jan lee apsa, ppsa, president july, 2012 june, 2013 · july, 2012—june, 2013 greetings fellow...

July 2012 Volume 69, Issue 1

Special points of interest:

Introduction of Club’s

New President

Hanging Prints at the

Edmond Fine Arts

EOY Competition

Results and Awards

EOY Recognition

Awards

Jan Lee, President 1, 3

Meetings, Work-

shops, Members &

Announcements

2

For Members of

PSA, Interested in

PSA ?

3

Hanging Prints at

Edmond Fine Arts

Center

4,5

PSA Youth Contest 6

Red Earth Festival 7,8

Competition Rules 9

EOY 2012 PSA

ICPC

10

EOY Competition

Results

11

EOY Print, Pro-

jected Image Award

12-

14

Jim David Report

from Alaska

15

“Can You See Me

Now

16

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Oklahoma Camera

Club, Inc.

Founded 1931

Jan Lee APSA, PPSA, President

July, 2012—June, 2013

Greetings fellow Oklahoma Camera

Club members.

I am looking forward to being your club

President for the 2012 - 2013 club year.

I know that we will have a successful

year.

We have gained several new members

toward the end of the last club year,

and I fully expect some of our recent

visitors will join us as members soon.

Just remember, getting new members is

not the end of the story - we need to

encourage all our members to stay with

us. I'd ask that all of us make it a point

to look for unfamiliar faces each meet-

ing, and introduce ourselves. You may

be meeting a visitor, a brand new mem-

ber, or simply an "old" member you just

don't know. In any case, both of you

will come out ahead because of the en-

counter. There is nothing like that per-

sonal touch.

Our club has never been afraid to try

new things. Some work and some

don't, but we continually try to adjust

to the times and our membership's

needs, in order to encourage people to

enter club competition and participate

in other ways.

This year, we have made a small

change with the potential to have a

large effect on our print competitions.

We are no longer required to "stiffen"

our prints for entry: you can enter un-

mounted images. This is being done to

make things easier on our membership

and encourage more people to enter

our print competitions. We discov-

ered a new way to display the winning

prints. This small change to our rules

also makes it possible for these same

prints (pieces of paper) (Cont’d Page 3. .

Jan Lee APSA, EPSA

Photo by Aloma Anderson

Inside this Issue:

HypoCheck Schedule & Announcements Oklahoma Camera

Club

Inc.

Meetings: 7:30 pm

2nd and 4th Tuesdays

50th and N. May Ave.

Central Presbyterian

Church

For club information

Contact

[email protected]

405.751.8179

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Board of Directors

President Jan Lee APSA,

EPSA

1st VP Randy Carr

2nd VP Jaci Finch

APSA

Treasure Brad Smith

Secretary Wally Lee

APSA, PPSA

Directors:

1yr. Aloma Anderson

1yr Jennifer D’Agostino

2yr. Ward Conaway

2yr. Sterling Ranne

1yr. Ex-officio Adviser

Workshops

Beginning Imaging Workshop: Will be held on

Wednesday, July 11th, 7:30 pm at Jan and

Wally Lee’s. Please bring any pictures you’d

like to discuss, we try to answer any questions on

photography you may have. We will play around

with Photoshop Elements 10 and discuss things

that can be done to improve your photographs.

All are welcome. You do not need to be a club

member to attend. For additional information call

Jan or Wally at 751-8179.

Meetings

July10, 2012: Competition: Prints - Monochrome A & B ,

Color A & B, Nature & Photojournalism

Judges: John Key, Wally Lee, Jan Lee

Program: Our Club Unplugged, Randy Carr will

lead a discussion on the wants and needs for a

successful club. Social networking, field trip per-

son and items that will advance club and member-

ship.

Refreshments: Jan and Wally Lee

July 24, 2012: Competition: Projected Images - Open A & B,

Creative, Nature, Monochrome & Photojourna-

lism

Judges: Jaci Finch, Doug Finch, Lorraine Caddy

Program: Scavenger Hunt Results presented by

Aloma Anderson and Randy Carr. They will

present the images that where selected for each

of the assigned subjects.

