Meeting Date: September 6, 2011 – 6:30 PM

Meeting Location: Edina Art Center

Crosstown Camera Club Members welcome!

Meeting Date: August 2, 2011 – 6:30 PM

Meeting Location: Edina Art Center

Crosstown Camera Club Members welcome!

Meeting Date: June 7, 2011 – 6:30 PM

Meeting Location: Edina Art Center

Crosstown Camera Club Members welcome!

Meeting Date:  June 16, 2011– 6:00 PM

Meeting Location: Ridgepoint Apartments, 12600 Marion Lane West, Minnetonka

“Best of the Best”: Banquet and social time followed by awards presentation:Points are accumulated throughout the competition year (September through May) and the three top scorers in each of the divisions (Monochrome Prints, Color Prints, Digital Images) are recognized during this special evening.

The “Competitor of the Year” is awarded to the person with the highest accumulated score overall score in all divisions. “Rookie Competitor of the Year” is awarded to a first-year member with the highest accumulated score overall in all divisions. The “President’s Award” is awarded to the CCC member who has shown exceptional dedication and service towards the goals, programs and projects of the club.

Judge’s awards are given based on the end-of-year judge(s) impressions of images that received an Acceptance (points = 8, 9 or 10) throughout the year.

Judges:  Rikk Flohr, Laurie Hernandez, Alec Johnson

Image Awards:

Image of the Year (Art Dickey Award):

“Stillwater Flood and Fog” — Brian Billadeau

Color Print of the Year:

“Taipei 101 Observation Deck” — Lars Micheal

“Beaver House” — Forrest Pearson

Color Print Honorable Mentions:

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Mono Print of the Year:

“Tony Oliva” — Bill Cooper

“Rex” — Geoff Kuchera

Mono Print Honorable Mentions:

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Digital Image of the Year:

“Madame DeFarge” — Cynthia Fleury

“Eric” — Peter Wong

Digital Image Honorable Mentions:

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Competition Awards:

Meeting Date: May 3, 2011 – 6:30 PM

Meeting Location: Edina Art Center

Crosstown Camera Club Members welcome!

Meeting Date: May 7, 2011 — 9:00 AM

Meeting Location: Edina Art Center

• Meet to promote each others work and discuss new ideas
• Gain experience at promoting and exhibiting member’s photography.
• Useful to all Crosstown Club members who want to market and exhibit their own work.

Crosstown Camera Club Members welcome!

Meeting Date:  May 19, 2011– 6:30 PM

Meeting Location: Christ Presbyterian Church

Print Salon: “Time” — Here’s a challenge to capture and express time in a unique way, but not necessarily photographing a clock. The image needs to express the presence of time; past and present or future (that one makes your brain hurt). Get creative! Try time lapse, motion, light trails, age contrasts or whatever, as long as it expresses the concept of time. Again, no link or examples to challenge thought. The judge will be asked to keep an open mind but it is up to the photographer to sell their definition to both the judge and viewer.

Judge: Peer Judging

Program: Paul Markert: Professional Photographer
www.markertphoto.com

Although he had been shooting and processing his own film in his darkroom since he was ten, it wasn’t until Paul turned eighteen that he consciously decided to pursue professional photography. He deliberately sought work with some of the best photographers in Minneapolis and was exposed to product, food, room sets, location, people, and architecture. In 1999 he went on his own. Although Paul enjoys shooting a variety of projects, his forte is shooting people.

In Paul’s own words: “Born in California and raised in Minnesota, I was surrounded by art throughout my childhood. My parents, in fact, met at Art Center in Pasadena CA. My father is a commercial artist who has painted everything from billboards in the 70s to restaurant walls to hot air balloons. My mother, although busy with my eight siblings, never stopped using her visual talents and filled the house with art. My parent’s studio at our home held many good memories for me: the smell of the oil paints drying on the canvas, the dusty colored chalks that lingered in the air, and the mysterious chemicals in the darkroom that my parents set up for me. After spending countless hours in the darkroom I moved on to shooting transparency film. Slide film gave me the opportunity to sell my images as stock. Of course, film is long gone. Using Photoshop and other digital manipulating programs gives me the creative freedom that the darkroom did back in the day.”

Paul and his wife and children live near the chain of lakes in Minneapolis. They enjoy spending time together outdoors-Paul loves to fly-fish and bike in the summer and snowboard in the winter.

Color Topic Awards:

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Color Open Awards:

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Mono Open Awards:

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Meeting Date: April 21, 2011 – 6:30 PM

Meeting Location: Christ Presbyterian Church

Digital Salon: “High Dynamic Range” — A technique either in-camera or in post-production using multiple, bracketed exposures merged together to achieve perfect exposure throughout the entire tonal range, thus bringing out detail in highlights and shadow. The key to good HDR is controlling the effect so an image doesn’t have an unrealistic appearance, unless you want it to. In some cases, it may be difficult for the judge to determine whether it was done as an HDR. More info here: http://www.diyphotography.net/introduction-to-high-dynamic-range-hdr-photography

Judge: Larry Grace

A Minneapolis based photographer, my photography has appeared in brochures, books, catalogs, websites, and magazines for industries such as: Aviation, Architecture, High Tech, Energy, Healthcare, Travel, Real Estate, Military, Sports, and Children playground equipment.

I’ve been involved in photography for over 30 years, and have been active in the twin cities photography community since 1988.

During that time I’ve had the opportunity to photograph many different challenges from tabletop to professional sports. I’m proficient in digital and film photography, as well as medium and large format imagery.

Topic Awards:

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Open Awards:

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Program: Interclub Awards, Print Circuit Awards, Presentation from Peter Wong on his recent trip to Malaysia

Meeting Date: April 2, 2011 — 9:00 AM

Meeting Location: Edina Art Center

• Meet to promote each others work and discuss new ideas
• Gain experience at promoting and exhibiting member’s photography.
• Useful to all Crosstown Club members who want to market and exhibit their own work.

Crosstown Camera Club Members welcome!

Meeting Date: April 5, 2011 – 6:30 PM

Meeting Location: Edina Art Center

Crosstown Camera Club Members welcome!