Welcome to Charlottesville Camera Club

Returning to judge our "best-of-the-year" photo competition will be Warren Standley. After living in Northern Virginia, where he was active in leadership of the Vienna Photographic Society, Warren now is happily retired in Bentonville, VA. Warren has served several times as the judge for our December meeting.

The "best-of-the-year" photo competition will include choosing the best photo in the following categories:

• Best Open from any Open entry that was entered during the year.
• Best Assigned from any Assigned entry during the year
• Best Abstract and Altered Reality from the two Abstract and Altered Reality competitions this past year.

The following awards will also be announced and/or judged during the evening.

• James W. Simmons Photographer of the Year is presented to the Class A photographer who has accumulated the highest number of points during the year.
• Howard Rothman Class B Photographer of the Year is presented to the Class B photographer who has accumulated the highest number of points during the year.
• Shyan Award: open only to Class B photographers.

Complete details about can be found at this link:  http://cvillecameraclub.org/node/36

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS MEETING.

Here’s your opportunity to get friendly feedback on your images from your fellow members. Want some suggestions on how you might improve an image before entering it in a competition? Having some difficulty getting the “look” you want with lighting, composition, or editing? Want to understand more about why a judge may have scored an image as he or she did? Then you’ll find this casual and supportive meeting helpful. And, if you choose to join in evaluating the work of others and contributing your thoughts, you will likely strengthen your own picture-taking skills. Members of all skill levels are welcome, and of course you’re welcome to just attend the meeting and observe.

If you’d like feedback on your photos, upload up to three JPEGs (sized to 2000 pixels on the longest side) to the current peer review entry on the PhotoContest Pro website before the deadline.
(If you need help with that, check out the information available on the CCC website under Competition Info.)
Hope to see you at the Zoom session on Saturday. Watch for the link in your e-mail inbox.
Gerry

We're scheduling this photo review before the next competition, which gives you an opportunity to get some last-minute feedback on anything you plan on of entering. With a bit of help from your fellow members, you may be able to avoid some issues that the judge may find fault with. (It may be a "competition," but we're all in this together, right?)

Of course, this photo review will also function as usual, where you can just show us some photos, tell us a bit about them, and get some usual friendly feedback.

For more information, please see the description on the home page of the CCC website.

Hope to see you there!

Meet & Greet - 6:45 - 7:00 PM EDT