jan lee apsa, ppsa, president july, 2012 june, 2013 · july, 2012—june, 2013 greetings fellow...
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July 2012 Volume 69, Issue 1
Special points of interest:
Introduction of Club’s
New President
Hanging Prints at the
Edmond Fine Arts
EOY Competition
Results and Awards
EOY Recognition
Awards
Jan Lee, President 1, 3
Meetings, Work-
shops, Members &
Announcements
2
For Members of
PSA, Interested in
PSA ?
3
Hanging Prints at
Edmond Fine Arts
Center
4,5
PSA Youth Contest 6
Red Earth Festival 7,8
Competition Rules 9
EOY 2012 PSA
ICPC
10
EOY Competition
Results
11
EOY Print, Pro-
jected Image Award
12-
14
Jim David Report
from Alaska
15
“Can You See Me
Now
16
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Oklahoma Camera
Club, Inc.
Founded 1931
Jan Lee APSA, PPSA, President
July, 2012—June, 2013
Greetings fellow Oklahoma Camera
Club members.
I am looking forward to being your club
President for the 2012 - 2013 club year.
I know that we will have a successful
year.
We have gained several new members
toward the end of the last club year,
and I fully expect some of our recent
visitors will join us as members soon.
Just remember, getting new members is
not the end of the story - we need to
encourage all our members to stay with
us. I'd ask that all of us make it a point
to look for unfamiliar faces each meet-
ing, and introduce ourselves. You may
be meeting a visitor, a brand new mem-
ber, or simply an "old" member you just
don't know. In any case, both of you
will come out ahead because of the en-
counter. There is nothing like that per-
sonal touch.
Our club has never been afraid to try
new things. Some work and some
don't, but we continually try to adjust
to the times and our membership's
needs, in order to encourage people to
enter club competition and participate
in other ways.
This year, we have made a small
change with the potential to have a
large effect on our print competitions.
We are no longer required to "stiffen"
our prints for entry: you can enter un-
mounted images. This is being done to
make things easier on our membership
and encourage more people to enter
our print competitions. We discov-
ered a new way to display the winning
prints. This small change to our rules
also makes it possible for these same
prints (pieces of paper) (Cont’d Page 3. .
Jan Lee APSA, EPSA
Photo by Aloma Anderson
Inside this Issue:
HypoCheck Schedule & Announcements Oklahoma Camera
Club
Inc.
Meetings: 7:30 pm
2nd and 4th Tuesdays
50th and N. May Ave.
Central Presbyterian
Church
For club information
Contact
405.751.8179
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Board of Directors
President Jan Lee APSA,
EPSA
1st VP Randy Carr
2nd VP Jaci Finch
APSA
Treasure Brad Smith
Secretary Wally Lee
APSA, PPSA
Directors:
1yr. Aloma Anderson
1yr Jennifer D’Agostino
2yr. Ward Conaway
2yr. Sterling Ranne
1yr. Ex-officio Adviser
Workshops
Beginning Imaging Workshop: Will be held on
Wednesday, July 11th, 7:30 pm at Jan and
Wally Lee’s. Please bring any pictures you’d
like to discuss, we try to answer any questions on
photography you may have. We will play around
with Photoshop Elements 10 and discuss things
that can be done to improve your photographs.
All are welcome. You do not need to be a club
member to attend. For additional information call
Jan or Wally at 751-8179.
Meetings
July10, 2012: Competition: Prints - Monochrome A & B ,
Color A & B, Nature & Photojournalism
Judges: John Key, Wally Lee, Jan Lee
Program: Our Club Unplugged, Randy Carr will
lead a discussion on the wants and needs for a
successful club. Social networking, field trip per-
son and items that will advance club and member-
ship.
Refreshments: Jan and Wally Lee
July 24, 2012: Competition: Projected Images - Open A & B,
Creative, Nature, Monochrome & Photojourna-
lism
Judges: Jaci Finch, Doug Finch, Lorraine Caddy
Program: Scavenger Hunt Results presented by
Aloma Anderson and Randy Carr. They will
present the images that where selected for each
of the assigned subjects.
