Member Bio -  Joseph J. Zaia, APSA, ASIIPC, FMC (unicojjz@cfl.rr.com)

Although Joe has been interested in photography since his teens, he has been seriously active and engaged as a contributor to the photographic community for over 35 years. A Photographic Society of America (PSA) member since 1971, he has served on a variety of committees and held several offices. Before moving to Florida from the Metropolitan New York area, Joe was active in the PSA Cosmopolitan Chapter, in the Chase Manhattan Camera Clubs and the Metropolitan Camera Club Council, Inc. serving on the Board of Directors again chairing a variety of key committees. Having a passion for sharing his experiences and knowledge with other photographers, for twelve years Joe ran a series of one-day to two-week location workshops in areas including Cape Ann MA, Boothbay Harbor ME, upstate and New York City, and Woodstock VT. He also has developed a wide variety of tutorial programs covering subjects such as water reflections, montaging slides, scenics, and creating glass and multiple exposure abstracts. He has presented these to numerous camera clubs in New York and Northern Florida as well as at the Annual New England Camera Club Council in Amherst MA, the Cosmopolitan Chapter, in NYC, the Everglades Chapter, and the Central Florida Chapter, Florida, as well as Regional and Annual PSA International Conferences, around the Country. He is an exhibitor in the PSA International Exhibitions, exhibited several one-man print shows as well as several others by invitation. Residing now in Flagler Beach, North Florida, he is an active member of the Photography Club of Flagler County, Palm Coast; the Daytona Shores Camera Club, Daytona Beach and the Casements Camera Club, Ormond Beach, all in Florida, the PSA Everglades and the Central Florida Chapters.  Joe has been active in the Color Slide and the Photo Travel Divisions of PSA. He recently became involved in the Electronic Imaging Division and is interested to learn how to manipulate images electronically. He is working with a Canon 20D camera and Photoshop 6 in a PC with the Windows XP Operating System.