Refreshments: Debbie Devonshire

Note: Remember, you do not have to be pre-

sent to enter competition, you may enter images

by email or mail prints, see page 9.

Board Meeting

Time: 7:00 PM, Tuesday, July 17, 2012.

Location: 14045 Osage Drive, Edmond

If interested, I thought we would meet for dinner

at Applebee’s on Memorial (South side, between

Penn and May) at 6:00 PM. Please respond so I

know how many to plan for. Guests are always

welcome. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Jan Lee APSA, EPSA

Hands-on Workshop: Tom and Carol

McCreary will conduct a photo shoot

workshop in July, the date and subject will be

announced later. If you have an interest in

participating, please contact Tom or Carol

McCreary at 634-1817 or [email protected]..

We would like to welcome our many new mem-

bers. Sandi Hinds sandi@emeraldsphoto lives in

OKC and has volunteered to provide us with an

article or two which I am looking forward to re-

ceiving. Lindsey Layne [email protected]

visited our website and elected to join us, she

lives in Lawton. Welcome Lindsey, while you may

not make many club meetings we will work to

have a website and newsletter that you will enjoy.

Liz Larrieu [email protected] lives a little

closer in Choctaw, Liz we hope to see you at the

club meetings. You will recall that J. D.

McClung [email protected] from Midwest

City visited the club at the first meeting in May.

In June, J. D. elected to join the club and has al-

ready participated with the group for a trip to the

zoo. Courtney Redmond [email protected]

from Broken Arrow. We will make every effort

to make the club’s website and newsletter enjoy-

able and worthy of your time. David & Keri

Kimble along with Connor Wade

[email protected], [email protected]

from OKC elected to join us, we hope to see all

of you at the club meetings. We would like to

welcome all of our new members and will strive

to make your membership enjoyable and worthy

of your time and effort. Please get involved when

and where you can. Derrell Dover

New Members

Visitors We had two visitors last month, Mary Jane

came with J. D. McClung and Christopher

Zeigler [email protected], Jan and Wally

met J. D. at the Red Earth celebration last month.

Welcome, we are always pleased to have visitors.

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President’s Address . . . Cont’d from page 1

Club Dues

Individual $30

Family or Joint $40

(other rates available as

well as partial for less

than year)

Make Checks Payable To

Oklahoma Camera Club

Mail To

Club Treasurer

Brad Smith

1008 NW 18th,

Oklahoma City, OK

73106-6417

Contact

[email protected]

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1st Place

Small Club

Newsletters

2010

to be sent to international PSA com-

petitions. For a long time, many of us

have had to make two sets of prints -

one for club, and one for international

competitions. This problem is now

solved, and all others not involved in

international competitions no longer

have to go to the expense of mount-

ing their prints.

I do have a concern that our club is

only one or at best two people deep

on several important functions. I

know before our club meetings actu-

ally start, that there is a lot of work

going on. Sometimes it is easier in the

short term to just put your head

down and "get'er done." However, I

would like to challenge both the cur-

rent workers and those new to the

club to get together. If you are the

only one working a position any given

night, look around for someone unoc-

cupied and ask for help. Be willing to

learn.

We try very hard to bring an inter-

esting and informative program to you

at each meeting. I know that Randy

Carr would appreciate your help with

that. He is this club year's Program

Chairman and is on the lookout for

good programs. Do not hesitate to

tell him of an idea you have.

Please say "yes" to Jaci Finch APSA

when she asks you to judge. This isn't

jury duty folks. It is not life and death

stuff here. We all make "judgments"

constantly in our daily lives, including

which images to enter into competi-

tion. There is almost no better way

to learn about your own photography

then taking the time to carefully judge

someone else's work. Read the rules

to be prepared, and agree to judge.

You and the club will be the better

for it.

The main thing that I want to do is

encourage all of us to stay involved or

get involved with our club. We get

out of things what we bring to them.

Let's all bring enthusiasm, openness,

friendliness, and a desire to learn to

our camera club. We'll all be amazed

at what we can accomplish.

Respectfully,

Jan Lee, APSA, PPSA

For Members of PSA

Members of PSA receive the PSA Journal monthly. The June issue contains a

survey to be used by the PSA Board of Directors to review and improve ser-

vices and activities available to members. They ask that members complete the

survey truthfully and return to PSA Headquarters. Your responses will remain

confidential.

