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PSA Journal

Inside this Issue:

84 Years n September 2018

n PSA Youth Showcase n Reaching the Summit n Winged Ambassadors—A Portfolio Review

Distinctive Image • Page 26 Featuring Eugene Mitofsky, APSA, PPSA

PSA JournalPhotographic Society of America’s Monthly Journal

Columns4 On My Mind...6 On the PSA Website9 Book Reviews10 Just for Beginners12 PSA at Your Service13 365 Day Challenge

Departments 38 ROPA Distinctions Awarded39 Calendar of Events 40 Division News46 Exhibitions51 Print of the Month

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Help Honor AVolunteerby John Davis, HonPSA, MPSA

Photographic Society of America Youth Showcaseby Kathleen Z. Braun, FPSA, PPSA

Adventures in SoutheastUtah Parksby Marie Rakoczy, BPSA

Distinctive Image featuringEugene Mitofsky, APSA, PPSAby Larry Cowles, FPSA, GMPSA/P, EFIAP/g

Winged AmbassadorsA Portfolio Reviewby Gary W. Potts, APSA, GMPSA, SPSA

Reaching the Summitby Gary W. Potts, APSA, GMPSA, SPSA

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PSA Journal (U.S. ISSN 0030-8277) is published monthly by the Photographic Society of America, Inc. (PSA), 8241 S. Walker Ave., Suite 104, Oklahoma City, OK 73139. Subscriptions are included in membership dues. See Application for Membership form on page 50. Founded in 1934, the society is for casual shutterbugs, serious amateurs, and professional photographers. As a member of PSA, you are eligible to participate in a multitude of services to help you improve your photography and increase your enjoyment of it. To join PSA, email [email protected]; write to PSA Headquarters at 8241 S. Walker Ave., Suite 104, Oklahoma City, OK 73139; or send in the application provided in this issue.

Submissions: PSA Journal welcomes editorial submissions on all aspects of photography. Most of the feature articles published are between 800 and 1,200 words. All material must be original. Note if previously published. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically. While all possible care will be taken, we cannot assume responsibility for lost or damaged submissions. Payment is in copies plus points toward PSA Bronze, Silver, and Gold Star Medallions.

Back Issues: Send $10.00 for each copy to PSA Headquarters. PSA Bylaws: Please go to http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?about-

bylaws-and-mission for a copy of the bylaws.Permissions: Contents copyright 2018 by the Photographic Society

of America. Material may not be reproduced in any form without permission. For a copy of the PSA Journal’s reproduction policy, write to PSA Headquarters.

Postmaster: Send address changes to PSA Journal, 8241 S. Walker Ave., Suite 104, Oklahoma City, OK 73139. Periodicals postage is paid at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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On My Mind

MESSAGES AND OPINIONSElena McTighe, FPSA, MPSAPSA President [email protected]

by Elena McTighe, FPSA, MPSA

PSA President

The Photographic Society of America (PSA) is renowned for being an all-volunteer organization. With the exception of two full-time employees and three part-time staff, every positon in the Society is filled by a volunteer. While I wish to thank every member who has volunteered, many positons go unfilled and the need for people to step up and volunteer is a continuing challenge. Won’t you consider giving some of your time and expertise to PSA? Visit https://psa-photo.org/index.php?volunteering and see what our present needs are. Fill out an application form and you will be contacted by the Volunteer Services Director, Gosia Burdurka. [email protected]

There is a lot of effort that goes on behind the scenes in PSA, and one of these major efforts is the Division Standardization Board (DSB) directed by Lynn Maniscalco, HonPSA, EPSA. This Board is assigned with the job of bringing consistency to the many division activities and competitions. While every effort is made to keep the divisions distinct and separate, standardizing forms, applications, and methodologies will benefit our members and our volunteers. In addition to Lynn, Division Vice President, Bob Benson, APSA, PPSA, and all of the division chairs or their representatives are involved in this effort.

Work continues on the Exhibition Acceptances Management System (EAMS) under the guidance of Charles Burke, HonPSA, EPSA. In preparation for eventually loading all exhibition acceptances into one common database; divisional databases have been created, with acceptances dating back to 2013. These databases are fully functional for use by the various Divisional Star Ratings Directors (SRDs) as they evaluate star, galaxy and diamond applications. Some members have used the databases to assist them in the preparation of their applications, resulting in increased accuracy as well as a significant savings of time and effort on the part of the SRDs. In addition to the databases, the number of volunteer directors for each division has been increased and Craig Parker, MPSA, BPSA, has been appointed the Star Ratings Director. Part of Craig’s job is to identify and train new directors. For exhibitors, this should translate into a smoother and quicker response time for applications.

The Portfolio program was born out of a desire to offer PSA members an alternate route to distinctions. Not all members are attracted too, or can afford the competitive route of PSA-recognized International Exhibitions. Offering a Portfolio is not a competition, but rather an exercise in offering

your best efforts as a body of work, that reflects your personal photographic style and interest. To assist you in that effort, the Society offers two free educational classes, A Portfolio Experience and Creating Portfolios for Assessment. https://psa-photo.org/index.php?education-online-courses I encourage you to visit the Portfolio pages on the PSA website and view some of the portfolios that have earned distinctions. Perhaps you will be inspired to create your own Portfolio. https://psa-photo.org/index.php?portfolios Many thanks go to Jill Sneesby, APSA, ESFIAP, and John Davis, HonPSA, MPSA, for their work in leading the Portfolio team of volunteers.

The 2018 Conference in Salt Lake City is being directed by PSA Office Manager, Twila Bourlon. Twila still needs volunteers to handle all of the many jobs that go into making the conference a success. If you are going to the conference, please consider giving a few hours to volunteer. Contact Twila at [email protected].

The September issue of the PSA Journal traditionally includes the news of the current PSA Youth Showcase. This is the twenty first offering of the Showcase and since its inception, Kathy Braun, APSA, PPSA, has been at the helm. Some big thanks go to the many PSA-members and nonmembers who help every year to make the Showcase an outstanding event. https://psa-photo.org/index.php?psa-youth-showcase

Following the Pittsburgh conference, the Society has been governed by new bylaws; the major difference being that while we still maintain a full Board of Directors, the day to day business of the Society is conducted by a 5-person Executive Committee. https://psa-photo.org/index.php?about-bylaws-and-mission It is the responsibility of the Executive Committee to report to the full Board at the biannual meetings of the Board of Directors. As President, I have truly been blessed to have a wonderful committee that functions as an exceptional team, and that team includes the Executive Vice President, Gary Potts, APSA, GMPSA, SPSA; Secretary, Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA; Treasurer, Rich Fisher; and at-large-member, Signe Emmerich, FPSA, EPSA. Please do not hesitate to email any of these members and tell them your ideas and suggestions. All of their email addresses appear monthly in the PSA Journal.

I personally welcome all contacts from PSA members. Feel free to email me at [email protected]. I have told you what is On My Mind, now let me know what is on yours. n

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The Photographic Society of America is about to embark on a new venture by creating for the very first time a photographic calendar for 2019, highlighting some of the best images from its permanent print collection. A small run of calendars will be made. If you would like to review one of these inaugural calendars, please stop at the PSA booth at the Salt Lake City conference where it will be revealed for the first time. These calendars will be gifts given by PSA to donors who make a minimum $20 donation to the PSA Print Collection, before December 1, 2018.

The PSA Print Collection consists of over 5,000 images collected from its members from the past 80 plus years and represents diverse styles and techniques which demonstrate the history of photography. The collection is currently housed at the University of Central Oklahoma in a controlled environment and is being cataloged and archived for future use by the photographic community. Each year, new images are added to the collection through a process of identifying the very best

prints from that year and contacting the maker for inclusion.

Having a selection of these images from the PSA Print Collection included in the first ever calendar is a monumental step in making this collection more usable and visible for the members. Another goal for the permanent collection will be to have these images online for the photographic community’s use. PSA is also investigating other curatorial options for the permanent collection. Plans are already underway for a small grouping of these images to be displayed at the University of Central Oklahoma in April. A second group of images from the permanent collection will be highlighted later in 2019 when the new Fine Arts building at UCO is scheduled to be completed. Other options for the permanent collection are also being investigated, including developing traveling collections for exhibition around the world, as well as a special exhibition at the annual conference.

This calendar contains images taken from the PSA Print Collection. The images are copyrighted and may not be reproduced without permission of the publisher, the Photographic Society of America, Inc. (PSA).

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JR Schnelzer, APSA, PPSA,

Image Collections Vice President

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PSA Print Collection Calendar

Support the PSA Print CollectionDonate $20.00 to the PSA Print Collection and receive a beautiful 2019, 8 ½" x 11", wall calendar with images from the PSA Print

Collection. A calendar will be mailed for each $20.00 donation so you may receive multiple calendars.All calendars will be delivered in December, in time for holiday gift giving. You will also receive a tax donation receipt.Send in your donation online today by going to this link https://psa-photo.org/index.php?generic-paymentEnter the word Calendar in the Payment Purpose field. That is all you have to do to receive the calendar in early December!

If you need assistance, contact PSA Headquarters. [email protected] McTighe, FPSA, MPSA, President PSA • https://psa-photo.org/index.php?psa-collections

Arctic Fox Roaming © William Lewis

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On the PSA WebsitePHOTOGRAPHIC

SOCIETY of AMERICABOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Committee President: Elena McTighe, FPSA, MPSA

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Executive Vice President:Gary Potts, APSA, GMPSA, SPSA

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Secretary: Nan Carder, APSA, [email protected]

Treasurer: Richard [email protected]

Member-at-Large: Signe Emmerich, FPSA, EPSA

Vice PresidentsChapters, Clubs & Councils: Signe Emmerich, FPSA, [email protected]

Divisions: Bob Benson, APSA, [email protected]

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Image Collections: J.R. Schnelzer, APSA, [email protected]

Information Technology: Jaci Finch, APSA [email protected]

International Relationships: Agatha Anne Bunanta, APSA, GMPSA, EFIAP/p, ARPS, GPU-Cr4

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Using the CloudOver the course of the last few years, computer memory has seemed to

increase dramatically. Where we once were so excited over 32mb of memory, we now routinely send single emails that easily top that just by attaching one photo! We once thought nothing could be larger than a gigabyte—until terabytes came along. If that trend continues, who knows what might be next?

In my opinion, we’ve already started to scale back. Maybe it’s because the cost of losing a single source with so much memory can be mind-numbing or maybe it’s because the added memory comes along with too much heft, but there has been a new movement toward downsizing the memory and increasing the power, speed, battery-life, etc. of computers, phones, and other peripherals. Large data-sucking memory no longer resides on your computer. It lives in the Cloud.

What is the CloudThe image of the Cloud as this amorphous presence right over your head is

slightly funny, since the Cloud is anything but that. For the most part, all that extra storage exists on the ground, not in the air above, but certainly naming something “the data warehouse,” or “those big storage units” is not as fun or “romantic” as calling it the Cloud. The Cloud, at its most basic, is a system where several large storage units hold all the information and a network of servers accesses them. Most Cloud services can be reached through a web browser.

There are several companies that offer cloud services such as Google® Drive, Apple® iCloud, Dropbox®, and Microsoft® OneDrive. Many photographers use Adobe® Creative Cloud and Microsoft® OneDrive not only for storage, but for use of their constantly updating software.

Advantages of the CloudUse of the Cloud has been a boon to photographers, especially those

who want to protect or distribute their data while traveling. Loading images immediately into another location makes sure your images stay safe and are not lost if cameras or SD cards are ruined or misplaced. Having a centralized location allows you access from multiple computers, tablets, or phones without having to copy the data between them. Using online software, instead of that on your computer, reduces the need for computers with so much memory. That can be good for both your pocketbook—and your back, since the smaller portable computers now can be lighter.

Disadvantages of the CloudAll of this comes at a huge price. Most of the services that offer cloud

storage, offer some type of “free” storage that is only good until you use it—then you see how fast it fills up! It’s practically impossible to survive for long even with 5GB of free storage, especially if you plan to store photos on it. Many of the common cloud storage providers offer fairly cheap options, but they require monthly or yearly fees. The fees seem to be relatively stable, but the amount of storage offered seems to be going up as people require more and more storage.

One huge problem with the Cloud is that it requires an internet connection, and a good one at that. This can certainly be an issue when traveling to or living in areas where internet is non-existent or slow. Some countries have stricter rules on what websites can be accessed and can downright prevent you from reaching your Cloud. Net neutrality, where providers can now determine preference for certain websites, might have a chilling effect on you being able to reach your own Cloud-based files.

Another problem with some Cloud storage is that if you fail to pay for it or you choose to delete your account, you lose everything, including use of


The Photographic Society of America is pleased to announce its 2018 International Conference of Photography in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Conference runs from Sunday, September 30 through Saturday, October 6 and features world-class speakers, Division presentations, photo workshops and spectacular tours. The PSA Conference provides many great opportunities to share your photographic interests and improve your photo skills. Come to Salt Lake City and renew old friendships and make new ones.

Photographic Society of America

80th Annual Conference of Photography

Visit the PSA website for more informationwww.psa-photo.org

Wednesday, October 3 to Saturday, October 6, 2018

special fonts or whole files you may not have backed up onto your computer. In some cases, you might not be able to open your own files if you don’t have the cloud-based software to do so. On top of that, you can easily make the mistake of deleting an account you think you are not using, and all your data gets lost.

Anything that requires an internet connection and a password has the ability to be hacked. Putting files into an accessible location means you have to protect it—images may not be a likely target of theft, but personal information can be. Be careful what you keep in the Cloud and create strong passwords to protect it.

No matter how wonderful the Cloud is, if something is important to you, never depend upon it solely to protect your valuable digital files, especially if they are one-of-a-kind and can’t be replicated, like a photo. Don’t ever assume that anything can be 100% protected—so far, it seems that Cloud storage is fairly safe, but it’s only a matter of time before a data breach or worse, crash.

Bottom line is to always have a physical backup of whatever you put in the Cloud. Use the Cloud as a great storage location, take advantage of what it has to offer, but don’t get so lost in the clouds that you forget good common sense. n

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Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah Photo © Bob Benson, APSA, PPSA


An Important Message about PSA Honors The purpose of this article is to inform you

about and encourage YOUR participation in the Honors program as a Proposer or Endorser of a PSA volunteer you think should be recognized for their service. The Honors program has a primary purpose to reward deserving volunteers who promote photography, serve organizations (clubs, chapters, councils, federations and societies) worldwide, and in turn, introduce photography and provide opportunities to people of all ages who are interested in learning about image making or improving their skills. I will reference information for you to review as you consider helping to honor one or more of these volunteers. The Most Important Thing

The most important thing to tell you is that PSA needs your help in locating those people who serve others in photography. PSA depends upon its members to honor its hard-working volunteers. The number of Honors Proposals has been significantly down in the last few years. We as members can do much better. All PSA members, except for members of the PSA Board of Directors and members of the Honors Committee, are able to initiate Proposals, find Endorsers, and develop a Candidate’s Record, usually but not always with the help of the Candidate. Sometimes, when the information for a Candidate’s record is available elsewhere, an Honors Proposal can be submitted by the Proposer and Endorsers without the Candidate’s knowledge. We, the Honors Committee, want to invite you to spend some time thinking about those whom you know who serve in any capacity, “in the trenches,” or in leadership positions. It takes some time, but it is not hard work. Consider the time that your chosen volunteer puts into their work. Reference Materials

At the top of the PSA Website Home Page is a tab for “Recognition.” The third tab in the dropdown list contains information about PSA Honors. Honors Committee Chair Henry Ng, FPSA, EPSA, states that “PSA recognizes individuals who have contributed services to PSA and/or the entire Photographic Community by bestowing honors upon them.” References are added regarding Types of PSA Honors, Procedure for Proposing PSA Honors, and Resources to guide the Honors procedure. A review of Honors information can also be found in Henry Ng’s article in the November 2017 PSA Journal. History, Importance of Honors

PSA has long recognized those who provide services to help fulfill the PSA mission to pursue the advancement of photography within and outside of PSA. The PSA Honors program began in 1940, according to PSA historian Laura Davies. As a volunteer-run organization since that year,

service has been valued, indeed necessary, to the continued existence of the Society and the accomplishment of its mission. Some Highlights of the Honors requirements follow• There are four (4) levels of Honors: Associate

(APSA); Fellow (FPSA); Honorary Member (HonPSA) and Honorary Fellow (HonFPSA), each level having specific and increasing service and other requirements. Is a volunteer you know eligible for an APSA? Is a volunteer you know who has an Honor now eligible for the next higher Honor (FPSA, HonPSA or HonFPSA)?

• Proposers, Endorsers and in most cases, Candidates (all PSA members in good standing) should read and carefully follow the instructions when preparing a Proposal, Endorsements, and a Candidate’s Record.

• There are some requirements regarding years of continuous PSA membership and years holding a lower level of Honor in order to qualify for the various Honors.

• Most often, potential Candidates participate in the process after they are approached about being a Candidate for an Honor. They can provide valuable help in preparing a complete Candidate’s Record. This can be the most time-consuming part of the process.

• Forms and information can be downloaded from the PSA Website.

• Laura Davies, HonPSA, may have information as the PSA Historian, about a volunteer you are considering for an Honor. She may be reached at [email protected]. As a member of an informal honors search team, she may know the honors status of an individual and may know whether that person is being proposed this year.

• December 1 each year is the deadline for receipt by PSA HQ of the Proposal Packet;

• Be sure you carefully review the materials that are available.

• The Honors Committee is comprised of eight PSA members, who are broadly representative of the interests and activities of the Society. They review the Proposal Packets and accept Candidates for Honors in the winter/spring, for award at the PSA Annual Conference each fall. Please think seriously about proposing

volunteers for an Honor. From the time you read this in the September 2018 Journal, you will have 90 days to go through the proposal process, from start to finish. That is enough time to act. Don’t wait until the last minute, as there are several important steps which will take some time. There are few things more satisfying than knowing that you have helped a volunteer receive a well-deserved honor. Put the Honors Committee to work! n

ByJohn Davis Jr, HonPSA, MPSA

Vice Chair, Honors Committee

Help Honor A Volunteer

There are few things more satisfying than knowing that you have helped a volunteer receive a well-deserved honor. Put the Honors Committee to work!


BOOK REVIEWS

By Marie Altenburg, APSA, PPSA

[email protected] book listed is rated for Beginners (*), Intermediate (**), or Advanced (***) in digital imaging.

Any mention of products or services in this article or anywhere else in the PSA Journal does not constitute an endorsement or approval of those items.

Dusk to Dawn: A Guide to Landscape Photography at NightBy Glenn RandallPublished by Rocky NookSoft cover, 8" x 10", 232 pages, $39.95 USISBN: 978-1-68198-306-6Rating: *, **, and ***.

Landscape photography usually conjures up colorful scenery composed of mountains, lakes, fields, or other similar settings. However, digital technology today has made it easier for the photographer to capture landscapes after the sun

sets, and in this book, Randall explains how to do it well. In Dusk to Dawn: A Guide to Landscape Photography at Night, the reader will learn not only the tools necessary for such a shoot but also

Best Business Practices for Photographers, Third EditionBy John HarringtonPublished by Rocky NookSoft cover, 7.8" x 9.5", 832 pages, $59.95 USISBN: 9781681982663Rating: ***.

