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Contact - Spring 2011
The Newsletter of the Central Virginia ASMP
President's Letter: The Future is Bright
Member's News: What ASMPCV Members Have Been Up To
Member's In Print: What ASMPCV Member's Have Been Shooting
New Members and Membership Changes
President's Letter: The Future is Bright
By Christopher Winton-Stahle, President, ASMPCV
“When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” - Alexander Graham Bell
I am so optimistic about the future of our industry. Yes, this may be a bold statement. I will be the first to admit that. However, I am continuously excited about all of the changes that are occurring within our industry.
“The only constant thing is change” - Francois de La Rochefouchauld
I believe it is a good time to be a visual communicator. Opportunity is everywhere and I see examples of how people are finding their way in a crazy business environment by advancing the business model or embracing new technologies.
Technology continues to create more possibilities within our medium. Knowledge and education are more readily available than ever. The possibility of refining our “niche” and reaching out into the world from smaller markets is more attainable. Andrew Carnegie once said, “Anything in life worth having is worth working for.”. It will be work to find your niche but “necessity is the mother of invention” (Plato).
Inspiration
Our next speaker has done just that. On May 11, we will have Chris Clor, international working photographer / photo-illustrator as our speaker. Chris Clor has a very energetic and illustrative style that incorporates traditional photography, creative imaging techniques and CGI. Chris will be talking about his evolution as a commercial artist, the effect of the economic meltdown on his business, how that pushed him to evolve his process, and how he finds ways to remain viable. For more info: http://www.asmpcv.com/articles/evening-chris-clor.html
Camaraderie
This year we are uniting members together in a new way with our “4x15” Member’s meetings, an opportunity for 4 of our chapter members to speak about a body of their work for 15 minutes. We have had two of these meetings so far and it has been a great joy to see the fantastic work our members are creating. It has also really given us the opportunity to get to know each other a little better as commercial artists.
Education
In March we co-sponsored a roundtable discussion with the Virginia Production Alliance, which was all about the realities of a convergence between still photography and video production. In the interest of making the information openly available, we made the program free to members of both the ASMP and the VPA. We also have an audio recording of the program available onlin. You can listen or download it at www.asmpcv.com
Business Practices
On June 23 we will have Lou Lesko, fashion photographer & commercial TV director, hosting a program titled “Estimating and Producing Advertising Photography”. In this program Lou will guide us through the ABC’s of estimating and producing high-end advertising shoots. Read more about Lou’s program at http://www.asmpcv.com/articles/estimating-and-producing-advertising-photography.html
Finally, if you are interested in seeing videos of some of subjects covered at the 2011 SB3 conferences, ASMP national has made this information available at http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2009/03/welcome
We look forward to seeing you soon…
Keith Lanpher’s Virginia Wine Country commercial won Best In Snow at Tidewater Addy Awards along with 4 golds and 2 silvers in district and regional competition. He’s currently in post production on a South Carolina Agricultural promo, shooting a set of web images for a North Carolina Power Company and a broadcast spot for Monarch Bank.
John Lee Matney is working on his third show of Contemporary Art at the Linda Matney Fine Art Gallery. This show opens in May and features video installation, photography and drawing from a Vanderbilt University photography professor Vesna Pavlovic an Danish artist Maria Finn. John also started a collaboration with a curator at the national institute of Anthropology in Brazil - helping to develop a system for photographing and archiving collections of artifacts. John had a film in "A Failed Entertainment" Exhibition which was shown at the Anderson Gallery at VCU last month.
Elisabeth Flynn-Chapman opened a new gallery at Crossroads with Chet Naylor. (Staples Mill and Broad) in addition to her studio at Plant Zero. She is showing images from Paris, London, Moscow & St. Petersberg. She’s also working on several new series of landscapes and flowers.
Glen McClure’s show Endangered Species: Watermen of the Chesapeake continues at The Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. This exhibition has been extended until October 17, 2011 due to popular demand. See: http://www.marinersmuseum.org/exhibitions/waterman-exhibition
Glen McClure’s Dominion Derby Girls exhibition at The O. Winston Link Museum is open through July 29, 201. See: http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/283352
Another Glen McClure show, Faces at the Races is at The Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center until July 31. See: http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03312011/616677
Hassan Pitts has returned to the Richmond area after a six month fellowship and art adventure in Central Europe. He can be reached at judasprime@gmail.com or 804-873-8799.
Christopher Winton-Stahle’s new promotional video won “Gold” in the Small Business Self Promotions category at the 44th Annual Houston World-Fest International Film Festival. See the promo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttUbdaZU67k
Christopher Winton-Stahle also produced, filmed and edited a short promotional “interview” video for Sun King Dance. View here: http://sunkingdance.com/about.htm or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEui9JOwIoU
Chris Crumley is updating portfolios and uncovering forgotten images in the process. Some are appearing on his Blog, BlogBook and FaceBook pages at http://blog.chriscrumley.com/BlogBook, http://blog.chriscrumley.com and http://facebook.com/chrisacrumley.
Virginia Hamrick’s photos appeared in the 2011 No 2 issue of Inform Magazine showing AIA 2010 Awards for Excellence in Architecture in the Historic Preservation category. The project was the Newcomb Hall Renovation, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia by Glavé & Holmes Architecture
Virginia Hamrick’s photos also appear in the June 2011 edition of Traditional Building Magazine. The project won the 2011 Palladio Award for “New Design & Construction – More Than 30,000 square feet.” The project was the Carole Weinstein International Center at the University of Richmond by Glavé & Holmes Architecture.
Roberto Westbrook shot stills on an MSNBC commercial directed by Spike Lee. A behind the scenes photo is here, http://bit.ly/g8N5ad. Roberto is also part of the group show, Head Shoulders, Knees and Toes on display at CACV in Virginia Beach through June 26.
Keith Lanpher is in the April 2011 issue of Shutterbug Magazine and his Virginia Wine Country commercial was recently featured on the CineNews site at http://photocinenews.com/.
Glen McClure’s Endangered Species: Watermen of the Chesapeake work is slated for the upcoming May/June issue of Virginia Living magazine.
Christopher Winton-Stahle recently shot the feature article for the April 2011 issue of Boomer magazine. See more about that here: http://www.wintonstahle.blogspot.com
NEW MEMBERS & MEMBERSHIP CHANGES
2011 Q1 and April
February:
Jamie Jeanette Carlton, new Student Associate Member
March:
Rejoining: Jamie Parker, General Member
www.jamieparkerphotography.com
Jamie@jamieparkerphotography.com
Jessica Derstine, new Associate Plus Member
Jessica Derstine Photography, LLC
Jessica is a Charlottesville food and product photographer. She graduated from Ohio University’s Communications program in 2009 and has been published in YUM magazine, UVA’s Alumni magazine and in Cooking with Rizzi cookbook.
434-465-0701
April:
Hunter Henkel, Associate Plus
Hunter Hendel Photography, LLC
Hunter is a New York native who has been photographing news, wedding, event and portrait clients in the Richmond area for over a decade. She is already active helping the Chapter Board of Directors.