Interested in PSA (Photographic Society of America)

Please contact Jaci and Doug Finch, APSA, [email protected], area represen-

tatives for PSA, for information.

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Hanging Prints at Edmond Fine Arts Center

Club Members

PSA

Positions:

Doug Finch APSA

Jaci Finch APSA

PSA Region 24

Co-Directors

Jan Lee APSA, EPSA

Wally Lee APSA,

PPSA

CPID Star Ratings

Co-Directors

PPD Co-Chairmen

2012 PSA International

Exhibition

Randy Carr

PJD Exhibitions

Standards Director

Carol McCreary

APSA, PPSA

Director, PSA-PJ Digital

Interclub Competition

Director, PSA Pictorial

Portrait Portfolios

Club Members

GSCCC

Positions:

Ed Lamb

GSCCC Director

Carol McCreary

APSA, PPSA

Editor, GSCCC News

For the past several years, the Edmond Fine Arts Institute, 27 E Edwards, Ed-

mond, has asked our club to put on a show during the month of June. We are

there again this year.

About mid club year, Wally Lee starts asking membership to provide a few

prints for the show. One of the most fun things about this is we never know

what we are going to get or how many. It is always a very varied exhibit. Not

surprisingly, it is always a good one. This year is no exception - in fact, I think it

was one of our best.

We have 32 images from 13 people. We have had as few as 24 and as many as

36. The 32 we have this year fit just perfectly in the available space. Each one

had room to strut its stuff and be displayed to advantage.

We had a lot of fun hanging the photos. Wally Lee, Jan Lee, Debbie

Devonshire, Ward Conaway, and J. D. McClung all pitched in. We man-

aged to get all the prints straight (thank you Ward), and grouped nicely.

Here are some photos of us at work, and also some of the finished product. I

hope that many of you will be able to take the time to visit the show.

Be prepared to lend a hand next year - either with photos, by helping to hang

the exhibit, or both. The more the merrier. These images where taken by Jan

Lee and Debbie Devonshire. (More photos page 5)

Jan Lee, APSA, EPSA

Group hard at work hanging the show

at the Edmond Fine Arts Institute

Getting Started

“Is this the right wall???”

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Water is the

mother of the

vine, the nurse

and fountain of

fecundity, the

adorner and

refresher of the

world.

~ Charles

Mackay

Hanging Prints at Edmond Fine Arts Institute . . . Cont’d from page 5

Jan, your definition of straight in the

intro must be different than mine.

Looks like they need some help!

“That Helps,” Ward understands

straight, thanks Ward

Thanks Gang, Looks Great,

Thank You!

Looks good, even when they are straight.

The Oklahoma Camera Club does it

again - We all need to see this show!

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Photography

can never grow

up if it imitates

some other

medium.

It has to walk

alone: it has to

be itself.

~ Berenice

Abbott

PSA Youth Photo Contest

We’re on the web!

www.Oklahomacameraclub.com

I am sure you remember the great celebration we held at the club meeting in

April, we filled the room with excited your photographers from all over the

state awaiting the results of the judging. This event is sponsored by the Okla-

homa Camera Club for all high school students state-wide. Carol

McCreary APSA and Tom McCreary do a spectacular job of managing and

promoting this event.

The winners from the Oklahoma competition are submitted to PSA for the

National PSA Youth Judging. This year we had two winners, a 1st HM in Ar-

chitecture and a 2nd HM in PJ. I am sure you will remember these two images.

City Mist

1st Honorable Mention - Architecture

Dillon Mueggenborg

Kingfisher High School

Graduation

2nd Honorable Mention - Photojournalism

John Voth

Metro Christian Academy

A wonderful community contribution that the Oklahoma Camera Club spon-

sors and certainly something the students enjoy and will long remember. The

club will benefit from this state-wide event long after the final winners will be

hung at the PSA National Convention in San Francisco this September.

How can you help? You can help by promoting the competition at the schools,

by contacting them, encouraging participation and handing out flyers - get out

there and help out. I am sure Carol and Tom McCreary would appreciate it

and the state of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Camera Club will benefit.