If your photography has or is about to become a business, this book should be of interest to you. The author, John Harrington, is an award-winning photographer whose work can be seen in major publications as well as in the permanent collection at

the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. In this third edition of Best Business Practices for Photographers, he delves into the business aspect of the craft offering insights into pricing and marketing, contract-writing, signing and licensing your work and much more. He shares his experience-based knowledge of practices that will guide you toward success in this realm. A comprehensive resource for the professional photographer, this is a thorough guide that covers it all.

the skills you’ll need in order to ensure good exposure, minimal noise, and optimal white balance. Chapters are devoted to such things as shooting the Milky Way, star trails, the aurora, meteor showers, lunar eclipses, and more. If the photographs don’t inspire you to get out in the field at night with your camera, then the ease and all-inclusiveness of the text will. Regardless of your skill level, if you enjoy or are interested in night photography, this is one book you’ll want to have.

The Landscape Photographer’s Guide to Photoshop: A Visualization-Driven WorkflowBy Guy TalPublished by Rocky NookSoft cover, 8" x 10", 328 pages, $49.95 USISBN: 9781681982182Rating: *, and **.

Beginning with a history of photography and the basics of understanding such topics as histograms, digital terminology, and aspect ratios, The Landscape Photographer’s Guide to Photoshop progresses to such

matters as RAW conversion, image-editing techniques, and black and white conversions in Photoshop®. As an example, the chapter on blending images together suggests various techniques to produce interesting results such as focus-stacking, mitigation of noise, High Dynamic Range blends, as well as blending multiple RAW conversions. Tal uses photographs and diagrams to illustrate his processes, and includes sample exercises for the reader to practice what was learned. In the process, many interesting aspects of the photographic process, especially as it applies to landscape photography, are understood. n

CorrectionPSA At Your Service, Page 10, July 2018

The maker’s name was misspelled in the caption for Guarding the Hoard. The caption should have read Guarding the Hoard © Sandy Zelasko.

The Journal apologizes for the mistake.


Just for Beginners

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Carole Kropscot, FPSA

CounterpointAn often-ignored composition style is

counterpoint. Counterpoint is when there are two main subjects that, together, are the point of the picture. You’re trying to capture a relationship between the two subjects. You will naturally look from one subject to the other. Both need to be in the picture to tell the story. Very often there is an added sense of depth to the image.

The counterpoint composition style goes against the traditional photo style where one object or area is the main focal point and the other parts of the photo are secondary. Generally, photographers want to photograph a subject by making it the main focal point. The surrounding areas are meant to support the main subject by being of secondary importance.

One counterpoint style involves an activity where there is actual interaction between the foreground and background subjects. This is the more common style. We see it in activities and events around us. I remember that I took these photos specifically because I had spotted the connected relationship. Two of my photos illustrate the “activity” aspect of

Activity: Photographers and the RoadI photographed Photographers and the Road when I suddenly realized the

story-telling correlation between them. That’s MY tripod lying on the right side of the road in Death Valley. I dropped it (carefully) on the road and ran behind my fellow photographers. I hurried to capture those first few moments when they were intently photographing the road receding into the distance.

Activity: Throwing Watermelon to the ElephantAt a zoo I unexpectedly saw a worker in the water with an elephant. I noticed the physical connection between them due to the feeding activity. “Quick,” I said to myself, “There’s a photo op!” So, I quickly changed to a high shutter speed and captured Throwing Watermelon to the Elephant. (Nowadays, I would also take a short video clip of such interaction.)

Composition: Sedona Sculpture and Rock MonumentWhat a surprise to see a fancy sculpture in the middle

of the Sonoran Desert. That area of Arizona is famous for the rock monoliths. Together in one image, these two main subjects draw the eye back and forth, thereby creating interest and wonder. I was in awe of this unique scene, despite or maybe because of the dusty dirt road.

Any mention of products or services in this article or anywhere else in the PSA Journal does not constitute an endorsement or approval of those items.

Photos © Carole Kropscot, FPSA


counterpoint composition. And as it happened, both times, I reacted quickly to what I was witnessing.

My other two counterpoint photo examples illustrate a relationship achieved by composition. What’s important is where the photographer locates the subjects in the composition. Each subject supports the other but could stand independently. Having both subjects in the image makes the photo more interesting.

Create some photos that don’t look like the more common-looking image with one focal point. It’s counter point. Do it on purpose. Add this technique to your arsenal of compositional styles. The more you look for them, the more you will find. n

Composition: Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport NecessitiesAlways have your camera ready when landing and

taking off at an airport. Both of the subjects are related to each other, because both the tower and the gas truck were needed for my flight to be successful. I like the fact that this is more than a typical “through-the-plane window” photo. As the eye moves back and forth between the gasoline truck and the control tower, I feel the interaction of the counterpoint.

Donations to PSA for the month of July 2018

It's easy to donate! Your donations to the General Operations, Scholarships and Grants, or the Print Collection Preservation Program can help PSA complete it's mission.Visit the PSA website for more information about making donations.Thank you.

General OperatingElena McTighe, FPSA, MPSA (NJ, USA)

PSA and its Board of Directors thanks all donors for their generous contributions to the organization.

Permanent Print CollectionI Said Up by Dr. Ralph Venk, HonFPSA

J.R. Schnelzer, APSA, PPSA, Image Collections Vice President

Many Photographic Society of America members may not know, PSA has been collecting the best images from its members for over 50 years. This collection now spans over 5,000 images and has been valued at over $2 million dollars. Needless to say this is the biggest asset that PSA currently holds.

Each year a small sampling from the collection is exhibited at the annual conference, so please take some time and enjoy them in Salt Lake City. In an effort to highlight some of these images, an article will be included in the Journal periodically. The first of these images is by PSA member Dr. Ralph Venk, HonFPSA. Dr. Venk was born in 1924 in Chicago.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corp in 1943 and was deployed to the Philippines. Dr. Venk had an active dental practice in Oklahoma City where he retired in 1985. Ralph was an active member of the Oklahoma Camera Club, where he honed his photographic skills. Dr. Venk’s passion for photography and for PSA lead him to become President of PSA from 1987-1991, after serving many other roles in the Society. He went on to receive Honorary Fellow in 2006, which is the highest honor presented by PSA.

Dr. Venk passed away August 2013 at the age of 88, but his lasting love of photography and his deep passion for PSA as an organization lives on in his images of which many are now a part of the permanent collection.

The image shown here is one of Dr. Venk’s favorite called I Said Up, it was taken in 1972 and shows how he utilized depth of field to emphasize the dimensionality of the photograph. Photographers of this time period were more often concentrating on achieving maximum depth of field and this departure was certainly unique in the photographic realm.

PSA membership is required for participation in any Study Group. There is a great variety of topics and image formats, as well as a variation in how each Study Group is administered. To find the right group for you, look through all the opportunities and contact the Study Group Director(s) so you can make an informed decision.

You may even decide to participate in two or three Study Groups! There is no limit to the number of groups a member can join.

Take Advantage of All That PSA Has to Offer

PSA Study Groups

Fairy Forest © Sharon Prislipsky


PSA at Your Service

By Dick Sprott, APSA

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Every once in a while a question crosses the threshold to this column by design or happenstance, that leads to some research findings that readers might find of interest. The question this time seemed simple. How many Charter Member Clubs are still active? The person asking the question knew his club was a Charter Member Club, but couldn’t find a list of other Charter Member Clubs and information about which were still active. This column doesn’t often get an opportunity to be helpful to clubs, so here might be a real opportunity to be of some use. That led yours truly to first ask, what is a Charter Member Club? To answer that question one first must find Charter Member Clubs on the PSA website. That is really not a big problem. First, log on to the PSA website as a member, then enter Charter Member Clubs in the search box in the upper right corner and that will bring you to: About Us: History of PSA: Charter Clubs (https://psa-photo.org/index.php?charter-clubs) and the answer that “PSA’s forerunner was the Associated Camera Clubs of America (ACCA). When PSA was formed in 1934, the Camera Clubs on the rolls of ACCA became Charter Member Clubs of PSA.”

There were fifty-one Charter Member Clubs. Now the tough question, “How many are still active?” To be honest, I didn’t know and I was not patient enough to look up all fifty-one using the member search function. To do that, what one needs to do is navigate to Membership: Member Search (https://psa-photo.org/index.php?user-search), enter the club name in the [family name/club] box and hit the search button. If the club is still a PSA member club it will be found and the date the club joined will also be shown. A couple of cautions, however. First, you must enter the club name exactly as it appears in the club’s membership entry. Let’s use the Saint Paul Club as an example. The club’s official name is St. Paul Camera Club. If you enter Saint Paul Camera Club, the club does not appear. Ditto for just St. Paul or its variants. Second, if a club does not appear in the PSA membership list, that does not mean it is not still active, only that it is no longer a PSA member club or that its name has evolved (see below). To see if it is still active one would need to search the web and look for related club names. For example, the California Camera Club was a charter member club but, in a current member search it does not appear, and indeed it is no longer a member club. An internet search shows activity from 1901 through 1939. That search also leads one to a listing of California camera clubs many of which are PSA member clubs. Perusing that list shows how many and varied camera clubs exist in just one state. The opportunities for recruiting new club memberships

boggle the mind! If you have an interest in finding out about your club’s charter status, some other club’s status, or want to explore the history of U.S. camera clubs, the About Us: History of PSA is a great place to start.

Laura Davies, HonPSA, who heads the Historical Research Committee, is a wonderful source of historical information.

Laura researched the Charter Member Club question and provides the following results:

PSA Charter ClubsThe following clubs are current members of PSA

and haven’t changed their name.1. Academy of Science and Art, Pittsburgh, PA2. Cleveland Photographic Society, Cleveland, OH3. Grand Rapids Camera Club, Grand Rapids. MI4. Oklahoma Camera Club, Oklahoma City, OK5. Omaha Camera Club, Omaha, NE6. Photo Pictorialists of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI7. Photographic Society of Philadelpia, PA (Listed

on website as Photo Society, but the link takes you to Photographic Society of Philadelphia. It is the oldest club in the country—1862)

8. Portland Camera Club, Portland, ME9. St. Paul Camera Club, St. Paul, MN10. Schenectady Photographic Society, NY11. Taft Camera Club, Taft, CA

The following clubs have a name change: I know #12 is a charter club, highly probable that #13 is a charter club.12. Delaware Camera Club, Wilmington, DE

states they changed their name to Delaware Photographic Society.

13. Boston YMCA Camera Club is probably really Boston Camera Club. Their website says they used their location as part of their name at one time. They are a very old club and they were incorporated as Boston Camera Club, which is the name they use today.

14. Miniature Camera Club, New York changed its name to Manhattan Miniature Camera Club.

15. Photographic Club of Baltimore City, MD, changed its name to Baltimore Camera Club. Their website claims they are the oldest club in the country (est. 1884). That is not true. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia says it is the oldest (est. 1862)

Finally, if you just want to find current clubs go to: Clubs/Councils: List N America—Clubs & Councils; https://psa-photo.org/index.php?n-america-members. Fair warning, this can be seductively addictive. This column took far too long to write since it led in so many interesting directions, most of which I need not bore you with here. You can find your own historical distractions.

Laura Davies, HonPSA Historical Research

Committee

https://psa-photo.org/index.php?about-psa

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https://psa-photo.org/index.php?about-history-of-psa

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365 Day Challenge September 2018 AssignmentsDay 1 CozyDay 2 Barn SceneDay 3 Begins with a KDay 4 Current SituationDay 5 EventDay 6 Five Years AgoDay 7 Framed by A DoorwayDay 8 From the SeaDay 9 Good DayDay 10 HeroDay 11 LeafDay 12 Left HangingDay 13 MovementDay 14 On Pins and NeedlesDay 15 Oxymoron Day 16 R Is For…Day 17 RightDay 18 SignDay 19 Something GrayDay 20 Something OrangeDay 21 Tall BuildingsDay 22 Water FaucetsDay 23 Who?Day 24 MoveDay 25 Three ThingsDay 26 In Love With…Day 27 VignettesDay 28 Through A LensDay 29 This is NewDay 30 Autumn Leaves

October 2018 AssignmentsDay 1 Today I…Day 2 I Want…Day 3 PiecesDay 4 PlasticsDay 5 GoDay 6 Your ReflectionDay 7 ThreeDay 8 RootsDay 9 WorkingDay 10 HighlightDay 11 In BetweenDay 12 PointDay 13 Looking UpDay 14 CleanDay 15 KitchenDay 16 LogsDay 17 Color SymmetryDay 18 GivingDay 19 With A KnifeDay 20 FansDay 21 WeekendDay 22 Off DutyDay 23 SunlightDay 24 HandmadeDay 25 WindDay 26 YesDay 27 TreeDay 28 Something

CrumpledDay 29 MilestoneDay 30 Semi CircleDay 31 Spooky

Did you start out in your photographic journey with snapshots of the important people in your life? How many times have we heard, Say Cheese? This type of photography is probably still the favorite subject for beginning photographers.

It takes a little while before the horizons expand to include something like the subject in Street Artist at Work. We also start to see what

is in the background can also be important as a subject. This leads to branching out into other areas of photography besides people and starts to include landscapes, sports, natural subjects, still life, food, etc.

What does all this have to do with the daily assignments? You aren’t going to find that every day will have the prefect assignment for you but with some creative research, there should be several that work well with your interests. For instance, if your main interest is nature, you might not be in an area where you would find your favorite sea bird or fish for September 8, From the Sea. It might be a chance to try some food photography. Maybe order a lobster or even try to make that tuna sandwich look interesting.

Each topic could have some special lesson hidden in it. Framed by a Doorway could help remind you to look for something to frame your landscape images.

Do you want to find out more about the 365 Day Challenge or do you have suggestions for a topic? Just click on the PSA website’s Gallery page and leave a message. http://.psa-photo.org/365-day-gallery. n

Street Artist at Work

Say Cheese

Photos © Dennis Hirning, APSA, MPSA

By Dennis Hirning, APSA, MPSA


“For many of my students, this contest and the excellent awards have been the first real recognition they’ve ever received in school, perhaps in their lives, and this contest has been truly “life changing.” Students’ different behavior after the awards program (in Oklahoma) has been noticeable. Their heads are held higher, and they speak with a bit of authority when they talk about their work. It is one thing for me to tell them the work is good and quite something else and special when people like you acknowledge them. This will be a lasting legacy, and so many of these students, for decades to come, will remember when they were told their work is worthy.”

This statement was made by A.J. Johnson, a teacher at Kingfisher High School in Oklahoma, whose students have participated in the PSA Youth Showcase since 2003. It was a tribute to Carol McCreary, APSA, EPSA, the sponsor’s representative from the Oklahoma Camera Club who passed away suddenly this spring. It also splendidly describes why the Society continues to support this program, reaching out to high school teachers and students for what is now 21 years through its councils, chapters, and clubs.

Carol was one of the hard working representatives of sponsoring clubs, councils, and chapters who work with schools and teachers gathering images and organizing all the entries, sending them to PSA each April. This year thanks go to these representatives: Camera Club of Hilton Head Island—Kendra Natter (South Carolina); Cheltenham Camera Club—William Jordan (Pennsylvania); East Troy Viewfinders—Gerald Emmerich, HonPSA, GMPSA/B (Wisconsin); Fresno Camera Club—Ronald Webb (California); Glendora Camera Club—Diane Racey, FPSA, GMPSA (California); Inland Empire Chapter— Jean Timmermeister, HonPSA (Washington); Loveland Photographic Society—Ruth Sprain (Colorado); Menomonee Falls Camera Club —Jeffrey Klug and Karl Hokanson, PPSA, (Wisconsin); North Central Camera Club Council—Edgar Lower, FPSA, GMPSA (Iowa); Ocean County Camera Club—Carol Tozzi (New Jersey); Oklahoma Camera Club—Carol McCreary, APSA, EPSA, and Tom (Oklahoma); Photographic Federation of Long Island—Frank Kirshenbaum (New York); Photographic Society of Chattanooga—Pat Gordy, APSA (Tennessee); Photography Club of Flagler County—Joseph

PSA Youth ShowcaseBy Kathleen Z. Braun, FPSA, PPSA

Grafton, Wisconsin

Sydney Kaminsky My name is Sydney Kaminsky. I am a junior at Jericho Senior High School in New York. I’ve been studying advanced digital photography for two years. My main focus this year has been on developing my breadth section for my AP 2-D Studio Art portfolio. As there are an infinite amount of categories to focus on, capturing what I see around me has always been an intriguing concept to me. Many people decide to shoot moments with their friends and family, which I enjoy as well, but I believe photographing nature and my surroundings is so important. While walking around New York City one day, I came across many beautiful parks, buildings,

and people. It is nearly impossible to encounter all of the amazing sights there and not take photos. I began shooting walls of alleyways, flowers in gardens, locks on closed stores, and even the windows of a simple building. When I returned to class with the photographs, I chose to create something unique out of a plain image of a building. What originally seemed to be a meaningless photo allowed me to explore a whole new level of photography and expand my love and appreciation for art. I hope to travel the world and continue taking in everything I see with my eyes, a creative mind, and my camera.

Metropolis © Sydney Kaminsky


Stephanie Sandoval I have learned that the best moments in life are candid and captured in the images we make. Photography is unique in that we can capture those brief expressions of strong emotion and preserve them forever. That was the biggest draw for jumping into photography. Now

I live with a camera by my side. Avery was a prime example of preserving a moment in time. It was completely by chance that I captured this image of my friend when I noticed his distant expression. That moment is now frozen in time as a piece of art.

Madelyn Mullen My name is Maddy Mullen. I’m a junior at Northport High School. I love hiking, traveling and everything to do with the outdoors. In my image I was able to capture the most vivid sunset I’ve ever seen by waiting on the summit for hours; my photograph reflects my love for nature.

Zaia, FPSA (Florida); Photo Pictorialists of Milwaukee—Kathy Braun, FPSA, PPSA (Wisconsin); Quinebaug Valley Photography Club—Suzanne R. Buell (Connecticut); Wisconsin Chapter—Kathleen Z. Braun, FPSA, PPSA (Wisconsin).

This year’s judging was coordinated by Gerald H. Emmerich, HonPSA, GMPSA/B, and Signe Emmerich, FPSA, EPSA, and took place in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on April 13th. Making the selection of the award winners and acceptances were Priscilla Farrell, Vince Condella, and Jane Hirst of the Wisconsin Chapter.

The first place images in each category in the print section are as follows:

Architecture—Metropolis is by Sydney Kaminsky, Jericho Senior High School in Jericho,

Avery © Stephanie Sandoval

Sulphur Sunset © Madelyn Mullen


Claudia GodlewskiI have always been into photography, even when I was young modeling in all my parents’ photos. I realized my passion for photography when my aunt took me to the Statue of Liberty. At the end of the day, looking at our photos, she was amazed at how different our pictures came out when we were shooting from the same spot. Since then, you never see me without a camera in hand.

