Events
Photo Arts Xchange 2019
Mark your calendar now to attend Photo Arts Xchange 2019, May 3-5!
Are you a serious photographer? Do you regularly make finished prints? Would you like to share your work with other like-minded and serious photographers? Would you like to see what other dedicated photographers are doing? How about a three day meet up to share your work, your passion and your commitment to the art form?
Photo Arts Xchange (PaX) is a unique, first of its kind event created just for sharing your finished photographs. Yet PaX is a different kind of event. This is not the usual technical gathering for discussing processes. There are plenty of workshops that teach photographic technique.
What PaX is about is taking the art of photography beyond the technical and exploring the more demanding aspects of artistic creation. This will be a gathering specifically for print sharing and digging deep into each photographers creative mindset. The focus will center around discussions of creativity and foster camaraderie with others that share your passion for photography.
This will be a three day gathering in Rocky Hill, Connecticut hosted by passionate photographers exclusively for sharing the artistic side of serious image making. Again, this is not a how-to workshop, but a multi-day event solely for the purpose of sharing work and discussing the why of the creation of an artistic statement within a printed photograph.
PaX is a free event. Your participation is simple, in that all you need to do is Register for PaX by going to the PaX website. Participants should bring a sample of their finished, mounted and ready for display images they feel are their best work. Be prepared to talk about and explain your artistic vision and what motivated you to make that image; then bring it to completion as a finished print. Again, this event is different in that the focus is not on the how, but on the why.
We invite all serious image makers to join us in Connecticut May 3-5, 2019 for a groundbreaking new type of serious printmakers weekend of sharing the why of creativity. For more information and to register, drop by the PaX website and follow Photo Arts Xchange on FaceBook.
We hope to see you there!
JB & Susan
THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT!
We would like to thank everyone that attended our presentation last Thursday evening at the DCP. We had an energetic group of photographers and photography enthusiasts. A special thank you to the DCP for including us in their 2017 DCP Speaker Series, the Texas Photographic Society and Frame Destination! Here are a few photos from the evening courtesy of Courtney. . .
JB & Susan
DCP SPEAKER SERIES; 04/20/2017
Hello Everyone; Mark your calendar for April 20, 2017 and join us at the DCP for an evening of traditional photography. We will be giving a talk titled “FULLY COMMITTED: MARRIED TO THEIR CRAFT AND EACH OTHER.” We will also have cameras and associated gear, along with a few original photographs on display.
Looking forward to seeing you at the DCP!
JB & Susan
DALLAS PHOTO SWAP MEET: OCTOBER 24
For one day the studio space at DCP will be stuffed full of photo gear for you to buy or trade. Expect to find the usual and the very unusual on 24 tables of cameras, lenses, lighting, bags, doodads. . . we’re not sure what will show up! If you’ve never been to a photo swap meet then you’ve been missing out!
DCP is hosting this event with help from Don’s Camera, the best used camera store in the region.
Whether you’re a professional dealer, full time photographer or just a hobbyist with a spending habit and a closet full of stuff to get rid of then rent a table and come be a vendor. If you just want to sell or trade a few items you can buy a ticket and see what kind of deal you can make with one of the vendors.
Doors open at 10am and close at 4pm. Entry is $5 cash at the door. Kids 12 and under get in free.
ILFORD PHOTO ULF FILM 2015
It is that time of year again. Time to get in your order for custom size Ilford Film. The ILFORD PHOTO annual ULF sheet film ordering window for 2015 opens Wednesday 8th April 2015. This annual campaign allows ULF photographers the opportunity to order selected sizes of ILFORD sheet film and other specialist products without the constraints of the usual minimum order quantity.
Photographers have until Friday 12th June 2015 to place their orders with participating Dealers. The UK factory will start to ship orders to Distributors during August and end users should check with the local ULF reseller for expected arrival dates.
For a full list of the items available in this campaign, and for a list of participating Dealers, Click on
ULF 2015 Items and Dealer List
JB & Susan
D/FW CAMERA SHOW! SATURDAY APRIL 18, 2015
It has certainly been a long time since we have seen a camera show here in the D/FW area. That is the bad news. . . the good news. . . THE CAMERA SHOW RETURNS! The Dallas Center for Photography and Don’s Camera are joining forces to give you a chance to buy, sell or swap photo gear of all kinds!
