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REGULAR EVENTS (every month except December)

Digital/Slide Night	2nd Monday 7 pm	Our regular meeting to show projected images (both slides and digital) There are three divisions, open, assignment and non-Judged. Participation Rules: Digital - Slide
Board Meeting	3rd Monday 7 pm	We meet in the basement of the church. Park in the lower east parking lot. The normal entry door will not be open for this meeting.
Print Night	4th Monday 7 pm	A meeting dedicated to print makers. There are three divisions, open, assignment and non-Judged. The prints may be made by the maker or commercially processed. Participation Rules: Print
Education Night	5th Monday 7 pm
Members may submit photos in Open, Assignment, and/or Non-Judged categories. For submission rules click on the appropriate photo type above. See the table below to determine the assignment.

2011	Digital/Slide Assignment	Print Assignment
January	Nature*	Nature*
February	Cars/Trucks	Urban Decay
March	Portraits	Silhouette
April	Farm Scenes	City Streets
May	Circles	Doors
June	The Color Red	No Assignment (Year End Party)
July	Nature*	Nature*
August	Fireworks	Music
September	Signs (neon & other)	Reflections
October	Fruits & Vegetables	Self Portrait
November	Fire & Smoke	Narrow Depth of Field
*PSA Guidelines apply (see below)

2012	Digital/Slide Assignment	Print Assignment
January	Nature*	Power
February	The Color Blue	Worms Eye View
March	Clouds	Nature*
April	Patterns	Night
May	Windows	Broken
June	No Assignment (Year End Party)	Photographers
July	Close ups	Stripes
August	Flying Things (Birds, Planes, ect.)	Timeless
September	Nature*	Nature*
October	Abstracts	Texture
November	Buildings or Monuments	Sacred
*PSA Guidelines apply (see below)

PSA Guidelines

2005 PSA Guidelines
PSA Nature Photography Definition
PSA Nature Organization

“Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict observations from all branches of natural history, except Anthropology and Archeology, in such a fashion that a well informed person will be able to identify the subject material and to certify as to its honest presentation. The story-telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality. Human elements shall not be present, except on the rare occasion where those human elements enhance the nature story. The presence of scientific bands on wild animals is acceptable. Photographs of artificially produced hybrid plants or animals, mounted specimens, or obviously set arrangements, are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement. ("Authentic Wildlife" is defined as one or more organisms living free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Therefore, photographs of zoo animals or game farm animals are not eligible for the PSA Wildlife medal.).” This means no garden flowers, no montages, no telephone poles or wires, no fences, etc...

2005 PSA Guidelines
PSA Photojournalism Photography Definition
Photojournalism Division (PJD) Overview

“Photojournalism images shall consist of pictures or sequences with informative content and emotional impact, including human interest, documentary and spot news. The journalistic value of the photograph shall be considered over pictorial quality. In the interest of credibility, photographs which misrepresent the truth, such as manipulation to alter the subject matter, or situations which are set up for the purpose of photography, are unacceptable in Photojournalism. (“Human Interest” images depict people in an interactive, emotional, or unusual situation, excluding sports ACTION).

Photojournalism (PJ) is devoted to recording current events or situations to preserve them for the future. News, features, man and man's environment, human interest - all are included. The PJ Division provides an opportunity for photographers to learn to capture events effectively (whether for family records, a private collection of historical happenings, or publication) and to share these images with fellow photographers. Photojournalists contribute to the world's archives for future generations.”