Meetings are held at the Bedford High School Library the 2nd Tuesday of each month, starting at 7:00, beginning in September and continuing through May. New members are always welcome! The club holds monthly competitions, in which members judge entered photographs in either the Beginner/Intermediate or Advanced levels. Each month, a program is presented by a visiting speaker, or club member. This
year's monthly contests include:
Sept 8th: Your Choice (any subject)
Oct 13th: A Door
Nov 10th: Fall Foliage / Autumn Scene
Dec 8th: Times Past
Jan 12th: Reflections
Feb 9th: Up-Close / Macro
Mar 8th: Sunrise / Sunset
Aprl 12th: Bird(s) (Project 15 entries due)
May 10th: No contest - Project 15 results
Monthly contest photographs can be, or could have been, taken at any time. The photographer that accumulates the most points in the monthly competitions throughout the year is given the honor of: Beginner/Intermediate Photographer of the Year or: Advanced Photographer of the Year
Project 15 is a contest open to members, in which, 15 photography subjects are presented for evaluation by an independent panel of judges. A member can enter one photograph in all, or any number of, categories. These photos must be taken from May 12, 2015 to April 12th, 2016. Entries are due April 12th. The photographer that tallies the most points in the competition is awarded the Project 15 Photographer of the Year
This year's categories are:
1 - Nature Up Close
2 - Water Scene
3 - Black & White
4 - Fences
5 - Digital Manipulation
6 - Person or People
7 - Night Scene
8 - Peaceful
9 - Animal - Wild or Domestic
10 - Winter
11 - 3 of a Kind
12 - Calendar Worthy (Landscape)
13 - Color "Purple"
14 - Letter "M"
15 - Your Choice
EDITING RULES:
1 - Images can be edited/enhanced using all popular tools available so long as the majority of physical features in the photo are not changed. (Common interpretation: Distracting elements can be removed, if and only if, they comprise a minority of physical features in the photograph.)
2 - No foreign elements, artificial elements, or vignettes can be added to a photo. (Common interpretation: Nothing can be added to an image that is not already there, such as objects from other photos, freehand drawings, digital frames, borders, or text.)
3 - All photos must be photo-realistic and must look as if a photographic camera produced them. (Common Interpretation: The use of creative, or art filters which create "free-hand" or artificial "art effects", such as watercolors, mosaics, sketches, painting, etc..