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Courage is the

ladder on which

all the other

virtues mount.

~Clare Boothe

Luce

Red Earth (Cont’d next page . . . )

Several of our members attended the Red Earth Festival held each year in

Oklahoma City providing a real opportunity to capture some great images and

have fun doing it. As no titles were supplied, I made them up, given credit to

the photographer and may have added a comment or two with the image. I am

sure you will enjoy the photos provided. I know - you get tired of me asking,

but if I don’t ask, I would have nothing to publish - so please send me your im-

ages with an explanation of what they are about so other members can appreci-

ate where they where taken and any additional info you can provide. Thanks.

Doug Finch [email protected].

Colorful Young Dancer

Ward Conaway

Dressed up for Competition

Debbie Devonshire

Choctaw Princess

Ward Conaway

Shawl Dancer

Wally Lee APSA

“Looks like she is having fun!”

Young Dancer

Debbie Devonshire

“All ages compete.”

Dancers Start Young

Debbie Devonshire

“Explain again, how am I

suppose to see?”

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Red Earth . . .

The craving

for colour is a

natural

necessity just

as for water

and fire.

Colour is a raw

material

indispensable

to life. At

every era of

existence and

his history, the

human being

has associated

colour with his

joys, his

actions, and his

pleasures.

~ Fernand

Le’ger

Shawl Dancer #2

Wally Lee APSA

Dressed Up Man

Ward Conaway

Pretty Dancer

Wally Lee APSA

Little Indian Boy Dancer

Ward Conaway

Indian Dancer #2

Wally Lee APSA

Little Girl with Look of Wonder

Debbie Devonshire

Very Colorful Young Man

Debbie Devonshire

Young Boys Dancing

Debbie Devonshire

Counseling

Debbie Devonshire

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A friend may

well be

reckoned the

masterpiece of

nature.

~Ralph Waldo

Emerson

RULES FOR COMPETITION (The following is intended to provide information for new club

members and visitors, detailed instructions are on the club’s website

oklahomacameraclub.com)

The club competition runs from July through May, only members can participate.

Members participating accrue points based on how each entry was scored.

Total accrued points count towards annual awards given at the end of the club

year. Any member can enter a maximum of two images in any one competition

division but may enter only eight competitions in each division during the club

year; no award will be given for a winner who entered less than three

competitions. There are a total of ten nights of competition; these are published

in the HypoCheck and on the club’s website, oklahomacameraclub.com.

Divisions: There are four print divisions: Monochrome, Color, Nature and

Photojournalism (PJ). Monochrome and Color have two classes each,

Class A & B. Class A is for the more experienced photographer and class B is

for the beginner. Class A prints will be no larger than 16 x 20; Class B prints will

be no larger than 11 x 14. The Nature and PJ Divisions have one class each

with prints no larger than 16 x 20. Nature and PJ divisions have strict defini-

tions, please see the club website. Prints do not have to be mounted.

There are five projected image divisions: Monochrome, Color, Creative,

Nature, and PJ. The Color division has two classes, Class A & B. Class A

is for the more experienced photographer and class B is for the beginner. The

Nature and PJ divisions have strict definitions, please see the club website.

Entering: Prints must be submitted to the print entry chairperson, Lorraine

Caddy, [email protected], before 7:15pm on the club meeting night. Please

contact Lorraine for mailing in entries. Note: Prints mailed in from out of

town will not be returned. Rules for identification of the prints is on the

club’s website. Projected Images must be received by the digital entry chair-

person, Wally Lee, by the Sunday night before the club meeting night. They

may be sent on a CD/DVD, flash drive, or emailed to

[email protected]. Please contact Wally for mailing in entries. Projected

Image Rules, method of naming and sizing are on the club’s website. Questions

about digital competition may be sent to [email protected].

Opportunities

multiply s they

are seized.

~Sun Tzu

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End of Year 2012 PSA ICPC

(International Print Competition)

With the efforts and dedication of Tom McCreary EPSA and Carol

McCreary APSA, the club did well in this International Print Competition

with three winners. This interclub PSA competition is conducted using the

same rules for entering and judging as all of the quarterly competitions during

the year. All of the winners from the four competitions held annually compete

at the end of the year with one club volunteering to conduct the judging.

