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Gitchell’s Studio 618-A Forest Street Charlottesville
Jeff Kaiser & Tracy McGeeHigh School Seniors...and more
11:00 ~ 3:30
GovernorElizabeth Bailey, [email protected]
Lt. GovernorJeanette Burkle, [email protected]
SecretaryKathy Kupka, [email protected]
Treasurer / Newsletter EditorJim Sanders, [email protected]
Virginia Professional Photographers Association
Newsletter Northern District
May 2013
Spend the day with Jeff and Tracy and learn all of their secrets! Between the two
of them, they have over 30 years of combined experience working as full time
professional photographers. They will go in depth into what brings in most of their business, High School Seniors, as well as what they do to bring in other types of business such as newborns and families. They will take you through a
portrait session from the initial consultation all the way through to the delivery of the final product, including the consultation, preparing for the session, the
portrait session itself (yes, they will hold an actual portrait session), the workflow,
the ordering appointment, and the final product.
At the end of the day, Jeff and Tracy will sit down with you and answer any questions that you may have from what their favorite pieces of equipment are to
where they have things printed. The sky is the limit, ask whatever you want! They both pride themselves in being an open book and they are always willing to help
anyone who asks.
Monday, May 20th
April 2013
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Growing up in Virginia Beach with a darkroom in his house, Jeff Kaiser developed a strong skill in photography at an early age. Jeff attended the University of Richmond, where he became an assistant darkroom instructor during his freshman year. Also during that time, he worked for the school newspaper and was published in the Richmond Times Dispatch. After graduating from Old Dominion University in 1986with a degree in Economics, he spent eight years working for Allstate. Soon his love for photography took over, and in 1996, he decided to go full time. Jeff went on to attend classes at the Mid-Atlantic Regional School of Photography and studied with several nationally known masters of photography. In 2004, Jeff received the AFP degree from VPPA. e five images he entered into competition in 2005 received blue ribbons in the VPPA, SEPPA & PPA. He was only one of three Virginia photographers to receive PPA's Silver Level Photographer of the Year from PPA. at year he also received his first loan print, which was published in the May edition of Professional Photographer Magazine along with the story behind the print. Jeff has continued on to receive numerous awards and recognition. Jeff and his wife, Lyn, have been married for 23 years and have a 5 year old daughter, Samantha.
JEFF
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Tracy McGee was born and raised in the small town of Shiloh, NC and moved up to Virginia in 2002. Ever since she was a small child, Tracy has been active and involved in one art form or another, from being the kid with the camera in school, playing the clarinet, xylophone, vibraphone and bells in her school band (having taught herself how to play the piano, xylophone, vibraphone and bells) starting at age 11 and continuing to play all the way through high school, having her poetry published and featured by the time she was 12 and just feeding her passion for art with whatever outlet was available to her. She was always the kid in school with the camera and she was employed by and also did a little freelance photography work for her small town local newspaper when she was 18. A couple of years out of high school Tracy went into banking, while continuing to practice and learn photography on the side. She was a bank manager by the time she was 23 and loved her 8 year career in banking. After the birth of her first child in 2003 she and her husband decided that the schedule of a bank manager wasn't conducive to spending quality time with their child, so she left banking and used the additional knowledge that she had attained over the years to start her photography business. Tracy and her husband, David, have two children, an 8 year old son, Riley, and a 5 year old daughter, Olivia.
TRACY
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Jeff and Tracy met at the VPPA convention in February 2007 and quickly learned that they work very well together and have very compatible and complimentary skill sets. ey are now business partners, in addition to being best friends, and the two have over 30 years of combined full time professional photography experience. ey moved into their new location in May of 2010, which is a 3,000 square foot studio on 3 acres of land in Chesapeake,
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photo from the Northern District outing to ‘Little’ Washington
Michael Miley was responsible for some of the
earliest color photographs ever produced. His inventive technique utilized three black and white
negatives of his subject. Each of the three
negatives was exposed through a different filter to
record a particular spectrum of light. To make an
image on paper, each of the negatives was used to
print the color that it recorded. The layering of dyes on the paper produced a representation of full color. Miley's method was similar to processes used on printing presses today, but modern color photography ultimately derived from entirely different techniques.
Michael Miley 1841-1918
Still Life With FruitLexington, Virginia, undatedOriginal color carbon print
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Preston Ave.
Forest Street Gitchellʼs Studio
Directions to Jim Carpenter’s studio (Gitchell’s Studio)
Coming from Route 29 North:
Once in Charlottesville, continue on Rt. 29 (Seminole Trail/Emmet St.). Shortly after passing Hydraulic Rd. (Trader Joe’s is on the right), take the Route 250 East Bypass (go under the underpass and bear right on the ramp).
Go 1.6 miles on the 250 East Bypass to McIntire Rd. (McIntire Park is on the left as you approach McIntire Rd.) Turn right onto McIntire at the stoplight at the bottom of the hill.
Go 0.8 mile to the intersection with Preston Ave. There is a stoplight at this intersection.
Turn right on Preston Ave. and go 0.2 mile. You will pass a Shell station on the right and go under a railroad bridge. Forest Street is the next street on the right. Jim’s studio is immediately on the right.
Coming from the Shenandoah Valley: Exit I64 at Exit 118B (Rt. 29 North) Go 4.0 miles to where the Rt. 29/250 crosses over Business 29 (Emmet St.) Continue east on the 250 Bypass for 1.6 miles to McIntire Rd. Turn right and follow directions to Preston Ave.
Phone number for Jim’s studio — 434-296-7558
McIntire Rd.
0.2 mile from McIntire to Forest
618-A Forest Street (next to Pro Camera)
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