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#2021XDC Giveaway Info

May 31, 2021 By Noe Todorovich

As we reach 15 years of celebrating local photography, we invite you to share your own images taken at this year’s show for the chance to win a $100 gift certificate for Capital Photography Center or a complimentary Washington Photo Safari nighttime session (valued at $79). Share your image with the #2021XDC hashtag and be sure to tag @exposed_dc, @capitalphotographycenter, and @washingtonphotosafari on Instagram to participate. Deadline extended: Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on June 21, 2021. Winners will be selected by June 26 and will be notified via DM before announcements are made on Instagram. Prizes will be sent digitally via email. 

See you at Lost Origins Outside in the alley next to Ellē in Mount Pleasant on Sunday, June 6 from 3-6 p.m. for the show opening and kickoff festivities for the Focus on the Story International Photo Festival! The exhibition will be on view through Sunday, July 11.

Terms & Conditions

The contest is open to residents of Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland who are 18 years of age or older, excluding anyone from the Exposed DC team, their families, or anyone professionally connected with the organizations participating.

To enter, share an image you capture while checking out the outdoor exhibition using the hashtag #2021XDC and tagging @exposed_dc, @capitalphotographycenter, and @washingtonphotosafari. Entries will be accepted through June 7, and winners will be notified the following day.

Two prizes will be awarded to two winners: one $100 gift certificate for Capital Photography Center and one gift certificate for a nighttime session with Washington Photo Safari (valued at $79).

Exposed DC, Capital Photography Center, and Washington Photo Safari may post contest entries on their Instagram accounts and websites with photo credit provided. No rights are transferred by participating.

Filed Under: Announcement, Annual Exhibit Tagged With: 2021 annual show, 2021 Exposed DC Show, annual exhibit, annual show, Capital Photography Center, contest, giveaway, Washington Photo Safari

Exposed DC Photography Show Partners: Capital Photography Center

February 25, 2016 By Heather Goss

Exposed DC 2016 Show Partner - Capital Photography Center

The next great local photography organization that will be joining us for the Exposed DC Photography Show on March 10: Capital Photography Center. Founded in 2012 by Marie Joabar as an independent learning center for photographers of all levels, the Center offers classes taught by experienced professionals, from studio techniques to in-the-field shooting and even iPhone photography.

Joabar and some of her instructors will be holding Critiques in a Flash at the reception. They’ll project a selection of photographs throughout the night and discuss what makes a good image, and where it can all go wrong. Sometimes those flaws are fixable, so they’ll go over simple techniques in Adobe Lightroom that can help improve your photography. Would you like us to discuss one of your images? Email a photo you’ve been struggling with to capitalphotographycenter@gmail.com (just one please), and we’ll let you know if yours is selected and what time you can stop by the room to see your image displayed.

Stop by the Capital Photography Center’s room to see what they can offer and pick up information about their classes all around the D.C. area.

Buy your advance tickets for opening night soon!

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Filed Under: Annual Exhibit, Exposed Event Tagged With: Capital Photography Center, classes, critique, Exposed DC 2016 Partner, school

Resource: Exposed DC Holiday Gift Guide for Photographers

December 9, 2014 By Sanjay Suchak

Camera Envy by John Sonderman
Camera Envy by John Sonderman

Need a gift for the photographer in your life? The Exposed DC holiday gift guide is here to help, with gifts picked by actual photographers (not by advertisers!). So just like last year we implore you to put down the camera lens mug, or the Polaroid toilet paper roll – an actual gift received by this Exposed DC writer last year – and get them something useful. Also be sure to check out last year’s list. We tried not to repeat too many things.

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Filed Under: Gear Talk Tagged With: amazon.com, Capital Photography Center, coffee, creative cloud, day trip, Exposed magazines, Exposed print, gear, gift certificate, gifts, hard drives, Keith Lane, memberships, memory cards, photo books, presents, straps, Washington School of Photography

Friday Links

September 5, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

All we are saying... by number7cloud
All we are saying… by number7cloud

Don’t forget to register for our initial set of free photography classes through Knowledge Commons DC, including sessions on street photography and street portraits from the accomplished Jim Darling and Gerry Suchy respectively. Stay tuned for a whole new slew of classes coming up in October! And mark your calendars for our Photobook Happy Hour at WeWork Wonder Bread on September 12 from 6 to 8pm. Happy Friday!

