November • 2013
Volume 30 • Issue 11
President’s Message
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Food for Thought
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Speaker Info
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Education Corner page 9
Field Trips page 10
Contest Winners page 14
Member Photos page 25
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NOVEMBER EVENTS November 9, 2013 9:30 am to 2:30 pm Better Photo Basics Workshop Jones Creek Library November 21, 2013 7:00 pm Monthly Meeting Garden Center, Independence Park Monthly Competition Medium: Digital Theme: Night Photography Date: Must be submitted by 11/19/2013
November 23, 2013 7:00 am Camp Moore Civil War Reenactment Meet at McDonalds in Denham Springs
November 30, 2013 6:15 am Chico State Park Meet at McDonald’s on Drusilla
President's
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How do you know when you are observing art? What makes us appreciate a work of art? Is art the same for everyone? What do you look for in a work of art that tells you it is great?
Cover photo : Renee Pierce Louisiana Photographic Society meets on the third Thursday of each month at the Baton Rouge Garden Center 7950 Independence Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA
Across from Louisiana State Police Headquarters Guests are always welcome! Membership dues are $25/year Each additional family member $5/year PO Box 83834 Baton Rouge, LA 70884 www.laphotosociety.com
Works of art should produce an emotional response when observed. But the response may be different for each individual. David Humphreys showed us some incredible works of art at our October meeting. I especially liked his interpretation of some of his pieces. He stated that he hoped that his hidden message in the photographs was understood. I know that sometimes we look at photographs too literally and may miss the photographer’s intent. Do you take pictures with the emotional response of the observers in mind or do you just react to what is presented to you? I know that I rarely think about how others will respond to my work. I take pictures that I like and if others like it then great! But mostly, I do it for me. This really puts a lot of pressure on our individual ability to recognize good art. Have we invested enough time and study to know good art? I know that I have not. I understand and practice all of the tools of composition and form, but making art is more than that. We really need to spend more time thinking about what we want others to see in our work. Let’s commit ourselves to making art and not just photographs!
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for libraries is a service that is free if you have a current East Baton Rouge Parish Library card. You can checkout magazines to your phone, iPad or computer. There are many photography magazines including Practical Photography, Outdoor Photography, Popular Photography and Digital Photography as well as over one hundred other popular titles. Taking advantage of this will save you hundreds of dollars a year! I have created a brief instruction guide and you may also watch a tutorial.
Click on Zenio
Open a browser and go to http://www.ebrpl.com/ Click on the digital library
Click on Create a new account
Once you have a Zenio account, click on Digital Magazines Log in using the information you just created. Click on ebooks & entertainment
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Type in photo in the search bar
David Arbour speaks out in letter to the editor of The Advocate
Letter: Sites aid photographers with legal info October 21, 2013 Robert Stewart’s article titled “Firefighters tell woman not to film wreck” in the Oct. 4 Advocate highlights an area where both the public and law enforcement officials are often misinformed.
You can either choose a specific magazine or let all come up. Your choices will be to either read a little more about the magazine or check it out.
Two excellent resources both for photographers and for those who would challenge the rights of photographers can be found online. Lawyer Bert P. Krages II has a downloadable PDF that can be printed, carried in a camera bag and readily produced should ones right to photograph be challenged — http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm. Mr. Krages is also the author of “Legal Handbook for Photographers,” available in both print and Kindle editions. The ACLU website also has much useful information regarding rights to photograph: https://www.aclu.org/free-speech/knowyour-rights-photographers. I encourage everyone to take a moment to access these websites and learn about one of our great American rights: the right to photograph. David Arbour Link to article.