Mackenna AmundsonI am an 18 year old art student from Grafton, Wisconsin. I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to the parents Angela and Chris Amundson. At the age of four I knew I wanted to be an artist when I grew up. I have continued to take art classes throughout my entire school career and will be advancing my passion for art while attending college at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. I am thrilled to have received awards for my efforts in photography and honored to be featured by the Photographic Society of America.

New York, and sponsored by the Photographic Federation of Long Island.

People/Animals—Avery is by Stephanie Sandoval, Sanger High School in Sanger, California, and sponsored by the Fresno Camera Club.

Scapes—Sulphur Sunset is by Madelyn Mullen, Northport High School in Northport, New York, and sponsored by the Photographic Federation of Long Island.

Photojournalism—Brotherhood is by Kenza Fernandez Dominguez, Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, and sponsored by the Ocean County Camera Club.

Color Choice—Stormy is by Claudia Godlewski, Washington Township High School in Washington Township, New Jersey, and sponsored by the Ocean County Camera Club.

Monochrome Choice—What Lies Beyond is by Mackenna Amundson, Grafton High School in

Stormy © Claudia Godlewski

What Lies Beyond © Mackenna Amundson


Grafton, Wisconsin, and sponsored by the Photo Pictorialists of Milwaukee.

Claudia Godlewski’s image Stormy was also chosen Best of Show in the print section. She will receive a Best of Show plaque and a $350.00 award. The other students with first place images will receive a $175.00 award.

The Society also grants a $50.00 award to the second place winners in each category, a $25.00 award to the third place winner in each category, and a $25.00 award to the three honorable mention winners in the two choice categories.

Architecture—Second place goes to Perspectives by Octavio Alcocer, McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Third place goes to Wonder by Ethan Sayers, Mountain View High School in Loveland, Colorado.

People/Animals—Second place goes to Inner Beauty by Jonathan Chulin, Pickens Tech High School in Aurora, Colorado. Third place goes to Joycie 1 by Signe Meyer, Poudre High School in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Scapes—Second place goes to Mountains of Tranquility by Luke Skipper, Ferris High School in Spokane, Washington. Third place goes to Seashore Sunset by Emma Lynch, Hilton Head Island High School in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Photojournalism—Second place goes to We are Not… by Hailey Jackson, Cherokee High School in Cherokee, New Jersey. Third place goes to Joycie 2 by Signe Meyer, Poudre High School in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Color Choice—Second place goes to Beyond the Graphic by McKenzie Topping, Chattanooga Christian School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Third place goes to Eyes of the Beholder by Emma McMillan, Cherokee High School in Cherokee, New Jersey. The honorable mentions go to Pocket Full of Sunshine by Amber Esquivel, Frederick High School in Frederick, Colorado; Running into the Sunset by Randi Heaton, Legacy High School in Broomfield, Colorado; and Scattered Brushes by Sydney Timorason, DePaul Catholic High School in Wayne, New Jersey.

Monochrome Choice—Second place goes to Catherine by Anna Sanders, Kingfisher High School in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Third place goes to Trapped by Jess Van Valkenburg, Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey. The honorable mentions go to Self Reflection by Annika Briggs, Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Washington, You Look Simply Moo-velous by Savannah Ross, Home School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Suffocation by Isabella Wamsher, Ocean City High School in Ocean City, New Jersey.

The first place images in each category in the projected section are as follows:

Architecture—Church is by Sydney Christen, Frederick High School in Frederich, Colorado,

Kenza Fernandez Dominguez I was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico. Upon moving to the U.S. to finish high school, I decided to share my love for my home country with my classmates through photography. I hope to transmit authentic emotions to the viewers, and for this I try to photograph people in their element, focusing on photojournalism.

and sponsored by the Loveland Photographic Society.

People/Animals—Warrior is by Hong (Ellie) Dang, Victory Christian School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and sponsored by the Oklahoma Camera Club.

Scapes—Snowy Scene is by Kaleah Hersh, Poudre High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, and sponsored by the Loveland Photographic Society.

Photojournalism—Human is by Matea Ramey, Poudre High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, and sponsored by the Loveland Photographic Society.

Color Choice—Lush Lashes is by Kailee Doherty, Menominee Falls High School in Menominee Falls, Wisconsin, and sponsored by the Menominee Falls Camera Club.

Monochrome Choice—Tobi is by Susan Kim, Jericho High School in Jericho, New York, and

Brotherhood © Kenza Fernandez Dominguez


Sydney Christen My name is Sydney Christen and I am currently a sophomore at Frederick High School in Colorado. I got my camera from my grandpa. He was the one that really got me started with photography. My favorite type of photography is nature. I love photographing the outdoors and animals. In my spare time, I am either playing soccer or taking pictures. This was actually the first contest I have ever entered. I never won an award for anything photography related before. This contest was a great opportunity for me.

Hong (Ellie) Dang My name is Hong (Ellie) Dang. I’m from Victory Christian School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I was born in Vietnam, a small country in Southeast Asia where there are so many beautiful scenes. Unfortunately, I did not have enough photography knowledge to capture all that gorgeous scenery. Then two years ago, I started studying abroad in the U.S. at Victory Christian School where I have the opportunity to learn more about photography from one of the best art teachers in my school. Since that time, I have begun to take more pictures of all the wonderful things around me. Photography has become an integral part of my life. The more I know about photography, the more I love it.

Church © Sydney Christen

Warrior © Hong (Ellie) Dang


sponsored by the Photographic Federation of Long Island.

Kailee Doherty’s image, Lush Lashes, was also chosen as Best of Show in the projected section. She will receive a Best of Show plaque and a $350.00 award. The first, second, third, and honorable mention awards are the same as those given in the print section. All awardees will now receive a digital student membership in PSA.

Architecture—Second place goes to Kaleidoscope by Laurel Ave of Mountain View High School in Loveland, Colorado. Third place goes to Grid by Aidan Bryant of Northport High School in Northport, New York.

People/Animals—Second place goes to Beauty by Mekhi Mendoza of Clovis High School in Clovis, California. Third place goes to Feet on the Ground by Juliette LeHenaff of Northport High School in Northport, New York.

Scapes—Second place goes to At Lake Moraine by Emily Jipping of Chattanooga Christian School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Third place goes to Golden Hour by Lindsey Del Rio of Long Beach High School in Lido Beach, New York.

Photojournalism—Second place goes to Edge of Feminism by Eliza Moore of Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Third place goes to Rising Youth by Karina Romero of W. T. Clark High School in Westbury, New York.

Color Choice – Second place goes to Shroud by Elliot Schaibly of Polaris Expeditionary School in Fort Collins, Colorado. Third place goes to Starlight Median by Michael Bess of Career Tech Ed-Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The honorable mentions go to A Long Spring by Talon Gagnon, Mountain View High School in Loveland, Colorado; Only Takes One by Joey Little, Kingfisher High School in Kingfisher, Oklahoma; and Droplets by Duncan Phebus, McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Monochrome Choice—Second place goes to Water Crown by Nicholas Xiong of Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights, California. Third place goes to Lauren by Sam Burdick of Killingly High School in Killingly, Connecticut. The honorable mentions go to Before it is Solved by Riley Evans, Silverdale Baptist Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Pensive by Jacquelyn Hilber, Plainview Old Bethpage High School in Plainview, New Jersey, and Wet Grass by Benjamin Niehous, McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

In addition to these 48, 109 prints and 76 projected images were accepted and will be featured in the PSA Youth Showcase presentation at the 2018 PSA Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. They will also be displayed in the

registration area on display boards. In all there were 475 entries in the print section and 350 entries in the projected section from a total of 91 participating schools.

The students receive certificates of exhibition for each accepted and award-winning image along with a brochure featuring the complete list of awardees and acceptances. Students who received awards and honorable mentions will also receive appropriate ribbons. Thanks go to Twila Bourlon

Matea RameyMy family consists of my 15-year-old brother and our supportive parents. I love running and have been running track and cross country at Poudre High School for the past four years. Next year, I am going to be attending the University of Arkansas to study Nursing in hopes of becoming a psychiatric nurse. I really enjoy taking photographs at night and of people and I hope to continue my love for photography at college in Fayetteville.

Human © Matea Ramey


Kaleah HershI have a small family, but they influence me in big ways. My mom and dad are divorced which has forced me to look at life from different perspectives, which I think is reflected in some of my photography. My mom is a case worker and is always in a work mindset. She has a really good work ethic which I think she has passed on to me. My dad is much more flexible in his job and is very humorous. One of my biggest hobbies is playing volleyball. I love playing it competitively and it also serves as a stress reliever. I really enjoy close-up photography. I like looking at things from a different point of view and really examining my subjects. I focus on details within and outside of the frame. I hope to continue this style of photography as well as trying some new styles. I would like to experiment more with street photography. Some other awards I’ve won for photography was being published in Kaleidoscope, the Poudre High School literary and arts magazine. Being awarded in this PSA competition means a lot to me because I aspire to be the best photographer that I can be, and this is a big honor.

Kailee Doherty I am a junior at Menomonee Falls High School and have been passionate about the arts since I was a little girl. I have taken several photography

classes in school and am a member of the National Art Honors Society. My artwork has been featured and exhibited at the Young People’s Art Competition / State Fair, the Washington County Festival of Arts, Menomonee Falls Youth Art Month, and I recently received a Scholastic Art Honorable Mention at the Milwaukee Art Museum for two of my photography pieces. In addition to photography, I enjoy singing, dancing, playing the violin, and performing in musical theatre productions. I look forward to the opportunity to share my love of art with others and am grateful to be able to capture moments that can be transformed into captivating masterpieces. Lush Lashes © Kailee Doherty

Snowy Scene © Kaleah Hersh


Susan Kim My name is Susan Kim and I am currently a junior in high school. I have always been interested in photography, but never really touched upon it until my sophomore year. I really enjoy the digital photography class that I am currently taking in school, and through this class, I have come to realize how much I truly enjoy taking photographs of nature, people, architecture, and fashion. Many of my favorite photography pieces have been captured in New York City, Barcelona, art museums, and in my photography class. When I have a vision of what I want to photograph, I become excited

to go out and capture that vision. I enjoy photography because of the happiness I feel when I capture the right moment at the right time. This photograph was taken one day in class. My teacher instructed us to dress up in clothing from the past. The whole class used an app that created a monochrome and vintage effect to the photo. We enhanced our photos with the use of Photoshop®.

who produces the certificates, obtains the Best of Show plaques, facilitates the student memberships along with John Key, and along with Donna Brennan, develops the souvenir brochure for all the students, teachers, and sponsors, listing the award winners and those with acceptances, the title of the image, the school they attend and where it is located. Twila also makes sure that all the first, second, third, and HM winners receive their prize award gift cards from the Society.

The other individuals who contribute to the smooth running of the program are the PSA Youth Showcase committee members who all live in southeastern Wisconsin, an important plus for the smooth operation of all the details involved with the functioning of the showcase. In the role of the PSA Youth Showcase Director is Kathleen Z. Braun, FPSA, PPSA. Checking over and listing the incoming projected entries is Phyllis Bankier, and Kathleen receives and coordinates the print entries. The judging is under the direction of Signe Emmerich, FPSA, EPSA, and Gerald Emmerich, HonPSA, GMPSA/B. Sandra Matson, APSA, takes on the responsibility of scanning all the accepted prints for further needs and publications and turning them over to Jeffrey Klug who gathers all the information, images, and student photos in order to produce the display boards for the conference. Signe has also taken on the production of the CD used in the presentation at the Salt Lake City conference featuring all the images, photos of the first-place winners, listing of the sponsors and representatives, and information about the program. Copies of the CD will be available for all the sponsor representatives.

Special thanks go to Charlie Burke, HonPSA, EPSA, who set up the process for the projected digital section and Sharon Cohen-Powers who maintains the showcase website where members can view the winning images and obtain instructions and information about program participation for 2019. n

To view all the winning images go to https://psa-photo.org/index.php?psa-youth-showcase

Tobi © Susan Kim

I received a phone call from Carol McCreary in April, as she wanted to send me one of the projected entries and explain how the student produced the image. She was concerned that the image might be viewed as making a political statement and wanted to assure me that was not the case. This was typical of Carol’s involvement with the students and the Oklahoma schools with which she was involved. Two days after the phone call, I received word of her passing. Sponsor reps are the backbone of the entire program. Carol will be sorely missed.


By Marie Rakoczy, BPSA

Adventures In Southeast Utah Parks

Utah, destination for this year’s PSA Conference-goers, has several unique and beautiful National Parks: Bryce Canyon and Zion in the southwest corner of the state, Capitol Reef in the south central, and Arches and Canyonlands in the southeast. All five of these parks are strikingly scenic, and if you have never experienced the red rock phenomenon, you will be blown away by the deep, bright oranges and reds of the rock (accentuated at sunrise and sunset), the vast expanse of rugged, rocky wilderness before you, and the seemingly endless canyons reaching to the horizon.

The focus of this article is on the southeastern parks, Arches and Canyonlands. Both parks are served by the town of Moab, Utah, a place that has undergone multiple booms and busts. Uranium was discovered outside of town in the early 1950’s. Within a decade, however, Moab was again a sleepy place. With the establishment of Canyonlands National Park in 1964 and the increasing popularity of the area for tourism, Moab is again a boom town. You may want to seriously consider making motel reservations ahead of time. Moab can become busy and congested, and in order to assure yourself a place to stay that fits your budget and needs, planning ahead is essential.

To get to Moab from the Conference in Salt Lake City, take I-15 south to Spanish Fork, where you will pick up US-6. After about 125 miles, merge onto I-70, and after about 20 miles take US-191 south towards Crescent Junction/Moab.

(Arches National Park is five miles north of Moab on US-191).

The area that comprises Arches was explored by a Hungarian immigrant prospector named Alexander Ringhoffer in the early 1920’s. He came across Klondike Bluffs (now known as Devils Garden) and contacted officials of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad to see if they might be interested in promoting the area as a tourist destination. The railroad officials took one look and decided it would be a lucrative venture, so they contacted the National Park Service, and by 1929, president Herbert Hoover signed an executive order making it a National Monument. It was promoted to a National Park in 1971.

Arches has a scenic drive with many stunning red rock formations that are visible and photographable right from your car. At the next level, it has attractions that involve short hikes to get better angles and a more intimate experience with the landscape. There are also areas that can be accessed by extended drives down dirt roads and hikes that can take the better part of a day. There is something for everyone and every time schedule.

Scenic Drive is pretty spectacular from the get-go, as it heads up the side of a rock wall. Be sure to check out the massive rock canyon of Park Avenue and Courthouse Towers, one of the first marked features along the drive. Soon after, the Three Gossips loom over the landscape, and up ahead is the unbelievable Balanced Rock, where

A Side Trip for Salt Lake City Conference-GoersThe Three Gossips towers loom high along Scenic Drive, making for an eerie sight. As you can see, the variation in texture and color in the rocks is very photogenic.


you can take a short hike around the huge pillar of red rock with its balanced teardrop-shaped boulder at the top. For a great panoramic shot, go to the picnic area across the road and shoot from there—you can make the snow-capped La Sal Mountains the backdrop of your Balanced Rock image.

Just past Balanced Rock, take a side trip to the right towards The Windows. There is a fun and photographic one-mile loop trail to the North and South Windows and to Turret Arch. The North and South windows almost look like a giant pair of glasses, as they have similar openings and are right next to each other. Turret Arch can be viewed through The Windows and the view of Turret Arch can be captured within the frame of the North window, a very pleasing angle. Watch for rock climbers in this area, too, as the pillars and pinnacles of Arches are very attractive to them.

What creates the arches? Although they resemble natural bridges, a bridge is technically formed by water. The arches on the other hand, were formed by wind erosion and are affected by snow, rain, thaw and freeze cycles. Millions of years ago, the sandstone was overlaid by an ancient seabed. Geologic forces caused the sandstone to crack and warp, and over time, to rise to the surface, eventually forming fins of rock that later became (with the forces of wind erosion and weather) arches, walls, eerie shapes of rock, and pinnacles.

So the arches are very old, but they are constantly changing, though only dramatic changes are visible to us. Three such dramatic changes occurred within the last 80 years. In 1940, Skyline Arch’s opening doubled in size when a huge chunk of rock fell from the top of the arch.

In 1991, Landscape Arch, a 300 foot span, became even more narrow and fragile when a 60 foot long piece of rock fell. Just ten years ago, in 2008, the Wall Arch—twelfth largest in the park—collapsed during the night. It is no longer an arch! Rock has continued to fall from the “arms” of the Wall Arch remnants, so the area where it is located is now closed to hikers. More than 2000 arches have been identified within the National Park and arches in the making can be seen on rock walls. Watch for them.

Continuing through the Park, after returning to Scenic Drive, the next attraction is Panorama Point, where you can get spectacular views of the landscape in all directions. Here’s a good place to use the panorama feature on your smartphone or to methodically take multiple overlapping shots on your DSLR for later stitching in Photoshop®.

At the next intersection of the Drive, you come to the road to Delicate Arch. Delicate Arch is the

Vistas in Canyonlands are vast and exciting, and you can often “see the weather coming.” This photo, for example, has sunlight, rain, and shadow over the complex river canyon.

Balanced Rock, an upside-down exclamation point on the landscape, seems to dwarf the La Sal Mountains in the background. In reality, it is 128 feet tall. There are several companion formations nearby, and it is well worth observing the feature from all directions.


most recognized arch in the park and has become an icon for Arches National Park and Utah. It appears on the Utah license plate and on one of the U.S. quarters in the National Parks series. It is a freestanding arch and the cowboys used to call it “The Chaps” or “The Schoolmarm’s Breeches.” Oddly enough, it was not included in the original boundary of the park, but was added in 1938.

There is a three-mile round-trip hike to Delicate Arch. The first part of the hike follows a well-defined trail, but then as it gains elevation, it goes over slick rock and is marked by cairns. There is no shade along the trail, and you should be sure to carry (and drink!) at least a quart of water on the hike. There are also two hikes to views of the arch. The lower view trail is handicapped-accessible and flat. The upper view trail climbs about a half mile, mostly across slick rock following cairns, to a good vantage point. So you can either go right up to the arch from the first trail, or you can get a view of the arch from the lower or upper view trail. The only issue with the view trails is that you will probably be photographing the people that took the first hike directly to the arch. In any event, it is a good photo op at sunset, and certainly worth seeing.

Further along the Scenic Drive is Fiery Furnace. This is a nice spot to be when the light is low and the rocks are super-saturated (thus the name “Fiery Furnace”). Hiking into the Fiery Furnace is only by permit or with a ranger-led group; the passages through the fins of rock are difficult to negotiate, and the maze of rocks makes it hard to find your way.

Skyline Arch is just down the road a bit from Fiery Furnace, and it is easily reached by a short trail. It is one of the easiest arches to get close to, although getting directly under the arch is

difficult. Skyline arch can be easily seen in the distance from other areas of the park and looks great as part of a panorama.

