This little group of ours has gone from a ‘good idea’ to a real ‘community with opportunity’!

Congratulations to Debra Moody, Jessica Hirschmann and Joanne Henig!  All three Long Island Photo Gallery members have had their fine art photography chosen by the SheltAir Corporation to be on permanent display at their new terminal at the Francis S. Gabreski Airport, which is located in the Village of Westhampton Beach.

This is some great recognition for our group and our members.  Here are the 6 images that were chosen:

What’s next for Long Island Photo Gallery and its members?  We can only say that we have high hopes for continued success.  It is because of our member’s enthusiasm that we continue to grow and achieve outstanding recognition throughout Long Island as ‘the’ place for fine art Long Island photography!

Long Island Photo Gallery, the LI photography “Community With Opportunity”,  is on a positive roll.  Please join us in welcoming Tommy Brunhuber and Edward Mooney to our group.

Tommy Brunhuber explains, ”My “career” as a photographer is still very much in its infancy and I am by no means a professional, but I am humbly willing to learn as much as I can.”   Well Tommy, with your membership in Long Island Photo Gallery, you are beginning to move your career forward.  We encourage Tommy, as well as all of our members, to update their images in the gallery and  their images offered for sale on the website, on a regular basis.  Attend our field trips (May 8, 2010, Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, Long Island) and our critique sessions (April 14th, 2010 at 7:00 PM).  Read and post to this blog as well.  Challenge yourself everyday!  I look back at my work when I first started Long Island Photo Gallery with Jessica Hirschmann and I can’t believe how much my work has improved.  You all will improve too.  Practice, share, grow.

Newest member Edward Mooney has “his work exhibited in several galleries on Long Island and also at the Fire Island, Montauk Point and Horton Lighthouses.”  Eddie also has his own website and blog.  His distinguished career as a fine art photographer has work exhibited at the Village Art and Frame in Babylon and the Seafarer Gift Shop in Sayville.  We are delighted to have his work exhibited here, on the Long Island Photo Gallery website, and we hope to see his framed pieces in our Bohemia gallery soon.

With every new member that joins, the exposure for all of us grows.  Each of us has a unique artistry.  As we grow, we will be able to offer a greater variety of fine art to a general public that is hungry for Long Island Fine Art Photography for their home and office.

~ Joanne

As promised, 2010 is starting out to be a much anticipated, ‘Year of Action’ for Long Island Photo Gallery and its members.  Last night was the start of the push to increase opportunity for our members while helping to ignite the creative juices for us all.  If you love photography like we do, a great way to kick the year off is to have a Critique Night.  There’s nothing like a group of photographers, of all levels, joining together to enjoy each others favorite photos while having those same images critiqued by a jury of their peers.

Submitted by photographer Joanne Henig

Last night we held our first ever, Long Island Photo Gallery critique night. We met new members and had a new guest of LIPG sit in and participate in the event.  We had a great group of photographers assembled and we saw some really great photography.  The purpose of critiquing images is to help the photographer grow as an artist and to help them reach their personal photographic goals.  It is extremely difficult to critique your own images.  You, of course, know what you like and what you don’t like about your photos. But, an independent fresh set of eyes can sometimes point out the simplest suggestions to improve upon an image.  In many cases, this can take an image from being ordinary to extraordinary!

Submitted by photographer Jessica Hirschmann

Those that attended last night’s meeting walked away with a FREE Long Island Photo Gallery 2010 wall calendar.  Believe it or not, we are starting to zero in on the 2011 Long Island Photo Gallery calendar.  If you would like to get your images in the calendar, please contact either Joanne or Jessica at LIPG.

What’s next?

<————-  Scroll through our events calendar on the top – left of our blog page to see a complete list of events for 2010.  Don’t be shy.  Sign up.  Come on out and share your love of photography with fellow Long Islanders.

Submitted by photographer Mike Stein

Missed last night’s critique night?  No worries.  Sign up for our next critique night on April 14th, 2010.  We would love to see you and your images there.  Can’t promise a FREE calender, however : )

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