This last year Tom and Carol selected prints to enter five categories - large

color, small color, large monochrome, small monochrome and creative. The

club qualified and entered seven prints in the annual competition. The club

winners were:

2nd Place - Dorion and Saxophone by Carol McCreary APSA in

Small Monochrome Prints

HM - Steam Train 292 by Tom McCreary in Large Color Prints

HM - Ely Steam Engine by Carol McCreary APSA in Large Color

Prints

Congratulations

Dorion an Saxophone

Carol McCreary

APSA

Steam Train 292

Tom McCreary

Ely Steam Engine

Carol McCreary

APSA

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End of Year Competition Awards

Prints Projected Images

Award Name Score

Color

Advanced

1st Carol McCreary 61

2nd Bob Green 53

3rd Debbie Devonshire 51

3rd Wally Lee 51

Beginning

1st John R. Key 61

2nd Jim McIntosh 50

3rd Sterling Ranne 47

Monochrome

1st Randy Carr 59

2nd Aloma Anderson 57

3rd Carol McCreary 54

Creative

1st Debbie Devonshire 54


2nd Bob Green ?

3rd Jan Lee ?

Photojournalism

1st Debbie Devonshire 66

2nd Carol McCreary 54

3rd Aloma Anderson 47

Nature

1st Bob Green 57

2nd John R. Key 53

3rd Ward Conaway 52

Award Name Score

Monochrome

Advanced


2nd Randy Carr 61

3rd Joe Spence 42

Beginning

1st Vickie Jenkins 63

Color

Advanced

1st Doug Finch 62

2nd Randy Carr 58

3rd Carol McCreary 56

Beginning

1st Jaci Finch 63

2nd Vickie Jenkins 61

Photojournalism

1st Randy Carr 60

2nd Carol McCreary 59

3rd Joe Spence 37

Nature

1st Doug Finch 63

2nd Joe Spence 35

3rd Vickie Jenkins 35

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Print of the Year Awards

Print of the Year - “First Timer Assistance”

by Carol McCreary

Color

1st Blue Swallow Jaci Finch

2nd New Skyline Randy Carr

3rd Fruita Utah Truck Tom McCreary

HM Cornerman Randy Carr

HM Big Yellow Fellow Jan Lee

Monochrome

1st Old Time Photographer Carol McCreary

2nd Holland Harbor Lighthouse Infrared Carol McCreary

3rd Gone but not Forgotten Jan Lee

HM Nash Vickie Jenkins

HM Steam Engine and Smoke Carol McCreary

Nature

1st Pleasant Mountain Doug Finch

2nd Red Leaf Jan Lee

3rd Canyon Sundown Doug Finch

HM Coming for a Landing Vickie Jenkins

HM No Chlorophyll Needed Jan Lee

Photojournalism

1st First Time Assistance Carol McCreary

2nd Illegal Holding Tom McCreary

3rd Girls Gone Wild Randy Carr

HM Determination on Wheels Carol McCreary

HM Off Balance Runner Tom McCreary

Projected Image of the Year Awards

Projected Image of the Year - “Tulip Pizzazz”

by Jack Melton

Color

1st Rainbow Window, St. Francis Basillica Bob Green

2nd Tawas Point Lighthouse Tom McCreary

3rd Devon Tower and Sculpture No. 1 Jan Lee

HM Dreamy Cascade John Key

HM Old Mill, Million Dollar Hwy Wally Lee

HM Emily and Her Red Shoes Carol McCreary

HM Overholser Dam George Williams

Creative

1st Tulip Pizzazz Jack Melton

2nd Pop at Pop’s Bob Green

3rd Neon Jessie Jan Lee

HM Mesmerize, No. 1 Jan Lee

HM Nothing Like a Cadillac Jack Melton

HM Studebaker-Pickup Bob Protus

Monochrome

1st The Heritage Ward Conaway

2nd Megan Gold Beads - BW Jan Lee

3rd The Perfect Touch Debbie Devonshire

HM High Country Sentinel Aloma Anderson

HM Hidden Randy Carr

HM Barn in the Zion Carol McCreary

HM Emu Attitude Wally Lee (Cont’d Next Page . . .)