Dianne Richards reminds us that gift giving season is right around the corner. She thought we might be interested in this creative and unique way to share our work. Photographers could use a photo of a grandchild, a pet, or a colorful macro, for example. http://www.mypillowprinter.com/index.html
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S peaker I nfo Pam Kaster Pam Kaster will be our speaker for the November meeting. She is the author and photo illustrator of four children’s picture books. Her book, Molly the Pony, A True Story published by LSU Press, won the 2008 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award in the Nonfiction Humane Heroes Category. She is an avid equine photographer and has attended equine photography workshops in the United States and France conducted by internationally acclaimed equine photographers. A lifelong equestrian, she continues to study natural horsemanship techniques with the help of her three horses. She lives in Zachary, Louisiana. When asked about her presentation for the November meeting she replied: As a photographer, I am fascinated with capturing the beauty and mystery of the world around me. I use my very best images for prints, or as photo references for painting, or for fine art. But, most interesting of all, for me, is using my images to photo illustrate my stories. I will discuss the techniques and unique challenges of illustrating my four picture books with photographs. Topics will include obtaining photo and model releases, the differences between copyright and registration, Photoshop, social media, and safety. Sprinkled among these academic topics will be interesting adventures I had while working on my books. Pictures books are the perfect way for me to combine my fascination with both words and photography into an art form that has brought pleasure to readers all over the world. David Humphreys October, 2013 Speaker LPS’s October speaker was David Humphreys, a familiar face to veteran LPS members, since this is his third appearance at LPS in recent years. Previously, David spoke at the September, 2008 meeting and then at our meeting on January 19, 2012. On both occasions, he described his background and his gradual transition into photography. A glance at his career reveals the multiplicity of talent and variety of experience that have brought him to his present position as a highly successful commercial and fine art photographer. He began this transition as an architectural and industrial designer, then a camera store manager and a magazine editor before opening his advertising and commercial photography studio in 1987. He notes that he also had an early, not entirely successful, career as a professional singer. His talk was accompanied by a slide presentation showing examples of his work for a wide assortment of business and commer-
cial clients as well as his photographic art work. One of his slide presentations was “A Normal Day in the Studio,” depicting wide angle photos of different work in his two-story, high-ceilinged commercial studio taken from an elevated perch. Another presentation documented his collaborative work for Head and Enquist, a heavy equipment company. This company wanted to transform an 8 MP photo — a backlit and silhouetted image of cranes and other heavy equipment taken during Hurricane Katrina — into a 12 ft. by 8 ft. mural for the company’s new building. Humphreys accomplished this by segmenting the enlargements into squares and then reuniting them attached to a substrate. Proper choice and creative use of substrates is essential to his work, especially his fine art photography. Photographers generally don’t give much thought to substrates beyond which paper they will use for prints or the mat board on which to mount them. David uses a wide variety of materials as substrates for which he first segments his images into a number of components and then hand applies them in a grid to the substrate as collages. An extraordinary example is his “Dissected Rose,” an 8 ft. by 8 ft. image of a white rose presently on loan to the LSU Museum of Art. The result allows a viewer to examine the image as an entity and at the same time contemplate the subtle imagery displayed in its component parts. David also related his experiences in food photography, especially the long hours, extensive preliminary work, and long shooting sessions. A shoot often requires the use of a food stylist, who will utilize hair spray, artificial padding, a propane torch and hidden wedges, and will engage in extensive food research to create a seemingly simple image of a prepared meal or food product. He has also done extensive architectural photography, sponsored a Baton Rouge Walls project to promote murals, produced a coffee table book of images and other materials for the 50th anniversary of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, contributed significantly to the “Raining in My Heart” blues project, including images of blues artists for the LSU Glassell Gallery, and engaged in a collaboration with Louis Dreyfuss Commodities, an international agricultural commodities merchandiser. David also displayed one of his recently acquired pieces of photographic equipment, a miniature radio remote controlled Quadcopter with a GoPro camera attached that can capture aerial images at the direction of the photographer/controller on the ground. As parting advice to budding photographers and art photographers, David said that “Time is the raw material of creation.” He admonished the audience to “Work, study and practice,” and don’t think of holidays as anything other than additional learning opportunities. By Bob Connell 5
Monthly Competition GSCCC has a competition for prints and digital projection for most months of the year. Categories include Photojournalism, Nature, Black and White, and Pictorial. All prints from last year have been returned and the supply is low. Don’t worry about what the category is each month, just bring in prints of your best images, especially those which have won monthly competitions here at LPS to the meeting this month. Theresa Low will collect your prints and enter them at the appropriate time. Please email your digital submissions to Gene Bachman.
LPS members usually submit 11 X 14 prints that are matted to 16 X 20. A clear sleeve to protect the image is encouraged along with a backing. Prints must be no larger than 16”x 20”, either mounted or un-mounted. For a mounted print, the mounting board should be no larger than 20”x 24”. There is no minimum size. Prints may be printed commercially or self printed. Each print must be identified with a title, the maker’s name, and the name of the club.
