PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2016

By Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, DFS4C, PSA Club Representative

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PSA Annual Conference, Pittsburg, PA: The 2017 conference will be held at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center on October 8^th - October 14^th, 2017.  

PSA Nature Division Interclub Competition (Round 1): There were no awards or HMs.

PSA Photo Travel Division Interclub Competition (Round 1): Entries for the PSA Photo Travel Division Interclub Competition were the following: Clearing at Valley View (Christine Wilkins), Four Young Monks (Richard Wood), Mammoth Hot Springs 01 (Tom Van Langenhoven), Mono Lake Sunrise (Richard White), Still Standing (Marilyn Peake) and Zuni Mud Ovens (Robert Christman).

PSA Projected Image Division Interclub Competition (Round 1): Entries for the PSA Projected Image Division Interclub Competition were the following: Bison 0017 (Eugene Duley), Branching Out (Kathy Newman), Faxi Falls (Kathleen Walter), Milky Way with Windmill (Helen Henry), Miner’s Cabin (Terry Dickerson), and Mono Lake Sunrise (Richard White).

In the PSA Journal (November Issue):

• Newsletter Contest – Lancaster Photography Association Large Division Honorable Mention, Douglas Wade, Editor, and Lancaster Photography Association, Desert Exposure, Best Use of Color, page 39.
• On My Mind – Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, Christine and David Wilkins, page 4-5
• 2016 PID Photo Essay Contest Awards: 2016 PID Photo Essay judge, Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA.
• PID Individual Portrait Competition, Round Three Results: Honorable Mention - Timeless, Kathy Newman

PSA Individual Creative Competition:  Entries for the first Individual Creative Competition will close November 25^th. This activity is free to all PSA members. New this year: there will be four rounds and three skill groups. LPA has some very talented members. Some of LPA Award winners last year were Helen Henry, Rock Myers, and Kathy Newman. More information can be found at this web page.

https://psa-photo.org/index.php?pid-individual-creative-competition

PSA Individual Portrait Competition: Round 1 is now open and will close on November 25^th, 2016. There are four rounds and four different entry levels. This competition is free for all PSA members. This activity is also free to PSA members.

https://psa-photo.org/index.php?divisions-pid-individual-portrait-competition

Level A: for members entering for the first time and beginners

Level B: for first time and beginning members also

Level C: for intermediate members that have won an occasional award or HM

Level D: for the masters who have won several Awards and HMs

PSA Service New Member: Terry Dickerson is the newest PSA member. Thank you for joining.

PSA Photojournalism Division Interclub Director: Scott Shackelford has volunteered to be the PSA Photojournalism Interclub Director. Congratulations Scott.

Here is Scott’s webpage: https://psa-photo.org/index.php?divisions-photojournalism-interclub-competition

PSA International Exhibitions:

ISO2016: Congratulations Shirl Airov-Bieling for receiving an acceptance for her images Two Wingwalkers (Projected Image Division - Color) and Boys on a Slide (Projected Image Division - Monochrome).

For information on the Photographic Society of America, please contact Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, at nancarder310@msn.com

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2016

By Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, DFS4C, PSA Club Representative

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PSA Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX: The PSA conference in San Antonio was a wonderful conference with many tours, photo walks, and programs The best part was being with old photo friends and meeting new photo friends from around the world. This included seeing Scott and Marilyn Shackelford who attend their first PSA conference. Both LPA members enjoyed the many activities of the conference.

It was fun seeing some of our LPA member’s images in some of the photography shows that were presented during the week.

Some of our LPA members that had images projected in the PSA International Exhibition were the following: Shirl Airov-Bieling, Nan Carder, Diana Edgel, and Scott Shackelford.

In the Projected Image Division’s “Best of the Best”, images from current and past LPA members were the following:

Best of the Best PID Individual Creative:

2002 Prowler:             Rock Myers

Horses in Aspen          Helen Henry

Hummingbird Flight  Kathy Newman

Best of the Best PID Creative Interclub:
Sandhill 5451              Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA

Wisteria Girl               Kathy Newman

PSA Service Award:  Congratulations Christine Wilkins for being recognized at the PSA conference for receiving a PSA Service Award for all of her hard work as the Membership Milestone Director.

PSA Newsletter Contest: Thank you Douglas Wade for judging the PSA Newsletter Contest/Small Clubs this year.

PSA Interclub Competitions:

PSA Nature Division Interclub Competition (Round 1): Entries for the PSA Nature Division Interclub Competition are the following: Bison 0017 (Eugene Duley), Clearing at Valley View (Christine Wilkins), Curves of Time (Shane Walter), Elephants at Zimbabwe, (Richard White), Strange Lunch (Terry Dickerson), Volcano 3736 (Darren Cole).

