I would like to invite everybody to the show titled “Black & White: People, Places and Things” at the Minneapolis Photo Center.

This juried show runs from September 10th through October 25th.

Opening reception: September 10th from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

I am one of the 69 photographers selected from over 200 photographers from around the world for this show juried by George Slade.

The center is located at:

Details and directions can be found at www.MplsPhotoCenter.com or by calling 612-643-3511.

Hope to see you there.

– Cynthia Fleury

Greetings,

As some of you may know, I will be showing some of my photography at a gallery later this month. The gallery show will be from Friday, April 30th through Thursday, May 6th, 2010 in the Northrup King Building in Minneapolis.

The Opening Reception is on Friday, April 30th, from 7pm to 11pm. Non-alcoholic refreshments and snacks will be served during the opening night.

I plan on attending the show on Friday night (April 30th), for the afternoons of Saturday (May 1st) and Sunday (May 2nd), and also on Thursday evening (May 6th) until close.

I hope to see all of you there!
Sincerely,

Lars Michael

PS: For those who cannot attend the show in person, all images on display can also be seen at my website, fotoflair.com. Simply follow the link to the News page http://fotoflair.com/?page=news and click your way through. It’s not the same as looking at the full-sized prints on the wall, but it’s better than missing out completely.

The Camera Council (formally TCACCC) is pleased to present an exciting day of photo programs, vendors, MN Wildlife Animals, door prizes, great food, and the 2010 Interclub Awards.

Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Chippewa Middle School in North Oaks, Minnesota

Programs include:

• Darrell Gulin, Canon Explorer of Light
• Brian Peterson, Minneapolis StarTribune
• Lee Radzak, Split Rock Lighthouse and Minnesota Historical Society
• Dale Bohlke, Photographer Crex Meadows Wildlife Management Area
• Ron Timm, Professional Photographer and Instructor

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Spring Break the Camera Council is offering the same admission price as 1986. $25! Spring Break reservations could not be easier. One price buys admission to all Programs, Lunch, Dinner, Coffee Breaks, Vendors, the MN Wildlife Animals, and the 2010 Interclub Awards.

Registration closes March 21st!:

http://www.cameracouncil.org/images/2010SBv2.pdf

Congrats to all Crosstown Camera Club members who received recognition at the Spring Break Interclub Competition!

Bill Cooper, Cynthia Fleury, Ethan Cooper, Geoff Kuchera, Holly Kuchera, John Olson, Lars Micheals and Mark Karney all walked away with awards*

And a bigger congrats to the club for receiving 2nd place in the Club Competition — 234 points!

*(If there’s anyone we missed, please accept our apologies – it was a LONG day!)

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In 2010 a new contest was created by the Camera Council to replace the old way of awarding points to clubs based on points garned by their members. This was the Interclub Club Competition:

“For the club entry, a club can submit up to twenty images. The club score (and ranking) will be determined by the total score of those twenty images. A maximum total score for a club would be 300 points.

The club must collect the images from their members and submit them as a single package. For clubs with more than 25 members (as determined by their report and fee to TCACCC), only one image by any one member may be used in the club entry. For clubs with less than 25 members (as determined by their report and fee to TCACCC), up to two images by any one member may be used in the club entry (it is suggested that as many members as possible be represented in the club entry).

How the club selects the twenty images is to be determined by each club. Images can be the same images as submitted by the member for the individual portion of the Interclub competition. However, a member who belongs to more than one TCACCC club cannot submit the same image for more than one club entry.”

The 20 images that were chosen for Crosstown’s entry:

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6 images the were only cut because of the 20 images rule:

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Thanks to everyone for participating in the first club competition. We received images from 26 members and selected the final 20 from the images attached. I’ll let the club know how we did next month when we find out the results. — Mark Karney

The Interclub Competition is only open to the TCACCC clubs and their members.

Individual Entries to Interclub:

For the individual entries the procedure and rules are mostly the same as last year except that there will be no slide categories.  Slides may be scanned to submit as digital images.  Each member may enter up to four images in each category (Color Print, Monochrome Print, Digital Creative, Digital Nature and Digital Realistic). Please read the rules below for your entries!

Closing date is February 14, 2010.

Rules and entry forms – Individual Competition:

• Rules (PDF or Word)
• Entry Form (PDF or Word)
• Extra Print Labels (PDF or Word)
• Entry Drop-off Locations (PDF or Word)

Crosstown Camera Club members also may drop off their entries at the Edina Art Center in the same location prints are placed for club competitions, but in the folder marked “Interclub Competition”. If you are using the EAC as your drop-off location, please drop your entries off before noon on Saturday February 13th as the EAC closes early on Saturdays and is not open on Sundays.