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Theme: The Nature and Culture of Louisiana Entry fee $15 per submission Paintings and 3-D Juror: Billy Solitario, renown en plein aire artist from New Orleans Photographic Art Competition Jurors: CC Lockwood, David Humphreys and Beverly Coates November 30, 2013 Deadline for entries Details and entry form
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his month’s submissions will be submitted digitally with a theme of night photography. You may submit a total of 2 prints. They can be color or black and white or a combination of the 2. Just as in the print competition, the color images will be separated into categories A (advanced) and B (beginner) and the black and white are judged together.
The Brush with Burden art show has expanded the show this year to include a separate venue for photography. We are pleased to have three distinguished jurors, C.C. Lockwood, David Humphries and Beverly Coates. As well as hanging at the Conference Center at Burden during the show. Winning entries will be displayed for the month of April 2014 at the Shaw Center. Merit winners and other select pieces will be displayed during the month of April at Beauregard Gallery and Bistro.
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Night Photography Tips: 9 essential steps for beginners Copied from Digitalcameraworld.com Our competition theme for the month of November is night photography. I thought these tips might be helpful. Be sure to check out www.digitialcameraworld.com for more tips. Whether you want to learn how to take photos of the night sky, find out how to paint with light or just want to know the right camera settings for night photography, these 9 tips will give you a solid foundation and get you ready to start tackling a number of popular low-light and night photography techniques. Tip 1: Get high quality night shots If you want the best night shots you need to shoot in the best image quality, and that means RAW. By shooting in RAW your images will retain the most ‘information’, which gives you greater scope for enhancing your shots in Adobe Camera Raw and other raw-processing software. RAW is especially beneficial when taking night shots as it gives more flexibility when you want to change things such as white balance or accurately brighten or darken your exposures. Tip 2: Use a tripod for sharp pictures Shooting at night obviously means there will be less light and therefore slow shutter speeds, anywhere from 1-30 seconds – that’s way too slow to shoot hand-held. So you’ll need to attach your digital camera securely to a tripod if you want sharp results. Make sure your tripod is set up correctly and rock solid – it’s easy to end up with soft images because you haven’t doublechecked. Hang your camera bag off the hook on the bottom of the center column if you can. And don’t hold onto your tripod as you’re shooting with slow shutter speeds because any slight movement can mean blurred photos. Tip 3: Pick your night photography locations in advance Before you venture out into the night, it will pay dividends and save you valuable time later if you plan ahead. Pick good locations beforehand by scouting out the best spots in your local town to find the most interesting lights and architecture, or if you’re looking to shoot traffic light trails, check which roads are busiest, when is the best time for traffic, and which is the best (and safest) position to take photos from. Check out the photo galleries here on PhotoRadar for inspiration, to see how other photographers have tackled the local city lights at night. Tip 4: Use the lens sweet spot Use the ‘sweet spot’ range of apertures for your lenses – this is usually between f/8 and f/16, but take test shots to find out.
Even pro-level lenses don’t produce the best results when used at their maximum and minimum apertures. By using apertures in the middle of the available range you’ll increase your chances of capturing the sharpest shots with your lens. Tip 5: Night photography settings To take control of your exposures it’s best to shoot in Manual mode so you can choose the best narrow aperture and slow shutter speed for night photography. Begin by composing and focusing your shot, set a narrow aperture around f/16, then dial in the right shutter speed until the Exposure Level Mark is in the middle of the Exposure Level Indicator. Take some shots and review them on your LCD. Remember this is what your camera thinks is the best exposure, but if your shots are looking too bright, underexpose by 1-2 stops so that they actually look dark! Tip 6: How to get a ‘starburst’ effect on street lights Using a narrow aperture (around f/16) will not only ensure a deeper depth of field, so your shots are sharp from foreground to background, but will also make street lights ‘sparkle’ in your scenes to give your pictures an added magical effect. See the shot below… Tip 7: Composition at night Carefully study the scene before you start taking photos. Are parts of the scene in darkness? Do areas of the shot become more interesting, brightly lit or colourful as it gets darker? If so, don’t be afraid to zoom in on the most photogenic areas. Zoom in with your wide-angle zoom lens or ‘zoom with your feet’ – just move closer to your subject… Tip 8: Use Mirror Lock-up The slightest movement can create unwanted camera shake, and this even includes the mirror moving up and down inside your digital SLR. You can quickly enable Mirror Lock-up (look for it in your camera menu’s Custom Functions menu) to get around this potential pitfall. Tip 9: Don’t touch your camera! When taking long exposures at night, even touching your camera to press the shutter button can create enough movement to leave you with blurred results. Use your digital camera’s built-in self-timer to trigger the shutter after you’ve pressed the button to avoid any problems. For shots that rely on accurate timing, use a remote release instead.