At the end of Scenic Drive is the Devils Garden. This area has the only campground in the park (and is quite remote—when we camped there many years ago, we found cougar tracks near our campsite in the morning). It also has a great hiking trail that leads directly to Landscape Arch, the longest arch in the park. The trail to Landscape Arch is a little less than a mile long and mostly level. It has spurs leading to Tunnel Arch and Pine Tree Arch. Several other arches and features can be accessed from a primitive trail that begins at Landscape Arch. In total, including the primitive trail, the hike is over seven miles long, so bring a snack and some water.

Arches is a more accessible park than Canyonlands, but if you are in the area, it is well worth seeing what you can of this other beautiful park, the largest in Utah. The Colorado and Green Rivers’ confluence is within Canyonlands, and it divides the park into three main sections: the Needles, the Maze, and the Island in the Sky. Another section, Horseshoe Canyon, is near the Maze area. The Needles and the Maze are both quite remote. We have been to the Needles, and while it is stunning in its vastness and beauty, it is difficult to capture photographically because of its scale. The Maze is the most remote area of the park and is accessed by over 50 miles of dirt road. The canyons of the Maze are then three to six hours away by four-wheel drive, high-clearance vehicle and longer on foot. Needless to say, we have never been there.

Interest in the area that was to become Canyonlands National Park began in the early 1950’s, when the superintendent of Arches National

Skyline Arch is probably the most easily viewed arch in the park. This photo was

taken from just off Scenic Drive. There are several options for “anchoring”

the image—withered trees, sere logs, sagebrush,

and rocks. Skyline Arch is also readily visible on the horizon and can become

the star of a panorama taken from a distance.


Monument, Bates Wilson, began exploring the area now known as the Needles. He thought that it should be preserved and advocated for it and other areas near the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers to be included in a new National Park. In 1961, the Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall, was attending a conference at the Grand Canyon. He asked to fly over the area that Wilson was proposing and was so impressed that he started pushing to make it a National Park. After several years of debate, it was declared such in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson.

Island in the Sky is the most popular region of Canyonlands and it is quite accessible. To get to the Island in the Sky unit from Moab, take US-191 about ten miles north to Utah 313, then take that south 15 miles to the park. It takes 35-45 minutes. There are few places to get water in the park, so it is a good idea to bring some water and snacks with you. Be sure to stop at the Island in the Sky Visitor Center for some background information about the park and a map, then head off down the park road.

About six miles from the Visitor Center is the Mesa Arch trail, a little less than a mile round-trip. (Always be sure to stay on the trails at Canyonlands because going off-trail destroys the cryptogamic soil, the foundation for the desert ecosystem). Mesa Arch spans across the mesa’s edge and frames a view of the vast canyon below. It is best shot at sunrise, but even if you are there at another time of day, the view is well worth the hike.

Beyond the Mesa Arch turnoff, the park road branches out three times. The first branch takes you to Grand View Point Overlook, with the Buck Canyon Overlook and White Rim Overlook on the way. The second branch takes you to Green River Overlook, and the third branch takes you to Whale Rock and Upheaval Dome. If you are lucky, you may get some unsettled weather, which can make for very dramatic photographs. When we were last at Canyonlands, in April of 2017, we experienced hot sun with clear skies, blue skies with beautiful clouds, dark stormy skies, and gravelly snow, all in about two hours. The expanse of open land allows for huge vistas, so you can see the weather moving across the landscape. The landscape, deep and sometimes jagged canyons, is unlike anything else. It is similar to the Grand Canyon in that it is colorful and deep, but the canyons here are not as wide and there are more of them.

If you have time, be sure to also make a stop at Dead Horse Point State Park. Coming out of Canyonlands, go about five and a half miles and take the road to the east and follow the signs to the park. Legend has it that wild horses were being rounded up and culled in a corral on the point overlooking a bend in the Colorado River. When the selected horses were taken away, the rest were left to die on the point, thus Dead Horse Point. The park has several short hikes that allow you to look down into the canyon and at the bend in the river. The views here are as good as those in Canyonlands, and the short rim trails make it seem closer to the viewer.

Enjoy your trip to the 2018 PSA Conference in Salt Lake City. After (or before) the Conference, I hope you have time to take a trip down to Moab and visit two of the most beautiful National Parks in the U.S.! n

This Indian Paintbrush flower was photographed in April, but there are other fall-blooming flowers that you can capture. Rabbitbrush of various types is common in the Park and can add a splash of yellow to the landscape. Other flowers present in early fall include hopi blanketflower, common sunflower, prairie sunflower, hoary spine aster, blazing star, scarlet globemallow, and many others.

Dead Horse Point State Park, near Canyonlands, is smaller in scale as a park, but has just as much in the way of fascinating scenery. This is a view into the canyons of Dead Horse Point with the Colorado River bending in the background.


This month’s Distinctive Image artist, Eugene “Gene” Mitofsky, APSA, PPSA, gives us a treat with a look inside 3D photography. Gene’s interest in photography started early with a Kodak® Six-20 Brownie Jr. that used 640 roll film. In high school, he was given a Graflex® Speed Graphic 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 sheet film camera with all the accessories including flash, contact printer and extra film holders by his uncle. Later while getting ready to go on his honeymoon, his parents lent him their Ricohflex® Model III Twin Lens Reflex camera. A few years later he was able to purchase a Canon® SLR and over the years added Canon lenses. In the 1950’s there was a photo service that came to the house to take two 8 x 10 photographs and a roll of 3D Realist® slides. Many years later, he was trying to view the images with a stereo viewer but it had a crack. While looking for a replacement, he found a used Stereo Realist camera which he

bought. This opened up a whole new photographic experience. Gene acquired several additional Realist cameras including Realist 2.8 with Extar lenses. In 1959 he bought one of the first digital cameras, an Epson® PhotoPC. Later came several newer digital cameras which he used for taking non-stereo photos and linked two Canon cameras together for stereo photography. Let’s not forget the iPhone® camera which sometimes comes in very handy.

After getting a stereo camera, he joined the Chicago Stereo Camera Club. Many people there helped him with learn how to shoot and mount stereo slides. There were club competitions that gave him feedback and his stereo skills improved. Gene and his wife held several offices in the club over the years. When they moved to Arizona, he joined the Sun City West Photo Club. Since this club is a non-stereo club, it offered him more opportunities to expand his non-stereo photography.

istinctive Image

By Larry Cowles, FPSA, GMPSA/P,

EFIAP/g

featuring...Eugene Mitofsky, APSA, PPSA

Sun City West, Arizona

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The Chicago club hosted the Chicago Lighthouse PSA Exhibition which is a fundraiser for the Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired. All of the club members helped with the Exhibition. Marion and Don Smith along with several other PSA members introduced him to PSA in 1994. He and his wife joined PSA, chaired and judged in several Lighthouse Exhibitions. While attending the National Stereoscopic Association’s conventions he met other PSA members including Lee Pratt, HonPSA. Gene started earning acceptances and PSA stars and was asked to become the 3D Division

Star Ratings director. Accepting the position in 2012 he continues in that position. In addition to belonging to PSA, he is also a member of NSA (National Stereoscopic Association and ISU (International Stereoscopic Union).

Participating in exhibitions has earned him 5 Stars and the PPSA distinction. Writing for the PSA Journal earned him 3 Bronze and 1 Silver editorial Stars. In 2015 he was honored with APSA. His name has appeared in the Who’s Who 3D section including 2nd in 2008. Gene published the Chicago club’s newsletter and earned awards in the PSA Newsletter contest 1995, 1996, 1997,1998. Over the years he chaired, co-chaired and judged several PSA Chicago Lighthouse Stereo Exhibitions, and is currently the co-chair for the Stereoscopic Society of America’s PSA stereo card competition. In Arizona he chaired the Grand Canyon Photo West Exhibition judges the Grand Canyon Sun City exhibition and chaired and judged several local camera club competitions.

Being a former teacher, he enjoys helping others. Gene has given lectures and stereo photography workshops at the Chicago School of the Art Institute, published several articles about stereo photography, and taught stereo photography and photo computer software through workshops at local clubs, and at the National Stereoscopic and Photographic Society of America conventions. He has also produced stereo shows for municipalities and local clubs and lectured on website design for the Chicago Board of Education.

Enjoying the beach

Tides coming in

Orange tulip


TechniquesGene uses several different cameras when

shooting stereo photography. He uses the Fuji® W3 camera shooting 4:3 ratio for stereo cards and 16:9 for digital projection. The Fuji has two built in lenses and shoots a stereo mpo and non-stereo jpg image files at the same time. For macro photography a Canon Ultra Zoom non-stereo camera is used. He shoots a “cha cha” method of taking two shots approx. 2.75" apart. A tripod and slide bar are used to keep the exact angles. He also uses a twin Canon camera setup that is wired to shoot both cameras at exactly the same instant. Software loaded on the memory chips interrupts the cameras circuits so that when an external button is pushed both camera’s circuits are synced

to fire at the exact same time. These cameras and method are best for landscape photography. There is also an app for smartphones that takes stereo photography, but he rarely uses it. Besides all the composition considerations, stereo photography composition required attention to the depth axis. It is important to have something close (approx. 7 feet) away so that you can have layers of depth. Because stereo photography requires greater depth of field, camera settings and exposure have to be done to maximize depth of field.

Gene does post production with several different software programs. Stereo PhotoMaker®, is the program most used by stereo photographers. With this program he can align and correct for any deviation between the two images. Everyone likes the stereo effect of “coming out at you.” This is done by part of the image “poping” through the stereo window. The window or edges of the photo are like a window frame, things can go through the fame but cannot touch the frame. The depth of the image is adjusted by moving the two images closer or further apart. Cropping, resizing and some other adjustments can also be made. I output the stereo to mpo and jps digital files, print 5x7 stereo cards and/or create anaglyph (red/cyan) digital and printed images. I use Photoshop® and Lightroom® for more advanced adjustments. For a video slideshow, I use Sony® Vegas Movie Studio. I create two separate video tracks one for the left image and one for the right image. I also add a sound track. I then output them to separate mp4 files. To view them a Stereoscopic Player program can combine the two tracks.

There are several ways to view stereo images. Stereo photography is the same as normal vision with two images one for each eye. Viewing stereo,

Bird

Orange LightRed tulip


Artists Statement I enjoy many forms of Art including photography, painting and music. I enjoy different aspects of photography. I shoot macro photography to see the world from a different prospective. I shoot to preserve and share special memories. I also enjoy the technical aspects of post-production. As a high school Band director, I introduced 100’s of students to the many styles of music and how to play all the instruments. I currently play piano for Alzheimer patients. Besides photography and music I also do woodworking and Lapidary stone polishing, which

also are forms of Art and a way to communicate creative ideas. As a former educator, I try to share my passion for the Arts for others

to enjoy and also experience their potential in some form of Art. Art is communication, a common language. It rewards the creator and the audience. Art is all around us—to enjoy every day. Art involves many of our senses including vision, listening, and body movements. Art stimulates the brain and relaxes the sole. Art rewards the creator and benefits the audience. Art communicates feelings, cultures, dreams and information. From the photographs to the symphonies and from the painting to the theater we need to discover the world of Art. Support all the Arts in the schools, communities and the entire world.

you have to make sure that the left eye sees the left image and the right eye sees the right image. Just like real vision, the brain will put the two images together into 3D vision.

Digital Stereo can be viewed with projectors or a stereo TV using polarized glasses or IMAX and 3D movie theaters. Stereo prints can be viewed in anaglyph with anaglyph stereo glasses (red/cyan). Stereo slides can be viewed with a hand held viewer or projected using polarizers. Stereo cards require a stereoscope viewer with two lenses and an adjustable card holder, movable for focusing. Free viewing is seeing stereo without any glasses. You view a stereo pair or a left-right-left photo by relaxing your eyes and looking straight or cross eyed at the photo. To learn how to free view, try the floating finger

technique. Hold your hands in front of you about arm’s distance. Point at each hand and slowly move them together until they are about a half inch apart. You will see a piece of a finger floating between the two fingers. Use this same technique to view stereo pairs, moving from 2 to about 6 inches from the photo depending on the size of the photo. Remember to try to relax your eyes so each eye sees only what is in front to the eye. It is a technique that can take a little practice, if you can’t view stereo free viewing, don’t worry, many others can’t free view either.

California trolley

Bell Rock view

Pottery demonstration at Sawdust Festival


I was privileged to be an assessor during the Portfolio Reviews conducted this past January in Largo, Florida. Having prepared a portfolio of my own, it was indeed a learning experience to sit with four other peer assessors and the Portfolio’s staff and go through the process. As many have said before me, this is a wonderful, exciting, and new opportunity for PSA members to be photographically challenged and to achieve a Portfolio Distinction that’s quite unlike a ROPA

distinction in both format, content and intent. It’s one thing to capture, collect and compete with an ever-growing set of individual images, and quite another thing to put together a body of work on a specific subject, locale, technique or other variable that will pass the test of being a high quality portfolio.

I’m pleased to spend some time describing and sharing with you portions of a wonderful Bronze Portfolio that was reviewed during this assessment. It was submitted by PSA member Dawn Currie, QPSA, BPSA, from Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. It was her first submission of this portfolio. What a special topic, as Dawn states in her Statement of Intent: “This portfolio is in honor of our Winged Ambassadors, rescued birds that must remain in captivity due to injuries or imprinting on humans. Now they serve to educate the public regarding what we can do to protect our

By Gary Potts, APSA, GMPSA, SPSA

Executive Vice President

Winged AmbassadorsA Portfolio Review


wildlife. As a nature photographer and wildlife rehab volunteer, these birds held a special place in my heart. Completed as a fundraiser, I strove to capture portraits that celebrated their unique beauty.”

By simply using a straightforward, documentary approach to capture an image of these special animals, Dawn has achieved her intent—presenting the beauty of these birds, how unique each can appear, and how they can be shown to us in a cohesive, balanced way that retains our interest and causes us to move from image to image and enjoy the technical excellence portrayed in each individual frame of the portfolio. Look at the Overview Image and note its simplicity, coupled with the balance employed in the pyramidal style of arraying the ten images required for a Bronze Portfolio.

For each of the individual images included in this article, note how each is technically excellent—sharp, catch lights in the eyes, neutral backgrounds and well exposed. Note how each portrait shown in this article truly exemplifies her words in the Statement of Intent about images that “capture portraits that celebrated their unique beauty.” See how the viewer of Dawn’s finished portfolio stays cohesively inside the collection of images through her careful use of placement, direction in which each bird is looking and even in the sizes and crop selections used to make up the arrangement of images in a balanced 3-3-4 image layout.

The Portfolio process is unique and different in regard to programs, education, exhibitions and other aspects of the offerings that PSA makes available. At first, I will readily admit I didn’t quite understand how all the pieces of this fit together—it was unlike the individual image submissions I’d been making for several years in the PSA-approved, international exhibitions. I thought by making high quality images with impact one would easily be successful in the Portfolio process. Not true! I emphasize again—it takes the combination of three key elements—the Individual Images, the Overview Image, and the Statement of Intent to ALL be well done. Then and only then the applicant will receive her/his Bronze, Silver or Gold Portfolio Distinction. So, that’s your challenge, and I hope you’ll be eager to give it a try very soon. The Portfolio team will be looking forward to receiving your applications and reviewing your work. Lastly, thank you Dawn for allowing us the opportunity to see your successful Portfolio in print. n

Overview Image Photos © Dawn Currie, QPSA, BPSA


Earlier this year, one among us achieved something extraordinary. Larry Cowles, FPSA, GMPSA/P, EFIAP/g, achieved a photographic milestone no one else has yet reached—the Platinum level of GMPSA, the highest level of ROPA distinctions. In doing so, Larry provided Star, Galaxy and Diamond certificates in sufficient quantity to ROPA Director Gerry Emmerich, HonPSA, GMPSA/B, to document at least 11,000 image acceptances in PSA-recognized salons around the world. On behalf of the Executive Committee and the PSA Board of Directors, may I offer heartiest congratulations to Larry for this stellar achievement.

Perhaps it would be interesting to better understand this achievement and also give others who might want to seek higher levels of photographic achievement some tips and ideas for how best to accomplish those goals. To do that, we’ve asked Larry if he’d be willing to share his thoughts and ideas about his achievement via a question and answer article that could be published in the Journal. In this way, Larry and all of us hope to give our members some insight, and perhaps some personal motivation, to continue

their own efforts to achieve ROPA distinctions and be successful with their photography. Here goes!

Potts: Larry, what’s your photographic background and history with PSA in terms of when you joined the Society?Cowles: I had been interested in photography for a number of years and had recently joined a local camera club that was helping my photography. I was entering club and council competitions and doing OK. I was introduced to PSA by several club members and our council had an exhibition. I joined PSA for the sole purpose of entering exhibitions in 1983. While I’ve done photography from all Divisions except 3D, I started entering CSD (Color Slide Division) and some Nature, later I started to enter PT, PJ and prints.

Potts: Have you been involved in PSA other than participating in Exhibitions?Cowles: After going to several PSA conferences, I started getting involved by taking over CSD TOPS in Photography then 2nd Vice Chair for CSD then Chairman. I was the News editor for CPID and PPD, started the PPD Photo Book Essay

Reaching the Summit

By Gary Potts, APSA, GMPSA, SPSA

Executive Vice President

Coco One Eye

Photos © Larry Cowles, FPSA, GMPSA/P, EFIAP/g


Contest and am currently VP of Publications. I received the Honor of APSA in 2005 and FPSA in 2010. I have been a regular speaker at the PSA Conference.

Potts: When you first began to enter exhibitions did you ever think you would be able to obtain the highest levels?Cowles: No, when I first joined PSA, I looked up to those that were at the highest level with awe. I was still learning a lot of basic photography but I enjoyed competition and the “pat on the back” feeling I got from getting an acceptance. It was a validation that I was improving.

Potts: What were your major milestone dates in terms of achieving MPSA, GMPSA and various higher levels?Cowles: The number of exhibitions has steadily increased in recent years. The number of exhibitions we have in some months today would have been the total number in a year back in the 1990’s. Today it would be extremely hard for one to enter every exhibition in a year. Because of this increase, the advancement rate can be much faster. I obtained my PPSA in 2003, EPSA 2005, GMPSA 2011, GMPSA/B and /S 2015, GMPSA/G 2017 and GMPSA/P in 2018.

Potts: From your perspective, what’s a few of the reasons your images have been successful in the various international exhibitions?Cowles: When I first started photography and entering exhibitions, like most newer

photographers, I was a generalist. I photographed everything, but not everything does good in competitions. I learned that when I found something I really enjoyed photographing and worked to improve my technique, my exhibition rate went up. Over the years my interest changed. When it was popular, I did a lot of glassware. Later, it was pet photography and for the last 10 years it has been portraits. Find something you enjoy photographing, become an expert in that subject and produce a lot of it.

Potts: What’s a few of your greatest learning points about the whole ROPA process and how best to approach it both photographically and in terms of documentation and record-keeping?Cowles: Photographically it is finding subjects you photograph well, that have impact. You need to produce images that are one step above the others that give you that extra point that results in an acceptance. Then you have to be able to produce enough images to keep up with the number of exhibitions you need to enter. This is particularly true at the Galaxy level where you get three acceptances and the title is retired. It’s best to have some realistic goals of the number of exhibitions you want to enter in a month or year.