Refreshments: Debbie Devonshire
Note: Remember, you do not have to be pre-
sent to enter competition, you may enter images
by email or mail prints, see page 9.
Board Meeting
Time: 7:00 PM, Tuesday, July 17, 2012.
Location: 14045 Osage Drive, Edmond
If interested, I thought we would meet for dinner
at Applebee’s on Memorial (South side, between
Penn and May) at 6:00 PM. Please respond so I
know how many to plan for. Guests are always
welcome. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Jan Lee APSA, EPSA
Hands-on Workshop: Tom and Carol
McCreary will conduct a photo shoot
workshop in July, the date and subject will be
announced later. If you have an interest in
participating, please contact Tom or Carol
McCreary at 634-1817 or [email protected]..
We would like to welcome our many new mem-
bers. Sandi Hinds sandi@emeraldsphoto lives in
OKC and has volunteered to provide us with an
article or two which I am looking forward to re-
ceiving. Lindsey Layne [email protected]
visited our website and elected to join us, she
lives in Lawton. Welcome Lindsey, while you may
not make many club meetings we will work to
have a website and newsletter that you will enjoy.
Liz Larrieu [email protected] lives a little
closer in Choctaw, Liz we hope to see you at the
club meetings. You will recall that J. D.
McClung [email protected] from Midwest
City visited the club at the first meeting in May.
In June, J. D. elected to join the club and has al-
ready participated with the group for a trip to the
zoo. Courtney Redmond [email protected]
from Broken Arrow. We will make every effort
to make the club’s website and newsletter enjoy-
able and worthy of your time. David & Keri
Kimble along with Connor Wade
[email protected], [email protected]
from OKC elected to join us, we hope to see all
of you at the club meetings. We would like to
welcome all of our new members and will strive
to make your membership enjoyable and worthy
of your time and effort. Please get involved when
and where you can. Derrell Dover
New Members
Visitors We had two visitors last month, Mary Jane
came with J. D. McClung and Christopher
Zeigler [email protected], Jan and Wally
met J. D. at the Red Earth celebration last month.
Welcome, we are always pleased to have visitors.
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President’s Address . . . Cont’d from page 1
Club Dues
Individual $30
Family or Joint $40
(other rates available as
well as partial for less
than year)
Make Checks Payable To
Oklahoma Camera Club
Mail To
Club Treasurer
Brad Smith
1008 NW 18th,
Oklahoma City, OK
73106-6417
Contact
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Newsletters
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to be sent to international PSA com-
petitions. For a long time, many of us
have had to make two sets of prints -
one for club, and one for international
competitions. This problem is now
solved, and all others not involved in
international competitions no longer
have to go to the expense of mount-
ing their prints.
I do have a concern that our club is
only one or at best two people deep
on several important functions. I
know before our club meetings actu-
ally start, that there is a lot of work
going on. Sometimes it is easier in the
short term to just put your head
down and "get'er done." However, I
would like to challenge both the cur-
rent workers and those new to the
club to get together. If you are the
only one working a position any given
night, look around for someone unoc-
cupied and ask for help. Be willing to
learn.
We try very hard to bring an inter-
esting and informative program to you
at each meeting. I know that Randy
Carr would appreciate your help with
that. He is this club year's Program
Chairman and is on the lookout for
good programs. Do not hesitate to
tell him of an idea you have.
Please say "yes" to Jaci Finch APSA
when she asks you to judge. This isn't
jury duty folks. It is not life and death
stuff here. We all make "judgments"
constantly in our daily lives, including
which images to enter into competi-
tion. There is almost no better way
to learn about your own photography
then taking the time to carefully judge
someone else's work. Read the rules
to be prepared, and agree to judge.
You and the club will be the better
for it.
The main thing that I want to do is
encourage all of us to stay involved or
get involved with our club. We get
out of things what we bring to them.
Let's all bring enthusiasm, openness,
friendliness, and a desire to learn to
our camera club. We'll all be amazed
at what we can accomplish.
Respectfully,
Jan Lee, APSA, PPSA
For Members of PSA
Members of PSA receive the PSA Journal monthly. The June issue contains a
survey to be used by the PSA Board of Directors to review and improve ser-
vices and activities available to members. They ask that members complete the
survey truthfully and return to PSA Headquarters. Your responses will remain
confidential.
