“Untracked Astrophotography” Meeting is Tonight 6: 30-8:00 pm Use the equipment you have and enjoy your time outside under the stars! Email invitations to join the meeting will be sent…
I am told that God and Satan decided to sponsor a photo contest. God was sure he would win because he had all the artists. But Satan got the trophy,…
Do It Yourself Excursions I’ve added a menu item on our main page, “Photowalk Opportunities”, where some of our members, including Mike Chrun, Ginny Gaynor, Sarah Hefty and I have…
This is an update of a post I made in March. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” …
Group Outing We will meet at 2:00 pm in the Phipps lobby on Sunday, December 15. After cruising the streets of Hudson, capturing all the seasonal impressions, we’ll meet up…
Ken Krautbauer and former member Jeff Bucklew participated in a show at the Pablo Cultural Art Center in Eau Claire. It was a mixed show including a variety of media…
Volunteering is fun! 2019 Willow River Trail Challenge – October 12, 2019 For the last few years, Fred Sobottka has led a group of our members to capture the Willow…
At the April 17 meeting Alec Johnson’s talk will feature a series of bold and unique images using the technique of light painting – lighting a subject with a flashlight one detail at a time with a flashlight – and then compositing those frames of light to build a finished image. Each image is its own case study, creating an engaging, lively and educational discussion.
Alec Johnson is a full-time tenured professor at the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, MN. He is also a freelance architecture photographer and award-winning fine art photographer. He was an exhibitor of the international juried show, “The Portrait” at Praxis Photo Arts Center December 2018. This past summer, 2018, he was accepted in the Minnesota State Fair Art Exhibition and received the Jennifer and William Oliver award for “unique, innovative and unusual” work of art. Alec is also a Singh Ray Filters pro photographer.
Alec’s current photo projects include Outside the Arena, a series featuring the pre-competition ritual of rodeo riders. He is also working on a studio series titled Comfortable. This series is study of space, color and shape in the context of 60’s era comfort food, furniture and table settings. He is represented by the Sterling Art Gallery located in Silver City, New Mexico.
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” — Pablo Picasso One of the things about photography is that…