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BIG CHANGES COMING TO all GSACC Competitions in 2024
Starting with the January 2024 PRINT competition meeting our print competitions will be held on the 1st Thursday (instead of the 3rd Thursday) of the month at the Lions Field Adult Center, 2809 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209. Our Education ZOOM meeting will now switch to the 3rd Thursday of the month. Our digital competitions will still be held on ZOOM and they also will move to the first Thursday of the month.
Also there will now only be 3 categories for entry. Pictorial, Black and White (Monochrome), and Nature. This is to give the judges, photographers and possibly some of the audience members time to comment on photos.
Please note that 2024 membership fees are 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
[email protected]
Peter Florczak runs the Zoom meetings. He will send out links to the meetings from the GSACC group list. (If you didn't get an invitation you can email the club at [email protected].) Within the email will be the link that will connect you to the meeting. The meeting number and password aren't 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 from the email . We 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.
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Our next ZOOM education meeting is .. to be announced.
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.
Thursday July .. TBA at 7:30 pm is our Print competition, held at Lions Field Adult Center on Broadway.
To enter the DIGITAL competition, you must upload a 2MB image on the DIGITAL COMPETITION 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 keep 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 the 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 now only 3 categories, Pictorial, Monochrome and Nature.
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
5. Make sure that you get an invite to our 1st Thursday ZOOM meeting at 7:30pm. I will be sending out ZOOM invites with the next (2nd NOTICE) email
6. Sit back and enjoy watching as yours and others get judged and commented on.
7. All first-place winners will get a gift certificate for $25 to Finerworks Print.
8. Winning images are automatically entered in the "End of Year" competition, which usually takes place in May. This year it will be on April 18th.
Hope to see all of you there,
Peter
Starting with the January 2024 PRINT competition meeting our print competitions will be held on the 1st Thursday (instead of the 3rd Thursday) of the month at the Lions Field Adult Center, 2809 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209. Our Education ZOOM meeting will now switch to the 3rd Thursday of the month. Our digital competitions will still be held on ZOOM and they also will move to the first Thursday of the month.
Also there will now only be 3 categories for entry. Pictorial, Black and White (Monochrome), and Nature. This is to give the judges, photographers and possibly some of the audience members time to comment on photos.
Please note that 2024 membership fees are 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
[email protected]
Peter Florczak runs the Zoom meetings. He will send out links to the meetings from the GSACC group list. (If you didn't get an invitation you can email the club at [email protected].) Within the email will be the link that will connect you to the meeting. The meeting number and password aren't 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 from the email . We 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.
* * * * * *
Our next ZOOM education meeting is .. to be announced.
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.
Thursday July .. TBA at 7:30 pm is our Print competition, held at Lions Field Adult Center on Broadway.
To enter the DIGITAL competition, you must upload a 2MB image on the DIGITAL COMPETITION 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 keep 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 the 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 now only 3 categories, Pictorial, Monochrome and Nature.
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
5. Make sure that you get an invite to our 1st Thursday ZOOM meeting at 7:30pm. I will be sending out ZOOM invites with the next (2nd NOTICE) email
6. Sit back and enjoy watching as yours and others get judged and commented on.
7. All first-place winners will get a gift certificate for $25 to Finerworks Print.
8. Winning images are automatically entered in the "End of Year" competition, which usually takes place in May. This year it will be on April 18th.
Hope to see all of you there,
Peter
2023 Awards
Photographer of the Year 2023: Peter Florczak
PRINT Photographer of the Year 2023: Trish Stone
DIGITAL Photographer of the Year 2023: Marie Plummer
Best of Show PRINT 2023: Peter Florczak