Interested in PSA (Photographic Society of America)
Please contact Jaci and Doug Finch, APSA, [email protected], area represen-
tatives for PSA, for information.
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Hanging Prints at Edmond Fine Arts Center
Club Members
PSA
Positions:
Doug Finch APSA
Jaci Finch APSA
PSA Region 24
Co-Directors
Jan Lee APSA, EPSA
Wally Lee APSA,
PPSA
CPID Star Ratings
Co-Directors
PPD Co-Chairmen
2012 PSA International
Exhibition
Randy Carr
PJD Exhibitions
Standards Director
Carol McCreary
APSA, PPSA
Director, PSA-PJ Digital
Interclub Competition
Director, PSA Pictorial
Portrait Portfolios
Club Members
GSCCC
Positions:
Ed Lamb
GSCCC Director
Carol McCreary
APSA, PPSA
Editor, GSCCC News
For the past several years, the Edmond Fine Arts Institute, 27 E Edwards, Ed-
mond, has asked our club to put on a show during the month of June. We are
there again this year.
About mid club year, Wally Lee starts asking membership to provide a few
prints for the show. One of the most fun things about this is we never know
what we are going to get or how many. It is always a very varied exhibit. Not
surprisingly, it is always a good one. This year is no exception - in fact, I think it
was one of our best.
We have 32 images from 13 people. We have had as few as 24 and as many as
36. The 32 we have this year fit just perfectly in the available space. Each one
had room to strut its stuff and be displayed to advantage.
We had a lot of fun hanging the photos. Wally Lee, Jan Lee, Debbie
Devonshire, Ward Conaway, and J. D. McClung all pitched in. We man-
aged to get all the prints straight (thank you Ward), and grouped nicely.
Here are some photos of us at work, and also some of the finished product. I
hope that many of you will be able to take the time to visit the show.
Be prepared to lend a hand next year - either with photos, by helping to hang
the exhibit, or both. The more the merrier. These images where taken by Jan
Lee and Debbie Devonshire. (More photos page 5)
Jan Lee, APSA, EPSA
Group hard at work hanging the show
at the Edmond Fine Arts Institute
Getting Started
“Is this the right wall???”
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Water is the
mother of the
vine, the nurse
and fountain of
fecundity, the
adorner and
refresher of the
world.
~ Charles
Mackay
Hanging Prints at Edmond Fine Arts Institute . . . Cont’d from page 5
Jan, your definition of straight in the
intro must be different than mine.
Looks like they need some help!
“That Helps,” Ward understands
straight, thanks Ward
Thanks Gang, Looks Great,
Thank You!
Looks good, even when they are straight.
The Oklahoma Camera Club does it
again - We all need to see this show!
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Photography
can never grow
up if it imitates
some other
medium.
It has to walk
alone: it has to
be itself.
~ Berenice
Abbott
PSA Youth Photo Contest
We’re on the web!
www.Oklahomacameraclub.com
I am sure you remember the great celebration we held at the club meeting in
April, we filled the room with excited your photographers from all over the
state awaiting the results of the judging. This event is sponsored by the Okla-
homa Camera Club for all high school students state-wide. Carol
McCreary APSA and Tom McCreary do a spectacular job of managing and
promoting this event.
The winners from the Oklahoma competition are submitted to PSA for the
National PSA Youth Judging. This year we had two winners, a 1st HM in Ar-
chitecture and a 2nd HM in PJ. I am sure you will remember these two images.
City Mist
1st Honorable Mention - Architecture
Dillon Mueggenborg
Kingfisher High School
Graduation
2nd Honorable Mention - Photojournalism
John Voth
Metro Christian Academy
A wonderful community contribution that the Oklahoma Camera Club spon-
sors and certainly something the students enjoy and will long remember. The
club will benefit from this state-wide event long after the final winners will be
hung at the PSA National Convention in San Francisco this September.
How can you help? You can help by promoting the competition at the schools,
by contacting them, encouraging participation and handing out flyers - get out
there and help out. I am sure Carol and Tom McCreary would appreciate it
and the state of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Camera Club will benefit.
