Hello photographers!  Here is your monthly update with all of the events, workshops, and other fun things happening over here at Studio Altius.  If you have not yet stopped by on a Friday evening to check out the St. Louis Photographers Showcase, then you are missing a great experience!  Feel free to check out the full fall calendar at www.studioaltius.com/news.

ST. LOUIS PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOWCASE
The summer season is going great.  We are seeing some really tight races in the Professional Division among former movie industry production guru Benjamin Trevor and SEEN grand prize winners David McWhirter (2008) and Julie Enstall (2009); Semi-Pro Division among former roommates Kate Hargis of ksh designs and Emily Benner (photography teacher at Lafayette High), and last season’s showcase points leader Alan Webb; and Student Division rivalry between WashU’s Chang Jang and Webster’s Brendan Moloney.  We have also seen a relative juggernaut emerge out of the Amateur division…Erin Kawell is leading her division by several thousand points (although Jessica McCaskill is trying to narrow that gap the past few weeks)!  Stop by on a Friday evening between 6-7:30pm and take part in the voting process here at Studio Altius!  Besides, it is a great chance to hang out with other photographers

To check out the recent winners and current standings, go to:
http://www.showcase.studioaltius.com/showcaseleague/

WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
The fall schedule is finished!  Do you feel like you have full mastery over photography?  Does manual photography puzzle you?  Do you only shoot available light because you do not fundamentally understand how to control light?  Are you insecure or do you freeze up when you have a person in front of the camera?  Would you like to learn how to use your post-processing tools better and waste less time?  WE CAN HELP!  Take this opportunity to learn skills and techniques that will save you months or years of frustration or trial and error photography.  Sign up for 4 workshops and get a 20% discount!

Here are the upcoming workshops and classes:
8/21 – Studio Lighting Workshop
9/7 – Manual Photography Workshop
9/11 – Portraiture Workshop
10/09 – Studio Lighting Workshop
10/21 – Manual Photography Workshop
11/1-12/6 – Digital Photography Course
11/13 – Portraiture Workshop
11/16 – Photoshop Lightroom Workshop
11/20 – Studio Lighting Workshop
11/30 – Manual Photography Workshop
12/18 – Advanced Studio Lighting Laboratory 

Remember to email or call with your interest to participate, but we can only hold your spot with paid registration.  If you are a part of a group and would like to have a private class just for your group, feel free to contact us.

PHOTOGRAPHY BREW-HA-HA
Studio Altius
Friday August 27, 2010
6:30pm – 10ish
Come spend a relaxed evening at Studio Altius filled with social networking, photography discussion, and delightful beverages. This event is open to all levels of photographers. Come get connected with other photographers in town, learn about various topics in photography, bring some new images to show off, hey…even bring old equipment you are looking to unload, whatever floats your boat! Admission is $5 or a 6-pack of beer or a bottle of wine or five dollar’s worth of snacks/soda.
This month’s feature is the playoffs for the St. Louis Photographer’s Showcase, Summer Season
http://www.studioaltius.com/events/brew20100827.html

Future Brew-Ha-Ha’s:
September 21: http://www.studioaltius.com/events/brew20100921.html
October 19: http://www.studioaltius.com/events/brew20101019.html
November 19: http://www.studioaltius.com/events/brew20101119.html
 

SEEN 2010
That’s right…SEEN 2010 will be the biggest SEEN show in history!  Get ready for it!  Call for art Deadline will be November 2^nd.  More information will be coming soon:
http://www.studioaltius.com/prophoto/contests.html

STUDIO RENTALS
Studio Altius exists to be a resource for professional and serious amateur photographers.  We will be glad to help if you need it!
Rental Ratesheet:
http://www.studioaltius.com/prophoto/Studio%20Altius%20Ratesheet.pdf
We also SELL studio equipment such as seamless paper, muslins, stands, etc.  Check it out here:
http://www.studioaltius.com/prophoto/specials/sales.html

We send out our greatest appreciation to the gracious and talented volunteers that worked the event. Without you, the day couldn’t have been possible. We also must say thank you to friends old and new and to our families who attended the event and supported us in making the day a success.

