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Lesa Snider King, chief spokesperson for iStockphoto.com and image editing whiz, is this month's featured speaker at Luther Jackson Middle School, Falls Church, VA on Saturday, May 26, 2007. The meeting will be of interest to all persons who are involved in digital image editing or graphic design even though it is the May general meeting of Washington Apple Pi (WAP), the oldest and largest of the Macintosh user groups serving the greater Washington DC metro area.

Washington Apple Pi recognizes their best member photographs in a Recognition/Awards ceremony at Luther Jackson Middle School in Falls Church, VA, on May 26, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. The winning subject-area photographs will be shown and the photographers will receive their certificate of achievement as novice or advanced photographer skill levels. Novices competed against other novices and advanced against their peers. The contest accepted photographs in five subject areas –People, Nature, Buildings and Man-Made Structures, Travel Destinations, and the fun subject, Washington Apple Pi. The latter category required each submission to represent Washington or Apple(s) or Pi(e), or more than one of these.

"This year was Apple Pi's first digital photo contest. Each member was invited to submit their best digital images in any or all of the subject areas" stated Pat Fauquet, WAP's vice president of programs. "Outside judges allowed all members to participate in this fun event. We look forward to seeing the up to thirty subject / skill level winners and the overall ‘best-of-show' photograph."

Meetings start with Question and Answer session, continue with concurrent breakout special interest tutorial sessions, reassemble for featured speaker, followed by raffle and adjournment at 12:30p.m.

This month's breakout session topics are
"Organizing Your Macintosh,"
"Video Basics--Behind the Camera", and
"Using Photos and Video Clips To Tell A Story with iLife (software)".

Members and guests are invited to join WAP leadership for a buy-your-own lunch at a nearby eatery following the general meeting.

Driving instructions from Capital Beltway, I-495: Take the Washington Beltway Route 495 to US Route 50 west (Arlington Boulevard), exit 50.Make way to inner roadway, staying right at Y to go north on Gallows Road (VA route 650). Drive through first traffic light (Gatehouse Road) and past main school building on your left. Make left turn near the end of school property. Follow roadway around north end of school past doors 8 and 9 to far end of north parking area. Walk along west side of building to entrance door approximately 30 feet from multi-purpose room. Signs will direct you to Washington Apple Pi meeting rooms. School location map is at http://www.fcps.edu/maps/jackson.htm

From Dunn-Loring Metro Station: Take Orange Line to Dunn-Loring station, located at Interstate-66 and Gallows Road. Board the Fairfax Connector Bus 401, destination sign says "Franconia-Springfield Metro" to intersection of Gate house Road and Gallows Road (about seven minutes). The school is in northwest corner of this intersection. Enter school at main entrance, following signs to Apple Pi meeting in multi-purpose room. Alternately, on a nice day, it takes about 15 minutes to walk south from Dunn-Loring station on Gallows Road to the school. Busses are roughly an hour apart on Saturdays.

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