We the members of the New England Large Format Photography Collective, join together to share ideas, goals, and vision. We seek to achieve the highest possible standard in large format photographic expression, through the support of personal growth. We are committed to foster an open forum for the dispersion of knowledge, ideas, print-shares, technical demonstrations, fieldwork, and group exhibits employing disciplines of the past and the technology of tomorrow.

Beginning Friday April 9 and through Sunday April 11th NELFPC will host well known guest lecturers on topics such as LF portraiture, LF figure sessions, silver printing demos, a Wet Plate demo, scanning and digital output programs. Finally on Sunday April 11th NELFPC will sponsor an architectural shoot with a leading architectural photographer on location at the Hartford City Hall.

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www.NELFPC.com

The popularity of this interactive weekend has grown so quickly the New England Large Format Photography Collective feels the best way to manage the weekend is to initiate a registration process

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What has become known as Raid Our Gallery is an exhibition of 150 Large Format photographs donated by LF photographers from all points across the United States, Canada and this year from overseas. An artist reception and cocktail hour precedes the fast paced "Raid Our Gallery" where ticket holders make a selection list in order of preference. The event concludes when ticket numbers are drawn and the corresponding ticket holder quickly chooses the LF photograph of his / her choice. It's fast paced and a lot of fun. The best part, all tax deductible proceeds go directly to benefit Cancer Research at the Middlesex Cancer Center

Dick Robertson owned and operated a successful portrait studio for over 40 years here in Connecticut. During that time he has witnessed many style changes in lighting the human face. In his presentation Dick will demonstrate the evolution of lighting styles while always striving to see exactly how the light portrays the subject. Advanced lighting techniques will be discussed and illustrated.

Jack Holowitz's work has appeared twice on the cover of Popular Photography, as well as in their annual editions, and has also been featured in View Camera, Infoto, Rangefinder and Lens magazine. Jack has lectured on B&W throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand the Far East. His images have been the focus of Fuji Professional Films for years. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ www.holowitz.com

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We will travel a short distance from Curtis Studio to Giammatteo's beautiful "post and beam" digital studio

Glenn Curtis began his photographic career as a forensic photographer in Florida. Moving north to Connecticut, Glenn met his wife Marie and together they opened Curtis Studio and have been in business 30 + years. Glenn saw the power of the electronic age,and began a pre press business in the early 90's. He has been on the leading edge of the photographic technology ever since. Glenn continues to shoot and traditionally process film for scanning and digital output, and is an faculty member of Paier College of Art in New Haven, CT. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ www.curtis-studio.com

John Giammatteo began a commercial photography studio in the early 80's. Like Glenn, John saw the future of photography would evolve to digital capture and output. Since the mid nineties John's studio has served numerous corporate clients both locally and nationally. Recently, John built a spacious post and beam digital studio and work space where he continues to service corporate clients with cutting edge technology and traditional photography know how. Additionally, John is on the faculty of Wesleyan University where he teaches digital photographic art. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ www.johngphotography.com

Born in 1950 in Alaska Territory, Kirk Gittings has resided in New Mexico for 45 years. He first studied photography at the University of New Mexico in the 1970s and ultimately received a Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1983. Since graduate school, he has taught and written regularly about photography and become one of the most widely published and exhibited architectural photographers in the country. His commercial architectural photography regularly appears in national periodicals and books, while his art photography is represented in many museum, corporate and private collections in the SW and internationally. In addition, he is currently an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico, and a visiting artist and instructor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago for the past 8 years. He has also taught at the View Camera Workshops and at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. He has received many awards including a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to photograph New Mexicos historic churches and was selected for the prestigious Polaroid Artist Support Group. In 2003 the editors of Through the Lens: International Architectural Photographers selected him as one of the top 30 in his field in the world. His first monograph, Chaco Body with poet V.B. Price about the Anasazi ruins at Chaco Canyon, has been critically acclaimed as a major contribution to regional art. He is currently working on another book with V.B. Price on mythological landscapes in the Southwest. In 2005, Shelter from the Storm: The Photographs of Kirk Gittings, a 32 year retrospective book was published by New Mexico Magazine and exhibit opened at the Albuquerque Museum.

www.gittingsphoto.com

Bob Carnie is co-owner of Elevator Labs and the Dylan Ellis Gallery in Toronto, Canada. Bob currently prints professionally for photographers from all points and selectively for clients that have been working on major photographic projects that require fibre based prints. Bob has been a professional printer for some 30 years. In that time he has earned notoriety, respect and admiration from a large following of professionals and fine art photographers. What many don't know about Bob is that he is a very accomplished photographer. Bob is a master of the craft as well as a practitioner of photography as an artistic medium. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ www.elevatordigital.com

Bill Schwab is a Michigan based landscape photographer and the founder of Photostock. His work has been shown, published and collected all over the world. His work is part of many corporate, private and public collections including The Detroit institute of Arts, Cincinnati Art Museum, George Eastman House among others. Among my publication credits are 2 monographs, "Bill Schwab: Photographs", 1999 and "Gathering Calm: Photographs 1994-2005", 2005. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ www.billschwab.com

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Kirk will draw on his 30+ years in architectural photography to demonstrate how he would use the Large Format camera in Hartford City Hall. After a short demonstration Kirk will visit LF photographers as they make their own images in this glorious building.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Coffee and pastry 8 - 8:30 am ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 20 minute shuttle departs @ 1 pm to Bradley Airport from City Hall ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

www.gittingsphoto.com