2012-2013 Photos of the Year

May’s BSCC meeting provided a photographic adventure from sunrises through night shots and long exposures to the best photos of the year. And our best shooters are…

Photos of the Year In the Prints Division:

 

 

 

1^st-Kathleen Mendel's Print of the Year, Feeding

2^nd-Jim Lynch, Sunset Return

3^rd-Jim Lynch, Riley Lobster

4^th-Suzanne McDonough, Bleeding Hearts

5^th-Jim Lynch, Brown Pelican

Photos of the Year In the Digital Division

1^st-Art Robertson’s Digital Photo of the Year, Frozen Autumn

2^nd-Jim Lynch, Open Road

3^rd-Suzanne McDonough, Left Behind

4^th-Tom McDonough, Nap Time

5^th-Suzanne McDonough, Sunrise on Merritt Island

Congratulations to all the winners, and a special thank you to all who participated in this year’s competition nights.

Be sure to join us on June 5 at 6:30 p.m. (not the usual 7:00) for our End of the Year Pot Luck and Power Point Presentation. Our secretary and acting president, Shelly Martinez, will put together a presentation of all the prints and digitals submitted throughout the year. It’s truly a photo journey for all who attend. Bring a dish to pass and a smile, come join us for our last meeting of the 2012-2913 Berrien Springs Camera Club.

Our Honored Judges

Photo: (l tor) Randy Hidgon, Jim Lynch, Tom Tacket, and Butch Welch

A big THANK YOU to our judges, Randy Hidgon,Tom Tacket, and Butch Welch, for an outstanding evaluation of our End of the Year Competition of more than 400 prints and digitals from throughout the year. And to Jim Lynch for procuring all the judges for our 2012-2013 Competition Meetings.  

 

April's Competition Meeting

Zooming in on April’s meeting, our judges reviewed over 150 print and digital entries, included some pretty awesome photos. At the conclusion of the evening, Jim Lynch had two winning photos: Digital of the Month, Old Truck with proud photographer, Jim Lynch (above) and his Print of the Month, Red Barn (not shown).  Jim has given all our members a ‘gold standard’ to reach, and the quality of competition entries this year has certainly given Jim a challenging contest. A big thanks to Lauren Cary for syncing delicious snacks to our hungry appetites. Yummm.

Adjust your aperture and keep your angle of view on our next meeting, May 1, 2013 at 7:00 pm. It’s our End of the Year Competition which will include all prints and digitals that were accepted during the 2012-2013 Camera Club. We ask members who have had prints accepted during 2012-2013 competition meetings to bring them to this meeting. No need to resubmit your accepted digitals entries, they’ve been compiled and will be ready for judging in May.  Hope to see you in focus at our May meeting.

April 3, 2013 Competition Night

A reminder to all camera club members, this Wednesday, April 3, 2013 is competition night. The topics are ice and movement besides the usual nature, portrait and open categories.

Digital submissions can be submitted until 12:00 midnight, Tuesday, April 2, 2013 and should be sent to berrienspringscc@gmail.com

Hope to see you all in focus at 7:00 pm this Wednesday.

 

Wednesday's Meeting, March 6, 2013

Berrien Springs Camera Club sponsored the People’s Choice Award for the ‘Shoot’, an all photography show at the Box Factory for the Arts. The show ended on February 24th, the ballots were counted and our winner of the $200 People’s Choice Award goes to Polar Express, a photo by Mark Parren from St. Joseph Michigan. He is truly a talented photographer. You can see more of his photos at http://markp...arren.com/photo.htm An award will be given to Mark at our next BSCC meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Berrien Springs Community Library at Cass and Union.
After the presentation the monthly meeting of the Berrien Springs Camera Club will offer a hands-on, creative program. Club member Suzanne Anderson will lead members in each making a calendar, using the online program Mixbook. After demonstrating the program, she will guide the members through the process. Anyone who wishes to make a calendar should bring their own computer, plus a selection of photos they might like to use for it. These could be seasonal, to fit with each month; topical, such as their favorite lighthouse pictures; maybe family-oriented, with pictures of reunions, birthdays, weddings, etc.; favorite landscape shots; or anything else they would like to view over the year. They could be used as gifts or kept for personal use.
If anyone does not have a laptop to bring, one of the members is planning to bring a couple extras for their use. They should just bring their pictures on a USB drive.
Mixbooks has also given Anderson a coupon code for a 30% discount on any calendar ordered. Members may not have time to complete their calendars during the evening, but they will have a good start and can finish them at home.
All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Hope to see you in our view finder at the meeting.

Elaine Harju, Berrien Artist Guild treasure, presenting a $200 check to Mark Parren, winner of the Berrien Springs Camera Club People’s Choice Award, for his photo ‘Polar Express’.

 

February 2013 Competition

February’s competition meeting was filled with some excellent photographic entries using long exposures, sequencing (although only one entry was accepted), as well as nature, portraits and open categories. A big thanks to Jim Lynch(middle photo, left) procuring fine judges for the difficult task of separating the honors from the accepted. This month’s Print of the Month Award goes to Leroy Patterson (top photo) for his entry Golden Gate. Digital of the Month Award goes to Suzanne McDonough (bottom photo) for her entry Bond Falls. Great eats were provided by Tom and Suzanne. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone, we’ll meet again in March for a lesson on using MixBooks to make a calendar. In the meantime, keep that shutter focused on your mind’s eye and tell those stories in photos.

Reminder

Just a reminder, digital submissions for February’s competition are due Tuesday, February 5^th by midnight. The selected topics for the month include: 1) Long Exposure and 2) Sequence. Three additional categories are appropriate for all of our competitions: 1) Nature (nothing domesticated, nothing of a human origin), 2) Portraits, and 3) Open (any other subject). Entries should be submitted to BerrienSpringscc@gmail.com
Note Digital Guidelines on right side panel.