His first and only camera is a Nikon D200 which he bought in May, 2007. He enjoys long distance travel and photography complements it very well. He did amateur video recording before that.

He plans to show a 15 minute movie about Vietnam with integrated photographs. His wife, Zina, did most of the video recording. He’ll show his best photographs in more detail after the movie.

Please mark your calendars for a very exciting evening of top notch work!

From 1969 to 1998, John Isaac worked for the United Nations and had a distinguished photography career in the Department of Public Information. In 1978, the United Nations promoted him to photographer and he retired as the chief of the Photo Unit in 1998. During that time John traveled to more that 100 countries while capturing on film the struggles and triumphs of our changing world.

Throughout his career, John received numerous national and international awards for his work, including the Picture of the Year from Missouri School of Journalism, the First prize in the Photokina International Photo Contest, the Best Outdoor Photograph of the year and the Professional Photographer of the Year by the PhotoImaging Manufacturers and Distributors Association.

Over the years he also received 13 awards from Nikon International Photo Contests. Most recently in January 2000, the International Photographic Council named John Isaac as the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award.

John has authored many books including a series called Children in Crisis. Through this series, John gives a first hand account of the daily life of children and their families in troubled regions around the world. He co-authored “Endangered Peoples” with Art Davidson and Art Wolff for the Sierra club. He also co-authored “Coorg, Land of the Kodavas” with his wife Jeannette about the region Coorg in Southern India.

Besides his work with the United Nations, John provided coverage for UNICEF, working closely with the late actress Audrey Hepburn, Harry Belafonte and Liv Ullman. In 1998, John went to Africa to photograph Liberian children for Luciano Pavarotti’s foundation, Pavarotti and Friends.

John’s web site is located at http://www.johnisaac.com/

Bob is a working photographer specializing in the Corporate, Industrial, and Travel & Leisure markets for print and electronic publications. His assignments have taken him though out the United States, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, South America, and Europe for many major magazines and corporations.

He also specializes in underwater photography for print, electronic and fine art. He teaches underwater photography in the Northeast US, Florida and the Caribbean and is a PADI Digital Underwater Photography Instructor.

His websites: www.scubaphotos.org; www.underwaterphotoclasses.com; www.bobhahnphoto.com to take a look at his work.

Hope to see you at the Banana Factory at 7 PM on April 16! Come and meet other club members and potential members for socializing and fun.

Ralph Lindgren will show a number of examples of what can be done with two pieces of software that he finds very useful. – Helicon Focus — helps cope with the challenge of shallow depth of field and Photomatix  which assists with the challenge of low dynamic range. Ralph’s emphasis will be on showing how these programs advance various projects that continue to occupy his attention.

Our second presenter will be Frank Smith who, in October, 2008, went to Kashmir, India with a group led by John Isaac, former UN photographer and Olympus visionary.  With a pro available to answer any questions and to problem-solve a difficult shot, Frank was able to learn the tricks that make a great shot fantastic!  He’ll be sharing with us some of his work and talk about the tips that he learned directly from Mr. Isaac.  Some of Frank’s images will be included in a book on Kashmir to be published by the Maine Photography Workshop.

Join us for an exciting evening at 7PM, Thursday, February 19 in the Banko Room at the Banana Factory in Bethlehem.

Meeting place and the specific bridges we will be visiting will be posted here very soon so stop back for the details.

Since this is our Location Shoot of the Month, you can shoot ANY covered bridge in the Lehigh Valley during the calendar month of November and include it in our November “Share Your Images” thread.

Our November meeting is scheduled for the 20th at the Banana Factory.  This will be a critique of member photos.  All are encouraged to participate.

Meeting at Wehr’s Bridge parking area at 1 pm.  Please see post under Event Announcements in the forums for details of the shoot and Covered Bridge Tour brochure download and directions.

Please note that we are now meeting in the Banko Room at the Banana Factory.

Thanks,
Scott