Winners of the January 2012 Photo Contest

First Place - Chuck Hinrichs

We held the judging for the January 2012 monthly contest during the meeting. The theme of the contest was “Your best shot of 2011″ and after the judging by the members present Chuck Hinrichs received first place, where second and third places went to Larua Armstrong. Congratulations to them both and the topic for the the February Contest will be “Anything Round.” Photograph any thing where the main subject of the photo is something “Round.” Please bring no more than one entry to the meeting for judging as a JPG file to turn in. Prints will no longer be used for judging in this contest. If you bring a print it will be photographed or scanned for the judging. The second and third place winning photos may be viewed under the “Our Contest” link at the top of the page or by visiting this link.

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Photography 101 and Image Workflow on tap for our Feburary meeting

Our next meeting will be held on Monday, February 6 , 2012 at 7pm in Room 214-215 of the Hatley Building, which is part of the Health Technology Campus, on 750 Laffoon Street, Madisonville, Ky.

Tom Wortham is beginning a monthly series of programs entitled “Photography 101″ that will deal with all aspects of beginning photography ranging to the strange dial on your camera to to developing your own photographic style. This is a new series to help new comers and old timers learn the many options of their cameras. These programs are designed to be about 15-20 minutes long. Everyone is encouraged to bring your camera.

Our main program for this month with be “image workflow techniques.” Tom Wortham and Ray Quijano will demonstrate and talk about their image flow process using Photoshop and other related programs. They each will work with a couple of images going through their entire editing process and there will be plenty of time for questions.

We encourage everyone to attend the February meeting as everyone will leave with a copy of a picture that you’ll format and get creative with to bring back for our March meeting. More details will be forth coming on this in a later post.

Other meeting programs in the works is an Introduction to High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography, Publishing your book or calendar using an online service such as Blurb, Lulu and Creative Memories, and we’ll have a guest speaker, Darrin Phegley, photographer from the Gleaner Newspaper in Henderson, Ky. There are a lot of other programs in the works that will be announced once they’re nailed down.

MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST
The contest topic for the February meeting is “Anything Round.” A Photograph any thing where the main subject of the photo is something “Round.”

We’ve made a change to the monthly photo contest which requires all entries to be submitted for judging as a JPG file. So, you’ll need to bring your picture on a CD Rom, DVD, Jump Drive or a memory card so they can be combined together for the contest judging. A first through third place winner will be chosen from the entries. A copy of all the 1-3rd place winners will be retained till the end of the year when we will have an independent guest judge pick the top three photos for the year from all the previous winners. The top three pictures will receive prizes, yet to be announced. We hope you all will start participating in our monthly contests.

CLUB PHOTO OUTINGS
Our Vice President, Tim Blair, has announced the club’s first group photography outing which will be to the Evansville, Indiana Zoo on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Details on this trip will be discussed at the February meeting and posted later here on this website. Tim is planning outings on a monthly basis for those members who want to participate. These events are a good way of getting together and learning to shoot better pictures and share techniques.

We hope everyone makes it to the meeting in February and why not bring a friend that may be interested in joining?

 

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West Kentucky Photography Club officers for 2012

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Our 2011 Help-Portrait Event needs you!

December 10th, Saturday 9am-12am, Salvation Army Center in Madisonville, Kentucky

The WKPC does this annual charity event, in which our talented photographers dedicate their talents to people in need of having a special day. Some of our members will be taking photos of individuals/families who may never have had a professional portrait/family picture taken of them. Volunteers are needed for this event. Some volunteering opportunities may include: portrait photographers, documentary photographers, editors, make-up artists, hair stylists, registration personnel, snack table personal, etc. Also, any snack donations like individually bagged chips, individually packaged sweet treats, beverages, and/or homemade treats would be greatly appreciated on the day of the event. A volunteer sign-up sheet will be available at the meeting.

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Weekly Online Photo Contest Canceled

We’ve canceled the weekly photo contest due to lack of participation. Over the last two months we’ve only had a average of three people per contest and the amount of work involved can’t support that small a number. We’ll continue to do the Monthly Contests and the Facebook Challenges. - Jim Pearson, Vice President & Webmaster
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Pennyrile Forest Fall Photography Weekend

Photo by Jim Pearson

Photo by Jim Pearson

If you haven’t signed up yet there’s still time!

