Monthly PVCC photography competitions are open to all PVCC members in good standing and are free to enter. Competitions are intended to enhance our technical and creative skills behind the lens and during post-processing.
Our judge will be Greg Mitchell:
“If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it’s already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.”— Eve Arnold
Greg Mitchell:
I started my photography journey while attending elementary school in Muncie Indiana. My father was our family shutterbug and I can say my first influence into the art form. At that time, using his Yashica 35mm camera, most of my images were of family vacations and members of our family. I developed my first roll of film and used a darkroom kit that he purchased from the Sears & Roebuck catalog while in elementary school. Moving along, I did some photography for the high school. After college and moving to Indianapolis, I embraced the world of photography and have engaged in and seen the changes over the years. I started a part time job at Post Photo on North Delaware, later worked at David Camera Repair on Rockville Road. Then, I accepted the offer of a position at Robert’s Distributors. My growing wedding shooting interfered with Saturday workdays. So, I opened a commercial studio in Irvington to complement that. However, the business side of a storefront was something unfamiliar to me, and I closed the studio with no regrets. I became a contract photographer for an upscale photography studio and did wedding and event photography for over twenty years. I did official photography for all construction on the Indianapolis Victory Field baseball stadium. I became the official photographer for the Indiana House of Representatives for twenty years. During these times I was also an instructor for Continuing Education in photography for IUPUI. I’ve judged and critiqued at local photography clubs and at the Greenfield Riley Days Photography competition for the last five years. But through it all, I’ve never lost the excitement and feelings of hearing that shutter sound and “hoping” I’ve captured that moment in time.
Because our typical turn-in is a Zoom meeting, please note the following options:
Thursday, February 26 at Focus On regular meeting.
Thursday, March 5 from 4PM to 7PM one of the following:
Charles Yang, North side of Indy, 317-764-6325
Jay van Santen, near the Children’s Museum, 317-513-2825
If these times are inconvenient, give Jay or Charles a call to make arrangements.