Each month, except January, PSNWA has a general meeting. Most meetings consist of a guest photographer sharing their work and photographic experience. Locations vary throughout Northwest Arkansas. Join us for the next PSNWA meeting.
Join us as wildlife photographer Mike Wintroath speaks at Hobbs Spate Park!
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[/image_frame]A longtime photojournalist, Mike Wintroath has been the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission photographer for eight years and in that time his spectacular wildlife images have filled the pages of the Arkansas Wildlife magazine, calendars, and more. During this special event Mike will present a presentation of his wildlife work, including his underwater photography in Arkansas, as well as stories and insights from his years as a professional photographer.
Everyone is welcome.
Join us for a presentation by noted photographer Steven Foster!
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[/image_frame]For forty-three years, Steven Foster, has photographed and researched botanicals on six continents from the Amazon rainforest to the highlands of Vietnam. He began his career in 1974 at the Sabbathday Lake, Maine, Shaker Community’s Herb Department, America’s old herbal business dating to 1799. Foster is author and photographer of 18 books, most recently the 2014 third edition of the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Eastern and Central North America (with the late James A. Duke; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) , plus National Geographic’s Complete Guide to Medicinal Herbs (2010), and A Desk Reference to Nature’s Medicine (2006, with Rebecca Johnson), awarded a 2007 New York Public Library “Best of Reference”. He has thousands of published photos to his credit and has conducted botanical photo workshops throughout the US, as well as Belize, Costa Rica, Montenegro, Peru, the UK and elsewhere.
For more about Steven at: www.stevenfoster.com.
2018 Annual Business Meeting
The 2018 Annual Business Meeting will be held at the PSNWA Gallery & Studio on January 18, 2018 at 7:00 pm. During this meeting PSNWA Chairman Devang Thakore will address to the future goals for the Photographic Society, address membership, and conduct regular business including
- introduction of the 2018 PSNWA Board of Directors
- hearing reports of the organization’s work
- Education
- Community Service
- Events
- Competitions
- Exhibits
- Mid-America Photography Symposium
- Studio/Darkroom
- reviewing 2017 End of Year Membership Survey
- reviewing financial statements
- conducting other business matters.
Meeting is open to all current PSNWA Members in good standing.
[/image_frame]Join fellow PSNWA members and guests as we celebrate the Holidays and say goodbye to 2017 with our Annual Pot Luck Dinner at the new PSNWA Gallery & Studio in Bentonville. Fried chicken from AQ along with tea and soda will be provided. Members are asked to bring a side dish or dessert.
This year’s potluck will include the annual PSNWA canned food drive to benefit a local food bank that needs its shelves restocked. We are asking everyone attending to please bring a canned or non-perishable item to benefit the charity. (Please make sure the food isn’t expired or close to expiration.) PSNWA will match contributions up to 100 cans of food.
During the dinner we will watch and vote for the best digital slide show. Prepare your slide show and enter the competition to show off your work and for a chance to win a new tripod. Details at https://www.psnwa.org/ns/events/2017_slide_show_comp/
David Emitt Adams is a nationally exhibited photographer who makes “tintypes,” one-of-a-kind images, which are placed onto found objects like discarded cans and the lids of 55 gallon drums.
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[/image_frame] Incredible as it may seem, the photographer pours a photographic emulsion onto the object while in the field and chemically processes the image in a matter of minutes – exactly the way it would done in the 19th century. His work has recently been on display at the Phoenix Art Museum.
Learn more about the photographer at www.DavidEmittAdams.com.
Elections for PSNWA Board Members will also be held at the November general meeting.
Join us for the October PSNWA General Meeting featuring the work of Photographer Jane Goble.
Jane Goble has lived in Northwest Arkansas for 13 years. Her photography journey began when she got her first camera from Walmart on clearance. After a few weeks of having the camera, she fell in love with photography. Photography has changed the way she views the world. Her greatest pleasure is photographing wildlife. She gets satisfaction knowing she has captured a unique moment in time.
Jane and her husband Keith have 2 grown children and 4 grandchildren they adore. As Jane has grown older, she realizes it’s the experiences in life that make her rich. She hopes to continue to gain riches through travel, adventures, and photography.
Join us for a special event during the PSNWA monthly meeting. We’ll be meeting at the Rogers Experimental House, an incubator for the arts in Northwest Arkansas. Our special guest speaker will be Hal Mitzenmacher, who will discuss Night Time Photography. Hal has traveled the country looking for dramatic locations for his night photography using only a camera, tripod and flashlight. This event is free to PSNWA members and the public.
Join us for the August PSNWA General Meeting featuring the work of Photographer Diana Michelle. Diana will be discussing putting together a fine art exhibit, portfolio, and how to get shown while also presenting images from her macabre project.
Diana Michelle earned her degree in Fine Art with an emphasis in photography and a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Arkansas. She is the recipient of the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts 2009 Annual Bibba Pruet Scholarship. She teaches photography and Photoshop at Northwest Technical Institute. She displays her Fine Art at galleries and museums both locally and regionally. She directed the documentary short Westland about the reclusive artist Tim West, which has aired on AETN and was a part of the 2014 PBS Online Film Festival.
Join us July 11 at 7 p.m. for the PSNWA general meeting featuring guest speaker Ashley B. Lewis owner of A.B. Lewis Photography.
Ashley’s love for photography began with a month long trip to Europe, where she was able to look at architecture as art. She then trained under a well-known Street Photographer in New York City and soon after that, began capturing people from a documentary style point-of-view. Ashley taught in the classroom for 13 years before deciding to make a career transition into full-time photography and loves how she can still interact with people on a daily basis. She is the creator of Destination Session, which is an application based program for girls ages 14 and up. It consists of a different location each time (so far they’ve been to NYC and next is LA) and 4 styled shoots with hair/makeup/clothing and plenty of adventure! She loves to do editorial/fashion photography, home shoots, new birth sessions at the hospital and portrait work with families, teenagers and young children. She is also the photographer for The Valley Boutique and Bentonville Love/Hello, Local clothing lines. She has been married to Garrett Lewis since 2002. They have 2 children; Graham-6 and Ellis-2. Ashley travels a lot with her business and shoots locally in Western/Northwest Arkansas. You can view her work at www.ablewisphotography.com or on social media: Instagram- ablewisphoto or Facebook- AB Lewis Photography. Live. Laugh. Love your story.
The meeting will take place at PSNWA Gallery & Studio in Bentonville, 207 NE 2nd Street.
Join us for the June General Meeting with award winning photographer Ed Cooley.
Love of nature, natural instinct and relentless pursuit of the perfect shot is evident throughout his work. His inspiring visions of the untainted landscape are breathtaking. Ed’s fine art landscapes and photographic exhibits have earned critical acclaim with 22 international photography awards in 2011.
Ed makes his home in the rustic Ozark Mountain region of Northwest Arkansas.
After years as a software engineer, entrepreneur and family man, Ed returned to his love of nature. He taught himself photography to share the wonderful locations he and his wife, Faith, were visiting. As his technical skills progressed, so did his passion for artistically capturing natural scenery. Over several years Ed spent more and more time exploring beautiful locations locally and around the country.
A near fatal accident, alone in the Arkansas wilderness, followed by a harrowing rescue and six months in rehabilitation would be a turning point in Ed’s life. He now travels worldwide photographing nature’s most beautiful and dramatic scenery.
Location to be determined.