PSA Projected Image Division Individual Portrait Competition, Round 2 Results: Kathy Newman’s name is listed in the October PSA Journal on page 41, for receiving a Judge’s Choice with her image The Covering.

PSA Pictorial Print Division (PPD) Print of the Year Winner: Nan Carder’s name is listed in the October PSA Journal for winning the PPD Small Monochrome Print of the Year with her print Chimpanzees 6544 on page 42.

PSA Chapters’ Showcase:  The Southern California Roundup Chapter entered this year’s Chapter Showcase. The Chapter was second runner up. LPA members with images selected for the showcase were the following: Illulissat in the Midnight Sun (Chris Wilkins), Milky Way with Windmill (Helen Henry), and Yosemite Tunnel View 6366 (Nan Carder).

PSA International Exhibitions:

Oklahoma International Exhibition: Shirl Airov-Bieling and Nan Carder participated in this years' Oklahoma International Exhibition. They both received acceptances.

 PSA Division Stars: Both Shirl Airov-Bieling and Scott Shackelford received their first Projected Image Division Star I. Their names are listed in the October PSA Journal: Awards and Competitions - Star Ratings on page 37.

PSA Who’s Who:  Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, received her certificate at the PSA conference for being “10^th in the World”, Photojournalism Division (Prints), in the PSA “Who’s Who in Photography” for 2014.

For information on the Photographic Society of America, please contact Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, at nancarder310@msn.com

 

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2016

By Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, DFS4C, PSA Club Representative

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PSA Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX: The PSA conference in San Antonio is now here.

 

PSA Welcome to New PSA Member: Welcome Richard White and Wes Burcham to PSA.

 

The results of the third 2016 Projected Image Division Portrait Competition has been posted on the Photographic Society of America’s web page. Congratulations goes to Kathy Newman for receiving an Honorable Mention with her image Timeless. To see Kathy’s image please go to this webpage:  http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?2016-pid-portrait-round-3-gallery

 

PSA Newsletter Contest: Thank you Douglas Wade for judging the PSA Newsletter Contest/Small Clubs this year.

 

PSA Interclub Competitions: Will begin in October. Send images to Nan Carder for them to be considered for competition.

 

PSA International Exhibitions:

 

Northwest International Exhibition: Scott Shackelford and Nan Carder participated in this years' Northwest International Exhibition, which is part of the Washington State Fair Photo Salon. Both Scott and Nan received acceptances.

 

S4C International Exhibition: LPA members entering the S4C International Exhibition were the following: Shirl Airov-Bieling, Nan Carder, Darren Cole, Terry Dickerson, Diana Edgel, Scott Shackelford, Richard White, Chris Wilkins, and David Wilkins. All Lancaster Photography Association members received acceptances. Countries represented in this competition were the following: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, and Wales. Great job LPA.

 

The S4C catalog is now on the S4C website. Click on the Download & Browse, and then click on the gray bar to see each image.

 

http://www.pcms-photo.org/exhibitions/2016/s4cex-2016_cats.html

 

For information on the Photographic Society of America, please contact Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, at nancarder310@msn.com

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) REPORT FOR AUGUST 2016

By Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, DFS4C, PSA Club Representative

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PSA Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX: In 2016, the PSA conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas from September 10-17.  Registration is now closed.

 

PSA Welcome to New PSA Member: Welcome Richard White and Wes Burcham to PSA.

 

Congratulations Shirl Airov-Bieling for receiving her Projected Image Division (PIDC) first star. Shirley had at least 18 acceptances using six images in PSA-recognized international exhibitions to earn this star. Congratulations Shirl.

PSA Individual Portrait Competition: Kathy Newman’s image The Covering is now on the PSA website for earning a Judge’s Choice in Round Two. Take a look and congratulations!

http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?2016-pid-portrait-round-2-gallery

 

The results of the third 2016 Projected Image Division Portrait Competition has been posted on the Photographic Society of America’s web page. Congratulations goes to Kathy Newman for receiving an Honorable Mention with her image Timeless. To see Kathy’s image please go to this web page:

http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?2016-pid-portrait-round-3-gallery

PSA International Exhibitions:

 

PSA International Exhibition: Four LPA members participated in the PSA International Exhibition this year. Shirl Airov-Bieling, Nan Carder, Diana Edgel, and Scott Shackelford. All four members received acceptances. Their images and prints will be displayed and shown at the PSA Annual Conference in San Antonio.

 

S4C International Exhibition: LPA members entering the S4C International Exhibition were the following: Shirl Airov-Bieling, Nan Carder, Darren Cole, Terry Dickerson, Diana Edgel, Scott Shackelford, Richard White, Chris Wilkins, and David Wilkins. All Lancaster Photography Association members received acceptances. Countries represented in this competition were the following: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Wales . Great job LPA.

