North Chagrin Nature Photography Weekend October 15, 2011

Bring your camera to North Chagrin Reservation for a weekend of workshops and presentations focusing on Wildlife, Macro and Landscape Photography of Northeast Ohio. The weekend features field trips, a North Chagrin Nature Photography Photo Contest/Show, speakers and presentations, and this year’s featured speaker is Sony artisan Andy Katz.

The photographs created by Andy Katz have taken him around the globe. From the Old Country in Eastern Europe to the California wine country, which he now calls home, his subjects are as diverse as his travels and adventures.

The images in Katz's books, A Portrait of Napa and Sonoma; Concannon: The First One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years; New Zealand: Sea, Earth, Sky; Private Reserve; Robert Mondavi Winery; The Heart of Burgundy; Tuscany and Its Wines; and Vineyard have been described by vintners, photographers, critics and other readers as breathtaking. His evocative work is featured in museums and galleries worldwide including his own in Boulder, Colorado and Healdsburg, California.

Katz discovered his love for photography at a young age. Admittedly, he had been chasing his classmates around the playground with his camera since as early as the third grade. But when he was 11, his father brought home a book of black and white portraits by the legendary Canadian photographer Yosuf Karsh. "It was as if a flash bulb went off in my soul. I was amazed. Karsh's work was all large-format and his prints were so vivid you felt you could actually touch the persons skin. The tonality, the technique, it was all truly exquisite. I was mesmerized," said Katz. How ironic that years later, Yosuf Karsh would count himself among the many proud collectors of Katz's photos.
http://www.andykatzphotography.com

And, be sure to view and vote in the “Viewer’s Choice” category of the photos entered in the North Chagrin Nature Photography Weekend – Photography Contest & Show.

North Chagrin Nature Photography Contest
The photographic pieces must be 8”x10” to 11”x14,” framed and no larger than 18”x22” ready-to-hang prints of wildlife, macro and close-up and landscape photography of Northeast Ohio. Prizes will be awarded in each category and in two divisions: A) adults and B) children, 17 & under. Awards will be given for Best of Show, and first place, second place, third place, along with honorable mentions in each category and each division.Click here for entry form.

The top 100 photos from the 2011 Photography Contest will be on display from
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and visitors will be able to vote for their favorite photo.

2010 Photography Contest Winners

2009 Photography Contest Winners

Dodd Camera will be available to answer questions and allow participants to try some of the newest photographic equipment from the hottest digital SLR cameras to large format printers, too.

Girl Scouts will be selling:
Hot Dogs $2
Good Humor Ice Cream $1.50
Frozen Lemonade $1.50
Shearer's Chips $0.75
Candy $0.75
Gourmet Cookies $0.75
Beverages (Coke products) $1
Coffee & Hot Chocolate $1

North Chagrin Nature Center is located off Buttermilk Falls Parkway, off the Sunset Lane entrance of North Chagrin Reservation, off SOM Center Road/Route 91 in Mayfield Village – south of the I-90/Route 91 exit.

For more information, call 440-473-3370.

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