Nature Study groups for PSA members

Are you a PSA member? If so you can participate in study groups; these allow you to receive more frequent comments about your photographs than a typical camera club may provide. If you are not a member, think about joining, there are lots of PSA member perks, including things like discounts, the monthly PSA journal, Free online Individualized Photography Course, Advanced Photography Course, and Image Analysis Course, Free Study Groups: online for digital images and via mail for prints and Free Species Identification Services

http://www.psa-photo.org/psa_membership/join-psa/

Nature Division (ND): Study Groups

Nature Division Study Groups Director				Submit Image(s): 1st of January, March, May,      July, September, & November Submit comments: 1st of next month Commentator's comments: 15th of next month Wendy McIntoshWendyMCI@aol.com

Nature Study Group members have their images evaluated by their peers. PSA members can join a Nature Study Group by completing the enrollment form below. The member’s PSA membership number is required to complete enrollment. Additional Study Groups can be established when there is enough interest. Nature Study Groups can also be formed to address a specific theme.
The Nature Digital Study Group rounds take place every other month. Each Study Group member submits an image in each round. The deadline for submitting the images is the 1st of the month in January, March, May, July, September, & November and the deadline for submitting comments is the 1st of the following month (February, April, June, August, October, & December). This schedule is designed to accommodate vacations or other group member activities without holding up the round and to allow for careful consideration of constructive comments regarding the members’ images. The Commentator adds his/her thoughts after the group members have commented.

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Enrollment

There is no fee for this activity. PSA Membership is required. To enroll in a Nature Division Study Group, complete the online Enrollment Form.

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Biography & Portrait

Study Group members are asked to submit a brief Biography and an "environmental" portrait before submitting their first image so the rest of the members of the group can get to know the new member on a more personal basis. The Bio should include information regarding the digital equipment the member uses and what digital software they use. This information helps the other members and the Commentator make their comments concerning digital techniques and tips more meaningful and useful.

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Preparing Images & Image Description

• Definition of Nature Photography
• General Guidelines
• Image Preparation Guidelines
• Image Description Guidelines

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Scoring and Comments

• Scoring and Commenting Guidelines

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Nature Study Groups

• Study Group #1: General Nature
• Study Group # 2: General Nature

New Haven Camera Club Member Bill Barnett Receives Prestigious PSA Distinction

From: Laura J. Davies, FPSA

Public Relations V.P.
194 Windsor Court
New Brighton, MN 55112
e-mail LJD1538@aol.com

For Immediate Release:

PRESS RELEASE

New Haven Camera Club Member Receives Prestigious PSA Distinction

 The Photographic Society of America (PSA) is pleased to announce that William Barnett has been awarded the Master Distinction (MPSA) in recognition of his photographic achievement record in PSA recognized International Exhibitions of photography. To qualify for the Master Distinction, 1500 or more acceptances are required. Presentation of the award Plaque was made in September at the 2011 PSA International Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The award includes an invitation to submit a sample of work to the MPSA Gallery on the PSA web site. (Bill has put it on his "to-do" list. Look for it soon!)

PSA is a worldwide organization of both amateur and professional photographers, with membership in 70 countries. Visit the PSA web site at www.psa-photo.org to view the Distinction Galleries and to learn more about PSA, its activities, and the benefits of membership.

PSA Journal has 4 photographers from Connecticut

thanks Jim!

The new member section in the August issue of the PSA Journal has 4 photographers from Connecticut. I have attached the file in case you want to put something in your newsletter.

The images in the journal were chosen from all of the New England submittals. The makers should feel proud of their very fine work.

Regards,Jim Dionne, MNEC

2009 PSA Conference

Register Now for the 2009 PSA Conference

We need your help. Please Register Now for the 2009 PSA Conference
Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort, West Yellowstone, Montana
Sunday, September 20 through Saturday, September 26, 2009

The 2009 PSA Conference promises to be an exciting time for all PSAers:
+ Great presentations and programs daily throughout the conference week
+ A chance to see your friends in PSA
+ Spectacular photo opportunities in Yellowstone

Conference Highlights:
Feature Presentations
Sunday – “Welcome to Yellowstone” by Rick Cloran and Jake Mosser
Monday – 2009 PSA International Exhibition of Photography
Tuesday – George Lepp
Wednesday – John and Barbara Gerlach
Thursday – Barrie Wilkins and Jill Sneesby
Friday – Art Wolfe
Saturday – Julieanne Kost
5 Photo Tours Daily to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
PSA 75th Anniversary activities
PSA International Exhibition – Prints and projected images
Photo showcases and PSA Division Activity Center programs – 50 presenters

We need your HELP. If you plan on attending the conference,
Please register for the conference NOW – we anticipate a large attendance, and we need to know how many people to expect for our receptions, buffet lunches, and presentation sessions.
Note that the sign-up for conference bus tours closes in one week. We need to reserve the buses for our five daily (35 total) bus tours well in advance of the conference. The closing date for bus tour reservations is August 10.

