General Meeting & “Nature” Competition Night: January 21, 2014

David Wilkins, our President, welcomed 45 members to our “Nature” competition night.

Tina Crowe introduced our well liked, returning  judge Joanne Stolte. Since 1998, Joanne has been deeply involved in regional photo clubs, currently serving as president of S4C, the coalition of southern California camera clubs. She lives in Glendora, where she formerly served as Vice President of the Glendora Color Slide Group; and is a member of the Pomona Valley Camera Club. She is General Chair of the S4C International Exhibition. Joanne is very active in the Photographic Society of America (PSA).

We had a total of 68 digital entries and 12 prints.  Congratulations to all the winners!

For print entry participants, we had 0 novices, 0 amateurs, 0 advanced amateurs and 12 masters.

For digital entries, we had 15 Novice, 3 Amateur, 22 Advanced, and 28 Master.

Carol Moss welcomed 2 new visitors to the meeting this evening.

• PSA Roundup Chapter Workshop – Joanne Stolte
  • April 26th – all details and registration can be seen on PSA website
     
• Announcements:
  • Poppy Festival- Apr 26th /27th - Sue Craft asked for volunteers for this years’ event at Lancaster Park
  • Children’s Center Family Fun Day - Apr 5th - Terri Garner will have further details on how LPA will be helping with providing a photo booth for the days’ events at the center
     
• Programs:
  • Feb 18th - Curt Gideon - Wedding Photography - $75 fee
  • Apr 15th -  Rob Sheppard - Macro Photography - $200 fee
     
• Workshops:
  • Jan 28th - “Flash Photography & Portraiture” – Julie Sutton - $75 fee - dinner at Greenhouse @ 4:30
  • Feb 25th - “An Evening with Lewis Kemper” – Canon Explorer of Light
  • Mar 25th –potential “Macro” – Noella Ballenger with station set-ups
  • Apr 22nd - “Basic Photography” – Tylene Trout – public will be invited to attend
  • May 27th – potential “Macro” – Noella Ballenger with station set-ups
  • Jun 24th - “How to Enter the AV Fair” – Douglas Wade, and also Terri Garner will award the winners of the Lancaster Corporate Challenge just prior to Doug’s presentation.
  • Jul 22nd - “Photo Mounting Workshop for AV Fair” – Douglas Wade
     
• Competitions:
  • Mar 18th  – Open Prints – judge – George Hutchison – dinner at Greenhouse Café @ 4:30pm
  • May 20th  – Night Photography – judge – TBD
     
• Field Trips:
  • Feb 16th /17th  - “Moonset Over Mount Whitney” – David and Chris Wilkins
     
• S4C – Bonnie Matthews - See S4C report on website
   
• PSA – Nan Carder - See PSA report on website
   
• Library:
  • Bonnie Matthews brought in Lightroom 4 and Photoshop 6 books available for checkout
     
• Newsletter:
  • Deadline for February Newsletter is Saturday January 25th
     
• Friday Night Discussion Group –Terri Garner
  • 2nd & 4th Friday’s of month at  Carrow’s on W Ave K 6:30 pm
     
• Sunday Breakfast – Dale Ware
  • 3rd Sunday of the month at Carrow’s 7:30 am

Christine Wilkins brought in delicious homemade cookies for this evenings’ meeting!

View all the entries on the results page.