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Please note that 2021 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
gsaccpics@gmail.com
July 3rd is our Education Meeting. It will be again be virtual, and John Kain (Art-by-John@att.net) will be sending out ZOOM invites. If you haven't gotten an invite let John Kain know and he will send you one. You do not need to be a member to participate.
The topic will be "Editing with Lightroom and Photoshop." Ken Ramsey recommended doing another photo edit like we did once before, where I sent out a photo and everyone shared their edits.
This time I would like y'all to send us a photo you haven't edited and then folks can suggest possible edits and Peter would do the edits through screen share. He will of course use Photoshop and Lightroom to do the edit and I know that a few folks do not use Adobe. The thing is, almost every editing program has the same functions, but may have different names for them.
If you know your edit program functions, you should be able to replicate the edits. So if you have a shot that has been difficult to edit, or there is a look you want but not sure how to achieve it, send an unedited version to Peter at peterflorczak@gmail.com. It is best to have a RAW file but those can get rather large so jpg's will do but not preferred. Remember, jpg's lose a lot of detail and dynamic range. So the best way is to download the Adobe DNG converter. It converts RAW files to DNG, which is still a RAW version only smaller. If you do not have the converter, you can download it here: Adobe Digital Negative Converter
Also, there will be plenty of time for "photography" conversation. OK, let's all have some fun.
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July 17th is our DIGITAL competition of the year. The meeting will start at 7:30 PM, and will be held on ZOOM. Remember that CREATIVE category starts in July. (Assignments will begin again in January of 2022). Digital entries must be submitted no later than before mid-night on the Monday (July 12th) before the competition to be included in Thursdays competition.
Also, to participate, you must be a paid GSACC member, but visitors are always
welcome at our meetings!
Please use our Digital Upload page located at: https://www.gsacc.org/gsaccdigital-
photo-upload-page.html Note that after you hit the "SUBMIT" button it
can take a good while, depending on your internet connection, to upload your
digital entries. Be patient and you should receive a "Successfully Submitted"
message. Also within 24 hours you should receive a confirmation that your
images have been received by the GSACC digital Competition Chairman. If you
need help in resizing your images to a maximum of 2 MB each you can
download a file at: https://www.gsacc.org/gsacc-digital-photo-upload-page.html
Here is a definition of the Assignment Category (which will resume in January 2022) :
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.
In January 2020 competition we start back with the ASSIGNMENT (A) Category (instead of Creative)
The ASSIGMENTS for 2021 are as follows:
1) January - Macro
2) February - Household item
3) March - Reflection
4) April - Starts with "H"
5) May - Repetitive shapes
6) June - Architectural detail (part of structure)
CREATIVE which return again in July
Susie Kain
8022 Hill Trails St
San Antonio, TX 78250
gsaccpics@gmail.com
July 3rd is our Education Meeting. It will be again be virtual, and John Kain (Art-by-John@att.net) will be sending out ZOOM invites. If you haven't gotten an invite let John Kain know and he will send you one. You do not need to be a member to participate.
The topic will be "Editing with Lightroom and Photoshop." Ken Ramsey recommended doing another photo edit like we did once before, where I sent out a photo and everyone shared their edits.
This time I would like y'all to send us a photo you haven't edited and then folks can suggest possible edits and Peter would do the edits through screen share. He will of course use Photoshop and Lightroom to do the edit and I know that a few folks do not use Adobe. The thing is, almost every editing program has the same functions, but may have different names for them.
If you know your edit program functions, you should be able to replicate the edits. So if you have a shot that has been difficult to edit, or there is a look you want but not sure how to achieve it, send an unedited version to Peter at peterflorczak@gmail.com. It is best to have a RAW file but those can get rather large so jpg's will do but not preferred. Remember, jpg's lose a lot of detail and dynamic range. So the best way is to download the Adobe DNG converter. It converts RAW files to DNG, which is still a RAW version only smaller. If you do not have the converter, you can download it here: Adobe Digital Negative Converter
Also, there will be plenty of time for "photography" conversation. OK, let's all have some fun.
