Video of Waterfall Photo Review
“Waterfalls” Photo Review
Tuesday, May 6, 2025Roswell Adult Recreation Center,
830 Grimes Bridge Rd., Roswell, GA 30075 (click for map)
Doors Open at 6:00 PM,
Social Time 6:00-6:45,
Announcements 6:45-7:00,
Review 7:00PM
Theme : Waterfalls
Deadline to Submit: Sunday, April 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.
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 meeting.
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Judge: John Mariana
John Mariana is a renowned photographer and popular educator of photography expertise. He has conduced numerous workshops across the United States as well as volunteering time to speak at functions, museums and prominent photography groups. John is regularly sought by professional photographers for private mentoring. In 1980 John began using photography in connection with his art background to create color images. By 1984, large format black and white prints became his specialty. John’s early artistic training combined with photography gives his images a unique visual and emotional presentation. Today, John makes photos in digital format to bring a new and different look to his work with primary focus on his unique color palette with visual and emotional presentation. He has won numerous awards for his large print images and regularly donates his work and talents to non-profit endeavors.
John was president of the Chicago Area Camera Clubs Association in 1990. This organization consisted of 40 clubs in the greater Chicago metropolitan area. From 1986 through 1990 John was Chairman of the Chicago Area Photographic School. He co-founded the not-for-profit American Photographic Academy dedicated to Education In The Art Of Photography and founded the ambient light workshops to provide in-the-field and darkroom education. John currently serves as a founding member and Vice-President of the Booth Photography Guild in Cartersville, Georgia.
John’s style, presentation and fine art print quality has been and is today greatly influenced by Ansel Adams’ style and techniques for creating black and white prints. His further training with well know photographers; John Sexton (Ansel Adams’ assistant), Bruce Barnbaum, Howard Bond and Dan Anderson continues to influence John’s creative photography.
