SnapShotsOfficial Newsletter of the Capital City Camera Club

January/February 2011

2010 PRINT OF THE YEAR“We Have a Dream Because King Had a Dream”

byCaryl Lawson

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© Caryl Lawson

Second Place - 2010 Print of the Year“Sailing in the Storm”

by

Mitford FontaineOriginally Awarded First Place - August 2010 Print Competition

Classification: Advanced - Category: Abstract

© Mitford Fontaine

Capital City _______________________ CAMERA CLUB

2010

Member of the Year Tim Goode

Background photo by Tim Goode

Program CommitteeBetty BeasleyDiana BunchPatsy Heaton Caryl Lawson

* Months following members’ names indicate when member volunteered to bring

refreshments for future meetings.

Publicity CommitteeNewsletter Editor - Sue Sizemore

Web Master - Chuck Rice

Club Officers

President - Sue Sizemore (Jan)

Vice President - Renette JodoinSecretary - Rhonda Goode (Feb)

Treasurer - Bryan Hassler (May)

Past President - Chuck Rice (Apr)

Club Members

Don BallJennifer BarkerRon “Bart” BartoszewiczBetty Beasley (Nov)

Dave BedingfieldAnna BishopDonna BlanksRobin BradfordJennifer Brown (Mar)

Barbara BryanDiana BunchValerie CastanzaErik ChavezCathryn Crumpton (Feb)

Cameron CurisBonnie EberweinJerry EnochMyra FinleyMit FontaineJan GillSri Ginjupalli (Apr)

Aleah GoodeTim GoodeCharlane GriffithSteve HartzogPatsy HeatonBeverly Henry (Sep)

Jennifer HolmanJanice Howell (Jan)

Alexis JodoinRoger JodoinRegina KakhnovetsCharlie KuykendallJesse Kuykendall

Nathan KuykendallJim LarkinsCaryl LawsonTeresa LizottePam Long (Mar)

Tom McGregorRich MatlockSue MeheargDanette MillsCurtis MiyasakaFelix MoorerJim NorrisMartha NorrisDebra PadgettJim PappanastosJennifer PatrickDiAnna PaulkCarl SaundersDiane SimSharon SlaterDarryl Spaulding (Oct)

Linda Starnes (May)

Robert ThomsonRachel TrippelCarl VarnerLeanna WallaceRhonda WardNancy WeaverJackie Webber (Nov)

Kahri WebberConnie WestoverMatt WilsonDan Younger

Membership CommitteeRoger JodoinMit Fontaine Jackie Webber

Field Trip CommitteeJennifer BarkerJennifer Brown

Pam LongCarl Saunders

Darryl Spaulding

Editor’s Note ~ There were no entries in the November 2010 Competition for the

Themed Category “Candy.”

The cover photo by Caryl Lawson was originally awarded First Place in the February 2010 print

competition, Novice Classification, for the Category “Heroes.”

Background Photo by Rhonda Goode

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[EDITORʼS LETTER] Reprinted from the January 2010 edition of POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY

What does it take to win a photo contest? It’s a question that comes up once a month for our editors and art staff, as we judge our monthly Your Best Shot competition. And we gained new perspective this month, thanks to the three outside judges for our 16h Annual Readers‘ Photo Contest.

With more than 4,400 entrants in six categories this year, judging was a huge task. And even after we’d cut the roster down to about 500 semi-finalists, the judges -- Jeff Dunas, c o - f o u n d e r a n d d i r e c t o r o f t h e P a l m S p r i n g s P h o t o F e s t i v a l (www.palmspringsphotofestival.com), Marti Saltzman, editorial director of Lark Photography Books (www.larkbooks.com/digital) and Santa Fe-based photographer and teacher Eddie Soloway (www.eddiesoloway)--faced some tough choices.

To see the photos that didn’t win, but could have, take a look at the gallery of runners-up on our website at www.PopPhoto.com/Contests-Events.

All of the winners have a few characteristics in common. First, they’re technically excellent, with exposure, tonality, and focus all under perfect control. They have clearly defined subjects that instantly draw you into the picture. They inspire an emotional reaction or invoke a mood. They offer an element of surprise that piques your interest. And they convey all of this in an instant.

Indeed, that’s one of the crucial lessons I learned from reading Winning Digital Photo Contests by Jeff Wignall, recently published by Marti Salzman’s company. (She sent it to me when I asked whether she had any advice for photographers.)

Wignall writes: “The photos that end up winning the contests [are] always among those that jumped off the screen (or out of the print file) during their very first viewing. . . First impressions matter.”

He goes on to describe what makes specific photos in all kinds of genres--portraits, wildlife, landscapes, sports, travel, even composite images--grab attention and win accolades.

But Jeff Dunas, himself a photographer, put it most simply. When I asked him what makes a “winning” photograph, he replied, “Amaze me!”

Miriam LeuchterEditor, Popular Photographer

Background Photo by Mit Fontaine

ADVANCEDNovember Print Competition

FIRST PLACE

“October Sunrise” by Mitford Fontaine

Category: Open

NOVICENovember Print Competition

FIRST PLACE“Brevard Falls” by Diana Bunch

Category: Open

NOVICENovember Print Competition - “Open”

SECOND PLACE - “Red Head”

by Rhonda Goode

THIRD PLACE - “Sunday Sunrise” by Robin Bradford

HONORABLE MENTION“San Diego” by Pamela Long

HONORABLE MENTION“Misty Daze”

by Cathryn Crumpton

NOVICENovember Print Competition

FIRST PLACE

“Delicious Goodies” by Rhonda Goode

Category: “Candy”

NOVICENovember Print Competition - “Candy”

SECOND PLACE

“Ten Little Pumpkins” by

Robin Bradford

THIRD PLACE

“Halloween Harvest” by

Robin Bradford

ONLINE COMPETITION

OCTOBER THEME “THE COLOR ORANGE “

First Place: “Orange Skies in the Morning” by

Barbara Bryan

ONLINE COMPETITION

NOVEMBER THEME “VETERANS”

First Place: “Veterans Remembered” by

Sue Sizemore

ONLINE COMPETITIONDECEMBER THEME

“PRESENTS”

First Place: “Reflecting on Christmas Presents” by

Danette Mills

Background Photo by Mit Fontaine

Announcing Print Competition Themes

for

2011

Feb -> “Seeing Red” Apr -> “It’s A Jungle Out There” Jun -> “Macro Magic” Aug -> “Things Alabama” Oct -> “Into the Night” Nov -> “Fast & Furious”

2012

Feb -> “Triangles” Apr -> “Landmarks” Jun -> “H2O” Aug -> “Windows & Doors” Oct -> “These Shoes Are Made for Walking” Nov -> “Technology”

2011Field Trips & Workshops you don’t want to miss!!

February 19! ! Montgomery ZooMarch 19! ! Selma PilgrimageApril 16! ! ! Outdoor Portrait Workshop!May 14! ! ! Jim Scott’s Gardens @ Lake Martin! ! ! ! (pending verification)June 18! ! ! Columbus, GeorgiaJuly (TBD)! ! Scott Kelby 4th Annual ! ! ! ! Worldwide Photo WalkAugust 13! ! WorkshopSeptember 17! ! Landscape Photography Road TripOctober 22! ! Tannehill State Park, McCalla, AlabamaNovember 19! ! Churches of the River Region! ! ! ! Photographers’ Tour

Background Photo by Carl Saunders