A Neutral Density filter reduces the intensity of all wavelengths or colors of light equally. That’s just a fancy way of saying it lets less light into your camera. They come in different intensities and styles. One such style is the Graduated Neutral Density filter which blocks light on half of the filter, and gradually transitions to the other half which is clear.

If you don’t already have a neutral density filter, but you’d like to improve the look of your photographs right now, there is a little trick you can tuck away in the recesses of your mind for the next time you’re out and about. Remember how your shutter speed and aperture are so closely related? Well, you can slow your shutter speed enough to make choppy water look smooth even without a neutral density filter by making a couple of adjustments.

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The article to follow is one of major accomplishment for an organization I joined in 2006.Women In Photography International (WIPI) has made some rather daring accomplishments in 33 years.  Jean Ferro the Organizations president article below explains the acceptance of the web site to Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library They will have a FULL copy of the website. I'm excited to be included in a small piece of women’s history and women photographers

This is one of WIPI’s most important gallery presentations to date.  WIPI is going through a transition that will house and make permanent our MEMBER’S work and history within one of the most prestigious university libraries in the world..  Our transition will take place late spring, 2015.  So make sure your files are up-to-date!  We “may” be sending a request for prints and books in January.. depending on finding funding to support the extra work.  We are honored to have this extraordinary opportunity.... a dream come true!


The Charter Member gallery is a presentation to introduce the dedicated women photographers to Yale scholars so they can begin to learn the depth and wealth of WIPI’s talented artists.  The presentation will be circulated starting today and into 2015.



CHARTER MEMBER - online submission - BEINECKE LIBRARY
2014 - 2015  EXHIBITORS

DIRECT to the PAGE listing ALL Charter Members
WIPI / YALE / BEINECKE  LIBRARY Online Submission
http://womeninphotography.org/Events-Exhibits/YALE-WIPI-ARCHIVE/submission2-NAMES.html


The Women In Photography International Archive (1981-2003) is held at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, Peter Palmquist Western Americana Permanent Collection. The inclusion of WIPI's hard copy and digital files from mid-2003 to present will be added to the Beinecke collection in upcoming 2015. The WIPI CHARTER GALLERY - 2014-2015 is a spotlight to introduce current member artists, educators, professionals and masters of photography within an in-depth searchable online historical documentation of the organization and women's work.

Artist Statement - Carnivals

I use photography as a means of self-expression – I make pictures for myself, to identify with hidden qualities of my character, to better understand my reality, and to express my interpretation of the world around me. A deeper understanding of myself and of my world allow me to explore fragments of  my life in an abstract form, and also to interact with an environment I would otherwise not allow myself  to engage with. My goal is to use my camera like Alice’s rabbit hole, to open a world; I’ve not been to in a long time a place of curious self-expression, but also a world of new relationships, new chances new beginnings and most importantly new stories

My choice of subject comes from a place of being a teenager fueled by an impetuous desire to zone out  weekends at carnivals’  to seek the unknown in darkness looking for the light within the shadows,. I am curious at what lies behind their dancing lights; this exploitation evokes a passage of time.  Past to present future.
I find myself interested in the results of immersing myself in the story the spiritual and recording my own reactions and actions to my world.  The photographs of the carnival come from that immersion.  Blending the bridge to spirit