Congratulations!

This year's WCG Shutterbug "People's Favorite" is

Neda

By Harolyn Castleberry

Congratulations!

Shutterbugs to meet on October 9th

The West Central Georgia Shutterbugs will hold their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 9th, 6:30 p.m., at the Thomaston-Upson Arts Council (TUAC) Gallery, located on the square. An exciting program, “Tips and Techniques for Taking Better Photos,” is planned, as well as the announcement of which photo earned the “People’s Choice Award” during the group’s recent exhibit at TUAC. Visitors are always invited to attend the meetings and learn alongside members.
Shutterbugs have been busy. Several entered the photography contest at The Rock Ranch on September 29th, and Harolyn Castleberry received a third place award there. Marcia Fisher and Johnnie Ann Gaskill each had one photo that was juried into an exhibit at Arts Clayton in Jonesboro and are eagerly waiting to hear how their photos fared during the judging process. That exhibit, which is held annually in conjunction with “Atlanta Celebrates Photography,” will be open during October. Several Shutterbugs submitted entries to the Georgia National Fair, which will be held October 4-14th. Shutterbugs hope to bring home many awards, as they’ve done in the past.
Fawne DeRosia and Malgorzata Florkowska were juried into the 2007 SlowExposures, held in Concord during the last two weekends in September. Malgorzata’s photo received a first place award, and Fawne’s photo was purchased. Several of Johnnie Ann Gaskill’s photos have been posted on http://www.pikecountytimes.com/, and the editor has graciously posted this link to the Shutterbugs’ blogspot: http://www.wcgshutterbugs.blogspot.com/. Nine members have photo galleries posted on the web. Their names are listed on the blogspot so that visitors to the site can click on their names and see some of the beautiful photos taken by Shutterbugs.

Photo Events Coming Up

This Weekend: The last weekend of SlowExposures! Check out the Schedule on the SlowExposures site. Congratulations Malgorzata Florkowska! She won First Place in the West Central Georgia Category for her photo titled, "Ties That Bind".

October 4th, 2007: 2007 Juried Photography Show & Competition at Arts Clayton opens! The opening reception & awards presentation is Thursday, October 4, 2007 - 5:30-7:30pm - Free! The exhibit will be on display October 1-October 26, 2007. Two of our very own Shutterbugs will be on display: Johnnie Ann Gaskill & Marcia Fisher.

October 19th, 2007: The opening reception for About Face, an exhibit of portraits by 17 photographers depicting the diversity of human relationships, at A Novel Experience in Zebulon. 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Informative Links!

Here's a list of links I jotted down during tonight's Shutterbug meeting.
Photo printing websites:

• winkflash.com
• shutterfly.com
• mpix.com

Upcoming events for interesting photography:

• Fall Family Fun Days at the Rock Ranch
• Buggy Days in Barnesville
• Wildflower Hikes at Panola State Park
• The Cotton Pickin' Fair in Gay, Georgia
• Stone Mountain Park's 5th Annual Pumpkin Festival

Check out the Top 20 Events by the Southeast Tourism Society!

And a list of most of the Georgia Festivals and Events.

And don't forget! Photography classes with Jim Henderson at Callaway Gardens.

Some Pictures of the TUAC Exhibit

Is everyone excited for the reception? I know I am! I also can't wait to see the article in the newspaper.

P.S. You can click on the images to make them bigger.