The 2009 PSA Conference Committee Volunteers are spending long hours working on the conference activities, programs, presentations, and registration. Please help by registering for the conference as soon as possible.

There are three ways to register for the conference:
1) Register online at the PSA Website, www.psa-photo.org
2) Mail or fax the conference registration form in the March 2009 PSA Journal, pages 26, 27, and 28.
3) Visit the PSA Website at www.psa-photo.org ; on the “2009 Conference Details” page, print out the “print and mail” conference registration form; and mail or fax your registration to the Conference Registrar.

If you have questions on conference registration, please contact Icy Sowards, PSA Conference Registrar.
Icy Sowards, PSA Conference Registrar Phone: 708-371-0957
12947 Crescent Court Fax: 708-371-0967
Crestwood, IL 60445 Email: Isowards@sbcglobal.net

See you in September in Yellowstone.
2009 PSA Conference Committee

PSA-CPID Individual Portrait Competition

PSA-CPID Announces Individual Portrait Competition

Color Projected Image Division (CPID) is happy to announce the newest opportunity for members to showcase their work… The New Individual Portrait Competition! This competition is for portraits of humans only.

There will be a Special Award for the Best Female and Best Male Portrait in each judging.

So… look thru your portfolio and sharpen up those pixels and send in your entry.

First Competition Deadline is: April 1, 2009. The results will be posted by: April 15, 2009

Click below for digital entry form:

http://www.psaexhibitionstandards.com/interclub-competitions/portrait/portrait-1-data-collection.php

Conditions of Entry…

• To Celebrate the 75th PSA Anniversary there will be no fee!
• A First, Second, Third, and Honorable Mentions will be awarded for each of the three competitions.
• A final End of the Year Judging for all images receiving Award and HM’s will take place after September 1, 2009.
• Two images per person per competition (digital or slides, can’t be mixed)
• Maximum digital Image Width (Horizontal) is 1024 pixels.
• Maximum Image Height (Vertical) is 768 pixels.
• Please keep each image file size to no more than 800 KB and the maximum aggregate size of all images to 20 MB
• You do not have to follow any naming convention for your jpg files when you enter. The web pages properly rename your files to meet the needs of the competition software.
• All Slide Entries Must be mailed to the P.O. Box below.
• This competition is not open to the Chairman or the judges.

Complete Rules available online at:
http://www.psaexhibitionstandards.com/interclub-competitions/portrait/2009-indiv-portrait-information-instructions.php

Slide Entry Information

Mail slide entries to:
Susan Cowles
P.O. Box 262
Norco, CA 92860

Slide Entry Form:
http://www.psaexhibitionstandards.com/interclub-competitions/portrait/indiv-portrait-slide-1-entry-form.php

Linda Thomas' winning photograph

Antoinette and Bill selected Linda Thomas' image "Snuggle Feeding" for entry into the PSA Councils Challenge as one of 10 images to represent NECCC in this year's Projected Digital Images" section.

Her image won 3rd place out of approximately 90 images (there were 9 councils each entering 10 images). NECCC also won first place in this section (for the third time) with a total of 124 points. The Chicago Area Camera Club Association and the Southern California Camera Club Council tied for second place with 123 points.Way to go!!!

The Projector: a newsletter for PSA Member Organizations

Summer 2008
The Projector: a newsletter for PSA Member Organizations

Sharp’s Word
by Sharp Todd

Greetings to all PSA member camera clubs, councils, and camera club associations. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am Sharp Todd, APSA, PPSA, the PSA Vice President of Chapters, Clubs, and Councils. I also want to introduce you to the first edition of the new camera club newsletter. We are calling it "the Projector." Peter Manzelli will be the Editor and Publisher of "the Projector." He came up with the name and designed and created the logotype in a matter of a few days after accepting the job, and said we are ready to fly. I want to thank Pete for accepting the job. We plan on publishing three or four newsletters each year. I hope you share this with your club and council members and especially your board members. If you would forward this newsletter to them, it would be much appreciated.

I want to invite those who are planning to attend the PSA Conference in Portland, Oregon, to attend some of the meetings and activities for clubs and councils. The first item that most would be interested in is the results of the Councils Challenge. It will be Wednesday morning, 8:30—9:30. The second item is a meeting for the PSA camera club representatives. This meeting is Thursday at 12:45—1:30 pm. We will be discussing some of the benefits of being a PSA member organization. We will also hear any issues that your organizations are having and open a forum to try to address them. If your club or organization’s representative is not attending, anyone is welcome to attend to represent your club. Also on Thursday at 1:30—2:30 pm is the Camera Club Newsletter & Web Editors meeting. Winding up Thursday will be the Council Representatives Meeting at 5:15—6:00. This will have the same format as the Camera Club Representatives Meeting. Anyone can represent your council and take the information back to the council board.