* * * * * * *
July 17th is our DIGITAL competition of the year. The meeting will start at 7:30 PM, and will be held on ZOOM. Remember that CREATIVE category starts in July. (Assignments will begin again in January of 2022). Digital entries must be submitted no later than before mid-night on the Monday (July 12th) before the competition to be included in Thursdays competition.
Also, to participate, you must be a paid GSACC member, but visitors are always
welcome at our meetings!
Please use our Digital Upload page located at: https://www.gsacc.org/gsaccdigital-
photo-upload-page.html Note that after you hit the "SUBMIT" button it
can take a good while, depending on your internet connection, to upload your
digital entries. Be patient and you should receive a "Successfully Submitted"
message. Also within 24 hours you should receive a confirmation that your
images have been received by the GSACC digital Competition Chairman. If you
need help in resizing your images to a maximum of 2 MB each you can
download a file at: https://www.gsacc.org/gsacc-digital-photo-upload-page.html
Here is a definition of the Assignment Category (which will resume in January 2022) :
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.
In January 2020 competition we start back with the ASSIGNMENT (A) Category (instead of Creative)
The ASSIGMENTS for 2021 are as follows:
1) January - Macro
2) February - Household item
3) March - Reflection
4) April - Starts with "H"
5) May - Repetitive shapes
6) June - Architectural detail (part of structure)
CREATIVE which return again in July
Thursday October 1, 2020 was our 2019 End of the Year Awards presentation. There were cash awards to all of the winners. To see the presentation and all of the winning images just go to our GSACC Meeting Video's 2020 page and click on the link.
April 10, 2020
John Kain posted this on Facebook and I am not sure who is on Facebook and who is not. Remember, only paid members can submit images. Guests are welcome to join in the viewing and discussion during the competition.
Please remember that next week we are having our first virtual competition. We practiced last night and think we have it down. Please have all your images submitted through the web site submittal page by Monday, 13 April. We will judge them Wednesday night and show and discuss them on Thursday. Please watch your email for an invite.The entire voting and presentation will be done through Zoom. The meeting will start at 7:30 on 16 April.
There are a lot of new safety precautions built into Zoom now so don't worry about hacking. I highly recommend you go to the Zoom website and register, https://zoom.us/ It makes it a lot easier to get into the meetings. You do not have to but it makes less complicated if you run into problems.
Lastly, make sure you go into our computer settings and turn on your camera and microphone. We have had a couple of preliminary tests and folks did not have their cameras turned on. The judges will comment in your photos, and if you have a question or comment you will need to raise your hand and I need to be able to see you. All participants will be muted by me at the start of the meeting. If you raise your hand to ask a question, I will unmute your microphone. I hope to see everyone on Thursday the 16th.
John Kain posted this on Facebook and I am not sure who is on Facebook and who is not. Remember, only paid members can submit images. Guests are welcome to join in the viewing and discussion during the competition.
Please remember that next week we are having our first virtual competition. We practiced last night and think we have it down. Please have all your images submitted through the web site submittal page by Monday, 13 April. We will judge them Wednesday night and show and discuss them on Thursday. Please watch your email for an invite.The entire voting and presentation will be done through Zoom. The meeting will start at 7:30 on 16 April.
There are a lot of new safety precautions built into Zoom now so don't worry about hacking. I highly recommend you go to the Zoom website and register, https://zoom.us/ It makes it a lot easier to get into the meetings. You do not have to but it makes less complicated if you run into problems.
Lastly, make sure you go into our computer settings and turn on your camera and microphone. We have had a couple of preliminary tests and folks did not have their cameras turned on. The judges will comment in your photos, and if you have a question or comment you will need to raise your hand and I need to be able to see you. All participants will be muted by me at the start of the meeting. If you raise your hand to ask a question, I will unmute your microphone. I hope to see everyone on Thursday the 16th.
