City of Centerville  100 W. Spring Valley Road  Centerville, OH 45458

For Immediate Release:
June 28, 2010
Contact: Kristen Gopman, (937) 433-7151

Free Digital Photography Workshops to be held in partnership with photo contest

The Centerville Arts Commission and the Washington-Centerville Public Library are hosting two free digital photography workshops on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at the Centerville Library, 111 W. Spring Valley Road. The first session, Digital Photography A-Z, will be held 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. The second session, Image Editing, will be held 1:00- 2:30 p.m. There will also be an optional lab from 2:30-3:30 p.m. to practice what you’ve learned and to ask questions. Click here for the flyer.   View the Video

Gary Kunze, local photographer and Kera Estep of the Centerville Arts Commission will lead the workshops. The workshops are free and open to the public, and advance registration is required. You may register at either location of the Washington-Centerville Public Library; by calling (937) 433-8091; or online at http://www.wclibrary.info/events/  .

The Arts Commission and the Washington-Centerville Public Library are also hosting a free digital photography competition called Beyond Point and Shoot. Online entries will be accepted starting July 26 through August 31 online at www.wclibrary.info  .

Photographers may enter photos in each of four categories – people, place, locally taken (Centerville and Washington Township) and mobile (via cell phone or mobile device). Prizes will be awarded in all four categories based on the vote of a panel of local photographers in two age groups youth (16 and younger) and adult (17 and older). Winning photographs will be displayed at the Centerville Police Department Gallery located at 155 W. Spring Valley Road beginning October 10. The exhibition will open at 2:30 p.m. and awards will be given at 3:00 p.m. The display will close on November 1.

Complete contest rules, guidelines, entry forms and more are available at www.ci.centerville.oh.us  or www.wclibrary.info  .

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