The March meeting will be a critique night. The reviewer for members' photos is Jeanine L. Cummins, currently the president of the Bowie-Crofton Camera Club.
Jeanine was born in New York City. She did not receive formal training in photography, but photographs were a major part of her growing up. Jeanine grew up during what she thinks was one of the best times to be living, even with its turbulence. Jeanine’s family, like many during that time, always took pictures. Her parents always had photographs of family, and she was intrigued. Jeanine loved looking at old pictures of her family, because they showed her a time and history before hers. Jeanine’s great-uncle bought one of the first Polaroid Land cameras and she was hooked. She enjoyed looking at Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as Life, National Geographic and LOOK. These magazines showed her the world. Gordon Parks and Moneta Sleet, Jr., told stories of the nation and cities; James Van der Zee showed her Harlem life and culture.
She started out wanting to take portraits because she felt she could make people feel comfortable in front of the lens, but as Jeanine studied and read, she wanted her photos to tell a story, like the ones saw in the magazines. Jeanine has photographed for the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR), Bowie State University, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Mid Atlantic Region, Flashes of Hope, DCTV, Howard University Law Alumni and Prince George’s County Public Schools.
Jeanine is a member of the Professional Photographer Association (PPA), the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), and the Exposure Group, African American Photographer Association. You can see Jeanine's work at www.j-lynnphoto.com and at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rider1949.
This will be a virtual meeting. All Frederick Camera Clique members will get the Zoom link via the first March email blast. Visitors and guests are welcome to attend by sending email to request the link to info@frederickcameraclique.org.
The purpose of a critique is to learn how your image is not only perceived by others, but to learn how it could be improved. You may have a strong emotional attachment to a photo, but that same image may cause confusion to someone else who might not be clear about the subject.
I will need between 50-60 images for critique night, and I don't want to have to do my usual begging, please! You can start sending me images now. 2-3 per person. I will be collecting them on a secure website for the reviewer. Send them any which way you want. I will let you know if they won't work. Most of you know what to do. If not, please ask! Send images to cam.miller@comcast.net. Thank you!