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New exhibit @ WBR Museum Now through November 3 Photographs by Charles Martin This exhibit, on loan from the Historic New Orleans Collection, examines photographer Charles Martin's work documenting the tradition of Perique tobacco cultivation over an eight year period. Perique is now cultivated only one place on earth -- a 30-mile tract of land in St. James Parish. The labor-intensive cultivation process dates to the early 19th century, and its rituals have descended as occupational folklore through a handful of local families, including Martin's. Acadian Pierre "Perique" Chenet is often credited with being the first farmer to begin selling "le tabac de perique" in 1824 on the east bank of St. James Parish. He was said to have learned the pressurefermenting process from Choctaw and Chickasaw Native Americans who aged tobacco in stumps in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The current system has changed little since then. In modern times, Perique's distinctive aroma comes from barrel fermentation. It is the only tobacco in the United States that is grown and put in its final condition for the consumer by the farmer. Only a handful of working farms remain dedicated to Perique cultivation, so Martin's photographs are important documentary evidence of this vanishing tradition. Most of the photographs document the relationship that exists between the farmers of St. James Parish and their crops. In their framing, and in their ability to capture the dignity of human labor, they assume universal, iconic status.
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Education
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 9:30 am to 2:30 pm Jones Creek Library Photo Workshop: Better Photo BASICS
The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Taking Photos Like the Pros This Workshop will be taught using a Photography Book titled Better Photo Basics, authored by Jim Miotke and published by AMPHOTO Publishing. The book cost is $15.19 each; I have 15 copies on hand (to sell) Having collected, read, studied and referenced many hundreds of books in my career, I finally found a book to help those of us who have recently gotten into photography and haven’t taken the time to understand the details of making great images. It will challenge the experienced and seasoned photographer as well. This book is all about what works for you, just getting into photography, and those folks, like myself, who might think you know, but might not! We will cover all the information necessary to get your confidence up to a level you did not know you had! For those attending, there will be folks from LPS who are familiar with Nikon, Canon, Pentax and Sony. Bring whatever you shoot images with to the workshop. Most of you from LPS know me from LPS Field Trips. I grow weary looking at images taken by others at workshops, confirming to me (and you) as the viewer, the Presenter does know how to take great images, but it doesn’t help me as the viewer. This Workshop belongs to you as the attendee. If you attend the workshop and purchase the book, you are telling me as the Presenter you expect quality results from your attendance. Looking at my images will not get you to the next level. I assure to you as the Presenter: No smoke; no rainbows, no mirrors. You will reach the next plateau of success from this workshop! Come to the workshop; we might make lemonades out of lemons! Let’s have some fun together on November 9, 2013! Ken Wilson kbandphoto@att.net
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Field Trips Camp Moore Civil War Reenactment, November 23, 2013 Tangipahoa, Louisiana, 25 miles North of Hammond, LA on Hwy 51. Take Exit #57 off I-55, follow signs
Time: Gates open at 9AM Admission: $5.00 adults We will meet at McDonalds in Denham Springs, 110 Rushing Road East, D. S. LA at 7AM! Bring $$ for lunch and drinks!
Chico State Park, November 30, 2013 It’s a two-hour drive from Baton Rouge. This is a beautiful Park: 6,400 acres. It will be crowded in the Park; there are cabins and campsites; lots of boaters. Where we are going isn’t of interest unless you are a photographer! There are plenty of bathrooms! Lunch has options: We can go to Lea’s Diner in LeCompte, LA (its 40 minutes away) (if you have never been to Lea’s its worth it!); bring your lunch or we can go someplace South of the Park. My suggestion is to bring snacks to hold us until 2PM, then go to Lea’s and head home. Lea’s makes 8 different types of pies each day. They have received every award known for the pies!
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Meet at McDonald’s on Drusilla; leave at 6:15!
Sugar Cane Tour, December 7, 2013 Cora-Texas Plantation, White Castle, Louisiana
Fee: $25.00- includes a lunch provided by local caterer in White Castle Time: Meet at McDonald’s at Drusilla at 7AM Note: The guide through the plant is a retired Sugar Cane farmer. Any $$ left over from lunch costs go to Gary. If we were not there Gary would be working.
