Competition & General Meeting - October 16, 2012
David Wilkins, our President, welcomed 46 members to our October General meeting this evening.
The meeting started off with Wayne Staley introducing our judge, Ted Dayton, for this evenings “Structures” competition. He is a professional photographer from Valencia, and is a member of the Santa Clarita Camera Club. He has previously judged for an LPA competition, and we were thankful to have him return. We had a total of 33 entrants, and 91 entries for this competition in all 9 categories . There were 3 Slides, 13 Novice Digital, 15 Amateur Digital, 18 Advanced Amateur Digital, 15 Master Digital, 5 Novice Prints , 6 Amateur Prints, 5 Advanced Amateur Prints, and 11 Master prints.
Many members valued his brief critique for each image, as he emphasized “Recording” vs. “Interpretation”. Additionally, he emphasized heavy cropping, or less cropping in order to more accurately tell the story of the image. There was a no host dinner prior to the competition. The judge was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation, an honorary membership, and $75 for travel expenses.
Many thanks to everyone for making it yet another great competition night !
Upcoming Programs - Nov – TBD, Dec – Holiday Dinner
Upcoming Workshops - Oct- Show & Tell, Nov – TBD. We need a Workshop Chairperson.
Upcoming Competitions - Themes for the 2012-2013 year: Jan 15, 2013 – Pictorial; March 19, 2013 – Close-Up.
Upcoming Field Trips - Oct 20–LA Arboretum, Nov 3 - La Purisma Mission Village Days, Nov 10 – Civil War Reenactment in Moorpark, Dec – Randsburg, Jan – Downtown LA/Disney Concert Hall, Feb – Bolsa Chica Wetlands, May – Willow Springs, and Jun – Catalina Island
[topic:psa] & [topic:s4c]: Info on these subjects can be seen on LPA website
Announcements: There is a donation jar set up on the table for December’s Holiday Dinner.
Newsletter - Terri Garner our temp Newsletter editor wants to remind the members they can submit articles and pictures to her for the newsletter by the 26th of the month. We still need a permanent editor.
Friday Night Discussion Group - Friday Night Discussion Group are the 2nd & 4th Friday night at 630pm at Denny’s at 20th W and Ave K.
Saturday Monthly Breakfast- is held the 3rd Sunday each month at Carrow’s on Ave K West.
