GSACC Best in Show Image of the Year 2021: Charles Freeman (top left)
GSACC Print Photographer of the Year 2021: John Kain (top right)
GSACC Photographer of the Year 2021: Peter Florczak (bottom left)
GSACC Digital Photographer of the Year 2021: Trish Gimbel Stone (bottom right)
GSACC Print Photographer of the Year 2021: John Kain (top right)
GSACC Photographer of the Year 2021: Peter Florczak (bottom left)
GSACC Digital Photographer of the Year 2021: Trish Gimbel Stone (bottom right)
Follow us on Facebook
Here's what's happening NOW at GSACC...
Please note that 2023 membership dues in now due. You can print out a membership form from our website page "JOINING & CONTACTING GSACC", or by clicking on the FORM, print it, and send it along with your check to our current Treasurer at:
Susie Kain
8022 Hill Trails St
San Antonio, TX 78250
sprmom1229@att.net
Peter Florczak runs the Zoom meetings.
He will send out links to the meetings via the email address he has on file for each member. If you didn't get an invitation you can email him at peterflorczak@gmail.com. Within the email will be the link that will connect you to the meeting. No meeting number or password needed, just click the link. If you have problems, you can go to Zoom.us and click the join meeting link. Here you will need the meeting number and password in the email I send. I highly recommend you go to http://www.Zoom.us and register. That way when you click the link, your name shows up on the waiting list and on screen. If not there is only a number on the screen.
* * * * * *
Thursday's April 6th is our next Education Meeting.
You do not need to be a member to attend. You only need to pay a yearly dues if you want to submit photos to our monthly contests.
This month we are going to do something a little different. Trish Stone, our current president, will be giving a talk on the benefits of participating in competitions and what iit has done for some of our existing members.
Hopefully you will join us for what looks like a very exciting evening.
If you have any questions or comments just email or text me.
Hope to see you all there,
Thursday April 20th is our DIGITAL competition.
Thursday April 20th is our DIGITAL ZOOM competition. To enter the DIGITAL competition you must upload a 2MB image on the DIGITAL COMPETETION PHOTO UPLOAD page by Monday noon prior to the competition on this website, https://www.gsacc.org/digital-competition-photo-upload.html The page then automatically sends the images to our DIGITAL chairman for entry into the competition.
He will keep the winners for posting on this website https://www.gsacc.org/ and also keeping them for "End of Year Award" judging. You should get a reply in a day or so that your images have been received for judging.
Remember to follow all rules for submitting a digital image. Entry rules can be found out at https://www.gsacc.org/competition-rules--how-to-enter.html
THINGS TO DO FOR DIGITAL COMPETITION
1. Make sure that your GSACC membership is current.
2. Collect your images to be entered. There are 5 categories. Including and ASSIGNMENT category. This months assignment is "Silhouette"
3. Correctly name all of your entries (see “Labeling Digital and Print Examples” on https://www.gsacc.org/ website)
4. Upload 2MB digital file on our website at: https://www.gsacc.org/digital-competition-photo-upload.html
8. Make sure that you get an invite to our 3rd Thursday ZOOM meeting at 7:30pm. Below is your ZOOM invite.
9. Winning images are automatically entered in the "End of Year" competition, which usually takes place in May. This year it will be in May.
Hope to see all of you there,
Peter Florczak
GSACC Publications and Webmaster
In January 2023 we switch from the CREATIVE category to 6 months of ASSIGNMENTS, So here are your ASSINMENT categories:
Here is a short definition of the Assignment category:
Assignment (A ) Assignment images represent the unique theme specified for that month. Members are notified of the Assignment subject prior to the competition calendar year. Eligible entries can only be photographed after the Assignment themes are announced, and printed copies distributed. Entries may be color or black and white. Photographic post-processing
techniques that add, relocate, combine, replace, or remove pictorial elements are permitted. Cropping, HDR, focus stacking, panoramas, composites, dodging and burning is permitted.
Susie Kain
8022 Hill Trails St
San Antonio, TX 78250
sprmom1229@att.net
Peter Florczak runs the Zoom meetings.
He will send out links to the meetings via the email address he has on file for each member. If you didn't get an invitation you can email him at peterflorczak@gmail.com. Within the email will be the link that will connect you to the meeting. No meeting number or password needed, just click the link. If you have problems, you can go to Zoom.us and click the join meeting link. Here you will need the meeting number and password in the email I send. I highly recommend you go to http://www.Zoom.us and register. That way when you click the link, your name shows up on the waiting list and on screen. If not there is only a number on the screen.
* * * * * *
Thursday's April 6th is our next Education Meeting.
You do not need to be a member to attend. You only need to pay a yearly dues if you want to submit photos to our monthly contests.
This month we are going to do something a little different. Trish Stone, our current president, will be giving a talk on the benefits of participating in competitions and what iit has done for some of our existing members.
Hopefully you will join us for what looks like a very exciting evening.
If you have any questions or comments just email or text me.
Hope to see you all there,
Thursday April 20th is our DIGITAL competition.
Thursday April 20th is our DIGITAL ZOOM competition. To enter the DIGITAL competition you must upload a 2MB image on the DIGITAL COMPETETION PHOTO UPLOAD page by Monday noon prior to the competition on this website, https://www.gsacc.org/digital-competition-photo-upload.html The page then automatically sends the images to our DIGITAL chairman for entry into the competition.
He will keep the winners for posting on this website https://www.gsacc.org/ and also keeping them for "End of Year Award" judging. You should get a reply in a day or so that your images have been received for judging.
Remember to follow all rules for submitting a digital image. Entry rules can be found out at https://www.gsacc.org/competition-rules--how-to-enter.html
THINGS TO DO FOR DIGITAL COMPETITION
1. Make sure that your GSACC membership is current.
2. Collect your images to be entered. There are 5 categories. Including and ASSIGNMENT category. This months assignment is "Silhouette"
3. Correctly name all of your entries (see “Labeling Digital and Print Examples” on https://www.gsacc.org/ website)
4. Upload 2MB digital file on our website at: https://www.gsacc.org/digital-competition-photo-upload.html
8. Make sure that you get an invite to our 3rd Thursday ZOOM meeting at 7:30pm. Below is your ZOOM invite.
9. Winning images are automatically entered in the "End of Year" competition, which usually takes place in May. This year it will be in May.
Hope to see all of you there,
Peter Florczak
GSACC Publications and Webmaster
In January 2023 we switch from the CREATIVE category to 6 months of ASSIGNMENTS, So here are your ASSINMENT categories:
- January - Shoot from below
- February - Negative Space
- March - Night Photography
- April - Silhouette
- May - Window Light
- June - Break the Rules
Here is a short definition of the Assignment category:
Assignment (A ) Assignment images represent the unique theme specified for that month. Members are notified of the Assignment subject prior to the competition calendar year. Eligible entries can only be photographed after the Assignment themes are announced, and printed copies distributed. Entries may be color or black and white. Photographic post-processing
techniques that add, relocate, combine, replace, or remove pictorial elements are permitted. Cropping, HDR, focus stacking, panoramas, composites, dodging and burning is permitted.
Please note that we now have a NEW FaceBook page. John Kain did a great job of putting it together and it is already seeing a lot of activity. It's where you can find out the latest on what's happening in GSACC. Plus just some very interesting topics.
Why not log in and join the conversation, and let us know what you think.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.gsacc.org/
Why not log in and join the conversation, and let us know what you think.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.gsacc.org/