Location: Dallas Center for Photography, 4756 Algiers, Dallas, TX 75207. Doors open at 10am and close at 4pm. Ticket price is only $3 online until April 17, $5 cash at the door.
For more information on the show and vendor tables, click below.
Hope to see you there!
JB & Susan
NELFPC. . . 2014 EVENT VIDEO
We are so proud to have been invited to attend this really exciting and motivating NELFPC photography event. Tim did a great job shooting and editing this video. Watch and you will see only a snippet of what transpired during this long weekend saturated in fine art photography.
Thanks to the New England Large Format Photography Collective!
JB & Susan
NELFPC. . . FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AT ITS BEST!
We have just returned from the NELFPC 2014 fundraiser and amazing photography weekend. Susan and I were extremely excited to be invited to participate in this year’s activities in Connecticut. The New England Large Format Photography Collective (NELFPC) is an amazing group of the most dedicated photographers I have ever met. This is truly THE model for any other similar organization to take a very close look into. Rather than trying to explain further, let me quote from their web site;
The New England Large Format Photography Collective formed from a small but diverse group of photographers in October of 2003 to advance the craft of traditional photography and educate others on its traditional processes. We embrace those with a passion for large format photography, and strive to provide inspiration for others practicing our craft.
We believe Large Format photographers are unique people using unique processes to create the highest quality prints. Simply stated, if you derive considerable enjoyment while viewing something “upside down and backwards” in the dark you are unique! We wish to network with others who embrace this oddity.
For more information on NELFPC, take a look at their Mission Statement.
This is such a diverse and talented group. . . and I might add a light hearted, fun-loving bunch of really great people. Trying to explain exactly how enlightening this experience was is difficult to put into words. To be in the midst of so much beautiful photography, dedicated photographers and so much photographic talk, made this a truly inspiring event.
We began Thursday evening with a fundraiser, “Photographers Fighting Cancer.” This is a fine art event to benefit the Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center and is hosted by NELFPC at the Valentine H. Zahn Community Gallery located at the Middlesex Hospital Shoreline Medical Center. There were 80 Large Format photographs by 30+ LF photographers up for bids. Susan and I were proud to each donate one of our prints to this worthy organization and this was a really fun evening that was to kick off a long weekend of more and more photography.
After the fundraiser it was off to Steve and Vicky’s, our hosts for the weekend, home for a meet and greet with all of the members of The Collective. I got to put faces with numerous names I have seen and exchanged discussions with via the Internet over the years. The LF community is truly a large and dispersed group, and we are all fortunate to be connected by our love of the medium, if only via the magic of the ether. Getting to meet many of those people in person is an amazing experience in itself. The amount of talent, knowledge and dedication to the photographic process within this group is amazing.
What followed, starting early Friday morning and continuing until well into the afternoon Sunday, was an intense immersion into the world of fine art photography. Everyone brought photographs to share. Steve and Vicky treated us like royalty. . . outstanding food. . . great refreshments. . . we had access to Steve’s amazing darkroom for demonstrations. . . and did I mention photographs. . . lots of photographs. Each day was spent viewing each other’s work. Susan and I brought about 30 prints each to show. I did two KeyNote presentations, one on pyro developers and the other on how we travel for 30 days at a time with all those cameras. Paul did a talk on collecting photography and Steve did a very informative darkroom demonstration on split toning. We also had two field trips giving everyone a chance to break out the cameras and make a few large format photographs at two interesting locations.
Now it is all over, we are home and we have had time to absorb all that took place, believe me it went like a flash, I just can’t get over the dedication and talent contained within The Collective. The amount of energy they put into their work and their organization is inspirational. Only those that have been involved in such an endeavor can understand just how much time, thought and support it takes to put on such an event. Steve did a bang up job on the schedule and was really on the ball in keeping things moving and on time. The hospitality was second to none. . . the food outstanding. . . and. . . did I mention the refreshments?
I know I keep repeating myself, but the NELFPC is really a model for any group wanting to promote and sustain the art and craft of fine art photography. Susan and I cannot express how much fun we had and how honored we are to have been a part of this year’s gathering of the NELFPC. We would like to express our deepest heart-felt thanks to Steve and Vicky for opening their home to everyone for this truly amazing event, and everyone in The Collective, for your generous hospitality and such a great time!
The only regret I have is that we do not have this kind of a dedicated group here locally. . . it sure is a long way to Connecticut!
JB
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