Bonfires on the Levee, December 24, 2013 Where: Paulina, LA Cost: n/a Time: Leave Baton Rouge at 4PM, to be in place at 5PM Note: Bonfires are lit at 7PM Plenty of Port-a-lets; a local store stays open for those last-minute gifts for the hard-to-please!
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Picture Perfect Published in the October 2013 digital issue by Theresa Mullins-Low
It is all about light! If you are a photographer that is what you will probably be saying eventually. Maybe not when you begin, but eventually! For a picture perfect photo, light is so important. In the beginning, usually the focus is to capture that pretty scene or that perfect composition. But the more you shoot the more you should notice the lighting. When taking your image one of the first things to note is where the light is falling on your subject. If it is a person that you are photographing notice to see if they are squinting, if so then try taking the photo at a different angle. Then look at the light again to be sure there is no harsh lighting such as falling under one’s eyes or the side of the face where one side may be shadowed and one side may be overexposed. This happened in the photo with the gentlemen and our flag who are World War Veteran’s. This photo was taken to remember our veterans. Perhaps you have a special veteran to be remembered on November 11, 2013. I took this photo in the beginning years of my photography experience in my backyard. With the position of the sun and the veterans, a shadow was created on the side of their face (I did serious editing so that you could see the entire face). If I would have had them stand under the beautiful oak tree in the yard then this problem would have been resolved easily because of the shade. But I was focused on having the lake in the background and being inexperienced, did not notice that the sun was causing a shadow on the face. Otherwise a reflector could have been used to redirect or soften the sun. Also if an on-camera flash is available, it can be used but you will probably need to diffuse the lighting, if not the lighting may be harsh. For a no cost item to diffuse the lighting from the flash simply place a piece of tissue paper around the flash and secure it. All sorts of paper can be used, the thinner the paper the lessor amount of light is decreased. If an external flash is used simply point it upwards. Also, clouds on a cloudy day are a photographer’s best friend when taking photos. Clouds just naturally soften the light. The other photo was taken in Yosemite you will notice the lens flare usually caused by photographing directly into the sun. More often one does not want lens flare but I kind of like the lens flare in this photo. Remember photography is subjective and it is what you like as a photographer. Our next Louisiana Photographic Society meeting is being held October 17, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at 7950 Independence Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA, and is held every third Thursday of each month. The guest speaker for October will be David Humphrey. LPS will be hosting the GSCCC Convention April 24-27, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza.
Our next education class is in November 2013, “Why Can’t I Get Good Pictures with My Current Camera?” with Ken Wilson. See our website for updates at http://www.laphotosociety.com
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Prints Category A
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Knights in Shinning Armor Kathy Reeves 1st Place, Level A
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Civil War Horseman Kathy Reeves 2nd Place, Level A
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Laurel Valley Linda Medine 3rd Place, Level A
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Mournful Breeze Bill Lane 1st Place, Level B
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Camp Moore- Calm Before the Storm Debra Babin 2nd Place, Level B
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Gear Today, Gone ... Bill Lane 3rd Place, Level B
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Ghost Town Linda Medine 1st Place, Black & White
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White Wash basin - Rural Life Kitty Kuhnert 2nd Place, Black & White
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Windsor Column Finials Gene Bachman 3rd Place, Black & White 21
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Global Wildlife
We continue to make plans to host the annual Gulf States Camera Club Council Convention here in Baton Rouge next spring. We have selected the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Constitution Ave as the Convention Hotel and host site. We have also drafted committee duties and responsibilities and have several committee chairpersons in place. The committee chairpersons have started contacting those who expressed an interest in serving in their particular area. The steering committee is busy about setting the schedule, deciding what topics will be covered and finding speakers for the sessions and working behind the scenes to build the infrastructure for promoting the event and registering participants. There is a lot to do and we are excited to be making progress. We will keep the membership updated at the monthly meetings and through the newsletter. You can help us by talking to your friends who may enjoy taking photographs or want to learn more about photography but may not be members of our club. LPS membership is not required to attend the convention and take advantage of the learning opportunities it will provide.