For those who have not ventured to the PSA website, or have not been to it lately, I would like to invite you visit the site. It has a wealth of information about PSA, it’s activities, and photography in general, Click here: Photographic Society of America. http://www.psa-photo.org/

I especially invite you to go to the PSA Camera Club Committee page, Click here: PSA Camera Club Committee. http://www.psa-photo.org/resourcePageDisplay.asp?DivID=8&menuID=6&pageID=385

It has information pertaining to camera clubs and councils. In later issues of "the Projector," we will be investigating in detail the information on the Camera Club Committee page. On this page you can see who the members of the Camera Club Committee are and what they do. Take a look at it!

4th Annual Ocean State International Exhibition

Howdy,

I’d like to ask a favor of you to help me as a new Co-Chair of the 4th Annual Ocean State International Exhibition. Please inform your New Haven CC members about this event to help make this event bigger, better and more successful than last year.

This Exhibition is recognized by PSA which allows accepted images to count toward PSA star ratings. A total of 15 medals will be awarded. We are a DUAL PROJECTION exhibition and we welcome film photographers to enter slides and digital photographers to enter electronic files. We accept entries from both individuals and clubs. Individuals can enter slides or digital, but not both. Club entries may be a mixture of individuals with slides and individuals with digital and receive a discount on the entry fee, and clubs will receive a DVD of the multi-media show of the final accepted images. Time is of the essence, the deadline for entries this year coming up soon, Sept. 27th.

One of the three judges this year is; Wade Clutton, FPSA, EPSA (Chairman of the PSA International Exhibition). Information and entry form can be found at: http://www.psri.us/. Check out last years winning images too. We have an easy web-site entry page for digital files to be up-loaded to, utilizing PayPal for payment.

Thank you for spreading the word to your fellow photography organization members about our 2008 Exhibition. We hope to see your beautiful photography in this year’s event.
Please feel free to contact me for more information or questions.

Co-Chairs Ocean State International Exhibition
Michael Di Stefano
Holly Trahan

The 2008 PSA Conference

The 2008 PSA Conference will be held August 31, 2008 to September 6, 2008 in Portland, Oregon. To register for the conference, click on http://www.psaexhibition.com/2008-psa-1-registration-form.php

The conference will offer 7 different tours ranging from a Willamette River Cruise to a tour of Mount St. Helens to a Portland City Tour.

This year’s digital imaging classes include Photoshop CS3, Elements 6, Lightroom, and ProShow Gold. Each class offers three 4 hour sessions starting Sunday and going through Tuesday.

For complete details about the conference, click on http://www.psa-photo.org/conferences.asp?menuID=8&DivID=8 There will be a complete range of programs for every interest and the presentation of the winning images from the PSA Exhibition.

Register today! Or at least by Monday, July 7, 2008 to avoid the $25 late registration fee. Hope to see you in Portland!

Don’t forget to enter the PSA Exhibition even if you cannot be with us at Portland. To enter, click on http://www.psaexhibition.com/ and then scroll down to the section you wish to enter. Entry fees have been greatly reduced this year and you may make electronic payment in all the sections.

The Exhibition has slide sections (CPID, Nature, Photo Travel, Photojournalism and Stereo), it has print sections (Pictorial Prints large and small, Photo Travel, Photojournalism and Nature) and it has digital sections (CPID, EID, Nature, Photo Travel, Photojournalism and Stereo).

2008 PSA Exhibition

Dear Fellow PSA Member,

I would like to encourage you and your photographer friends to enter the 2008 PSA Exhibition. The last date to enter is 21 July but our workers would appreciate your submitting your work before the last moment. You will find entry forms, including "information and instructions" on our web site - http://www.psaexhibition.com/

If you would like to see the images accepted in last year's digital sections, go to the web site and in the boxes for "Electronic Imaging", "Nature - Digital & Slides", "Photo Travel - Digital" and "Photojournalism - Digital". After the 2008 judging, the 2008 images will replace the 2007 images.

The entry fees for the PSA Exhibition have been greatly reduced this year and PSA members get even lower entry fees. If you support the idea of exhibitions reducing their entry fees, the best way to send that message to the world is to enter all the PSA sections you possibly can.

For our printers, we are encouraging you to submit unmounted images. Doing so will reduce your postage, reduce your work and reduce your costs. Submitting unmounted images will save the exhibition money and make our work easier. To save you more money, if you would like to reduce your print entry fees down to $5 for 2 entries, sign the no-return option on the entry form. Your exercising this option will save you up to 80% on the entry fees.

For our slide workers, we have reduced our entry fees also. And if you feel strongly about the world of slide photography, the best way to tell us and to tell other exhibitions is to enter the slide sections. Everyone understands how the market place has changed as has technology: We want lots and lots of slide entries to communicate to everyone that "slides are not dead".

The accepted images, to the extent possible, will be shown at the 2008 PSA Conference in Portland, Oregon between August 31 and September 6. If you have not registered for the 2008 PSA Conference in Portland yet, click on http://www.psaexhibition.com/2008-psa-1-registration-form.php and sign up today! After June 30, the registration fee will increase. If you have already entered, we appreciate your support!

Wade Clutton, FPSA 2008 PSA Exhibition General Chairman