Thank you to Randall, Christina, Carol, Deborah, Noah, Griffen, Gretchen, David, Gabrielle, Alexis, Joan, Shawna, Karen, and Amelia for being brave and cutting off your ponytails!

Thank you to Paul, James, Melanie, Ashley, Michelle, Ricca, and the 2 ladies that came out from Clayton on short notice for doing all of the fantastic new short styles!

Thank you to Boo the Clown, Meg-A-Legs, Tome the Mime, Julie the Fantastic Face Painter, Ray K. the Gangsta Print Maker, and D-Star Photographer Extraordinaire for making the event fun for all who attended!

Thank you to Maximus at C & C Quality Printing for donating the printing of all of the flyers and postcards that we used to promote the event around town. To A & M Salon Supply for donating the styling chair that we used on our stage to do all of the ponytail cuts. And to National City Bank in Maplewood for donating your helium tank so we could have floating balloons for the kids!

Thank you to our parents and close friends who did so much to help us with ALL of the preparations before and helped out during the event. We love you guys!

Calling all FULL TIME STUDENT (grade school, high school, and college) photographer’s to submit artwork for our first ALL student exhibition FRESH2o10!  This show will include some of the best work being created by the St. Louis Student Photographers.  The finalists are selected by a blind jury and the top 50 pieces will be displayed at Studio Altius during the month of July 2010.  A photo book will also be made showing off the finalists plus several other standout images.  The entry fee is only $5 and you may enter as many times in as many categories as you wish, however, you must submit a new entry fee for every piece entered.

The Categories ARE:

ABSTRACT (sometimes it is better if you don’t know what it is..)

ARCHITECTURE (man-made structures)

DIGITAL ART (Artwork created digitally based on one or more images)

LANDSCAPE (forests, mountain, plains, etc..)

NATURE (plants, animals, insects, etc..)

PORTRAIT (people images)

STILL LIFE (it isn’t moving…)

TRAVEL (images that allow us to visit without going there)

So make those submissions and do it quick!  Submission deadline is June 1st, 2010!  Show us what makes your work FRESH!

Cirque du Cheveux translates into Circus of Hair and that is exactly what will be going on at Studio Altius on June 5th, 2010! Come join us and bring the kids for a day of haircutting and photographing by some of the St. Louis area’s top stylists and photographers in a circus themed setting. We are transforming the studio to make it look like a Circus and we are going to be doing free haircuts and no sitting fee photo shoots to all of those willing to donate at least 10 inches of their hair to children in need. We will be doing onsite printing of 4×6 ($5) and 5×7 ($8) prints. All hair and print donations will be given to Locks of Love. For more information about this AWESOME event, please contact Studio Altius at 314.769.9769 or information@studioaltius.com. If you would like more information about Locks of Love, please visit www.locksoflove.org.

Oh, and if you are curious if anyone of us are participating in the cutting, Shawna V. of Studio A will be donating her hair as well!!

So tell your friends and help us make this event a huge success!!!

The St. Louis Photographers Showcase is a competitive photography league and it begins tomorrow night! Check it all out at:

www.showcase.studioaltius.com/showcaseleague

We have a full lineup of great photographers for this season’s league…should be some fantastic stuff to see!

Competitors:
Professional Division
1. Lauri Baker
2. Rebecca Barr
3. Derek Cadzow
4. Susie Gaal
5. Sheila Henderson
6. David McWhirter
7. Stephanie Zettl

Semi-Pro Division
1. Jill Arnold
2. Emily Benner
3. Stacey Grabel
4. Kate Hargis
5. Ronnie Johnson, Jr.
6. David Kopp
7. Curt Parker
8. Stephanie Raumschuh
9. Valerie Rippey
10. Dave Vehige
11. Alan Webb

Amateur Division
1. James Agnew
2. Jerry Benner
3. Eric Cope
4. Bob Crowe
5. Laura Filiatreau
6. Darren Snead
7. Ryan Strong

Student Division
1. Sonya Buerck
2. Brock Carey
3. Brendan Moloney
4. Bonnie Nichoalds