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Courage is the
ladder on which
all the other
virtues mount.
~Clare Boothe
Luce
Red Earth (Cont’d next page . . . )
Several of our members attended the Red Earth Festival held each year in
Oklahoma City providing a real opportunity to capture some great images and
have fun doing it. As no titles were supplied, I made them up, given credit to
the photographer and may have added a comment or two with the image. I am
sure you will enjoy the photos provided. I know - you get tired of me asking,
but if I don’t ask, I would have nothing to publish - so please send me your im-
ages with an explanation of what they are about so other members can appreci-
ate where they where taken and any additional info you can provide. Thanks.
Doug Finch [email protected].
Colorful Young Dancer
Ward Conaway
Dressed up for Competition
Debbie Devonshire
Choctaw Princess
Ward Conaway
Shawl Dancer
Wally Lee APSA
“Looks like she is having fun!”
Young Dancer
Debbie Devonshire
“All ages compete.”
Dancers Start Young
Debbie Devonshire
“Explain again, how am I
suppose to see?”
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Red Earth . . .
The craving
for colour is a
natural
necessity just
as for water
and fire.
Colour is a raw
material
indispensable
to life. At
every era of
existence and
his history, the
human being
has associated
colour with his
joys, his
actions, and his
pleasures.
~ Fernand
Le’ger
Shawl Dancer #2
Wally Lee APSA
Dressed Up Man
Ward Conaway
Pretty Dancer
Wally Lee APSA
Little Indian Boy Dancer
Ward Conaway
Indian Dancer #2
Wally Lee APSA
Little Girl with Look of Wonder
Debbie Devonshire
Very Colorful Young Man
Debbie Devonshire
Young Boys Dancing
Debbie Devonshire
Counseling
Debbie Devonshire
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A friend may
well be
reckoned the
masterpiece of
nature.
~Ralph Waldo
Emerson
RULES FOR COMPETITION (The following is intended to provide information for new club
members and visitors, detailed instructions are on the club’s website
oklahomacameraclub.com)
The club competition runs from July through May, only members can participate.
Members participating accrue points based on how each entry was scored.
Total accrued points count towards annual awards given at the end of the club
year. Any member can enter a maximum of two images in any one competition
division but may enter only eight competitions in each division during the club
year; no award will be given for a winner who entered less than three
competitions. There are a total of ten nights of competition; these are published
in the HypoCheck and on the club’s website, oklahomacameraclub.com.
Divisions: There are four print divisions: Monochrome, Color, Nature and
Photojournalism (PJ). Monochrome and Color have two classes each,
Class A & B. Class A is for the more experienced photographer and class B is
for the beginner. Class A prints will be no larger than 16 x 20; Class B prints will
be no larger than 11 x 14. The Nature and PJ Divisions have one class each
with prints no larger than 16 x 20. Nature and PJ divisions have strict defini-
tions, please see the club website. Prints do not have to be mounted.
There are five projected image divisions: Monochrome, Color, Creative,
Nature, and PJ. The Color division has two classes, Class A & B. Class A
is for the more experienced photographer and class B is for the beginner. The
Nature and PJ divisions have strict definitions, please see the club website.
Entering: Prints must be submitted to the print entry chairperson, Lorraine
Caddy, [email protected], before 7:15pm on the club meeting night. Please
contact Lorraine for mailing in entries. Note: Prints mailed in from out of
town will not be returned. Rules for identification of the prints is on the
club’s website. Projected Images must be received by the digital entry chair-
person, Wally Lee, by the Sunday night before the club meeting night. They
may be sent on a CD/DVD, flash drive, or emailed to
[email protected]. Please contact Wally for mailing in entries. Projected
Image Rules, method of naming and sizing are on the club’s website. Questions
about digital competition may be sent to [email protected].
Opportunities
multiply s they
are seized.
~Sun Tzu
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End of Year 2012 PSA ICPC
(International Print Competition)
With the efforts and dedication of Tom McCreary EPSA and Carol
McCreary APSA, the club did well in this International Print Competition
with three winners. This interclub PSA competition is conducted using the
same rules for entering and judging as all of the quarterly competitions during
the year. All of the winners from the four competitions held annually compete
at the end of the year with one club volunteering to conduct the judging.
