Anna Herschkowintz will be making an appearance on March 28 to the Art Academy of Cincinnati. This will be an excellent oppurtunity for any photographer to attend that will be in the Cincinnati area. The Art Academy is located at the corner of Jackson and 12th st. in Downtown Cincinnati. Arrive EARLY as space will be limited and is expected to fill up very quickly.

The Congressioanl Art Competition judgments will be made on the 25th of April. Admission is free, and anyone who has entered or has friends and family that have entered are encouraged to go see if they place. Congressionals are very large competitions, and placing in one is a great accomplishment.  Note that the work entered will not be limited to photography.

For those who know or have students in need of a digital camera and schools looking to buy in bulk, there is an organization that is selling discount cameras for students and schools. F.W.E.D.S.C. sells a variety of quality cameras and camcorders to students and schools, most of which are priced from 70% to even as low as 45% of the recommended retail value! Our school purchased 12 cameras and 3 camcorders from the organization. All of the cameras came brand-new and were high quality. We chose Sony Cybershot 7.1 MP cameras, which we got for about half of their original price. I recommend this for any student or school.

James Tysiu will be presenting a program of African wildlife images.  James is a Denver photographer who specializes in travel and nature photography.  He started shooting photographs in elementary school with a Kodak Brownie. He¹s a member of Mile High Wildlife Photography Club which won Nature's Best Magazine's 2006 Windland Smith Rice International Award. Special topic: Motion.

Next year, students will be able to take Photoshop as an elective. The class offers an in-depth instructional course on the usage and function of photoshop. The class will be taught by Jorge Torneria in the old computer lab, which has been replaced with all-new Macintosh computers. This class is a photography elective, but will be offered to any students. However, space is limited.

Jon Scott is a photographer from Lyons, CO who was just awarded a 1st place award in the Popular Photography 2004 photo contest. He is a graduate of the photography department at Northern Arizona University with a minor in journalism.  He works in landscape and photojournalism and will be presenting a program on a special project he is working on.  Special topic: Self-portrait.