Photochrome Camera Club

The annual banquet promises to be a fun evening of gourmet dining and a slide show!  The entertainment begins at 6:30 PM, Friday, December 9th at 350 Rhode Island @ 16th St, San Francisco

Menu:

PHOTOCHROME BANQUET - MENU
Appetizer: Scampi risotto
Salad: Beet and citrus salad
Entrée - Choice of:
Filet mignon,
with bordelaise, spaghetti squash and mashed potato
Halibut,
with rice pilaf, swiss chard, saffron cream sauce
Roast chicken with gnocchi and root vegetables
3 Squash ravioli with brown butter and sage
Dessert buffet Chef’s Choice

The cost is $40 per person. Please return your order with payment either at one of out meetings or to the address on the slip. While you’re doing that why not renew your membership for next year?

Image of the Year 2011: Alice Steele - Sailing

Last Saturday was our Image Fest competition. Below you can find a link to galleries for all the placing images. Congratulations to all our winners, especially Alice Steele who won image of the year.

Image Fest 2011: Creative

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Image Fest 2011: Travel

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: Pictorial

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: Photo Journalism

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: National Park

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: Landscape

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: Floral

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: Rose

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: Nature

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: Portrait

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: Mono

5 Photos

Image Fest 2011: San Francisco

5 Photos

Some images from our November 3rd meeting at which the theme was Minimalism:

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Former Photochrome member Glady Clary passed away on November 3rd, 2011. She was ninety six years old and had been a Photochrome member since the 1940s. To those of us who knew her contribution and work at Photochrome her passing represents the end of an era.

Image-Fest 2011, Saturday, November 19 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM with lunch!

All Member Competition

Do you miss regular competition for your images? If so, you will be able to get your fix at our end of the year competition, Saturday November 19. Mark your calendars now. Although you may simply submit your images, you are encouraged to attend the competition. Those who did last year stayed till the very end. The competition will be judged by outside officials. Three judges will be assigned for each category. All images will be projected. No comments from judges, just viewing and ranking. This event will be a feast for your eyes!

Each member may enter four images in each of the following categories:

Pictorial, Nature, Photo Travel, Photo Journalism, and Creative images. Awards for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th places will be given out at the end of the year for each of these competitions. All winning images and the Image of the Year will be presented in a slide show at the Annual Banquet. Start putting your best in a folder. If you submit the maximum number of images allowed we are talking 48 images each. Go for it!
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Image-Fest 2011, Saturday, November 19 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM with lunch!

All Member Competition

Do you miss regular competition for your images? If so, you will be able to get your fix at our end of the year competition, Saturday November 19. Mark your calendars now. Although you may simply submit your images, you are encouraged to attend the competition. Those who did last year stayed till the very end. The competition will be judged by outside officials. Three judges will be assigned for each category. All images will be projected. No comments from judges, just viewing and ranking. This event will be a feast for your eyes!

Each member may enter four images in each of the following categories:

Pictorial, Nature, Photo Travel, Photo Journalism, and Creative images. Awards for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th places will be given out at the end of the year for each of these competitions. All winning images and the Image of the Year will be presented in a slide show at the Annual Banquet. Start putting your best in a folder. If you submit the maximum number of images allowed we are talking 48 images each. Go for it!

Each member may submit four images in each of these special categories:

• Jack Cannon Perpetual Trophy – Best image of a recognizable San Francisco Subject
• The Walter F. Sullivan Memorial Award – Best Landscape or Seascape
• The Jules H Strauss Memorial Award – Best image of a Floral Subject
• The Dr. J. Humberto Arrieta Memorial Award - Best Portrait
• The Roy Humphries Memorial Award – Best image containing a Rose
• The Jaques & Margot Segal Award – Best image of a National Park or Monument
• New for 2010: Best Monochromatic image - Best black and white (no duo-tones(+), isolated color or muted color images)

Rules & Deadlines:

Naming conventions—All Entries:

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Categories are:

• P—Pictorial
• N —Nature
• C —Creative
• PJ —Photojournalism
• T —Travel

Specials:

• Recognizable San Francisco subject —SF
• Landscape or Seascape —LandSea
• Floral Subject —Floral
• Portrait —Portrait
• Rose — Rose
• National Park or Monument —NatPark
• Monochromatic — Mono

Special Rules:

For Pictorial, Nature, Photo Travel, Photo Journalism, and Creative— Image-Fest uses N4C definitions. They may be found on the www.n4c.org website.

Deadline (no exceptions):

Submit digital images by NOVEMBER 12 to: photochromeprojectionist@gmail.com
If you have questions feel free to ask the coordinator of the Image-Fest, Stacy Boorn: sboorn@aol.com