This last year Tom and Carol selected prints to enter five categories - large
color, small color, large monochrome, small monochrome and creative. The
club qualified and entered seven prints in the annual competition. The club
winners were:
2nd Place - Dorion and Saxophone by Carol McCreary APSA in
Small Monochrome Prints
HM - Steam Train 292 by Tom McCreary in Large Color Prints
HM - Ely Steam Engine by Carol McCreary APSA in Large Color
Prints
Congratulations
Dorion an Saxophone
Carol McCreary
APSA
Steam Train 292
Tom McCreary
Ely Steam Engine
Carol McCreary
APSA
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End of Year Competition Awards
Prints Projected Images
Award Name Score
Color
Advanced
1st Carol McCreary 61
2nd Bob Green 53
3rd Debbie Devonshire 51
3rd Wally Lee 51
Beginning
1st John R. Key 61
2nd Jim McIntosh 50
3rd Sterling Ranne 47
Monochrome
1st Randy Carr 59
2nd Aloma Anderson 57
3rd Carol McCreary 54
Creative
1st Debbie Devonshire 54
1st Carol McCreary 54
2nd Bob Green ?
3rd Jan Lee ?
Photojournalism
1st Debbie Devonshire 66
2nd Carol McCreary 54
3rd Aloma Anderson 47
Nature
1st Bob Green 57
2nd John R. Key 53
3rd Ward Conaway 52
Award Name Score
Monochrome
Advanced
1st Carol McCreary 65
2nd Randy Carr 61
3rd Joe Spence 42
Beginning
1st Vickie Jenkins 63
Color
Advanced
1st Doug Finch 62
2nd Randy Carr 58
3rd Carol McCreary 56
Beginning
1st Jaci Finch 63
2nd Vickie Jenkins 61
Photojournalism
1st Randy Carr 60
2nd Carol McCreary 59
3rd Joe Spence 37
Nature
1st Doug Finch 63
2nd Joe Spence 35
3rd Vickie Jenkins 35
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Print of the Year Awards
Print of the Year - “First Timer Assistance”
by Carol McCreary
Color
1st Blue Swallow Jaci Finch
2nd New Skyline Randy Carr
3rd Fruita Utah Truck Tom McCreary
HM Cornerman Randy Carr
HM Big Yellow Fellow Jan Lee
Monochrome
1st Old Time Photographer Carol McCreary
2nd Holland Harbor Lighthouse Infrared Carol McCreary
3rd Gone but not Forgotten Jan Lee
HM Nash Vickie Jenkins
HM Steam Engine and Smoke Carol McCreary
Nature
1st Pleasant Mountain Doug Finch
2nd Red Leaf Jan Lee
3rd Canyon Sundown Doug Finch
HM Coming for a Landing Vickie Jenkins
HM No Chlorophyll Needed Jan Lee
Photojournalism
1st First Time Assistance Carol McCreary
2nd Illegal Holding Tom McCreary
3rd Girls Gone Wild Randy Carr
HM Determination on Wheels Carol McCreary
HM Off Balance Runner Tom McCreary
Projected Image of the Year Awards
Projected Image of the Year - “Tulip Pizzazz”
by Jack Melton
Color
1st Rainbow Window, St. Francis Basillica Bob Green
2nd Tawas Point Lighthouse Tom McCreary
3rd Devon Tower and Sculpture No. 1 Jan Lee
HM Dreamy Cascade John Key
HM Old Mill, Million Dollar Hwy Wally Lee
HM Emily and Her Red Shoes Carol McCreary
HM Overholser Dam George Williams
Creative
1st Tulip Pizzazz Jack Melton
2nd Pop at Pop’s Bob Green
3rd Neon Jessie Jan Lee
HM Mesmerize, No. 1 Jan Lee
HM Nothing Like a Cadillac Jack Melton
HM Studebaker-Pickup Bob Protus
Monochrome
1st The Heritage Ward Conaway
2nd Megan Gold Beads - BW Jan Lee
3rd The Perfect Touch Debbie Devonshire
HM High Country Sentinel Aloma Anderson
HM Hidden Randy Carr
HM Barn in the Zion Carol McCreary
HM Emu Attitude Wally Lee (Cont’d Next Page . . .)