The fall colors are starting to look pretty good for this weekend during Pennyrile Park’s Fall Photography event and we’re hoping that there will be a lot of photography club members to take part in the event. The dates are October 21 – 23rd and you may call the park at 1-800-325-1711 to register and reserve rooms.

This weekend consists of a digital photography contest with point & shoot, intermediate, and masters divisions, evening programs, critique and award ceremony. Bring your own camera. Registration is $35. Register by October 9th and receive a $5 discount. Children 16 and under can compete in the competition for a reduced fee of $10. 10% discount on lodging available.

Contact: rebeccae.clark@ky.gov

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Worldwide Photowalk comes to Dawson Springs, Ky

The West Kentucky Photography Club in cooperation with the City of Dawson Springs is inviting everyone to join us in this one exciting activity. A family oriented social event for the main purpose of taking pictures of things that the photographer may find interesting. Our other aim is to practice and improve one’s own photography skills. From the point and shoot users to professional photographer, this is one activity that everyone will enjoy.

Our photo destination for this years photo walk will be Dawson Springs, KY. Dawson Springs is a city in Caldwell and Hopkins counties in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The population was 2,980 at the 2000 census. It is the birthplace of the current governor of Kentucky, Steve L. Beshear. From the late 1800s to the 1930s, Dawson Springs was well known as a spa and resort town. It is still popular as a tourist destination because of the Pennyrile Forest State Park and nearby lakes.

The group will meet at the Dawson Springs City Park Gazebo. There will be no specific route that the group will take but plans will be to meander around town taking pictures and having a great photographic adventure. The group will meet again after two hours at Becky’s Place, 309 East Arcadia Avenue, a few blocks from the city park. They say its the best place to eat in Dawson Springs!

West Kentucky Photography Club is helping Dawson Springs, KY to take part in this worldwide event by organizing a Photo Walk at/in City Park Gazebo on October 1, 2011 from 8 am-10 am. For more information, visit http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/dawson-springs-ky-united-states-downtown/, where you can also sign up to participate in the Photo Walk.

The Photo Walk is free and open to anyone who owns a camera. More Photo Walk details are available at: http://worldwidephotowalk.com/ or visit the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk Facebook page.

Come join us!

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Photo Challenge #233 – “Machines” Winner

"All it needs is a Pilot" Photo by Jerry Cable

"All it needs is a Pilot" Photo by Jerry Cable

Jerry Cable
won our Photo Challenge #233 “Machines” contest.

We’ve extended Photo Challenge #234 “Sunset” for another week due to the lack of sunsets in the Western Kentucky Area. So, get out and capture a nice sunset photo this week for our contest.

We look forward to seeing what you come up with. Click here to visit this week’s challenge.

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August 2011 Print Contest Winners for the theme “Summertime Fun”

First Place winner for the August 2011 print contest  -  Warrena Barnerd

First Place winner for the August 2011 print contest - Warrena Barnerd

First Place: Warrena Barnerd

Second Place: Chuck Hinrichs
Third Place: Greg Stinnett
Congratulations to the winners of the print contests and much thanks to all entrants. It was highly difficult to judge. Let’s keep entering those spectacular shots for next month’s contest. Remember composition, sharpness, and story are very important.
The upcoming September Print Contest will be “Sunsets”. Please bring no more than one 8×10 print entry to the meeting for judging and do not put any writing on the front or back of the photos. You may also bring the picture as a JPG file to turn in. Hope you see you and your entry at the September 12th Meeting. – Note date change due to Labor Day Weekend.
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Weekly Photo Challenge #232 – “Doubles”

Our photo challenge this week is “Doubles.” This one is easy. You know. Two of a kind or not of a kind. Just make sure there are two of them in your photo. Have fun.

Voting is open for last weeks “Things that have a face” Challenge and we encourage all members to stop by the forum and cast your vote!

 

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