Mulberry Avenue will be closed at Avenue B (just off of Broadway) for approximately four months starting around January 17. The city is going to replace a bridge at that location. From north 281, members can use Hildebrand Avenue. From the south, members will need to exit at Josephine or Grayson streets to reach Broadway.
Archive for January, 2011
Two nature photography workshops scheduled
January 25th, 2011
GSACC guest speaker Chris Gamel to present at NANPA conference.
Thank you to Chris Gamel for his outstanding presentation on tips for better wildlife photography. We were lucky to have Chris visit and present some of his great images at our January 6 meeting. Chris is a local teacher and wildlife biologist. He also leads photography safaris in Africa. Information on his work is online at www.chrisgamel.com.
Chris will present a session titled “Wildlife Filmmaking for Still Photographers” on March 10 at the North American Nature Photography Association 2011 nature photography summit and trade show.
The NANPA event will take place from March 8-13 in Two nature photography workshops scheduled McAllen, Texas. Activities will include keynotes by worldrenowned nature photographers, photo opportunities, field trips, ranch tours and workshops. Details, including registration information, are online at www.nanpa.org.
A separate photography workshop presented by Images for Conservation will take place from March 4-8 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Images for Conservation is presenting the Pro-Am workshop competition. This competition will be the first in a series of traveling pro/amateur workshop competitions.
Four award-winning wildlife photographers will oversee teams of five amateur photographers that will compete for prize money.
For more information, visit www.JeffParkerImages.com.
Judges needed for this year
January 25th, 2011
Dick Boone, Ernie Clyma and John Rudolph have signed up to judge for February. Jenny Fowler, Adam Kincher and Denise Willems have signed up to judge for March.
Beyond March, there are many open judging spots that must be filled. We have one judge signed for the months of April, May, July, August and September. All other slots are vacant.
Members, please sign up to judge and fill these spots. Remember, we can’t have competitions without judges. Competitions will be canceled if we can’t fill judging slots before the scheduled competition. See Competition changes for 2011 for details!
To sign up for judging, please e-mail Vice President Robert Moreno, . Robert is handling the recruitment of judges at this time.
Competition changes for 2011
January 25th, 2011
As a reminder to everyone, the competition rules were updated last year to ensure that we have enough judges available before competitions. The following rules are now in effect:
Each month at the first meeting as part of the club’s business, the judges list will be brought out and the judges for the third week competition will be announced. If there are not three judges signed up for that month, we will ask for volunteers. If no one signs up for the empty slots, it will be announced at that time that the competition for that month will be canceled due to lack of judges.
A week before the competition, Harold Eiserloh, or whoever is Judge Chairman, will remind the signed-up judges of their responsibility. Sometimes, judges sign up months in advance and may forget and not be at the first week’s meeting. If judges find they cannot be there when called by Harold, they should work together with Harold to find a replacement. If one is not found, the competition will be canceled before the Monday deadline of the third week’s competition. Harold would notify the president when that happens, who in turn would notify the entire membership of the cancellation.
If the three judges don’t all show at the third meeting after being reminded, the competition will be canceled and an announcement of who didn’t show and fulfill their obligation will be made.
In the case of an emergency, or an extreme situation, and one cannot make it at the last minute, we can get someone from the audience.