PSA Report for April 2016
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) REPORT FOR APRIL 2016
By Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, DFS4C, PSA Club Representative
psa-photo.org
PSA Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX: In 2016, the PSA conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas from September 10-17. The conference hotel will be the Wyndham, San Antonio Riverwalk. There will be an exciting lineup of photo tours, workshops, programs, featured speakers, and social activities. Tours will include the following:
An all day tour to the historic San Antonio missions will be offered as well as early morning and late day photo tours of the missions. There will also be an all day tour to the Texas Hill Country that will include a stop at the LBJ Ranch. In addition, there will be a River Barge tour, a River Barge Dinner tour, a tour of the San Antonio Botanical Gardens and Japanese Tea Garden, a King William District tour, a Double Decker Bus tour and walking tours.
Room rates are $130/night. http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?psa-conference-hotel
Registration is now open April 2, 2016 at this website: http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?2016-psa-conference
PSA Projected Image Division Interclub: The results from the third round of the Projected Image Division Third Round Group A have been announced. Congratulations to Dale Taft for winning an award with his image “Light Up the Sky”. Congratulations Dale.
To see all of the winning images for this competition, including Dale’s, please go to the Round 3 Gallery at this web page: https://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?2015-16-pid-interclub-round-3-gallery
PSA PID Creative Interclub: The Lancaster Photography Association entered the second round of the PSA PID Creative interclub. There were no awards or HMs in this round.
PSA Projected Image Division Individual Portrait Competition: The Individual Portrait Competition is an annual competition organized by the Projected Image Division (PID).
The competition is open to Individual Members of The Photographic Society of America (PSA), and is free of charge.
The competition will have three Rounds:
- Round 2 closes May 9
- Round 3 closes July 11
Each Round will award the following prizes: First, Second, and Third. Also, the following awards will be awarded: Best Male, Best Female, and Best Child, Best Monochrome, Best Indoor, and Best Environmental
The number of Honorable Mentions is dependent on the number of participants. For more information, please go to this website: www.psa-photo.org/pid/ipc
PID Individual Creative Contest: Helen Henry received a Judges Choice for her image “A Single Drop” and an Honorable Mention with “Horses in Aspen” in the second round of the PID Individual Creative Contest. Entries for the last round will close on April 20, 2016.
All of the winning images may be viewed at this web page: http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?pid-icc-2015-16-round-2
PSA Newsletter and Website Contest: Douglas Wade has entered the Lancaster Photography Association in the PSA Newsletter and Website Contests. Good luck LPA.
PSA International Exhibitions:
Coachella Valley International Exhibition: All LPA members entering the Coachella Valley International Exhibition received acceptances, and Chris Wilkins won a Silver Medal for her image “Illulissat in the Midnight Sun”. LPA members entering the exhibition are the following: Shirl Airov-Bieling, Nan Carder, Diana Edgel, Scott Shackelford, Chris and David Wilkins.
The Coachella Valley International Exhibition catalog has been posted online at this web page. Click on the highlighted red web links on this web page to see all of the winning and accepted images. Images may be seen by clicking on the gray bar next to each entrant’s name: http://www.cvdcc.org/exhibitions/2016/coachella_2016_catalog_overview.html
Ocean State International Exhibition: The Lancaster Photography Association members participating in this year’s competition are the following: Shirl Airov-Bieling, Nan Carder, Darren Cole, Diana Edgel, Helen Henry, Holly Peskin, Scott Shackelford, Chris and David Wilkins. Results are in the process of being sent to the participants. Club results will be sent next week.
San Joaquin Valley International Exhibition: Shirl Airov-Bieling, Nan Carder, and Darren Cole entered the San Joaquin Valley International Exhibition. All three LPA members had acceptances, and Darren won a Chairman’s Choice medal in nature with his image “Milky Way Over Mountain”. Congratulations Darren.
Please go to this website, then scroll to the bottom of the web page to find the link to the catalog: http://www.2016.sjvccc.org
PSA Membership Milestone: The Lancaster Photography Association has been a PSA member since 1998. LPA will receive recognition for being a PSA member for fifteen years at this year’s S4C Banquet.
For information on the Photographic Society of America, please contact Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, at nancarder310@msn.com