  • Congratulations to STRATA‘s Chris Suspect, whose D.C. hardcore music show images will be among those on display in the Leica Gallery at Photokina in Cologne, Germany.
  • The APA announced the winners of their 2014 Annual Awards Competition.
  • Russian Photographer Andrei Stenin was sadly found dead this week in Ukraine.
  • Oliver Blohm finds out what happens when you put your instant film in the microwave.
  • The International Space Station got a new 800mm lens, and the photos are pretty great.
  • Where every dog is a weiner: Photos from the annual Labor Day Weiner Dog Race.
  • DC Focused is a new blog “Chronicling Life in the District.”
  • Iceland is erupting, and the photos are so damn cool. It’s also not the only place erupting this week. In case you were wondering what it is like for people living near volcanoes, Eric Lafforgue has been capturing their day to day lives.
  • “Looking back, working conditions back in the day were a dream. We got great salaries, flew business class and were given the time to do the job right. There were even occasions when the photo editor would say: ‘the images aren’t quite right yet. Travel back there and get some more.’” Interview with long time Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker.
  • Who do you want to be? Or, more accurately, who could you have been? Czech photographer Dita Pepe takes these musings quite literally, re-imaging (their word) her life in a hundred different scenarios in her series “Self Portraits with Men”
  • Peng Yangjun has been capturing the beautiful face-kini trend in China.
  • “Chinese photographer Fan Ho spent the ’50s and ’60s photographing street life in Hong Kong. His work, to be published in his new book “Fan Ho: A Hong Kong Memoir,” reaches back through time and space to connect us to the everyday sights of this bustling metropolis in a way that many of us have never seen before.”
  • REI is offering local photography classes.
  • Do you know when you need a model release? The Capital Photography Center breaks it down for you.
  • It is not the work for which he is most know, but the Met has a large collection of Walker Evan’s locomotive photos.
  • Indonesian photographer Yudy Sauw’s stunning macro pictures of insects look as though they were taken by a scientist in a lab. Turns out he “likes bugs” and that it’s “just a hobby.”
  • Photographer Danila Tkachenko won the 2014 World Press Photo contest for his pictures of hermits. Tkachenko spent three years locating and photographing people who live in the wilderness of Russia and Ukraine.
  • And finally, an Australian Zoo celebrated the first birthday of their two tiger cubs.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: Andrei Stenin, APA, awards, Capital Photography Center, Chris Suspect, Danila Tkachenko, DC Focused, Dita Pepe, Eric Lafforgue, Fan Ho, friday links, Oliver Blohm, Peng Yanguin, Photokina, Thomas Hoepker, tigers, Walker Evans, Yudy Sauw

Friday Links

June 27, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Photo by Melodius
Photo by Melodius

  • ICYMI: Instant DC, the collective focused on mobile photography, is now part of Exposed DC. Look forward to some great posts from their writers and collaborative events very soon.
  • Traveling this summer? You can read these tips for traveling with your gear from the Capital Photography Center.
  • “But, once every four years, the FIFA World Cup offers a glimpse into the wider world of totally-not-gay international man-on-man affection.” We have nothing to add, just click.
  • In Focus has a nice selection of photos from the National Geographic Traveler Photo contest.
  • The Library of Congress highlights photographers willing to do anything to get the shot; here they are battling volcanoes.
  • National Geographic announced a new program for their photographers, the Fellows program.
  • Rochester, NY was the home of the once-photography-giant Kodak. Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris have documented the impact of the loss of the company on the town.
  • Literacy Through Photography gives D.C. students the opportunity to document their lives.
  • “CYJO has created a series of portraits that examines how race, ethnicity, and heritage contextualize a person as an individual, and how they coexist within the framework of a family.”
  • Want more from people that are famous for something else, but also take photos? London’s Royal Academy of Arts is exhibiting The Lost Album, a collection of Dennis Hopper’s photos unseen since 1970.
  • And finally, Metro is giving you the chance to have the ultimate D.C. souvenir – a SmartTrip card with baby tigers on it! Pandas are cute, but tigers are for winners.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: Alex Webb, Capital Photography Center, Cyjo, Dennis Hoppe, friday links, In Focus, Library of Congress, National Geographic Traveler, Rebecca Norris

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