Photography Club
Sun City Texas
Competition SIG
Burton Anes: page 91 of the July Sun Rays with his photos of the recent automobile show in Sun City Click here
Jim Bilbro: had his photograph selected as the cover for the July issue of the Sun Rays. Click here
Burton Anes: has 2 photos hanging at the top of the stairs at the Palace Theatre. Both are photos of the outside of the Palace Theatre. One of them was chosen to be watermark printed on the front of the year’s season tickets.
Wes Odell had his photograph, "Three Trophies", of three white
water lilies selected as the cover for the June issue of the Sun Rays.
Linda Chubb: the following awards from the Photographic Society of America (PSA)
Third Place in the Mono Print Division in August 2009 for "When Mom's Unhappy, Everyone is Unhappy"
Third Place in February 2010 for "Suspicious Eyes" also in the Mono Print Division.
Honorable Mention for November 2009 for "Which Door" in the Color Print Division
Honorable Mention for January 2010 "Yum Yum" in the Color Print Division
Honorable Mention for March 2010 "Archways" in the Mono Print Division click here
New Photo Exhibit at Georgetown Hospital in May 2010
City of Richardson Photography Contest Winners 4-2010
Round Rock Art Guild’s “Imagine” Contest Winners 4-201
The Williamson County Art Guild’s Photo Art contest, “Painting with Pixels,” click here
Wes Odell March Cover of Sun Ray's click here
The results of the City of Richardson's Photo Contest have been announced. Four Sun City Photo Club members each won two awards.
Vicki Martin Proficient Division 3rd Place Children (color)
Vicki Martin Proficient Division Hon Men People (color
Wes Odell Proficient Division 2nd Place People (Black and White)
Wes Odell Proficient Division Hon Men Waterscape (Black and White)
Ruby Pecot Adult Division 1st Place Abstract (color)
Ruby Pecot Adult Division Hon Men Architecture (color)
Holly Moore Adult Division 1st Place Composite (color)
Holly Moore Adult Division Hon Men Still Life (color)
Burton Anes: Congratulations! Your photo 'Strolling Past the Taj Mahal' Placed 2nd in the Magnificient Monuments challenge. http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=2459
Holly Moore: won an 2nd Place Color Print in the PSA Picture of the Month Contest for January with her Color image "Seriously Greece". http://www.psaphoto.org/pom-gallery/colorgallery.htm
Burton Anes: Congratulations! Your photo '"Mushroom" Cloud' placed Equal 4th in the Spectacular Skies challenge
Wes Odell: North American Cougar -- the Big Cat' placed 27th out of 448 in the Cats! challenge.
Burton Anes: Water Fountain' placed 5th in the Brightness Contrast challenge
Wes Odell: placed 21st out of 100 in the dpreview's Challenge with a Subject of "Lakes" with his image of a Fly Fisherman before Dawn in the Tetons. http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=196098
Wes Odell: 7th place out of 123 entries....in the 'Prayer' challenge ondpreview The dpreview challenges team
Linda Chubb: This is the picture I won an Honorable Mention for PSA.
Wes Odell: 6th place in the 'Doors of interest' challenge on dpreview out of 90 total entries http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=184229
Burton Anes: placed 4th with his image "Round and Round they go..." in the DPreview.com , Stairs and People Challenge. http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=182988&View=Results&Rows=4
Burton Anes: placed 13th out of 203 entries with his image, "A Beautiful Day Outside" in the DPreview.com , Through your Window challenge. http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=2324
Wes Odell: won an Honorable Mention in the PSA Picture of the Month Contest for September with his Black & White image of the rear view of the Mission Church in Taos, New Mexico.
Burton Anes: received a fourth place in the Blurry Street Shots challenge with his image "Whoops!". You can see the image at dpreview's site http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=2193
Charlie Welsh received an Honorable Mention for his photo "Shadows of our Former Selves" in the Georgetown Fall Art Hop 2009. Charlie was one of sixteen photographers that took a winning place in the Competition. And the only Photography Club member as well. Congratulations Charlie.
Burton Anes' photo "Begging Hand" placed 5th out of 98 entries in the Dpreview.com Hands Challenge. You can see the image at the following link http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=167474 .
July Sun rays cover.....Fireworks from Dale's Essenhaus in Walburg by Wes Odell.