 

The S4C catalog is now on the S4C website. Click on the Download & Browse, and then click on the gray bar to see each image.

 

http://www.pcms-photo.org/exhibitions/2016/s4cex-2016_cats.html

 

For information on the Photographic Society of America, please contact Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, at nancarder310@msn.com

 

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) REPORT FOR JULY 2016

By Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, DFS4C, PSA Club Representative

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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 is the Wyndham, San Antonio Riverwalk.

Registration remains open at this website: http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?2016-psa-conference

PSA PID Creative Interclub (Round 3): Results and congratulations for the winners of the last round of the Projected Image Division Creative Interclub: Honorable Mention for Gal Shooting Blown Away (Shirl Airov-Bieling), Honorable Mention for Pontiac Style 2793 (Pam Vick), Award and Best of Show for Sandhill 5451 (Nan Carder), and Award for Wisteria Girl (Kathy Newman).

PSA Projected Image Division Individual Portrait Competition: Congratulations Kathy Carson Newman! Results from the Projected Image Division (PID) Individual Portrait competition have been sent to the participants, and Kathy received a Judge’s Choice with her image The Covering. The Individual Portrait has three competitions yearly, and entries for Round 3 will close July 11, 2016. This competition is free to all PSA members. Again, congratulations Kathy.

PSA Membership Milestones: Congratulations to the Lancaster Photography Association, 15 year Membership Milestone certificate at the recent Southern California Council of Camera Club (S4C) awards banquet. PSA awards certificates to PSA members when a membership milestone has been reached in PSA.

Christine Wilkins , the Photographic Society of America (PSA) Membership Milestone Director presented the Membership Milestone certificates to S4C-member clubs and S4C at the banquet.

Douglas P. Wade attended the event and received the certificate for the Lancaster Photography Club’s Membership Milestone for 15 years of continuous membership in PSA. LPA President Doug Wade received the certificate. Congratulations LPA!

PSA Website Contest: Doug Wade is in the process of judging the PSA Website Contest - small clubs. Thank you for your service.

PSA International Exhibitions:

Pacific-Atlantic International Exhibition: Shirl Airov Bieling Scott Shackelford, and Nan Carder received multiple acceptances in the recent Pacific-Atlantic International Exhibition (including Greece, Singapore, US). They received acceptances in Open Monochrome, Nature, Open Color, and Travel.

S4C International Exhibition: Entries remain open for this year’s S4C International Exhibition.

This year again, S4C will offer 14 Sections across five PSA divisions.

PID Color: General (Open) and Theme: Scapes (Landscapes, Cityscapes, or Seascapes)

PID Monochrome: General (Open) and Theme: Animal(s)

Nature: General (Open) and Wildlife

Photo Travel: General (Open) and Theme: People Engaged in Activity

Photojournalism: General (Open) and Theme: Human Interest

Print: Small Color General (Open) and Theme: Creative

Small Mono General (Open) and Theme: Animals

The closing date will be July 17, 2016. Print judging will be July 23, 2016 and the Digital Medal Round judging will be July 30, 2016.

For information on the Photographic Society of America, please contact Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, at nancarder310@msn.com

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) REPORT FOR JUNE 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 is the Wyndham, San Antonio Riverwalk.

Registration remains open at this website: http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?2016-psa-conference

PSA Projected Image Division Interclub (Round 4): Entries for the PID Interclub (last round) were the following: “Heavenly Egret” (Holly Peskin), “Honey Bee” (Bruce Cable ), “Miner’s Cabin” (Terry Dickerson), “Painted Peacock” (Sue Liberto), “Poultry” (Kurtiss Humphrey), and “Stare Down” (Robert Christman). Congratulations Holly for winning an Honorable Mention.

PSA PID Creative Interclub (Round 3): Entries for the Projected Image Division Creative Interclub were the following: “1932 Ford 3 Window Coupe” (Rock Myers), “Cranes on Watch” (Robert Christman), “Gal Shooting Blown Away” (Shirl Airov-Bieling), “Pontiac Style 2793” (Pam Vick), “Sandhill 5451” (Nan Carder), and “Wisteria Girl” (Kathy Newman).

PSA Projected Image Division Individual Portrait Competition: The Individual Portrait Competition will be accepting entries for Round 3 closes July 11^th.

 

PSA Membership Milestones: Congratulations Arliss Dawson, Bonnie Matthews-Franke, and Helen Henry for receiving their five-year Membership Milestone certificates. PSA awards certificates to PSA members when a membership milestone has been reached in PSA.

 

PSA Youth Photography Showcase: This year five local high schools participated in the PSA Youth Photography Showcase, including Highland High School (four acceptances), Knight High School (three acceptances), Palmdale High School, Quartz Hill High School (four acceptances), and Virtual Academy (two acceptances). These images and prints will be displayed at the PSA Conference in San Antonio, TX, in September.