Record keeping is very important. I know so many photographers that get ready to apply for a Star but did not keep good records and end up loosing acceptances because they don’t even know they have them. If nothing else, keep a file that you put a copy of your scores from each

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exhibition, those that only send out a PDF of all the acceptances, cut and paste your sections and save a copy. We now have a uniform application form in Excel® that has space for everything you need to apply for a Star. Why not use that form to keep a record of your acceptances in each division? You can later sort and put the information in your actual application. I use a separate sheet to keep a record of what titles I have out at any time. This is important at the Galaxy level. When you have a title out to three exhibitions, you don’t want to send it out again until you know you missed an acceptance at an exhibition, then send it out again. If you get too many titles over what you need, you’ve wasted time and money.

Potts: How might the member who’s just started achieving Stars in one or more Divisions best move forward with their images and continue to improve and be successful?Cowles: Learn the type of photography you do that is accepted in exhibitions and produce more of it. Different parts of the world tend to like different types of photography. Again, learn which countries your photography does well and concentrate on those countries and exhibitions.

When you “bomb out” in an exhibition, don’t give up. Keep on entering and trying new things until you find the type of images that are accepted.

Potts: Any pitfalls or ‘rocks in the road’ you encountered during your ROPA progression and advice to us all on perhaps how to deal with those?

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Cowles: Obtaining stars and distinctions takes time. Just the process of picking images, entering exhibitions and record keeping can take a lot of time. It can take many years to obtain the higher levels. To get there you need to keep going even when you have kids, grandkids and life that seems to interfere. I’ve had long stretches of time when life got in the way. Even though I was unable to get out and produce a lot of images, I keep entering a few exhibitions each year.

Potts: What else would you say to our members and Journal readers about the ROPA process, photographic competition in general, and your guidance on what else members can do to improve their photography?Cowles: Many reading this interview will say, “doesn’t competing stagnate your photography? Doesn’t competition control the type of images you take and enter?” I would have to answer, yes, it does to a point. When I do a portrait for competition, it does have a certain look that I have learned does well in the competitions. I tend not to do poses or looks that will not do well at an exhibition. You can get into a rut with your photography. I try to take the time to take images for myself that have nothing to do with competitions. Sometimes, I will go out on a photoshoot with no expectations of producing an exhibition image, just to have fun with my photography and experiment. No one sees those images but me, unless I post them on Facebook® or a blog.

Potts: Now that you have achieved the “ROPA summit” as it stands at present, what do you expect to do in regard to competing and staying active photographically and in PSA?Cowles: If PSA adds additional distinctions, it might open the doors to continued exhibition participation. I am also involved with FIAP and have some additional distinctions to obtain. I also have many photography projects I would like to do that I haven’t taken the time. I also haven’t gotten involved in the Portfolio program where I could add additional distinctions within PSA.

Larry has submitted several images to be published with this article. The intent of these is to give you an idea of what has worked, and worked well, for Larry in international exhibitions. As you have read, he suggests we find something we like to do, then to do it very, very well. Both his portraits and his hummingbird images are superb examples of just that—a subject that’s inviting, well lit, and post-processed in the most effective manner to yield maximum viewer impact. These images typify those steps and make it clear why Larry Cowles has indeed “reached the summit”! n

Orange in Thought Tyra

Violin Rose and Pearls


There were 142 individual PSA members who were awarded new Recognition of Photographic Achievement (ROPA) distinctions during the April-May-June, 2018 quarter, including one Grand Master Platinum (GMPSA/P), one Grand Master Gold (GMPSA/G), five Grand Master Bronze (GMPSA/B), six Grand Master (GMPSA), 20 Master (MPSA), 14 Excellence (EPSA), 47 Proficiency (PPSA), and 48 Qualified (QPSA) distinction recipients.

During the first quarter of this year (Jan-Feb-Mar-2018), a new record of 81 approved ROPA applications was set. That record did not last very long, as the 142 total approved ROPA applications are, by far, the most approvals of any three-month period ever. The 142 recipients, along with their country of residence and previous ROPA distinction, if any, are listed below. Also, the photos of each these ROPA distinction recipients were published on the ROPA page of the PSA Website in July, 2018 and will remain on the Website through June, 2019.

Grand Master Platinum Level (GMPSA/P)Requires a minimum 11,000 acceptancesLarry Cowles, FPSA, GMPSA/G, USA

Grand Master Gold Level (GMPSA/G)Requires a minimum 9,000 acceptancesPhillip Kwan, GMPSA/S, SPSA, Canada

Grand Master Bronze Level (GMPSA/B)Requires a minimum 5,000 acceptancesSergey Anisimov, GMPSA, RussiaXinxin Chen, GMPSA, SPSA, ChinaLuis Alberto Franke, GMPSA, ArgentinaBarbara Jenkin, GMPSA, EnglandMalcolm Jenkin, GMPSA, England

Grand Master (GMPSA)Requires a minimum 3,000 acceptancesDany Chan, MPSA, CanadaXinxin Chen, MPSA, SPSA, ChinaChan Seng Tang, MPSA, MacauKai Lon Tang, MPSA, MacauJose Luis Urbaitel, MPSA, ArgentinaGodfrey Wong, MPSA, USA

Master (MPSA)Requires a minimum 1,500 acceptancesUrs Albrecht, EPSA, BPSA, SwitzerlandStan Bormann, APSA, EPSA, USAJinghui Chen, EPSA, ChinaRenate Jebe, EPSA, GermanyAbbas Kapadia, EPSA, BPSA, United Arab EmiratesChen-You Li, EPSA, TaiwanLingyun Mao, EPSA, USASuniel Marathe, EPSA, IndiaVicki Moritz, EPSA, AustraliaHussain Nalwala, EPSA, United Arab EmiratesAchinta Kumar Saha, IndiaGary Shinner, EPSA, BPSA, WalesStefan Stuppnig, EPSA, AustriaKam Chiu Tam, CanadaTommy Teh, EPSA, MalaysiaLynn Thompson, FPSA, EPSA, USAMarcel van Balken, EPSA, NetherlandsThigh Wanna, PPSA, MyanmarGodfrey Wong, EPSA, USAXiaomei Xu, EPSA, China

Excellence (EPSA)Requires a minimum 700 acceptancesWard Conaway, PPSA, USAIrene Ehrenreich, PPSA, AustriaLi Fang, PPSA, ChinaHelmut Foerster, PPSA, GermanyWei Fu, PPSA, ThailandWillem Kruger, PPSA, South AfricaBernhard Lang, PPSA, GermanyShibu Mathew, United Arab EmiratesBorislav Milovanovic, PPSA, SerbiaSaibal Mondal, PPSA, IndiaChris Pantazis, PPSA, GreeceKlaus Schwinges, GermanyTommy Teh, PPSA, MalaysiaDao Tien Dat, PPSA, Vietnam

Proficiency (PPSA)Requires a minimum 288 acceptancesAli Alabdrabareda, Saudi ArabiaAbdulla Al-Mushaifri, QatarMajdi Al Naser, QPSA, Saudi ArabiaJanet Ballard, QPSA, USAPandula Bandara, Sri LankaAbhijeet Kumar Banerjee, QPSA, IndiaBob Benson, APSA, USACyril Boyd, QPSA, Northern IrelandSinkai Cheung, AustraliaLarry Tho Dao, USAJoan Elias, Spain

Li Fang, ChinaCharlotte Farlow, USAJerry Fenwick, USARaymond She-Guan Goh, SingaporePaulo Guerra, BrazilMei Guo, ChinaAhmed Mohamed Hassan, QatarAlex Hunter, AustraliaShirish Jhaveri, IndiaHusna Khot, IndiaYeokkian Koh, MalaysiaChun Cheng Kuo, TaiwanSully Jolanda Langi, IndonesiaRenja Laskowski, GermanyTieqiang Li, ChinaKristanto Lie, IndonesiaLeena-Maija Lindqvist, FinlandJohn Livoti, QPSA, USAJames Mahon, IrelandThi Ha Maung, QPSA, MyanmarMan Chung Patrick Pang, Hong KongVijay Rawale, IndiaMalabika Roy, IndiaAdji Rukmantara, QPSA, IndonesiaJoyraj Samanta, IndiaShahid Sharafuddin, CanadaYuri Shepelev, IsraelJørgen Skaug, NorwaySuAnn Tichy, USADao Tien Dat, Viet NamKhaing Sandar Tin, MyanmarLung-Tsai Wang, TaiwanBekir Yesiltas, QPSA, TurkeyKam Yuk Anita Yick, Hong KongHoward Zatulove, USANikos Zompolas, Luxembourg

Qualified (QPSA)Requires a minimum 54 acceptancesMofeed Abu Shalwa, Saudi ArabiaShirl Airov-Bieling, USASeraj Albahrani, Saudi ArabiaFahad Alenezi, KuwaitNajat AlFadhil, Saudi ArabiaZakaria Al Hammad, Saudi ArabiaHatim Alismail, Saudi ArabiaAqeel Almeshal, Saudi ArabiaMajdi Al Naser, Saudi ArabiaFatimah AlSabeeha, Saudi ArabiaHwaishal Alshkili, OmanJoan Austin, EnglandStuart Bacon, USAMarcin Bawiec, PolandGilbert Bieshaar, NetherlandsCyril Boyd, Northern Ireland

New ROPA Distinctions AwardedBy Gerald H Emmerich, Jr, HonPSA, GMPSA/B • ROPA Director • [email protected]



Carrie Calvert, EnglandTerry Dickerson, USAFred Doerfler, USAMichael J. Duke, EnglandDanny Dunne, AustraliaJohn Andrew Hughes, APSA, USASandor Jene, HungaryZahoor uddin Khan, United Arab EmiratesAndreas Kosasih, IndonesiaFrancois Loyens, BelgiumThi Ha Maung, MyanmarZaw Min, MyanmarFrancis Vinod Peter, United Arab EmiratesMichele Peterson, USAVinaya Mohan Pillai, United Arab EmiratesHelen Rushton, AustraliaLisa Schnelzer, USAElla Schreiber, USAAshim Sen, IndiaVickum Senanayake, Sri LankaSteven Stavri, CyprusWilliam Still, USAMehmet Masum Suer, TurkeyLee Sutton, United KingdomJohn Thoma, USAKhaing Sandar Tin, MyanmarWill Verheesen, NetherlandsMedi Wiharyono, IndonesiaKaren Willshaw, AustraliaMyo Win, MyanmarWunna Win, MyanmarPertti Ylinen, Finland

Other “Firsts”In addition to a new record of 142

ROPA distinctions approved during the second quarter of 2018, there were also three other “firsts” and a “second” during the quarter. The first “first” is a record number of ROPA distinctions awarded in one month—there were 54 ROPA applications approved in May, 2018. The second “first” is a record number of GMPSA distinctions—13 total recipients for all levels of GMPSA—were approved in this quarter.

The third “first” is Larry Cowles, FPSA, GMPSA/P, the first exhibitor to be awarded the Grand Master Platinum level (GMPSA/P) distinction, which requires a minimum 11,000 acceptances in PSA-recognized international exhibitions. The “second” is Phillip Kwan, GMPSA/G, the second exhibitor to receive the GMPSA Gold level distinction, which requires a minimum 9,000 acceptances in PSA-recognized

exhibitions. It’s not very often that over 20,000 acceptances can be recognized in the same paragraph.

Another New ROPA DistinctionAt the October, 2017 meeting of

the PSA Board of Directors at the PSA Conference in Pittsburgh, the Board approved the Qualified (QPSA) distinction. Between January 5, 2018, when applications for the QPSA distinction were first accepted, and the end of June, 2018, a total of 98 applications for QPSA have been approved.

At the April Board meeting, another

new ROPA distinction, Master 2 (MPSA2), was discussed, and the PSA Executive Committee approved the new distinction on May 1, 2018. The minimum number of acceptances required to qualify for the MPSA2 distinction is 2,250 acceptances, midway between the current MPSA and GMPSA distinction levels. The ROPA Director began accepting applications for the new MPSA2 distinction on August 1, 2018.

For more detailed information on applying for a ROPA distinction, please visit the ROPA page on the PSA website at https://psa-photo.org/index.php?stars-and-ropa. n

November 10, 2018. The PSA Everglades Chapter of South Florida, will present: The Colors of Cuba by Dr. Mervyn and Melanie Hurwitz; Tanzania Safari by Barbara Kuebler, APSA, MPSA; and a showing of the PSA Chapter Showcase. A luncheon will follow. For information, please email Barbara Kuebler, [email protected]

Calendar of EventsThis rolling calendar will feature brief listings of photographic opportunities available to members of the Society. PSA clubs, chapters, and councils will be given preference, but short mentions from other organizations may be included. The Journal reserves the right to edit for space, style, and clarity. Send notices to [email protected].

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and may not be reproduced without permission of the publisher, the Photographic Society of America, Inc. (PSA). The publisher may reproduce articles and other material from the PSA Journal at its discretion, in whole or in part, in compilations with other articles on photography and/or in other possibly different formats.

The copyright of individual PSA Journal material is considered the property of the author, who has the discretionary right to reproduce and distribute his/her own material unless he/she has otherwise agreed in writing.

It is the policy of PSA to grant permission to PSA-member organizations to reproduce and distribute a maximum of four articles or other material per year from the PSA Journal. Non-PSA-member organizations that wish to reproduce PSA Journal material in their publications or related services or programs must obtain advance permission in writing from PSA and the author of the material concerned or his/her authorized agent. All such requests should be sent to: Office Manager, Photographic Society of America, 8241 S. Walker Ave, Suite 104, Oklahoma City, OK 73139

All requests for reproduction dated after November 1, 1989, except from the Library of Congress of the United States, are subject to the following conditions: Whenever reproduced material appears, a statement similar to the following must be included: “This article (photograph, cartoon, etc.) is reproduced with permission from the (month, year) issue of the PSA Journal, the official magazine of the Photographic Society of America, Inc. (PSA). For information on PSA membership, please write to PSA Headquarters, 8241 S. Walker Ave, Suite 104, Oklahoma City, OK 73139.

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Abbreviations used in these columns (no periods after letters):CC = Camera ClubPA = Photographic AssociationPS = Photo SocietyPC = Photo ClubPG = Photo GuildPGr = Photo Group(All others spelled out)Information about divisions can be found on the PSA Website www.psa-photo.org

Joanne Stolte, FPSA, MPSA, EFIAP, Editor [email protected]

Projected Image (PID)

DIVISION NEWS, ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PID Interclub Round Four Results

The fourth and final Round of the 2017-18 competition was judged in May. The following clubs had the top three scores in each of the five Groups, A through E, including ties.

Group ADundalk Photographic Society,

Ireland 272Greater Lynn Photographic

Association, MA 267Digital Darkroom, IL 262

Group BMayslake Camera Club, IL 263Keswick Photography Society, UK 263Pomona Valley Camera Club, CA 262Eryri Photo Group, Wales 261

Group CPalmerstown Camera Club, Ireland 258Boston Camera Club, MA 256Le Conte Photography Society, TN 251

Group DSynergy Camera Club, UK 266North Shore Camera Club, IL 255Riverwoods Nature Photographic

Society, IL 255Northern Tasmanian Camera Club,

Australia 254

Group ECamborne Redruth Camera Club,

England 268Delaware County Camera Club, PA 259Victoria Camera Club, Canada 259Nashoba Valley Photo Club, MA 258

The complete club standings can be seen at: http://psa-photo.org/index.php?2017-18-pid-interclub-standings.

In addition to the club standings, awards (including a Best of Show for each group) and HMs are given to the individuals in the clubs who had the images that the judges selected for awards and HMs. The images receiving

Best of Show in each Group were:Group A, Steer Wrestling 2, Robert

Pizzano, Greater Lynn Photographic Association, MA

Group B, Leading Light, Geoffrey Bradshaw, Sunderland Photographic Association, England

Group C, Dock And Milky Way, Katherine LeCates, Cape Fear Camera Club, NC

Group D, When the Reflection Looks for the Man, Dan Mottaz, Boise Camera Club, ID

Group E, Iraqi Old Man, Faten Alhazim, Qudaih Photographers Group, Saudi Arabia

A slide show of all the images that received Awards can be seen at: http://psa-photo.org/index.php?2017-18-pid-ic-round-4.Congratulations to the following clubs:• Moving up to Group A next year:

Mayslake Camera Club, Keswick Photographic Society, Pomona Valley Camera Club, The Evolve Group, and Eryri Photo Group.

• Moving up to Group B next year: Palmerstown Camera Club, Boston Camera Club, Le Conte Photographic Society, Schaumburg Area Photographic Society, and Photoclub FKD Diepenbeek

• Moving up to Group C next year: Synergy Camera Club, North Shore Camera Club, Riverwoods Nature

Steer Wrestling 2 © Robert Pizzano Sir Francis Drake, Lynne Morris, PPSA, SPSA

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Photographic Society, Northern Tasmanian Camera Club, South Shields Photographic Society, Boise Camera Club, and Puget Sound Camera Club.

• Moving up to Group D next year: Victoria Camera Club, Camborne Redruth Camera Club, Delaware County Camera Club, Nashoba Valley Photo Club, Qudaih Photographers Group, Jiahua Elite Photography Association, Simsbury Camera Club, Unlimited Vision Photo Club, and Housatonic Camera Club.

A competition was held during the summer where all the images that received an award during the 2016-17 competition year were judged to select the “Best of the Best,” and the results will be shown at the PSA Conference in Salt Lake City. The Best of the Best image will be published in this column.

PID Creative Interclub Competition Round Three Results

The PID Creative Interclub Competition conducts three Rounds of judging per year and has two skill levels (Groups A and B). The third Round of the 2017-18 competition was judged in May. Group A was judged by: Phil Olivo, Brian Sherman, and Linda Tommasulo under the supervision of the Schenectady Photographic Society. Group B was judged by: Marvin Gerstein; Dee Langevin, MPSA; and Karl Leck under the supervision of the Delaware Photographic Society. The following clubs placed in the top three (including ties) of each of the two Groups.

Group AFirst: The Evolve Group, England 132Second: West Cumbria Photo Group,

England 126 Third: St. Louis Camera Club, MO 124 Third: Delaware Photographic Society,

DE 124

Group BFirst: Camborne Redruth Camera Club,

England 133Second: New Haven Camera Club, CT 130 Second: Stella Polaris, Sweden 128

The complete club standings can be seen at: https://psa-photo.org/index.php?2017-18-pid-creative-interclub-standings.