IMPORTANT NEWS:
April 04, 2020 We had our first successful meeting using the Zoom software. There were 12 members in attendance. A few more tried unsuccessfully to sign on. We now have a paid version that allows us to have unlimited meetings, and more importantly, have some controls over the security concerns.
Our next virtual meeting will be our April 16th competition meeting. You can submits your entries as you always have using our "Digital Competition Photo Upload" page. All entries must be submitted on or before April 13th to allow enough time for setting up the judging.
The Assignment this month is: "View from the top---an image taken from above the subject"
The judges will meet before the start of the meeting to judge and score the entries. Then at 7:30 all of the members can join the meeting for scores and comments. I hope that you will all give it a try. John Kain will send out invites, but if you don't get one, email him directly and he will send you one. Remember that you do not have to be a member to attend a virtual meeting, but only paid members can compete in the competitions.
In response to the concerns over the current Corona virus pandemic and our desire to not expose vulnerable people needlessly our meetings for March and April at Lion's Field have been cancelled. Any further activity will be reconsidered as news of the virus is available.
Just a quick reminder that club membership fees were due at the beginning of the year. Also, to participate in the competition, you must be a paid member, but visitors are always welcome at our meetings! No membership required, but it is easy to join. If you have not paid your dues, please see Susie Kain ASAP to do so.
March 5th educational meeting we will be doing another photo share. Please send 4 of your images to Tim Kirkland at: timkirkland@att.net or timkirkland250757@gmail.com. We will share them and discuss at our meeting.
March 19th, 2020 was to be our PRINT competition night.
IMPORTANT NEWS:
In response to the concerns over the current Corona virus pandemic and our desire to not expose vulnerable people needlessly our meetings for March and April at Lion's Field have been cancelled. Any further activity will be reconsidered as news of the virus is available.
Further discussion is continuing about how or if competition is going to take place. W will share any decisions as soon as they are made.
Be healthy and safe.
The 2019 GSACC Yearbook can be download from our website at:
https://www.gsacc.org/competition-rules--how-to-enter.html
April 04, 2020 We had our first successful meeting using the Zoom software. There were 12 members in attendance. A few more tried unsuccessfully to sign on. We now have a paid version that allows us to have unlimited meetings, and more importantly, have some controls over the security concerns.
Our next virtual meeting will be our April 16th competition meeting. You can submits your entries as you always have using our "Digital Competition Photo Upload" page. All entries must be submitted on or before April 13th to allow enough time for setting up the judging.
The Assignment this month is: "View from the top---an image taken from above the subject"
The judges will meet before the start of the meeting to judge and score the entries. Then at 7:30 all of the members can join the meeting for scores and comments. I hope that you will all give it a try. John Kain will send out invites, but if you don't get one, email him directly and he will send you one. Remember that you do not have to be a member to attend a virtual meeting, but only paid members can compete in the competitions.
In response to the concerns over the current Corona virus pandemic and our desire to not expose vulnerable people needlessly our meetings for March and April at Lion's Field have been cancelled. Any further activity will be reconsidered as news of the virus is available.
Just a quick reminder that club membership fees were due at the beginning of the year. Also, to participate in the competition, you must be a paid member, but visitors are always welcome at our meetings! No membership required, but it is easy to join. If you have not paid your dues, please see Susie Kain ASAP to do so.
March 5th educational meeting we will be doing another photo share. Please send 4 of your images to Tim Kirkland at: timkirkland@att.net or timkirkland250757@gmail.com. We will share them and discuss at our meeting.
March 19th, 2020 was to be our PRINT competition night.
IMPORTANT NEWS:
In response to the concerns over the current Corona virus pandemic and our desire to not expose vulnerable people needlessly our meetings for March and April at Lion's Field have been cancelled. Any further activity will be reconsidered as news of the virus is available.
Further discussion is continuing about how or if competition is going to take place. W will share any decisions as soon as they are made.
Be healthy and safe.
The 2019 GSACC Yearbook can be download from our website at:
https://www.gsacc.org/competition-rules--how-to-enter.html
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/