MEETING NOTES - NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Published: Tuesday, November 29, 2016

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Pictured are winners from the November Competition. The assigned topic was "Windows"

CHESTER COUNTY CAMERA CLUB

MEETING NOTES - NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Rhoads Building ~ Chester County Hospital

 

Meeting ~ Bob Kelly  welcomed everyone to the competition night meeting.  Bob reminded competition winners to stay for the winners photo after the meeting ended.  He also asked all everyone to silence their cell phones.

Holiday Party ~ The next meeting night will be the annual club holiday party on 12/13 beginning at 6:30 pm.  Each member is asked to bring a covered dish or dessert.  There will also be a holiday image photo contest ~ each member may submit a maximum of 2 images.  Prizes will be awarded!  Jackie Brady will be sending out invitations via email to everyone; please RSVP with the dish you will bring to the party.  Jackie will also be in need of volunteer help with set-up and clean-up.

New members and guests ~ There was 1 guest at the meeting.

Club Outings ~ Howard Sundwall

*    Saturday, 12/3 - New York City - Howard reminded members that the next outing will be a bus trip to NYC on Saturday, 12/3.  He will send out an email to all members who have signed up for the trip with important last-minute information.

 

*     Saturday 1/14 - Battleship New Jersey - 9:30 am - 3:00.  Five decks of the New Jersey are open to the public and there is plenty to see both on deck and in the interiors. This is a unique opportunity for photography that is probably new to most of us. Join your fellow photographers as we explore this historic environment.  For more information, please click here:  /club/Events_view.aspx?Eventid=f9b5461e-65ad-4fd7-bad9-9da237db46f6

Members Forum ~ Anita Bower announced that there will be a member’s image critique night on Tuesday, 1/10/17, at 6:30 pm.  A maximum of 20 club member images will be permitted.  Three club members will critique the photos and offer valuable input on how the photographer may improve their image.  Please stay tuned for more information.

Outreach Committee ~  Joe Johnbosco told club members that the 3-member juried committee has been working hard on selecting images for the Penn State Great Valley Program.  231 images were submitted; it is anticipated that approximately 100 photos will be accepted for hanging at Penn State Great Valley. 

Competition ~ Dick Greenwood, Competition Manager, introduced Tuesday night’s judge - Pam McClean Parker.  Assigned topic ~ Windows.  For over a quarter of a century, since receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rosemont College, Pam McClean Parker has exhibited her photography and photo-based artwork in galleries and art centers in the Philadelphia area and beyond.  Exhibiting in solo and group shows as well as in juried and invitational exhibitions, Pam has received numerous awards and recognition for her work.  Mixed in with her showing, she has worked offering free-lance photography services.

Pam is the current director for MCGOPA, the Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists, a non-profit artists’ co-operative group now in its 17th year.  She also serves on the board of directors for Philadelphia/Tri-States Artists Equity Association.  In the Spring of 2015, she served on an art advisory panel for the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts with the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Arts Alliance; this fall she will be the newly appointed art-editor for Philadelphia Stories Magazine.  This quarterly publication features both creative writing and artwork from Philadelphia area authors, poets, and artists.

Asked what she looks for in a winning image, Pam states, “When serving as a photography juror I assess each work, measuring its success in formal and technical terms as well as connecting to the aesthetic sensibility and personal vision conveyed within a piece.”

If pressed to reveal what she sees as the most important things in an image, she responds, “In my eyes the most important things in an image are spark, intention, and execution.”  I ask, she continues,  “Does this image hold within it the power to keep a viewer’s attention?  How well has the execution of this image served the vision and intention of the photographer?  How does its presentation as a digital image or as a print further enhance and strengthen the image?”

You can view Pam’s work here:  www.pmpfinephotography.com

Minutes submitted by Stephanie Vacek, Secretary



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