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Projected Image of the Year Awards (Cont’d from page 13 …)
Nature
1st Anhinga with Fish George Williams
2nd Golden Lady Jan Lee
3rd On the Rocks Bob Green
HM Grasses in the Sun Aloma Anderson
HM Redish Egret, Sanibel Island Bob Green
HM Emu Attitude Wally Lee
Photojournalism
1st Final Blows Randy Carr
2nd Making the Catch Linda Earley
3rd Neighborin’ Aloma Anderson
HM Making Hay Aloma Anderson
HM Wheelchair Racer Emotions Carol McCreary
HM Soccer High Five Carol McCreary
End of Year Recognition Awards
MacArthur Memorial Award Derrell Dover
MacArthur Memorial Award Jaci Finch
Mansfield Memorial Award Carol McCreary
Youngheim Memorial Award Doug Finch
Special Progress Award Vickie Jenkins
Special Progress Award John R. Key
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Left Anchorage and moved down to the Kenai Peninsula to the thriving commu-
nity of Kenai. Our RV site looked across Cook Inlet where we had spectacu-
lar views of the 5 volcanoes along west side of the inlet. Moose made themselves
at home in the park. From Kenai we day tripped to Homer and Seward. These
once quaint fishing villages are now bustling with bumper to bumper RV's and
cruise ships unloading throngs of curio buying tourists. Seward has a beautiful
Sea Life Center and aquarium focusing on the Arctic biosphere. On our way
back from Homer we had a close up view of a cow moose who decided to me-
ander across the road in front of us. She dodged right and I dodged left and no
blood was spilled. I did have a charge of adrenaline that lasted a while! We vis-
ited the 125 year old Russian Orthodox church at Ninilchick, a remnant of the
Russian ownership of Alaska. We are now in Tok awaiting repairs on a flat tire
which Wilmer says should be ready tomorrow. His garage opens somewhere
around eight or nine o'clock depending on how late he stays out tonight.
The intuitive
mind is a sacred
gift and the
rational mind is
a faithful
servant.
We have
created a
society that
honors the
servant and has
forgotten the
gift.
~Albert
Einstein
Jim David Reports from Alaska
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Photo Ops: (check listed website for additional info)
Editors:
Doug Finch APSA
Jaci Finch APSA
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July3-4: Yukon’s Freedom Fest, Yukon City Park, cityofyukonok.gov
July 3-4: Art in the Park, A Celebration Buck Thomas Park, Moore, cityofmoore.com
July 4: FireLake Grand Fireworks Spectacular, FireLake Grand Casino, Shawnee, firelake-
grand.com
July 7: Independence Day Train, OK Railway Museum, OKC, oklahomarailwaymuseum.org
July 8-13: 20th Annual International Finals Youth Rodeo, Heat of Oklahoma Expo Cen-
ter, Shawnee, ifyr.com
July 17: Sales Tax Appreciation Day, Free Day at Zoo, OKC Zoo, okczoo.com
July 20: 3rd Annual Big Wheel Nationals, Moore Community Center, cityofmoore.com
1 NE 3rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, P:
405.815.9995 F: 405.813.2070
US, although a majority came from Oklahoma. We asked participants to submit six images
and our three judges, all professional photographers, selected one photograph from each
of the winners that they felt best represented their use of the cell phone camera and
creative interpretation of the theme.
In response to last year’s highly
successful Can You See Me Now:
Photos Made on Phones project,
we have organized our second
invitational exhibition, Cell
Phones in Summer. It is an
assemblage of photographs made
by professionals and not-
professionals alike utilizing the
theme of ‘summer,’ and this year
e included a video category.
A total of 38 individuals who
answered Untitled’s call to entry
for this project were selected to
have their images shown. We
had submissions from as far away
as Germany and from across the
Cell Phones in Summer
June 15 - September 15
Note: I am sure you will remember the article in the February 2012 HypoCheck titled “Can
You See Me Now?” by our member John R. Key on the use of your phone for making photos..