We had 36 people present for this months meeting, which included 5 visitors… all 5 of which joined the LPA!

Welcome to new members Errol Eaton, Suzie Vogt, Todd Shultz, Tony Gould, and John Dougherty.  Tony Gould was the lucky winner of the 50/50 drawing of $41.50, and kindly donated it all back to the club.  Thank you Tony!

We had a large turnout for this month’s meeting. We counted 38 members on our sign-in sheet and  seven guests, two of which signed up as new members..

There were quite a few entries in both prints and slides for our competition, so we delayed starting a few minutes while all the entries were being processed.

Our program this month was presented by our LPA Vice President, Dennis Goodno.  Printers, Papers, and Inks… everything you ever wanted to know and info you never knew you were missing.  If you’d like a CD full of the latest information, and facts, contact Dennis at arley@adelphia.net. 

Exciting and fun events are up coming and open to all LPA members.  Next week, (Tuesday Sept 27th) Fred Frederickson will be offering a critique session for those non-winning prints that you thought should be winners.  Next month, we have an OPEN photo competition.  New competition rules and classes were made available in the October newsletter, as well as at the LPA website.

Our guest speaker this month was Juan Gonzalez, from the Professional Photographers Association and he gave a presentation on Wedding Photography.

Juan has photographed 100’s of weddings, and brought beautiful framed photos, albums, and a very creative digital slide show.  The group seemed to be quite impressed with his work, his enthusiasm, and teaching skills.  Check out his website at www.mydreamcatcher.info.

Our program this month was a digital slide presentation about “Bodie”, by photographer Dwight Goode. Special access arrangements were made, and Dwight was able to spend several days photographing sunsrises/sunsets, and the insides of buildings. Lighting often was a challenge, but Dwight overcame that with flash, reflectors, and his Photoshop skills. Many before/after shots were shared, demonstrating just a few of the things that can be done with Photoshop.

Part of this month’s program was a Member’s Choice Photo Competition.  Christine Brady-Rubio, our Competition Chair, and Vice President thought it would be fun to have an additional opportunity for a 4th chance (normally we only have 3) to qualify for the year end competition.

Our “Open Competition” evening was well attended with over 50 people present. We had 3 visitors and 2 brand new members. New member Linda Swanson even walked away with a ribbon at her very first meeting. Congratulations Linda!

Numerous prints and slides were entered, and it was great to see some of our newer members competing and getting ribbons.

Our March meeting was well attended with 45 people present, including 4 guests.  By the end of the evening, we gained 6 new members!  Welcome Woody & Kathy Munich, Ken and Arlene Moeller, Val Freeman, and our 100th member, Jim Cherry.  Ted Ayers, a former LPA member, traveled here all the way from Rapid City Iowa, just to visit, and check out the wildflowers.  Ted loves to drive, and covered 700 miles in one day, to check out the flowers in and around Death Valley.