Pontiac

          Photographic

              Society

 

Meetings:

  1st & 3rd Monday of each month, except Holidays

  September through June

          Set up starts at 7:00 PM

          Entries are to be submitted by 7:15 PM

          Meeting/Competition starts at 7:30 PM

 

Location:

  Waterford  Cultural Center at 2303 Crescent Lake Rd

  It's an old school just north of Civic Center Drive

    approx 1/2 mile north of M59, a little south of Hatchery

 

                                                MAP

 

For each competition, a maker may put up to 3 entries per division plus 3 Special Assignment entries.  For instance, in the Print Division, a person may enter 3 Monochrome Prints and 3 Color Prints plus 3 Special Assignment prints -- totaling 9 prints per competition.  The Special Assignment can be any mix of Monochrome or Color.

 

For Slide Divisions, a person may enter 3 Color Slides and 3 Nature Slides plus 3 Special Assignment slides per meeting -- totaling 9 slides per competition.

 

For the Digital Projection Division, a person may enter 3 Monochrome images plus 3 Color General images plus 3 Nature images plus 3 Color Creative plus 3 Special Assignment images per meeting -- totaling 12 digital images per competition.

 

 

Officers

Notes from the VP…

Meeting Minutes

Competition Results

Digital Projection Rules

Constitution, By-Laws and Rules

2008 Special Assignment List

EOY 2006 Slide Show

EOY 2004 Winning Photos

 

Other Web Sites:

   Waterford Cultural Council

   Motor City Camera Club

   Buy Michigan Now

   Adorama's Picture Tip-a-Day

     Feb 18 -- July 4

   An article detailing lenses

 

Exhibit Opportunities:

   Tallaght Photographic Society

   Swansea City Exhibit

   Scripps Mansion Heritage Days

   Holland International Image Circuit

 

 

Photo Opportunities:

   Hess Hathaway Park Photo Contest

 

   Costa Rica Photo Tours

 

   Tallaght Photo Society Salon

        September 19, 2008

 

   Motor City Camera Club

   Fall Event – Double JJ Ranch

 

   SWMCCC Summer Weekend

        July 24 – 27, Holland, MI

06/16/08

Prints, Slides and Digital Projection Competitions

 

   Print Special Assignment:  Portrait

   Slide and DP Special Assignment: Sleep

 

Goodies: Carolyn Jensen & ??

July

No meetings

August

No meetings

 

09/01/08

 

Labor Day Holiday – so we’ll meet on the 2nd Monday in September

 

09/08/08

Program Night – No Competitions

 

Topic: Judging Practice

 

(We’ll show groups of images and have everyone write down a score and their reasons.  Then we’ll discuss the group of images and everyone’s comments – what we like, what we don’t like, what would make it a better image….)

 

Goodies: ?? & ??

09/15/08

Prints, Slides and Digital Projection Competitions

 

   Print Special Assignment:  Architecture

   Slide and DP Special Assignment: Automotive Detail

 

Goodies: ?? & ??

10/06/08

Program Night – No Competitions

 

Topic: TBD

 

Goodies: ?? & ??

10/20/08

Prints, Slides and Digital Projection Competitions

 

   Print Special Assignment:  Size

   Slide and DP Special Assignment: Vegetable

 

Goodies: ?? & ??

11/03/08

We host and judge GDCCC Print Competition #6

 

Goodies: Everyone

11/17/08

Prints, Slides and Digital Projection Competitions

 

   Print Special Assignment:  ??

   Slide and DP Special Assignment: Before and After

                (1/2 of image is as shot, the other half  is after optimizing)

 

Goodies: ?? & ??

12/01/08

Program Night – No Competitions

 

Topic: TBD

 

Goodies: ?? & ??

12/15/08

Prints, Slides and Digital Projection Competitions

 

   Print Special Assignment:  Stairs

   Slide and DP Special Assignment: Flowing Water

 

Goodies: ?? & ??