Wes Odell won 2nd place in the PSA August Picture of the Month, Monochrome Gallery, for his image, "National Cemetery of the Pacific". And we're happy to see Linda Chubb take 3rd place in the PSA August Picture of the Month, Monochrome Gallery, with her image "When Mom's Unhappy, Everyone is Unhappy". These images and other winners can be seen at the following link http://www.psaphoto.org/pom-gallery/monogallery.htm
At the Fall Library Show of the Williamson County Art Guild, in the Photography Division Wes Odell won First Place for his photograph
"After the Storm," and Holly Moore won Third Place for her
photography "Autumn in Neverland" photograph.
Wes Odell had a photograph published in the Park City, Utah
"Record" (newspaper) of two kids in a Junior Sailing Days event.
Burton Anes has taken on another "challenge" and his photo "Rose from a Different Viewpoint". It placed 14th in the Flower Power dpreview.com challenge. It can be viewed at http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=2116
Burton Anes' image, "Blue Tunnel Houston Museum placed 4th in the Dpreview.com Blue Challenge. The photo can be seen at http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=2091 .
Burton Anes was one of three winners in the Palace Theatre Art Contest. Burton's photo of the Palace Entryway will be the watermark on the 2009 - 2010 season tickets. Burton will have the original photo and others he entered hanging as an exhibit in the Palace Theatre.
Wes Odell won a 4th Place in the 2009 Texas State Fair's Photography Contest for his color picture of an Osprey coming in for a landing at its nest. This was in the "Birds and Insects Color" Category.
Wes Odell received notification of an HM in the PSA Pictorial Print of the Month for July. The image is "Three Trophies," a color picture of three white water lillies. This is in addition to the earlier posting of a 1st and a 3rd in the same competition for Mono prints.
Each year all the PSA Green Eagle winners from the preceding 12 months enter their Green Eagle images in a "Year 2009" contest of just these winning images. Wes Odell won a first in the Monochrome prints category for "Norse Texas Springtime", and was in a three way tie for first in the Color prints category with his "Park City Barn in Winter" and "On the Way to Vespers." Wes is the only photographer to have winning images in both the Color and Monochrome categories.
Georgetown Art Works, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts in the City of Georgetown, Texas, announces a call for artists for the Fall Art Hop, a juried art show and stroll, to be held October 2nd – 30th, 2009, in the historic district of Georgetown, Texas. Original works by painters/mixed media artists, photographers and printmakers are accepted.
The following members of the Photography Club have been accepted to exhibit in the Fall Art Hop: Linda Chubb, Ruby Pecot, Holly Moore, Charlie Welsh, Tom Ommen, Barbara Wilder, Wes Odell
Wes Odell received two awards for the July 2009 PSA Picture of the Month, Monochrome category. Wes received 1st place for his image, "A Busy Painter at the San Antonio Mission" and 3rd place for his image, "After the Storm, Zion N.P." Both images can be viewed at the following PSA link http://www.psaphoto.org/pom-gallery/monogallery.htm
Two of our members have completed the PSA Individualized Photography Course offered to new PSA members. Holly Moore and Randall Best continue to challenged through their participation in PSA events and have been acknowledged as having some of the best work of new members.
Others continue to benefit from the PSA New Member Services. Take a look at the First Year Members Gallery, there is inspiration from participants all over the world. Check out the Gallery images by our Photography Club members:
Charlie Welsh has his image, "Rising" in the March 2009 PSA First Year Members Gallery.
http://psa-newmember.org/first_year_gallery/march.html
Linda Chubb has her image, "Mexic-Art Museum Door" in the May 2009 PSA First Year Members Gallery.
http://psa-newmember.org/first_year_gallery/may.html
Fred Adsit has his image, "First Yellow and White Daffodils" in the June 2009 First Year Members Gallery.
http://psa-newmember.org/first_year_gallery/june.html
Rich Hallen has his image, "Guitars" in the July 2009 First Year Members Gallery.
http://psa-newmember.org/first_year_gallery/july.html
Wes Odell received a Green Eagle Certificate for his Black and White image of "Half Dome" (in Yosemite). This image was submitted as part of the PSA American Portfolios. click here
Wes Odell received Honorable Mention in the June 2009 PSA Picture of the Month, for his color image "A Perfect Water Lily". click here
Burton Anes placed ninth in Dpreview's "Working Stuff" Challenge. Burton's image, "Near the end of a long day" can viewed at the following link, http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=1969
Wes Odell received third place in the Mono category of the PSA Picture of the Month June 2009 Competition. His image "Just Before Freeze-up" can be viewed at the following link, http://www.psaphoto.org/pom-gallery/monogallery.htm
Barbara Wilder had a photo Published in the July 2009 issue of "Texas Highways". It is on page nine and is a photo taken at the Gault Archaelogical Dig in Florence, TX. The photo features archaeologist Danni Davies from England. click here Congratulations Barbara.