Committee Chairpersons: Banquet: Competition: Equipment: Field Trips: Finance: Hospitality: Publicity: Registration:
Diane Linder Gene Bachman Mark Canatella David Arbour Janet Gelpi Debra Canatella Mark Claesgens Elizabeth Mangham
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LPS OFFICERS President:
Gene Bachman president@laphotosociety.com
Vice President:
David Arbour vicepresident@laphotosociety.com
LPS COORDINATORS Digital Projection:
Monthly Competition:
Education:
Newsletter:
Donald Ewing dpcontestcoordinator@laphotosociety.com
Jay Patel/ Debra Babin
educationcoordinator@laphotosociety.com
Past President:
Equipment:
Secretary:
Exhibits:
Elizabeth Mangham pastpresident@laphotosociety.com
Cathy Smart secretary@laphotosociety.com
David Howell equipmentcoordinator@laphotosociety.com
Kathy Reeves exhibitcoordinator@laphotosociety.com
Facebook:
Treasurer:
Ray Totty treasurer@laphotosociety.com
Stephanie Ross facebookcoordinator@laphotosociety.com
Field Trips: Louisiana Photographic Society is a member of the Gulf States Camera Club Council. The GSCCC Newsletter is available at: http://www.gulfstatesccc.org/html/ newsletters.html
Ken Wilson fieldtripcoordinator@laphotosociety.com
Greeter/Name Tags:
Stephanie Ross facebookcoordinator@laphotsociety.com
Tommy Graner monthlycompetitioncoordinator@laphotosociety.com
Renee Pierce newslettereditor@laphotosociety.com
Programs:
Linda Medine programscoordinator@laphotosociety.com
Publicity:
Mark Claesgens & Barry Spears publicitycoordinator@laphotosociety.com
Refreshment: Position Open
Website:
David Arbour websitecoordinator@laphotsociety.com
Competition Review Chair: Gene Bachman president@laphotsociety.com
GSCCC Representatives:
Theresa Low & Gene Bachman GSCCCcoordinator@laphotsociety.com
Library:
Helen Haw librarycoordinator@laphotosociety.com
The LPS website has a new, quick checklist for preparation of images for digital projection competitions. The new checklist can be found on the Monthly Competition page of the website, or by using this link: http://www.laphotosociety.com/ userfiles/Checklist%20for%20Entering% 20Digital%20Competition.pdf
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Membership Drive While we are always eager to welcome new members our Membership drive continues. Please remember to pay your dues and to invite your friends and colleagues to our meeting and encourage them to join us this year. Our membership roster has been updated. To continue to be eligible for fieldtrips and competitions and receive the newsletter, you must be current on your dues. The membership form is at the end of the newsletter.
LPS Members are encouraged to submit photographs and articles for inclusion in FOCUS, the Louisiana Photographic Society Newsletter. Items received up to 3 days before the end of the month will be included in the following month’s newsletter. Send your submissions to: newslettereditor@laphotosociety.com Please be sure to read the sizing guidelines before submitting.
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Membership Form Mail completed form and dues to:
Louisiana Photographic Society P.O. Box 83834 ,Baton Rouge, LA 70884-3834 www.laphotosociety.com MEMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND GULF STATES CAMERA CLUB COUNCIL
WELCOME TO LOUISIANA PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY LPS communicates to members through website, e-mail, and monthly meetings. All members are encouraged to visit the LPS website at www.laphotosociety.com for the latest on club news and events. The monthly newsletter “FOCUS” is available on the website on the first day of each month. Please provide an e-mail address below to receive club updates. If you do not receive e-mail communications after 30 days, notify LPS at treasurer@laphotosociety.com. Select one: [ ] Membership Renewal [ ] New Member – If you are a New Member, how did you learn about LPS: [ ] Current Member [ ] LPS Website [ ] Newspaper/Magazine [ ] Social Network [ ] Other______________ Select one: [
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SPECIFY AREA OF INTEREST IN CLUB PARTICIPATION: [ ] Competition (set up, tally votes, present ribbons) [ ] Education (plan/teach, set up workshops and seminars) [ ] Equipment (store, transport, set up for LPS functions) [ ] Exhibits (explore locations, set up/take down exhibits) [ ] Field Trips (plan and arrange to photograph at various sites) [ ] Gulf States Camera Club Council (GSCCC liaison, collect and submit entries for GSCCC competition) [ ] Library (display and maintain materials, check-in/out)
[ ] Programs (plan speakers, make arrangements for speakers at monthly meetings) [ ] Projection (set up and operate equipment for digital projection competition) [ ] Publicity (publicize programs, meetings, events) [ ] Refreshments (plan and set up refreshments)
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