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Digital and Print Winners – Depth of Field Photo Review
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2025-06-03 Tech Talk: Depth of Field
“Depth of Field” Photo Review
Tuesday, August 5, 2025Roswell Adult Recreation Center,
830 Grimes Bridge Rd., Roswell, GA 30075
Doors Open at 6:00 PM,
Social Time 6:00-6:45,
Announcements 6:45-7:00,
Review 7:00PM
Photo Review Theme : Depth of Field
Deadline to Submit: Sunday, July 27, 2025 11:59 PM
Members may submit one digital image and/or one print image for review. Images must be original work and captured within the last two years. Print images should be un-framed but stiff enough to display on an easel. Matting is allowed.
Photo Review Submission Guidelines
You must be a member to submit images for review. You do not have to be present at the meeting to submit an image. But you do have to be at the meeting to be eligible to receive points toward Photographer of the Year if your picture earns an award. First place images will be eligible for display in the Adult Recreation Center even if the photographer doesn’t attend the review.
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Judge: Mike Shaefer
Mike Shaefer has been a member of the Atlanta Photographic Society (APS) since 2013 where he has served as President, Vice President and Salon Chair.
APS awarded Mike the Creative Photographer of the Year honor five times and Color Photographer of the Year and Digital Photographer of the Year multiple times. In addition, Mike has achieved APS’s recognition as Distinguished Master Photographer.
Originally from Indianapolis, Mike Shaefer moved to Atlanta in 2006. He resides in Midtown and works as a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaiser Permanente. However, photography and travel are his true passions.
Mike discovered photography in 1980. His first experience as a photographer was in high school, where, as a senior, Mike was the primary yearbook photographer. He was recognized for this work by winning The Indianapolis High School Yearbook Photographer of the Year Award. This experience initiated Mike’s lifetime passion for photography.
Since his high school years, Mike continued to pursue photography when his busy schedule allowed. While at Purdue University, Mike received Best in Show in Purdue’s annual photography competition.
While working as a Pharmacist in Evansville, Indiana, Mike won first place in The Evansville Courier and Journal’s annual photography contest. However, it was not until his first extended trip to Europe in 1990 that Mike’s love of photography began to soar. Since that first trip to Europe, Mike has visited and photographed nearly 60 countries, including Antarctica.
Mike’s portfolio represents nearly every genre of photography. His photographic style seeks elements of color and design to make images that inspire. For Mike, the best images are those that are expressive, communicative, persuasive, and share the deep insights that artists feel are worth sharing.