Print Acceptances

PROTRAIT OF TIMOTHY by Blake Landry	People	Highland High School
CHEYENNE by Lily Drape	Choice Color	Quartz Hill High School
BLUE by Samantha Villegas	Choice Color	Knight High School
MONTURA by Serafin Rosales	Choice Mono	Knight High School
ON POINT by Samantha Slayton	Choice Mono	Quartz Hill High School
KAREN AND ANAHI by Lauren Whiting	Choice Mono	Virtual Academy

Digital Acceptances

UP ON THE ROOF by Jennifer Barajas	Architecture	Knight High School
YOUTH by Tatyana Barlow	People	Virtual Academy
BEVERLY by Conrad Maxwell-Girod	People	Highland High School
MUD RUN by Cherokee Wilson	Photojournalism	Quartz Hill High School
ON THE EDGE by Heidi Kielpinski	Choice Color	Highland High School
MONOCHROME ROSE by Blake Landry	Choice Mono	Highland High School
ELEGANT BALLET by Samantha Slayton	Choice Mono	Quartz Hill High School

PSA Membership Milestones: PSA recognizes members who have belonged to PSA for at least five years. Chris Wilkins is the Director of this program. We would like to recognize the following LPA members.

PSA International Exhibitions:

Europa 2016: Shirl Airov-Bieling had an acceptance in the Europa 2016 International Salon of Photography in the Projected Image Division theme Experimental and/or Creative with her image “Child Pixie”

Ridgewood 33^rd International Exhibition: Three LPA members participated in the Ridgewood International Exhibition. These members with their accepted images are now listed.Darren Cole (PID Carry the Flag, Mauna Kea Milkyway, Nature/Wildlife-Milky Way Over Mountain, Florida Bird Reflection, I Otter Have Lunch) Scott Shackelford (Nature- Sequoia Snow Dusting, Nan Carder (PID HB Pirate 4305), Nature/Wildlife (Pelican 8619, Egret 1244, Elephant Seals 0184).

S4C International Exhibition: Entries are open now May for this year’s S4C International Exhibition. Entries close on July 17, 2016.

For information on the Photographic Society of America, please contact Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, at nancarder310@msn.com

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Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C)

International Exhibition 2016

 

Entries are now open for the S4C International Exhibition. This exhibition is recognized by the Photographic Society of America and licensed by the Global Photographic Union.

This year again, S4C will offer 14 Sections across five PSA divisions.

PID Color: General (Open) and Theme: Scapes (Landscapes, Cityscapes, or Seascapes)

PID Monochrome: General (Open) and Theme: Animal(s)

Nature: General (Open) and Wildlife

Photo Travel: General (Open) and Theme: People Engaged in Activity

Photojournalism: General (Open) and Theme: Human Interest

Print: Small Color General (Open) and Theme: Creative

Small Mono General (Open) and Theme: Animals

The closing date will be July 17, 2016. Print judging will be July 23, 2016 and the Digital Medal Round judging will be July 30, 2016.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) REPORT FOR MAY 2016

By Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, DFS4C, PSA Club Representative

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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 is the Wyndham, San Antonio Riverwalk. There are exciting 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

Chris Smith (Out of Chicago Photography) will be conducting evening walking tours of the San Antonio area.

Room rates are $130/night. http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?psa-conference-hotel

Registration is now open 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 posted. Dale Taft’s image “Light Up the Sky” has been included. To see all of the winning images for this competition, 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 will be accepting entries for Round 2 closes May 9^th. Round 3 closes July 11^th .

PSA Youth Photography Showcase: This year five local high schools are participating in the PSA Youth Photography Showcase, including Highland High School, Knight High School, Palmdale High School, Quartz Hill High School, and Virtual Academy. There were some wonderful entries as usual. Good luck to our local high school youth.

PSA International Exhibitions:

Ocean State International Exhibition: Results have been sent to LPA’s participants in this exhibition which included: Shirl Airov-Bieling, Nan Carder, Darren Cole, Diana Edgel, Helen Henry, Holly Peskin, Scott Shackelford, Chris and David Wilkins. This year 24 PSA-member clubs participated. The Gateway Camera Club won the club competition with 296 points, and the Greater Lynn Photographic Society had the greatest number of entrants (43). Only the six top scoring members scores from each club that entered were counted. LPA ended up in 11^th place with 262 points. Some of the images submitted are included in this issue of the LPA Newsletter.

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

For information on the Photographic Society of America, please contact Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, at nancarder310@msn.com

 PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PSA) REPORT FOR APRIL 2016

By Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, DFS4C, PSA Club Representative

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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