In addition to the club standings, awards (including a Best of Show) and HMs are given to the individuals in the clubs for each group who had the images that the judges selected for awards and HMs. The images receiving Best of Show, Awards of Merit, and Honorable Mentions in each Group were:

Group A Best of Show Split Image, Helen Gerstein,

Delaware Photography Society, DEAwards of Merit Floating Banana, Marvin Gerstein,

Delaware Photography Society, DEMixed Up Lady, Skip LaRue, St Louis

Camera Club, MOIn the Minds Eye, Bill Herbert, West

Cumbria Photo Group, England, UKThe Foreshore, David Price, PPSA, West

Cumbria Photo Group, England, UKHonorable MentionLeaving the Nest, Susan Propper,

Englewood Camera Club, NJFuturistic App the Selfie, Kim Mulkey,

St. Louis Camera Club, MO

Winters Tale, Matthew Jones, The Evolve Group, England, UK

Flaming Desire, Mike Hudson, The Evolve Group, England, UK Group BBest of Show: Metal City, Wendy

Allard, Camborne Redruth Camera Club, England, UK

Awards of MeritNeon Illusion, Roseanne Smith, Alameda

Photographic Society, CAThe Tree, Richard Eskin, Baltimore

Camera Club, MDWinged Warrior, Reginald Clark,

Camborne Redruth Camera Club, England, UK

Lilliput Ladies Golf Society, Gary Brownhill, Camborne Redruth Camera Club, England, UK

Steampunk Traveller, Lisa Cuchara, New Haven Camera Club, CT

Forest Ghosts, Marcin Bawiec, QPSA, Wojnicz Fotum, Poland

Honorable MentionIn The Minds Eye, Jon Meyer, Baltimore

Camera Club, MDHirschorn 4, James Lubitz, Baltimore

Camera Club, MDLadies on the Pier at Night, Mary Poad,

Camborne Redruth Camera Club, England, UK

Peek A Boo, Joan Balen, New Haven Camera Club, CT

Dolphin Surfer, Mikael Bengtsson, MPSA, Stella Polaris Photo Group, Sweden

Foggy Walk, Ole Suszkiewicz, GMPSA, Stella Polaris Photo Group, Sweden

Claremore Rod, Ron Meyers, Tulsa Area Photographic Society, OK

A slide show of all the images that

Flight Patterns © Ronald Meyers Fierce Lion © Betty Nehls

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Sharon Prislipsky, Editor, [email protected]

Pictorial Print (PPD)

Interclub CompetitionAll four rounds of competition

have been completed. This year there were sixteen participating clubs. The Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia took top club standings in Large Color Prints with St. Louis Camera Club and Carolina’s Nature Photographers coming in close second and third.

West Cumbria (UK) Photo Group had the highest cumulative scores for Large Monochrome with St. Louis Camera Club and Carolinas Nature Photographers Association in 2nd and 3rd with only eight points separating all 3 clubs.

Small Monochrome was won by a new club, Stella Polaris Photo Group. St. Louis Camera Club and Carolinas Nature Photographers also came in 2nd and 3rd in this category as well but was

received Awards and HMs can be seen at: https://psa-photo.org/index.php?2017-18-pid-cic-round-three. Congratulations to the following clubs: * Moving up to Group A next year: Camborne Redruth Camera Club, New Haven Camera Club, and Stella Polaris.

PID Individual Creative Competition Round Four Results

Round Four of the 2017-18 PID Individual Creative Competition was judged by Charles Needle; Meg Puente; and Bill Thomas, M.Photog. The results follow:

Group ABest of Show, Sir Francis Drake, Lynne

Morris, PPSA, SPSA, WalesAward, The Dancing Eye, Kai Lon

Tang, GMPSA, MacauAward, A View of the Fireworks, Bob

Benson, APSA, PPSA, USAAward, The Pirat, Joao Taborda, PPSA,

SPSA, PortugalHM, Screwed in Gotham, Diana

Halstead, USAHM, The Evil Doctor, Alan Young,

England

Group B Best of Show: Flight Patterns, Ronald

Meyers, USAAward: Allisons Daydream, Ronald

Meyers, USAAward: Painter, Nicolai Godvin, Denmark

Award: Five Red Medalions, Barbara Jenkin, GMPSA/B, BPSA, England

Award: Egghead, Petri Damsten, EPSA, BPSA, Finland

HM: My Mirror Image, Petri Damsten, EPSA, BPSA, Finland

HM: The Beach House, Deb Gartland, Australia

HM: White Bike No 2, Nils-erik Jerlemar, GMPSA, Sweden

HM: Moonlight b2, Vando Vy, USA

Group C Best of Show: Fierce Lion, Betty Nehls,

USAAward: The Eyes Have It, Walter

Michielutti, USAAward: Cowgirl, Walter Michielutti, USAAward: Giraffe Soccer Player, Nicholas

Muskovac, FPSA, MPSA, USA HM: Heavenly Apparition, Fred

Luhman, EPSA, USAHM: Grandpa Harry, Ian Ledgard,

GMPSA, Wales HM: Hypnotic Staircase, Jeff Dunn,

QPSA, USAHM: Ghost Forest, Janet Ballard,

PPSA, USAHM: Crazy Car, Betty Nehls, USA

Group D Best of Show: Letting Go, Brad Becker,

USAAward: Transformation, Manash Das,

EPSA, IndiaAward: Iris Circle, Cynthia Doty, USAAward: Within, Robin Stevens, USAAward: Swan Lake, Snehendu Kar, USA

Award: Venture Within, Robin Stevens, USA

Award: C is for Calla, Cynthia Doty, USAAward: Beauty is Only, Brad Becker, USA Award: Travellers in Time, Colin

Harrison, MPSA, SPSA, England HM: Portrait, Mohammed Arfan Asif,

APSA, EPSA, UAEHM: Dark Forebodings, Reginald

Clark, EnglandHM: Memories, Mohammed Arfan

Asif, APSA, EPSA, UAEHM: Trois Yoles, Jacky Dumangin, FranceHM: Late Summer, Snehendu Kar, USAHM: Bosque del Apache, David

Halgrimson, USAHM: Iris in Light Yellow, Helen Henry,

QPSA, USAHM: My Gang, Colin Harrison, MPSA,

SPSA, EnglandHM: Dahlia in the Middle, Sheila

Burke-Gray, USAHM: Rain did not Come, Manash Das,

EPSA, IndiaHM: Brave New World, Reginald Clark,

EnglandFor information regarding the PID

Individual Creative Competition: https://psa-photo.org/index.php?pid-individual-creative-competition. For a gallery of the Round Four award images: https://psa-photo.org/index.php?2017-18-pid-individual-creative-round-four.

Letting Go © Brad Becker

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Sammy Somekh, FPSA, ARPS, EFIAP Editor, [email protected]

Photojournalism (PJD)

Interclub Standings for 2017-2018 Rounds 1, 2 and 3:Class AClub Name Rank Total Ranking HI Ranking Open RankingDigital Darkroom CC 1 207 65 142Menomonee Falls CC 2 196 38 158Grand Rapids CC 3 190 61 129Lancaster PA 4 (tie) 187 81 106Wirral 20 4 (tie) 187 176 11PG Nova Scotia 4 (tie) 187 26 161Tulsa Area PS 5 175 49 126Delaware PS 6 169 65 104Stella Polaris PC 7 135 69 66Naples CC 8 52 52 0

Class BClub Name Rank Total Ranking HI Ranking Open RankingJiahua Elite PA 1 201 134 67Kitsap PG 2 183 66 117Lake County CC 3 178 145 33Charlotte CC 4 175 167 8 West Cumbria PG 5 169 0 169Schenectady PS 6 166 128 38Duluth-Superior CC 7 132 20 112St. Louis CC 8 126 28 98PS Wojnicz Fotum 9 121 0 121 Hoylake PS 10 119 48 71Saguaro CC 11 69 32 37

Photojournalism Division InterClub Competitions

International photo clubs which are members of the PSA are invited to submit entries to the Photojournalism Division Interclub Competition. Each club is eligible to submit six images four times a year comprising a maximum of two images per member. The points accrued are added to determine the winning clubs, and the clubs’ top scoring participants receive awards. Besides the

thrill of winning awards, competitions spur us to hone our skills, to view the output of other clubs and to learn from each other. All PSA member clubs are invited, and no fees are charged. Competitions’ closing dates are normally November 15, January 15, March 15 and May 15 unless stated otherwise. Rules and pertinent information are available at

http://psa-photo.org/index.php?divisions-photojournalism-interclub-competition. For more information, contact PJD InterClub Director Sean Sullivan at [email protected]

The PJ Division also issues a periodical Rankings sheet showing the clubs’ standings in the InterClub Competitions.

far behind the high scoring Stella Polaris Group.

Carolinas Nature Photographers Association edged out Stella Polaris by 5 points to win in Small Color with Loveland Photo Society one point behind. This will be a tight competition next year. Carolinas Nature Photographers Association also won first place for Creative Altered Reality with West Cumbria Photo Guild and St. Louis Camera Club following close behind.

The Interclub Competition concluded in June with the End of the Year Competition hosted by the South Jersey Camera Club. The top five images from each category will be on exhibit at the PSA Conference in Salt Lake City.

Finding Joy © Louisa Murzyn. HM Interclubs Round 1 PJ Human Interest.

Lady in Church © Richard White. 1st Place Interclubs Round 3 PJ Human Interest.

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Lynn Troy Maniscalco, HonPSA, EPSA, Editor, [email protected]

Photo Travel (PTD)

Clubs and CouncilLynn Troy Maniscalco, HonPSA, EPSA,

Editor, [email protected]

Interclub ResultsAfter the third round of the PTD

InterClub, Delaware Photographic Society is in first place in Class A, Cape

Website ContestCo-directed by Dick Sprott, APSA

and Jean Roberts, the 2018 contest attracted 12 entries from large clubs (Group A, 75 or more members) and 12 from small clubs (Group B, fewer than 75 members). The scoring allowed for a maximum of 85 points distributed over five categories: first impressions, design, content, site effectiveness, and professionalism, and up to 10 bonus points for outstanding presentation. Judges for Group A were Robin Davis, Martin Welter, Sharon Powers and

Nature (ND)Michael Di Stefano, APSA, Editor

[email protected]

The Nature Division is now accepting registration for the upcoming 2018-2019 Interclub Competition season. The Nature Interclub Competition is open to all PSA-member clubs. This competition consists of three rounds during each competition year occurring in October, January and April. Ribbons are awarded to all Awards of Merit and all Honorable Mentions, as well as 1st, 2nd, 3rd place club finishes. Plaques are awarded for the Image of the Year in each class.

The club registration deadline is October 8. To register, send an email to the Director with the club name, the club’s PSA Membership number, and the snail-mail address of the person who will be handling/coordinating the Nature Interclub entries. New clubs will automatically be placed in Group B.

More information can be found at: http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?divisions-nature-interclub-competition

Mike McNeill, APSA, EPSADirector Nature Interclub Competitions

[email protected]

Cod Viewfinders Camera Club is second, and Bristol Photographic Society is third. In Class B, Saguaro Camera Club is in first place, Lehigh Valley Photography Club is second, and St. Louis Camera Club is third. These six clubs compete in a playoff round to determine the final standings.

Individual winners in Class A were Amy Davies of Plymouth Digital Photographers Club with Friends in India followed by Ian O’Neil of Eryri Photo Club with Brewing Up and Derwood Pamphilon of Bristol Photographic Society with Lunchtime. In Class B were Barbie Steps of St. Louis Camera Club with Fun in Havana! followed Frank Smith of Lehigh Valley Photography Club with Escaping the Storm, Lofoten, Norway and Dick Lund of Saguaro Camera Club with Haystacks Oregon.

Emma Beatty Howells. The Group B judges were Bev Kiecker, Tom Sullivan, and Sam Wilson.

Barbara Morban, webmaster for Images Alberta CC, won among the large clubs, followed by John R. German for Sandhills Photography Club and Young McQueen for Jacksonville CC. HM’s went to Steve Jakes and Leah Gray for Victoria CC, Jeffrey Klug for Wisconsin Chapter, Bev Kiecker and Mary Dahlke for Minnesota Valley CC and Sean P. Sullivan for Schenectady PS.

Among small clubs the winner was Chris Handley for Atlanta PS, followed by Jim Turner and Emma Betty Howells for National Institutes of Health CC, tied with Marty Welter for Focal Point CC. HM’s went to Vitali Zhulkovsky for Simsbury CC and Michael O’Brien for Kodaroamers.

The awards will be presented at the Salt Lake City conference on Friday, October 5 at 4:15 p.m.

Councils Challenge ResultsThe competition was entirely digital

this year and Chicago Area Camera Clubs Association (CACCA) finished first overall, followed by Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C) and New England Camera Club Council (NECCC). The color section winner was S4C, followed by CACCA and Columbia Council of Camera Clubs (4C). The monochrome winner was CACCA, followed by S4C, while North Central Camera Clubs Council (N4C Midwest) and Wisconsin Area Camera Clubs Organization (WACCO) tied for third place. In the nature section,

Fun in Havana! © Barbie StepsEscaping the Storm, Lofoten, Norway © Frank Smith

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ChapterJudy Frieders, APSA, Editor

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NECCC finished first, followed by S4C, while Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC) and Gulf States Camera Club Council (GSCCC) tied for third.

Individual Best of Show went to Hayley by Kathryn Newman of S4C, the winner of the color section. Nan Carder, APSA, MPSA, of S4C placed second in that section and Jim Klepac of CACCA, third. First in monochrome was Nancy Hassman of CACCA, followed by Richard Tyrseck of NECCC and Jim Klepac of CACCA. The nature section winner was Pavel Blagev of N4C (Midwest), followed by Michael Goodman of NECCC and Bob Johnson of Northern California Council of Camera Clubs (N4C California).

The judges were John Davis, HonPSA, MPSA, Henry Ng, FPSA, EPSA, and Sharp Todd, FPSA, GMPSA/B.

The winners will be the shown at the Salt Lake City conference on Friday, October 5 at 3 p.m.

PSA Conference – October 3, 2018 – Make sure that you have marked your Conference calendar for the Chapters Breakfast on October 3rd from 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM. This is for all Chapter officers and members.

Also, be sure to attend the showing of the Chapters Showcase on Friday, October 5th from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

The deadline is September 20th to this Editor for Chapter News to be published in the December PSA Journal. Please let me know of any winter meetings or seminars that your Chapter is planning.

InternationalAgatha Bunanta, APSA, GMPSA,

EFIAP/p, Editor • [email protected]

PSA International Print Exhibition (Gallery Show) in Hanoi, Vietnam

PSA, a worldwide organization, held an International Print Exhibition—Gallery Show in Hanoi, Vietnam, in cooperation with Vietnam Association Photographic

Artist (VAPA). There were 147 images displayed from 147 PSA members who reside in 42 countries in six continents.

The exhibition opened on June 2, 2018. PSA International Relationship Vice President, Agatha Bunanta, APSA, GMPSA, and President of VAPA, Vu Khanh, gave speeches at the opening ceremony. After the speeches Agatha presented an engraved crystal globe from PSA to VAPA. The exhibition formally opened with board members from PSA and VAPA cutting a red ribbon.

The gallery show was held for two weeks from June 2 to June 17, 2018 in the VAPA building.

It was a very successful exhibition with many guests attending the opening ceremony, along with representatives from the media.

PSA members attended the exhibition from Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, China, and Canada.

We would like to thank all the PSA members who participated in this exhibition and a special thank you to those who donated prints to PSA after the exhibition.

If you’re interested in participating in a similar exhibition in the future, please contact Agatha Bunanta at [email protected]

By Agatha Bunanta, APSA, GMPSA

Board members of PSA and VAPA cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony. Photo by Edwin Djuanda

Agatha Bunanta presents Vu Khanh with an engraved crystal globe from PSA. Photo by Soerjo Winarto

Beautiful display. Photo © Agatha Bunanta, APSA, GMPSA.

Opening ceremony was well attended. Photo © VAPAEC.

Guests enjoy the exhibition. Photo © Agatha Bunanta, APSA, GMPSA.




ExhibitionsThe Photographic Society of America (PSA) supports a system of recognizing photo competitions for photographers worldwide. In these pages are PSA-recognized exhibitions that have agreed to conform to the PSA Exhibition Standards (ES). A copy of the current ES may be found on the PSA Website (www.psa-photo.org) under Exhibitions. The exhibitions are categorized by recognizing Division and subject interest with the most current closing dates in each Division listed first. PLEASE NOTE: While PSA has recognized the listed exhibitions, it is not involved with the actual running of the exhibitions, nor the selection of the exhibition judges, nor the fee structures of the exhibitions. You should address any questions to the appropriate contact and/or email address included with each exhibition listing as indicated below on “How to Use the Exhibition Listings.”

How to Use the Exhibitions ListingsThe following are the listings of upcoming PSA-recognized international exhibitions. The dates in bold type, under each division heading, are the closing dates for entries to be received.

The exhibition’s name is printed in CAPITAL letters. The exhibition’s website information is incorporated; where no website is available, a contact email is incorporated.

Only PSA members can apply their exhibition acceptances toward PSA Star Ratings, and only acceptances received in exhibitions listed in the PSA Journal are valid. Division Stars are awarded when a member has attained a certain number of acceptances in that Division. For these requirements, and other information, contact the appropriate Star Ratings director listed on the PSA website at http://www.psa-photo.org. Updates to the PSA Star Ratings listings are published quarterly in the PSA Journal.

Every year the PSA Journal publishes PSA’s Who’s Who in Photography, a listing of all exhibitors, whether PSA member or not, who have met or exceeded individual division acceptance requirements during the previous year.

PSA Recommendation—How to Have Your Exhibition ListedIf you’d like to have your exhibition listed on these pages, contact the Exhibition Standards Director for each division that will be a part of your exhibition. The Exhibition Standards Directors, who are listed under the division headings, recognize individual exhibitions and provide these listings. You can also find information on applying for PSA recognition of your exhibition by going to the PSA website (http://www.psa-photo.org) and then clicking on Exhibition>Host Int’l Exhibition. Plan in advance because you must apply at least six months before your exhibition’s intended closing date.

Notice to ExhibitionsAll exhibitions, including those in circuits, that are recognized for listing in the PSA Journal, follow the PSA Exhibition Standards, and whose acceptances thereby become eligible for Star Ratings and PSA’s Who’s Who in Photography, will pay a fee of $25 US per section, per judging, to the appropriate division. This fee entitles the exhibitions to receive complementary PSA Gold Medals to award at the exhibition.