Best in Show DIGITAL 2023: Marie Plummer
PRINT Photographer of the Year 2023: Trish Stone
DIGITAL Photographer of the Year 2023: Marie Plummer
Best of Show PRINT 2023: Peter Florczak
Best in Show DIGITAL 2023: Marie Plummer
2023 DIgital End-Of-Year Certificates
Pictorial:
1st: Marie Plummer - "Somewhere in Vermont"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "A Painterly Hill"
3rd: Trish Stone - "The Interim"
HM: Trish Stone - "Fall Comes To Denali"
Monochrome:
1st: Steve Manchester - "About To Bloom"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "Portland Head Lighthouse"
3rd: Marie Plummer - "Spiraling Out Of Control"
HM: Marie Plummer - "Church Faroe Island"
Nature:
1st: Marie Plummer - "Eye Level"
2nd: Marie Plummer - "Eye On The Prize"
3rd: John Kain - "Cuttle Fish"
HM: Jack Smith - "Cute Cub"
Travel:
1st: Patrick Murray - "Women Washing"
2nd: Trish Stone - "Ghent Waterfront"
3rd: Marie Plummer - "Denver Train Station"
HM: Trish Stone - "West Coast Surfer"
Assignment:
1st: Marie Plummer - "Break The Rules"
2nd: Shimon Israel - "Whitney Staircase"
3rd: Tammy Kothe-Ramsey - Stroll On The Beach"
HM: Trish Stone - "Running With Scissors"
Creative:
1st: Trish Stone - "Dreaming"
2nd: Tammy Kothe-Ramsey - "I Am Going To Need A Bigger Rod"
3rd: Marie Plummer - "Dancing Birch"
HM: Trish Stone - "As The World Passes By"
1st: Marie Plummer - "Somewhere in Vermont"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "A Painterly Hill"
3rd: Trish Stone - "The Interim"
HM: Trish Stone - "Fall Comes To Denali"
Monochrome:
1st: Steve Manchester - "About To Bloom"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "Portland Head Lighthouse"
3rd: Marie Plummer - "Spiraling Out Of Control"
HM: Marie Plummer - "Church Faroe Island"
Nature:
1st: Marie Plummer - "Eye Level"
2nd: Marie Plummer - "Eye On The Prize"
3rd: John Kain - "Cuttle Fish"
HM: Jack Smith - "Cute Cub"
Travel:
1st: Patrick Murray - "Women Washing"
2nd: Trish Stone - "Ghent Waterfront"
3rd: Marie Plummer - "Denver Train Station"
HM: Trish Stone - "West Coast Surfer"
Assignment:
1st: Marie Plummer - "Break The Rules"
2nd: Shimon Israel - "Whitney Staircase"
3rd: Tammy Kothe-Ramsey - Stroll On The Beach"
HM: Trish Stone - "Running With Scissors"
Creative:
1st: Trish Stone - "Dreaming"
2nd: Tammy Kothe-Ramsey - "I Am Going To Need A Bigger Rod"
3rd: Marie Plummer - "Dancing Birch"
HM: Trish Stone - "As The World Passes By"
2023 Print End-Of-Year Certificates
Pictorial:
1st: Peter Florczak - "That's Going To Hurt"
2nd: Jack Smith - "St. Catherine's Chapel Mt. Meeker"
3rd: Steve Manchester - "Peeking Around The Corner"
HM: Trish Stone - "Tower Life Reflection"
Monochrome:
1st: Robert Moreno - "The Groomer"
2nd: Eric Bowden - "The Look"
3rd: Trish Stone - "The Woodworker"
HM: Steve Manchester - "Fire Escape"
Nature:
1st: Trish Stone - "The Bee Eater"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "Green Heron"
3rd: Charles Freeman - "Swim Time"
HM: Steve Manchester - "American Lady"
Travel:
1st: Peter Florczak - "Stairway To Heaven"
2nd: Eric Bowden - "The Tree In The Well"
3rd: Rowdy Stone - "Oxbow Bend"
HM: Peter Florczak - "Framed Temple"
Assignment:
1st: Charles Freeman - "Let There Be Light"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "Sunset Through A Window"
3rd: John Kain - "Fiesta TX Fireworks"
HM: Steve Manchester - "Chess By Window Light"
Creative:
1st: Steve Manchester - "Vibrant Lily"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "Brunswick Bridge"
3rd: Trish Stone - "Windswept Portsmouth"
HM: Trish Stone - "Shine On!"
1st: Peter Florczak - "That's Going To Hurt"
2nd: Jack Smith - "St. Catherine's Chapel Mt. Meeker"
3rd: Steve Manchester - "Peeking Around The Corner"
HM: Trish Stone - "Tower Life Reflection"
Monochrome:
1st: Robert Moreno - "The Groomer"
2nd: Eric Bowden - "The Look"
3rd: Trish Stone - "The Woodworker"
HM: Steve Manchester - "Fire Escape"
Nature:
1st: Trish Stone - "The Bee Eater"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "Green Heron"
3rd: Charles Freeman - "Swim Time"
HM: Steve Manchester - "American Lady"
Travel:
1st: Peter Florczak - "Stairway To Heaven"
2nd: Eric Bowden - "The Tree In The Well"
3rd: Rowdy Stone - "Oxbow Bend"
HM: Peter Florczak - "Framed Temple"
Assignment:
1st: Charles Freeman - "Let There Be Light"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "Sunset Through A Window"
3rd: John Kain - "Fiesta TX Fireworks"
HM: Steve Manchester - "Chess By Window Light"
Creative:
1st: Steve Manchester - "Vibrant Lily"
2nd: Peter Florczak - "Brunswick Bridge"
3rd: Trish Stone - "Windswept Portsmouth"
HM: Trish Stone - "Shine On!"
To see all the individual awards for 2023, month-by-month, from December to January, click here.
Please note that we also have a FaceBook page, put together by John Kain. It's where you can find out the latest on what's happening in GSACC, plus 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/