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Welcome Members and Friends
Welcome! We're a group of photography enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels. We use all manner of cameras, from point and shoots, to digital SLRs, to large format cameras. We shoot both digital and film. Our skill levels range from beginner to experienced, and everything in between. So, everyone is welcome.
The club works as follows - we meet the third Monday of every month for a digital and slide competition, for which we bring in an outside professional to critique and judge our photos. We also have a yearly photo essay contest in April, and an end-of-season judging in May where the winners throughout the year are critiqued for the yearly best photo honors. We're also starting to organize events like photo walks and Photoshop workshops.
We present our winning pictures from our contests on this site. Feel free to browse around and see the variety of work we do.
So, why should you join? Well, we find that doing is a good way of improving. The monthly contests let us exercise our creative muscles. Participating in the contests forces you to get out there and take some pictures. There's also the camaraderie, and if you've got questions there's usually someone in the club that can answer them.
Sound interesting? Then feel free to drop by our meeting to get acquainted. Visitors are always welcome.
Think you might like to join? The first step is to register to use the site. That allows you to participate (upload images and vote) in the online competition, with no further obligation. If you have questions you'll also be able to post them in the online forum. When you're ready to join, download the membership form in the 'Membership and Downloads' section or just come to a meeting to check us out.
David Silber,
President
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Meeting Reminder
Our upcoming monthly meeting is at 7:30PM on 15th Sep 2008, Monday.
Venue: The Foxdale Retirement Village Auditorium
500 E. Marylyn Avenue, State College, PA 16801 (map)
Direction to Auditorium: Standing in the parking lot, facing the main building, you will see the center door and another one to the right. Enter the door on the right (ground level). Either take the elevator or the stairs to the next floor (1st floor). If you take the elevator the auditorium will be on your left. If you climb the stairs the auditorium will be on your right.
Competition categories: Open & Nature: Close Up (Online: Open & Symmetry)
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Former club member Anupam Pal has won in the 5th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest Altered Images Category. Anupam's entry, Miniature children playing in a drinking fountain. took first place.
"The fountain was shot in Pennsylvania and the children (Anupam's niece and nephews) in Chakdaha, India. 'The person in the background is me,' says Pal. 'The idea was to show the necessity of
cleaner and safer water, not just for drinking but for everything.'" —Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine
Anupam's winning image may be viewed here.
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Our next Photowalk will be August 9 at Golden Pond in Huntington County near Stone Valley.
The car pool will pull out at 9 am from the High School South
Building parking lot, so make sure you show up a few minutes early. We
should be out there around 9:30. If you're driving yourself, try to be
out there around that time (we'll hang around for a few minutes for
folks to show up).
If the parking lot is crowded (e.g. swim event going on or something), just look for us at the end that's the least crowded.
For scheduling purposes, you can figure we'll leave no later than 12,
putting us back at the school around 12:30. We can certainly leave
earlier if everyone's got their shots, or generally had enough of the
great outdoors.
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Tips: View a larger image
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Bill writes, "When viewing images in the Photo Galleries, if you click once on an image in the gallery, you are shown a larger version of the picture by itself. But did you know that once that larger version displays, if you click it again, you will be shown an even bigger version?
This is a great feature for examining the details of an image."
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Posted by admin on Thursday, February 16 @ 12:41:59 UTC (10895 reads)
(comments? | Tips | Score: 5)
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