For up-to-date information, please visit the Exhibition Listings on the PSA website at http://www.psa-photo.org

PROJECTED IMAGE Norbert Heil, APSA, MPSA • Email: [email protected] Suman Bhattacharyya, ARPS, EFIAP • Email: [email protected]

PID COLORAll acceptances in this column are credited toward Projected Image Color

Sept. 1, 2018 – VOJVODINA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-353) (Serbia) 5 judgings – 2 Sections: Open; Woman; www.fkns.rs

Sept. 1, 2018 – KAZAKHSTAN DIAGAMMA (PSA 2018-352) (Kazakhstan) 2 sections: Open; Man/Woman/Children; http://fiap-psa-salons.com

Sept. 1, 2018 – POLISH INTERNATIONAL (PSA 2018-301) (Poland) 3 Judgings – 1 section: Open; http://www.fotoferia.com

Sept. 1, 2018 – SIBIU (PSA 2018-320) (Romania) 2 sections: Open; Creative; https://www.sibiuphoto.ro/

Sept. 2, 2018 – GENIUS REFLECTIONS (PSA 2018-292) (United Arab Emirates) 1 Section, Theme: Open; geniousreflections.com

Sept. 2, 2018 – GEORGETOWN (PSA 2018-278) (Malaysia) 1 Section, Theme: Open; www.spp-salon.org

Sept. 3, 2018 - CHITRALEKHA SUPER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-346) (India) 3 judgings, 2 sections: Open, Woman; www.chitralekhasalon.in

Sept. 3, 2018 - MAJESTIC CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-354) (India) 3 judgings,1 section: Open; www.majesticcircuit.in

Sept. 3, 2018 – CHRYSALIS (PSA 2018-363) (Singapore) 1 section, Open; www.drcipa.com

Sept. 5, 2018 - SUPREME CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-295) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.supremecircuit.in

Sept. 7, 2018 – INTERCONTINENTAL CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-361) (Spain) 5 Judgings – 1 section: Open; http://www.intercontinentalcircuit.com

Sept. 9, 2018 – BAKU (PSA 2018-339) (Azerbaijan) 2 sections: Open; People; http://gradacfoto.com/

Sept. 9, 2018 – FJORD-BERGEN (PSA 2018-318) (Norway) 1 section: Open; http://www.fjord-bergen.no

Sept. 10, 2018 – SYDNEY (PSA 2018-373) (Australia) 2 Sections; Open, Creative, http://www.siep.org.au

Sept. 10, 2018 – GERMAN OPEN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-207) (Germany) 4 Judgings, 1 section: Open; http://german-mega-circuit.de/

Sept. 10, 2018 - ORCHID CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-357) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.orchidcircuit.in

Sept. 10, 2018 - INDIAN ROYAL CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-341) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.rconline.in

Sept. 10, 2018 - INDIA GOLDEN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-364) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.goldencircuit.org.in

Sept. 10, 2018 – GOLD CAMERA (PSA 2018-370) (Montenegro) 2 Sections: Open; Woman; http://camera.fotolcinium.com

Sept. 10, 2018 – MONTENEGRO (PSA 2018-371) (Montenegro) 5 Sections: Open; Woman; Nudes; Portrait; Life; www.photoclubmontenegro.com

Sept. 11, 2018 - AUTUMN SUPER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-374) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.jcgsupercircuit.in

Sept. 12, 2018 - PARAMOUNT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-376) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; http://paramountcircuit.in

Sept. 12, 2018 – ZAGREB (PSA 2018-154) (Croatia) 3 Sections: Open; Street; Portrait; www.zagreb-salon-photo.com

Sept. 13, 2018 – BLANK CANVAS (PSA 2018-372) (India) 3 sections: Open, Woman, Child; www.blankcanvas.club

Sept. 13, 2018 – APC SPRING CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-366) (Australia) 2 Sections; Open, Landscape; http://apcexhibition.com

Sept. 14, 2018 – NORTH AMERICAN (PSA 2018-359) (USA) 2 Section; Open, Creative, http://northamericaninternationalexhibition.com

Sept. 15, 2018 – LISBOA (PSA 2018-380) (Portugal) 3 sections: Open; Woman; Portrait; http://www.npslisboa.com

Sept. 16, 2018 - DEEP FOCUS (PSA 2018-340) (India) 1 section: Open; [email protected]

Sept. 16, 2018 – SUNRISE CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-351) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.sunriseclub.in

Sept.17, 2018 – EL ARGENTINO (PSA 2018-350) (Argentina) 2 Sections; Open, Street; http://www.nuevofca.com.ar/el-argentino-2018

Sept. 17, 2018 – VARADINUM (PSA 2018-381) (Romania) 2 sections: Open; Nude; http://www.varadinumfoto.ro/salon

Sept. 18, 2018 – UNIQ-IMAGINATION CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-377) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open: www.shutterbugartsociety.in

Sept. 20, 2018 – DIGITAL PHOTO ARCHIVE (PSA 2018-391) (Ireland) 2 sections: Open; Woman; http://www.digitalphotoarchivelimited.com

Sept. 20, 2018 – PHOTO STORY MACEDONIA (PSA 2018-342) (Macedonia) 3 Sections: Open; Woman; Minimalism; www.photoclubkumanovo.com/photostory

Sept. 20, 2018 – SUMMER SEA SUN (PSA 2018-386) (Croatia) 2 Sections: Open; Child; https://theiaap.com/sun/

Sept. 20, 2018 – SHADOW (PSA 2018-394) (Serbia) 5 Sections: Open; Street; Portrait; Macro; Shadow; www.srbijafoto.rs

Sept. 20, 2018 – LIGHT AND SHADOW (PSA 2018-395) (Montenegro) 2 Sections: Open; Light and Shadow; www.unlimitedphoto.org

Sept. 22, 2018 - BENGAL GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-388) (India) 6 judgings, 2 sections: Open, Man &/or Woman &/or Child; www.fotoclub.co

Sept. 23, 2018 - LENS AND VIEW CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-389) (India) 3 judgings, 2 sections: Open, Woman; www.lensandview.in

Sept. 24, 2018 – FINLAND CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-383) (Finland) 5 Judgings – 1 section: Open; http://www.finlandcircuit.f

Sept. 24, 2018 - PRISM CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-379) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.prismcircuit.in

Sept. 25, 2018 – OMAN 2ND INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CIRCLE (PSA 2018-136) (Oman) 2 sections, Open, Sea; www.omanart.net

Sep 27, 2018 – PHOTO PCA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-397) (Serbia) 3 judgings – 1 Section: Open; www.pca-exhbition.com/photopca/

Sept. 27, 2018 - PHA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-403) (India) 3 judgings, 2 sections: Open, People, www.photohunters.in

Sept. 27, 2018 - FOTOWINNER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-401) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.flashsync.in

Sept. 27, 2018 – LITCHI AFFECTION (PSA 2018-396) (China) 2 sections, Open, Landscape; www.xtsyxh.com

Sept. 30, 2018 – WOJNICZ (PSA 2018-384) (Poland) 2 sections: Open; Portrait; http://www.salon.fotum.org

Sept. 30, 2018 – ADPA INTERNATIONAL (PSA 2018-369) (Australia) 1 Section; Open; www.adpa-photo.com

Sept. 30, 2018 – TRAMONTANA (PSA 2018-402) (Montenegro) 2 Sections: Open; People; www.victory-photo.club


Sept. 30, 2018 - GREAT BANYAN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-375) (India) 5 judgings, 2 sections: Open, People; www.gbcircuit.in

Oct. 1, 2018 – BALKAN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-406) (Serbia) 5 judgings – 1 Section: Open; www.fkk.rs

Oct. 1, 2018 – ISO (PSA 2018-360) (Belgium) 2 sections: Open; Alternative Creativity; http://www.ddcontest.com

Oct. 1, 2018 - FOTOKRAFT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-405) (India) 6 judgings,2 section: Open, City Life; www.jcmcircuits.com

Oct. 1, 2018 - AAP CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-398) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.aapcircuit.org

Oct. 1, 2018 - SINGAPORE (PSA 2018-273) (Singapore) 3 sections, Open, Sreet, People; http://www.sipa.org.sg

Oct. 3, 2018 – ODESSOS (PSA 2018-127) (Bulgaria) 5 sections: Open; Portrait & Body; Landscape; Creative; Action, Movement, Sport; http://www.odessosphoto.org

Oct. 3, 2018 – BANJA LUKA (PSA 2018-412) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2 Sections: Open; Life; www.salon.ufkk.rs.ba

Oct. 5, 2018 - NOWRUZ (PSA 2018-456) (Tajikistan) 3 sections, Open, People, Landscapes; www.NowruzSalon.com

Oct. 7, 2018 – OLYMPIC CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-399) (Greece) 4 Judgings – 1 section: Open; https://olympicphotocircuit.com

Oct. 8, 2018 – NORTHERN COUNTIES (PSA 2018-382) (England) 1 section: Open; http://www.northerncountiessalon.org.uk

Oct. 9, 2018 – DESIRE (PSA 2018-409) (Serbia) 2 Sections: Open; Portrait; www.photobalkan.com

Oct. 9, 2018 – CAMERA OBSCURA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-410) (Serbia) 4 judgings – 1 Section: Open; www.photoclub-danube.com

Oct. 10, 2018 – VUKOVAR (PSA 2018-420) (Croatia) 3 Sections: Open; Woman; Nudes; www.digitalnafotoarhiva.com

Oct. 10, 2018 – PREFOTO (PSA 2018-330) (Serbia) 1 Section: Open; www.prefoto.org

PID monochrome (Details see PID color)All acceptances in this Exhibition column are credited toward Projected Image

MonochromeSept. 1, 2018 – KAZAKHSTAN DIAGAMMA (PSA 2018-352) (Kazakhstan) 1

section: Open; http://fiap-psa-salons.comSept. 1, 2018 – POLISH INTERNATIONAL (PSA 2018-301) (Poland) 3 Judgings –

1 section: Open; http://www.fotoferia.comSept. 1, 2018 – VOJVODINA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-353) (Serbia) 5 judgings – 1

Section: Open; www.fkns.rsSept. 2, 2018 – GENIUS REFLECTIONS (PSA 2018-292) (United Arab Emirates) 1

Section, Theme: Open; geniousreflections.comSept. 2, 2018 – GEORGETOWN (PSA 2018-278) (Malaysia) 1 Section, Theme:

Open; www.spp-salon.orgSept. 3, 2018 – CHITRALEKHA SUPER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-346) (India) 3

judgings, 1 sections: Open; www.chitralekhasalon.inSept. 3, 2018 – MAJESTIC CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-354) (India) 3 judgings,1 section:

Open; www.majesticcircuit.inSept. 3, 2018 – CHRYSALIS (PSA 2018-363) (Singapore) 1 section, Open;

www.drcipa.comSept. 5, 2018 – SUPREME CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-295) (India) 3 judgings, 1

section:Open; www.supremecircuit.inSept. 7, 2018 – INTERCONTINENTAL CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-361) (Spain)

5 Judgings – 1 section: Open; http://www.intercontinentalcircuit.comSept. 9, 2018 – FJORD-BERGEN (PSA 2018-318) (Norway) 1 section: Open;

http://www.fjord-bergen.noSept. 9, 2018 – BAKU (PSA 2018-339) (Azerbaijan) 1 section: Open;

http://gradacfoto.com/Sept. 10, 2018 – SYDNEY (PSA 2018-373) (Australia) 1 Sections; Open,

http://www.siep.org.auSept. 10, 2018 – GERMAN OPEN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-207) (Germany) 4 Judgings

– 1 section: Open; http://german-mega-circuit.de/Sept. 10, 2018 – ORCHID CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-357) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section:

Open; www.orchidcircuit.inSept. 10, 2018 – INDIAN ROYAL CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-341) (India) 3 judgings, 1

section: Open; www.rconline.inSept. 10, 2018 – INDIA GOLDEN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-364) (India) 3 judgings, 1

section: Open; www.goldencircuit.org.inSept. 10, 2018 – GOLD CAMERA (PSA 2018-370) (Montenegro) 1 Section: Open;

http://camera.fotolcinium.comSept. 10, 2018 – MONTENEGRO (PSA 2018-371) (Montenegro) 1 Section: Open;

www.photoclubmontenegro.comSept. 11, 2018 – AUTUMN SUPER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-374) (India) 3 judgings, 1

section: Open; www.jcgsupercircuit.inSept. 12, 2018 – PARAMOUNT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-376) (India) 3 judgings, 1

section: Open; http://paramountcircuit.inSept. 12, 2018 – ZAGREB (PSA 2018-154) (Croatia) 1 Section: Open;

www.zagreb-salon-photo.com

Sept. 13, 2018 -BLANK CANVAS (PSA 2018-372) (India) 3 sections: Open, Child, Light; www.blankcanvas.club

Sept. 13, 2018 – APC SPRING CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-366) (Australia) 1 Section; Open; http://apcexhibition.com

Sept. 14, 2018 – NORTH AMERICAN (PSA 2018-359) (USA) 1 Section; Open, http://northamericaninternationalexhibition.com

Sept. 15, 2018 – LISBOA (PSA 2018-380) (Portugal) 1 section: Open; http://www.npslisboa.com

Sept. 16, 2018 - SUNRISE CIRCUIT(PSA 2018-351) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.sunriseclub.in

Sept. 16, 2018 - DEEP FOCUS (PSA 2018-340) (India) 1 section: Open; [email protected]

Sept. 17, 2018 – VARADINUM (PSA 2018-381) (Romania) 1 section: Open; http://www.varadinumfoto.ro/salon

Sept.17, 2018 – EL ARGENTINO (PSA 2018-350) (ARGENTINA) 1 Sections; Open; http://www.nuevofca.com.ar/el-argentino-2018

Sept. 18, 2018 – UNIQ-IMAGINATION CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-377) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open: www.shutterbugartsociety.in

Sept. 20, 2018 – DIGITAL PHOTO ARCHIVE (PSA 2018-391) (Ireland) 1 section: Open; http://www.digitalphotoarchivelimited.com

Sept. 20, 2018 – PHOTO STORY MACEDONIA (PSA 2018-342) (Macedonia) 1 Section: Open; www.photoclubkumanovo.com/photostory

Sept. 20, 2018 – SUMMER SEA SUN (PSA 2018-386) (Croatia) 1 Section: Open; https://theiaap.com/sun/

Sept. 20, 2018 – SHADOW (PSA 2018-394) (Serbia) 1 Section: Open; www.srbijafoto.rs

Sept. 20, 2018 – LIGHT AND SHADOW (PSA 2018-395) (Montenegro) 1 Section: Open; www.unlimitedphoto.org

Sept. 22, 2018 - BENGAL GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-388) (India) 6 judgings, 2 sections: Open, People; www.fotoclub.co

Sept. 23, 2018 – LENS AND VIEW CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-389) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.lensandview.in

Sept. 24, 2018 – PRISM CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-379) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.prismcircuit.in

Sept. 24, 2018 – FINLAND CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-383) (Finland) 5 Judgings – 1 section: Open; http://www.finlandcircuit.fi

Sept. 25, 2018 – OMAN 2ND INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CIRCLE (PSA 2018-136) (Oman) 2 sections: Open, Sea; www.omanart.net

Sept. 27, 2018 – LITCHI AFFECTION (PSA 2018-396) (China) 1 section, Open; www.xtsyxh.com

Sept. 27, 2018 – PHOTO PCA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-397) (Serbia) 3 judgings – 1 Section: Open; www.pca-exhbition.com/photopca/

Sept. 27, 2018 – PHA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-403) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open, www.photohunters.in

Sept. 27, 2018 – FOTOWINNER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-401) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.flashsync.in

Sept. 30, 2018 – ADPA INTERNATIONAL (PSA 2018-369) (Australia) 1 Section; Open; www.adpa-photo.com

Sept. 30, 2018 – WOJNICZ (PSA 2018-384) (Poland) 1 section: Open; http://www.salon.fotum.org

Sept. 30, 2018 – TRAMONTANA (PSA 2018-402) (Montenegro) 1 Section: Open; www.victory-photo.club

Sept. 30, 2018 - GREAT BANYAN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-375) (India) 5 judgings, 1 sections: Open; www.gbcircuit.in

Oct. 1, 2018 – BALKAN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-406) (Serbia) 5 judgings, 1 Section: Open; www.fkk.rs

Oct. 1, 2018 – ISO (PSA 2018-360) (Belgium) 1 section: Open; http://www.ddcontest.com

Oct. 1, 2018 – FOTOKRAFT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-405) (India) 6 judgings,2 section: Open, City Life; www.jcmcircuits.com

Oct. 1, 2018 – AAP CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-398) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Open; www.aapcircuit.org

Oct. 1, 2018 – SINGAPORE (PSA 2018-273) (Singapore) 1 section, Open; http://www.sipa.org.sg

Oct. 3, 2018 – ODESSOS (PSA 2018-127) (Bulgaria) – 1 section: Open; http://www.odessosphoto.org

Oct. 3, 2018 – BANJA LUKA (PSA 2018-412) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – 1 Section: Open; www.salon.ufkk.rs.ba

Oct. 5, 2018 – NOWRUZ (PSA 2018-456) (Tajikistan) 1 section, Open; www.NowruzSalon.com

Oct. 7, 2018 – OLYMPIC CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-399) (Greece) 4 Judgings – 1 section: Open; https://olympicphotocircuit.com

Oct. 8, 2018 – NORTHERN COUNTIES (PSA 2018-382) (England) 1 section: Open; http://www.northerncountiessalon.org.uk

Oct. 9, 2018 – DESIRE (PSA 2018-409) (Serbia) 1 Section: Open; www.photobalkan.comOct. 9, 2018 – CAMERA OBSCURA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-410) (Serbia) 4 judgings –

1 Section: Open; www.photoclub-danube.comOct. 10, 2018 – VUKOVAR (PSA 2018-420) (Croatia) 1 Section: Open;

www.digitalnafotoarhiva.com


Sept. 27, 2018 – FOTOWINNER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-401) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.flashsync.in

Sept. 27, 2018 – PHOTO PCA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-397) (Serbia) 3 judgings – 1 Section: Nature; www.pca-exhbition.com/photopca/

Sept 30, 2018 – TRAMONTANA (PSA 2018-402) (Montenegro) 1 Section: Nature; www.victory-photo.club

Sept. 30, 2018 – ADPA INTERNATIONAL (PSA 2018-369) (Australia) 1 Section; Nature; www.adpa-photo.com

Sept. 30, 2018 - GREAT BANYAN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-375) (India) 5 judgings, 1 sections: Nature; www.gbcircuit.in

Oct. 1, 2018 – BALKAN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-406) (Serbia) 5 judgings – 1 Section: Nature; www.fkk.rs

Oct. 1, 2018 – FOTOKRAFT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-405) (India) 6 judgings,2 sections: Nature, Wildlife; www.jcmcircuits.com

Oct 1, 2018 – AAP CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-398) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.aapcircuit.org

Oct. 1, 2018 – ISO (PSA 2018-360) (Belgium) 1 section: Nature; www.ddcontest.comOct. 1, 2018 – SINGAPORE (PSA 2018-273) (Singapore) 1 section, Nature;

http://www.sipa.org.sgOct. 3, 2018 – ODESSOS (PSA 2018-127) (Bulgaria) 2 sections: Nature; Wildlife;

http://www.odessosphoto.orgOct. 5, 2018 – TULLE 2018 (PSA 2018-321) (France) 1 section: Print, Nature;

http://www.photoclubasptttulle.comOct. 5, 2018 – NOWRUZ (PSA 2018-456) (Tajikistan) 1 section, Nature;

www.NowruzSalon.comOct. 7, 2018 – OLYMPIC CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-399) (Greece) 4 Judgings – 1

section: Nature; https://olympicphotocircuit.comOct. 8, 2018 – NORTHERN COUNTIES (PSA 2018-382) (England) 1 section:

Nature; http://www.northerncountiessalon.org.ukOct. 9, 2018 – DESIRE (PSA 2018-409) (Serbia) 1 Section: Nature; www.

photobalkan.com

NATURE Marco Garabello, MPSA • Email: [email protected] All acceptances in this Exhibition column are credited to Nature.

PHOTO TRAVEL Brian Magor, APSA, MPSA • Email: [email protected] All acceptances in this Exhibition column are credited to Photo Travel.