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Projected Image of the Year Awards (Cont’d from page 13 …)

Nature

1st Anhinga with Fish George Williams

2nd Golden Lady Jan Lee

3rd On the Rocks Bob Green

HM Grasses in the Sun Aloma Anderson

HM Redish Egret, Sanibel Island Bob Green

HM Emu Attitude Wally Lee

Photojournalism

1st Final Blows Randy Carr

2nd Making the Catch Linda Earley

3rd Neighborin’ Aloma Anderson

HM Making Hay Aloma Anderson

HM Wheelchair Racer Emotions Carol McCreary

HM Soccer High Five Carol McCreary

End of Year Recognition Awards

MacArthur Memorial Award Derrell Dover

MacArthur Memorial Award Jaci Finch

Mansfield Memorial Award Carol McCreary

Youngheim Memorial Award Doug Finch

Special Progress Award Vickie Jenkins

Special Progress Award John R. Key

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Left Anchorage and moved down to the Kenai Peninsula to the thriving commu-

nity of Kenai. Our RV site looked across Cook Inlet where we had spectacu-

lar views of the 5 volcanoes along west side of the inlet. Moose made themselves

at home in the park. From Kenai we day tripped to Homer and Seward. These

once quaint fishing villages are now bustling with bumper to bumper RV's and

cruise ships unloading throngs of curio buying tourists. Seward has a beautiful

Sea Life Center and aquarium focusing on the Arctic biosphere. On our way

back from Homer we had a close up view of a cow moose who decided to me-

ander across the road in front of us. She dodged right and I dodged left and no

blood was spilled. I did have a charge of adrenaline that lasted a while! We vis-

ited the 125 year old Russian Orthodox church at Ninilchick, a remnant of the

Russian ownership of Alaska. We are now in Tok awaiting repairs on a flat tire

which Wilmer says should be ready tomorrow. His garage opens somewhere

around eight or nine o'clock depending on how late he stays out tonight.

The intuitive

mind is a sacred

gift and the

rational mind is

a faithful

servant.

We have

created a

society that

honors the

servant and has

forgotten the

gift.

~Albert

Einstein

Jim David Reports from Alaska

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Photo Ops: (check listed website for additional info)

Editors:

Doug Finch APSA

Jaci Finch APSA

[email protected]

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July3-4: Yukon’s Freedom Fest, Yukon City Park, cityofyukonok.gov

July 3-4: Art in the Park, A Celebration Buck Thomas Park, Moore, cityofmoore.com

July 4: FireLake Grand Fireworks Spectacular, FireLake Grand Casino, Shawnee, firelake-

grand.com

July 7: Independence Day Train, OK Railway Museum, OKC, oklahomarailwaymuseum.org

July 8-13: 20th Annual International Finals Youth Rodeo, Heat of Oklahoma Expo Cen-

ter, Shawnee, ifyr.com

July 17: Sales Tax Appreciation Day, Free Day at Zoo, OKC Zoo, okczoo.com

July 20: 3rd Annual Big Wheel Nationals, Moore Community Center, cityofmoore.com

1 NE 3rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, P:

405.815.9995 F: 405.813.2070

E: [email protected],

US, although a majority came from Oklahoma. We asked participants to submit six images

and our three judges, all professional photographers, selected one photograph from each

of the winners that they felt best represented their use of the cell phone camera and

creative interpretation of the theme.

In response to last year’s highly

successful Can You See Me Now:

Photos Made on Phones project,

we have organized our second

invitational exhibition, Cell

Phones in Summer. It is an

assemblage of photographs made

by professionals and not-

professionals alike utilizing the

theme of ‘summer,’ and this year

e included a video category.

A total of 38 individuals who

answered Untitled’s call to entry

for this project were selected to

have their images shown. We

had submissions from as far away

as Germany and from across the

Cell Phones in Summer

June 15 - September 15

Note: I am sure you will remember the article in the February 2012 HypoCheck titled “Can

You See Me Now?” by our member John R. Key on the use of your phone for making photos..

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