary speakers this first year.  We plan to have other professional photographers participate as primary guest speakers in following years’ events.  Here is a link to the web page where you can learn more about our 1st Annual WNC Foto Fest:

http://www.kadamsphoto.com/photo_presentations_tours/western_nc_foto_fest.htm

Saturday, April 17—Wildflowers of Porters Creek, Greenbrier, GSMNP—Porters Creek Trail, located in the Greenbrier section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is well known for its awesome display of wildflowers in the early spring. Porters Creek Trail is on an old gravel road and makes for easy walking.  Among the many wildflowers you will see are yellow trillium, showy orchis, blood root, hepaticas, white trillium, violets and white fringed phacelia just to name a few.  Other photo ops include Porters Creek itself, old stone walls, the John Messer farm site with a cantilevered barn. At 2 miles is Fern Branch Falls if you choose to walk that far.  Those wishing to carpool, meet at 8 a.m. in the parking lot of Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Newport. If traveling east on I-40 from Morristown take exit 435, make a right at the end of the ramp, look for The Cracker Barrel on the right soon after the Best Western Hotel.  Contact person is Cathy Holloway, by e-mail at cmholloway1122@gmail.com.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF EAST TENNESSEE

PSET’s next meeting will be next week on Thursday, March 4th at 6:30pm.  Their new meeting place is the Rose Center, 442 W 2nd North Street, Morristown, TN 37814 (diagonally across from the county court house).  This is about a 40 minute drive from Knoxville.

March 4, 2010 presenter at PSET is Judy Clavy, Sevierville, TN.

Title: Interior Architectural Photography

Judy Cravy grew up in Ohio and moved to East Tennessee fourteen years ago.  She found work as a manager for a rental management company where her interest in photography was spurred by the need for rental cabin marketing photos to be placed on the Internet.  Judy proceeded to earn her Certification in Photography from the University of Tennessee four years ago, and is a member of PPA and NAPP.  She presently owns her own professional architectural photography business serving Sevier County and the surrounding areas.

Her work includes homes, cabins, laboratories and churches.  Her clients are primarily rental management companies and cabin owners, but also includes Dollywood, Dixie Stampede, R&D Laboratories, and Worship Facilities Magazine.  Judy is a Nikon gal.  She shoots a Nikon DSLR and uses the Nikon Creative Lighting System as well as Photoshop CS3 in her work.

SANP is pleased to announce that Canon “Explorer of Light” Adam Jones will be presenting a workshop weekend for us on Saturday and Sunday, April 24 & 25, 2010.  Each day will be a distinctly different workshop.

On Saturday, April 24 Adam will be presenting a classroom workshop, sponsored by Canon, in the Goins Auditorium at Pellissippi State Technical Community College.  This workshop will have a limit of 150 people (capacity of Goins Auditorium) and include lunch at PSTCC cafeteria.  Cost for Saturday will be $20 per person and pre-registration is required.  Pre-registration will be open to the public, and we will be sending information to other photography clubs in the East Tennessee area.

Make your check payable to SANP and mail it to:

SANP

c/o Bob Turney

200 Skyview Dr

Lenoir City, TN  37772

Advanced registration and payment is required. Bob must receive your registration form and payment by April 9, 2010.  Upon receipt of your payment a confirmation letter will be sent via email or U.S. Postal Service.  Bring this letter/receipt to the workshop.  It will be your admittance ticket.

“No Limits: Knoxville”

Andy Armstrong is going to be leading a two-day Photography & Photoshop Workshop titled “No Limits: Knoxville” on MONDAY and TUESDAY March 1 & 2, 2010. This workshop will be held at a large studio space in the Old City both days from 9am-5pm.

Do you want to learn how to get the best out of your clients during a shoot?  Do you want to create images that turn heads?  Do you want to wow your clients with every image?  Do you want to produce images, albums, and specialty products that set you apart from your competition and help you get national and international recognition?

If you do, then you don’t want to miss “No Limits: Knoxville”.
Cost for this workshop is $249/person.  So be sure to register early if you are interested!  All of the information for this workshop can be found at the following link: http://www.andyarmstrongphoto.com/?p=714

If you have any questions, please email Andy Armstrong at
http://www.andyarmstrongphoto.com

Needed: Photographers for October 30, 2010

You will be taking candid and group shots at Komen Knoxville Race for the Cure. Join us at a “Casting Call” to get more information about the Race and the event.

20-40 photographers are needed. Casting Call will be held on Thursday March 4 6-8 at Cherokee Health Systems Community

Room Lower Level off Western Ave.

If you have any questions or interest please contact :

Amy M. Dunaway
Special Events Coordinator
Knoxville Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
P:  865-257-2873 | F: 865-588-0921
6701 Baum Drive, #255 | Knoxville, TN  37919
www.komenknoxville.org | 1-877 GO KOMEN

SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK SCHEDULED ROADS CLOSINGS:

CALL FOR ENTRIES IN AIRPORT EXHIBIT

The Art and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and the Metropolitan Airport Authority are looking for entries for the next juried “Arts in the Airport” exhibit at McGhee Tyson Airport. The exhibited art will be displayed at the airport between April 23 and October 21 in the secure area behind the airport security gate checkpoint.

Entry deadline is March 19. You may submit up to 5 prints. There is no entry fee. Works must be original and in the categories of painting, graphic arts or photography. The entries must be able to hang on the wall.

More information and applications are at www.knoxalliance.com or you can send a self addressed stamped envelope to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, Box 2506, Knoxville,TN 37901.

There are prizes for the entries selected for exhibition and include $1,000 in cash awards.

KNOX HERITAGE PHOTO CONTEST ANNOUNCED FOR KNOXVILLE: Knox Heritage has announced a contest for photographers living in the greater Knoxville area, giving them the opportunity to participate in the nonprofit organization’s popular annual event, the Art & Architecture Tour.   Professional and amateur photographers aged 16 or older and living in Knox County or any of the surrounding eight counties are eligible to submit photos of historic buildings located in Downtown North, an area including sections of Broadway, North Central Street, Old Gray Cemetery, Emory Place, and portions of historic neighborhoods Old North Knoxville and Fourth & Gill.  The exact boundaries of the area included in the contest, as well as complete photography submission guidelines and application form, can be found on Knox Heritage’s web site, www.knoxheritage.org or by calling the office at 865-523-8008.  Photos must be submitted by April 12 so get your prints ready NOW!!