Sept. 1, 2018 – KAZAKHSTAN DIAGAMMA (PSA 2018-352) (Kazakhstan) 1 section: Nature; http://fiap-psa-salons.com

Sept. 1, 2018 – SIBIU (PSA 2018-320) (Romania) 1 section: Nature; https://www.sibiuphoto.ro/

Sept. 2, 2018 – GENIUS REFLECTIONS (PSA 2018-292) (United Arab Emirates) 1 Section, Theme: Nature; geniousreflections.com

Sept. 2, 2018 – GEORGETOWN (PSA 2018-261) (Malaysia) 1 Section, Theme: Nature; www.spp-salon.org

Sept. 3, 2018 – MAJESTIC CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-354) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.majesticcircuit.in

Sept. 3, 2018 – CHITRALEKHA SUPER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-346) (India) 3 judgings, 1 sections: Nature; www.chitralekhasalon.in

Sept. 5, 2018 – SUPREME CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-295) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.supremecircuit.in

Sept. 9, 2018 – BAKU (PSA 2018-339) (Azerbaijan) – 1 section: Nature; http://gradacfoto.com/

Sept, 10, 2018 – GOLD CAMERA (PSA 2018-370) (Montenegro) 1 Section: Nature; http://camera.fotolcinium.com

Sept, 10, 2018 – SYDNEY (PSA 2018-373) (Australia) 2 Sections; Open, Wildlife; http://www.siep.org.au

Sept. 10, 2018 – GERMAN OPEN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-207) (Germany) 4 Judgings – 2 sections: Nature; Wildlife; http://german-mega-circuit.de/

Sept. 10, 2018 – ORCHID CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-357) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.orchidcircuit.in

Sept. 10, 2018 – INDIAN ROYAL CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-341) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.rconline.in

Sept. 10, 2018 – INDIA GOLDEN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-364) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.goldencircuit.org.in

Sept. 11, 2018 – AUTUMN SUPER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-374) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.jcgsupercircuit.in

Sept. 12, 2018 – PARAMOUNT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-376) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; http://paramountcircuit.in

Sept. 13, 2018 – BLANK CANVAS (PSA 2018-372) (India) 3 sections: Nature, Birds, Flora & Fauna; www.blankcanvas.club

Sept. 13, 2018 – APC SPRING CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-366) (Australia) 3 Sections; Open,Wildlife, Birds; http://apcexhibition.com

Sept. 14, 2018 – NORTH AMERICAN (PSA 2018-359) (USA) 2 Sections; Open, Wildlife, http://northamericaninternationalexhibition.com

Sept. 15, 2018 – LISBOA (PSA 2018-380) (Portugal) 1 section: Nature; http://www.npslisboa.com

Sept. 16, 2018 - DEEP FOCUS (PSA 2018-340) (India) 1 section: Nature; [email protected]

Sept. 16, 2018 – SUNRISE CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-351) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.sunriseclub.in

Sept. 17, 2018 – VARADINUM (PSA 2018-381) (Romania) 1 section: Nature; http://www.varadinumfoto.ro/salon

Sept. 18, 2018 – UNIQ-IMAGINATION CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-377) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature: www.shutterbugartsociety.in

Sept. 20, 2018 – DIGITAL PHOTO ARCHIVE (PSA 2018-391) (Ireland) 3 sections: Nature; Wildlife; Birds; http://www.digitalphotoarchivelimited.com

Sept. 20, 2018 – PHOTO STORY MACEDONIA (PSA 2018-342) (Macedonia) 1 Section: Nature; www.photoclubkumanovo.com/photostory

Sept. 20, 2018 – SUMMER SEA SUN (PSA 2018-386) (Croatia) 1 Section: Nature; https://theiaap.com/sun/

Sept. 20, 2018 – SHADOW (PSA 2018-394) (Serbia) 3 Sections: Nature; Birds; Flowers; www.srbijafoto.rs

Sept. 20, 2018 – LIGHT AND SHADOW (PSA 2018-395) (Montenegro) 1 Section: Nature; www.unlimitedphoto.org

Sept. 22, 2018 – BELGIAN PHOTO CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-345) (Belgium) 3 Judgings – 1 section: Print Nature; http://www.belgianphotocircuit.be

Sept. 22, 2018 – NATIONAL INSECT (PSA 2018-358) (USA) 1 Section; Nature (Insects and Relatives); www.peoriacameraclub.com

Sept. 22, 2018 - BENGAL GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-388) (India) 6 judgings,1 section: Nature; www.fotoclub.co

Sept. 23, 2018 – LENS AND VIEW CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-389) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.lensandview.in

Sept. 24, 2018 – PRISM CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-379) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature; www.prismcircuit.in

Sept. 25, 2018 – OMAN 2ND INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CIRCLE (PSA 2018-136) (Oman) 2 sections, Open, Mono; www.omanart.net

Sept. 27, 2018 – LITCHI AFFECTION (PSA 2018-396) (China) 1 section, Nature; www.xtsyxh.com

Sept. 27, 2018 – PHA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-403) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Nature, www.photohunters.in

Sept. 1, 2018 – KAZAKHSTAN DIAGAMMA (PSA 2018-352) (Kazakhstan) 1 section: Travel; http://fiap-psa-salons.com

Sept. 2, 2018 – GENIUS REFLECTIONS (PSA 2018-292) (United Arab Emirates) 1 Section, Theme: Open; geniousreflections.com

Sept. 2, 2018 – GEORGETOWN (PSA 2018-261) (Malaysia) 1 Section, Theme: Travel; www.spp-salon.org

Sept. 3, 2018 – CHITRALEKHA SUPER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-346) (India) 3 judgings, 1 sections: Travel; www.chitralekhasalon.in

Sept. 3, 2018 – MAJESTIC CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-354) (India) 3 judgings,1 section: Travel; www.majesticcircuit.in

Sept. 3, 2018 – CHRYSALIS (PSA 2018-363) (Singapore) 1 section, Travel; www.drcipa.com

Sept. 5, 2018 – SUPREME CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-295) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.supremecircuit.in

Sept. 7, 2018 – INTERCONTINENTAL CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-361) (Spain) 5 Judgings – 1 section: Travel; http://www.intercontinentalcircuit.com

Sept. 9, 2018 – FJORD-BERGEN (PSA 2018-318) (Norway) 1 section: Travel; http://www.fjord-bergen.no

Sept. 9, 2018 – BAKU (PSA 2018-339) (Azerbaijan) 1 section: Travel; http://gradacfoto.com/

Sept. 10, 2018 – GOLD CAMERA (PSA 2018-370) (Montenegro) 1 Section: Travel; http://camera.fotolcinium.com

Sept. 10, 2018 – ORCHID CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-357) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.orchidcircuit.in

Sept. 10, 2018 – INDIAN ROYAL CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-341) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.rconline.in

Sept. 10, 2018 – INDIA GOLDEN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-364) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.goldencircuit.org.in

Sept. 11, 2018 – AUTUMN SUPER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-374) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.jcgsupercircuit.in

Sept. 12, 2018 – PARAMOUNT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-376) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; http://paramountcircuit.in

Sept. 13, 2018 -BLANK CANVAS (PSA 2018-372) (India) 3 sections: Travel, Humans, Places; www.blankcanvas.club

Sept. 13, 2018 – APC SPRING CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-366) (Australia) 3 Sections; Open, People, City Life; http://apcexhibition.com

Sept. 15, 2018 – LISBOA (PSA 2018-380) (Portugal) 1 section: Travel; http://www.npslisboa.com

Sept. 16, 2018 - SUNRISE CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-351) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.sunriseclub.in

Sept. 16, 2018 – DEEP FOCUS (PSA 2018-340) (India) 1 section: Travel; [email protected]


PHOTOJOURNALISM Keith Gillett, EPSA • Email: [email protected] All acceptances in this Exhibition column are credited to Photojournalism.

PICTORIAL PRINT J.D. McClung • Email: [email protected] All acceptances in this Exhibition column are credited to Pictorial Print.

3D Greg Duncan, MPSA, SPSA, EFIAP/s • Email: [email protected] All acceptances in this Exhibition column are credited to 3D.

Sept. 17, 2018 – VARADINUM (PSA 2018-381) (Romania) 1 section: Travel; http://www.varadinumfoto.ro/salon

Sept. 17, 2018 – EL ARGENTINO (PSA 2018-350) (Argentina) 1 Sections; Open; http://www.nuevofca.com.ar/el-argentino-2018

Sept. 18, 2018 - UNIQ-IMAGINATION CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-377) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel: www.shutterbugartsociety.in

Sept. 20, 2018 – DIGITAL PHOTO ARCHIVE (PSA 2018-391) (Ireland) 3 sections: Travel; People; City Life; http://www.digitalphotoarchivelimited.com

Sept. 20, 2018 – PHOTO STORY MACEDONIA (PSA 2018-342) (Macedonia) – 2 Sections: Travel; Streets; www.photoclubkumanovo.com/photostory

Sept. 20, 2018 – SUMMER SEA SUN (PSA 2018-386) (Croatia) 1 Section: Travel; https://theiaap.com/sun/

Sept. 20, 2018 – SHADOW (PSA 2018-394) (Serbia) 1 Section: Travel; www.srbijafoto.rs

Sept. 20, 2018 – LIGHT AND SHADOW (PSA 2018-395) (Montenegro) – 1 Section: Travel; www.unlimitedphoto.org

Sept. 22, 2018 - BENGAL GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-388) (India) 6 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.fotoclub.co

Sept. 23, 2018 – LENS AND VIEW CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-389) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.lensandview.in

Sept. 24, 2018 – PRISM CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-379) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.prismcircuit.in

Sept. 27, 2018 - PHA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-403) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel, www.photohunters.in

Sept. 27, 2018 – FOTOWINNER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-401) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.flashsync.in

Sept. 27, 2018 – PHOTO PCA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-397) (Serbia) 3 judgings – 1 Section: Travel; www.pca-exhbition.com/photopca

Sept. 27, 2018 – PHOTO PCA CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-397) (Serbia) 3 judgings – 1 Section: Travel; www.pca-exhibition

Sept. 27, 2018 – LITCHI AFFECTION (PSA 2018-396) (China) 1 section, Travel; www. xtsyxh.com

Sept. 30, 2018 – TRAMONTANA (PSA 2018-402) (Montenegro) – 1 Section: Travel; www.victory-photo.club

Sept. 30, 2018 - GREAT BANYAN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-375) (India) 5 judgings, 1 sections: Travel; www.gbcircuit.in

Sept. 30, 2018 – ADPA INTERNATIONAL (PSA 2018-369) (Australia) 1 Section; Travel; www.adpa-photo.com

Oct. 1, 2018 – FOTOKRAFT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-405) (India) 6 judgings,1 section: Travel; www.jcmcircuits.com

Oct. 1, 2018 – AAP CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-398) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Travel; www.aapcircuit.org

Oct. 1, 2018 – SINGAPORE (PSA 2018-273) (Singapore) 1 section, Travel; http://www.sipa.org.sg

Oct. 3, 2018 – BANJA LUKA (PSA 2018-412) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – 1 Section: Travel; www.salon.ufkk.rs.ba

Oct. 3, 2018 – ODESSOS (PSA 2018-127) (Bulgaria) 3 sections: Travel; Emotion & Human Relations; Street Life, Architecture&CityScapes; http://www.odessosphoto.org

Oct. 5, 2018 – TULLE 2018 (PSA 2018-321) (France) 1 section: Print, Travel; http://www.photoclubasptttulle.com

Oct. 5, 2018 – NOWRUZ (PSA 2018-456) (Tajikistan) 1 section, Travel; www.NowruzSalon.com

Oct. 7, 2018 – OLYMPIC CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-399) (Greece) 4 Judgings – 1 section: Travel; https://olympicphotocircuit.com

Oct. 8, 2018 – NORTHERN COUNTIES (PSA 2018-382) (England) 1 section: Travel; http://www.northerncountiessalon.org.uk

Oct. 9, 2018 – DESIRE (PSA 2018-409) (Serbia) – 1 Section: Travel; www.photobalkan.com

Sept. 1, 2018 – KAZAKHSTAN DIAGAMMA (PSA 2018-352) (Kazakhstan) 1 section: Life; http://fiap-psa-salons.com

Sept. 3, 2018 - MAJESTIC CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-354) (India) 3 judgings,1 section: Photojournalism; www.majesticcircuit.in

Sept. 5, 2018 – SUPREME CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-295) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Photojournalism; www.supremecircuit.in

Sept. 10, 2018 - ORCHID CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-357) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Photojournalism; www.orchidcircuit.in

Sept. 10, 2018 - INDIAN ROYAL CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-341) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Photojournalism; www.rconline.in

Sept. 10, 2018 – GOLD CAMERA (PSA 2018-370) (Montenegro) 1 Section: Photojournalism; http://camera.fotolcinium.com

Sept. 12, 2018 - PARAMOUNT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-376) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Photojournalism; hhttp://paramountcircuit.in

Sept. 13, 2018 – APC SPRING CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-366) (Australia) 3 Sections; Open, Sport, Child; http://apcexhibition.com

Sept. 18, 2018 – UNIQ-IMAGINATION CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-377) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Photojournalism: www.shutterbugartsociety.in

Sept. 20, 2018 – DIGITAL PHOTO ARCHIVE (PSA 2018-391) (Ireland) 3 sections: Photojournalism; Sport; Child; http://www.digitalphotoarchivelimited.com

Sept. 20, 2018 – PHOTO STORY MACEDONIA (PSA 2018-342) (Macedonia) 2 Sections: Photojournalism; Life; www.photoclubkumanovo.com/photostory

Sept. 20, 2018 – SUMMER SEA SUN (PSA 2018-386) (Croatia) 1 Section: Photojournalism; https://theiaap.com/sun/

Sept. 20, 2018 – SHADOW (PSA 2018-394) (Serbia) 2 Sections: Photojournalism; Child; www.srbijafoto.rs

Sept. 20, 2018 – LIGHT AND SHADOW (PSA 2018-395) (Montenegro) 1 Section: People; www.unlimitedphoto.org

Sept. 24, 2018 – FINLAND CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-383) (Finland) 5 Judgings – 1 section: Photojournalism; http://www.finlandcircuit.fi

Sept. 27, 2018 - FOTOWINNER CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-401) (India) 3 judgings, 1 section: Photojournalism; www.flashsync.in

Sept. 27, 2018 – LITCHI AFFECTION (PSA 2018-396) (China) 1 section, Photojournalism; www.xtsyxh.com

Sept. 30, 2018 - GREAT BANYAN CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-375) (India) 5 judgings, 1 sections: Photojournalism; www.gbcircuit.in

Oct. 1, 2018 - FOTOKRAFT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-405) (India) 6 judgings,1 section: Photo journalism; www.jcmcircuits.com

Oct. 3, 2018 – ODESSOS (PSA 2018-127) (Bulgaria) 1 section: Photojournalism; http://www.odessosphoto.org

Oct. 9, 2018 – DESIRE (PSA 2018-409) (Serbia) 1 Section: Photojournalism; www.photobalkan.com

Oct. 10, 2018 – NYSCC (PSA 2018-423) (USA) 1 Section; Open, www.nyscameraclub.com

Sept. 7, 2018 – CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE (PSA 2018-362) (USA) 3 sections: DIGITAL (Open) PRINTS (Open) SLIDES (Open); http://www.chicagostereocameraclub.org

Sept. 10, 2018 – THIRD DIMENSION SOCIETY (PSA 2018-349) (England) 2 sections: DIGITAL(Altered Reality, Reality); www.thirddimensionsociety.org

Sept. 17, 2018 – DETROIT STEREO (PSA 2018-385) (USA) 3 sections: DIGITAL (Open, Transportation) SLIDES(Open); www.detroit3d.org

Oct. 8, 2018 – CASCADE (PSA 2018-287) (USA) 3 sections: DIGITAL(Open, Altered Reality, Landscapes/seascapes/cityscapes); www.3dpdx.org

LARGE PRINTS Sept. 16, 2018 – DEEP FOCUS (PSA 2018-340) (India) 2 sections: Open Color,

Open Mono; [email protected]. 22, 2018 – BELGIAN PHOTO CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-345) (Belgium) 3 Judgings

– 2 sections: Color Open; Mono Open; http://www.belgianphotocircuit.beOct. 5, 2018 – TULLE 2018 (PSA 2018-321) (France) 2 sections: Color Open;

Mono Open; http://www.photoclubasptttulle.comNov. 8, 2018 – SMETHWICK (PSA 2018-446) (England) 2 sections: Color Open;

Mono Open; http://www.smethwickinternational.comNov. 9, 2018 – TORONTO (PSA 2018-442) (Canada) 2 Sections; Colour,

Monochrome; http://salon.torontocameraclub.com Dec. 31, 2018 – AFAN (PSA 2018-526) (Saudi Arabia) 2 sections, Large Mono,

Large Color; http://www.afanexhibition.comJan. 14, 2019 – MAITLAND (PSA 2019-002) (Australia) 2 Sections; Open Color,

Open Monochrome; www.maitlandsalon.org

SMALL PRINTSSept. 7, 2018 – LATERNA MAGICA SMALL PRINT (PSA 2018-400) (Denmark) 3

sections: Color Open; Color Lanterna Magica; Mono Open; http://www.lanternamagica.dk/

Oct. 6, 2018 – SOLWAY SMALL PRINT SALON (PSA 2018-390) (England) – 4 section: Color Open; Color Landscape; Mono Open; Mono People; http://www.westcumbriaphotogroup.co.uk

Nov. 19, 2018 – ARIZONA CHAPTER PRINT CIRCUIT (PSA 2018-465) (USA) 2 Sections; Color, OPEN, SCAPES; 2 Sections; Mono OPEN, PEOPLE; www.psaarizonachapter.com

Dec. 3, 2018 – YORKSHIRE (PSA 2018-476) (England) 3 sections: Color Open; Color Landscape; Mono Open; http://www.yorkshiresalon.co.uk


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Larry Cowles, FPSA, GMPSA/P

BackyardIn My

Have you seen our new series of articles entitled In My Backyard? It’s not literally what’s in your backyard but an area near where you live that you have photographed and know very well and would like to share this area with other PSA members. The first was Doug Finch’s article highlighting the Wichita Mountain National Wildlife Refuge that appeared in the February 2018 PSA Journal. I would like to invite you to write an article about an area near you. It could be a nature area, large event or other photogenic area. Give us the What, When and Why we would want to photograph this location. We don’t want locations such as National Parks, they have already been written about many times. Articles should be 800-1200 words. Send an email to Larry Cowles FPSA, GMPSA/P, Managing Editor, at [email protected] to discuss your ideas. This is your chance to be published in the PSA Journal and share your favorite area.


Pictorial Print of the Month

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Robert Royer, of Edmonton, Alberta, a new member this year, wins again with his first place Color Print Winter Flowers. Our judge, Eugene Morita, says: “This is a stunning image. It’s very simple and well organized. The sharp focus winter flowers in the foreground with the more distant flower blurred by selective focusing draws your attention. The dots of gold of the flowers repeat throughout the picture. It’s easy to appreciate this wonderful image. This image simply works.”

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