Burton Anes came in 47 of 363 with his "Autumn in Poughkeepsie" photo in the Dpreview.com Four Seasons Challenge. Burton's photo can be seen at the following link - http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=123291&View=Results&Rows=4
Wes Odell received Honorable Mention for his Black and White - "Guess Who Came Last Night?" in the May 2009 PSA Picture of the Month. click here
Burton Anes was was awarded 3rd Place in the Dpreview International Challenge. The topic was "Crying".
Wes Odell received two Green Eagle Certificates from PSA in their Color Portfolio Study Group. One was for his "Park City Barn" in April and the second was for his "On the Way to Vespers" in May. This is part of the PSA Pictorial Print Division's American Portfolios Study Group program.
Larry Mart had his image, "A Very Red Rose" accepted in the Flower Power Exhibit at the Carol Watson Gallery in Johnson City, TX. The Exhibit ran from May 2nd thru May 23rd, 2009. To view the gallery newsletter about the the exhibit and winners, please click on this link http://www.lostcanuck.com/studio/Newsletter11/wsg_nl11.html
Wes Odell just received a Third Place in the Monochrome Picture of the Month Contest of the Photographic Society of America for the month of April 2009. The image is a "pen and ink" rendition of a deserted homestead in Southern Idaho, titled "Gone Are the People - The Homesteaders."
Burton Anes 'Cambodian Flower' placed 12th in the found framed international challenge by dpreview.com. Some of you may remember, this was the same photo Burton submitted in our PC January 2009 SOM critique - Competition/Framing the Subject. Congratulations Burton.
Wes Odell had his image of the Veterans' Plaza selected for the cover of the May "Sun Rays." In March, his picture of Columbines was the cover selection.
Wes Odell won a Third Place in the Photographic Society of America’s Monthly Picture of the Month (Monochrome) “Water Lilly,” and an Honorable Mention in Color, “She’ll be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain,” both in the month of March.
Burton Anes received 4th place for his image, "Sweeper in Blue", in the Dpreview International Photo Challenge - challenge subject - "Rubbish". Congratulations Burton, not many of us would be willing to compete in such an interesting challenge. The image and more information on the challenges can be found at the following link.
Wes Odell received a 3rd Place in the March 2009 PSA Photo of the Month -Mono for his image "Water Lilly". The winning images can be seen at the following link. http://www.psaphoto.org/pom-gallery/monogallery.htm
Roy McDonald recently won the People's Choice Award for his image, "On A Clear Day", sponsored by the Williamson County Art Guild at the Framer's Gallery on First Friday March 2009.
Wes Odell had two Honorable Mentions in the Photographic Society of America's Photograph of the Month Competition for February 2009. One for Black & White and one for color.
Holly Moore received two awards in the 2009 City of Richardson Photography Contest. Holly received Third place in the Composited Category for "The Woodsman" and Honorable mention in the People Category for "Morning Sun in Beijing". All winning photos will be exhibited in the Richardson Public Library - 3rd floor thru February 24, 2009.
Ron Addison received 2008 Photograph of the Year from the Fr. Myers, Florida Camera Club for his image "Michigan Web". His winning photograph can be seen in the newsletter at this link http://www.ftmyerscc.com/Newsletters/2008 03 27 Num 6.pdf . Ron also received two awards from the Naples, Florida Camera Club. Ron received First Place for 2008 Nature Photograph of the year for his image "Michigan Web" and First Place for 2008 Creative Photograph of the year for his image "Snow Globe Rose".
Wes Odell has received first place for his monochorme print "Gone are the People - The Barber" in the December 2008, Picture of the Month PSA Competition. The winning Picture of the month prints can be viewed at this link. http://www.psaphoto.org/pom-gallery/
Wes Odell In October 2008 received a 2nd Place and an Honorable Mention for his black & white Picture of the Month photographs at the Photographic Society of America.
Wes Odell won 3rd Place in the September 2008 PSA Pictorial Print of the Month contest with his "Gone are the Travelers" image. Wes's Monochrome Image is featured in the PSA Gallery at the following link. http://www.psaphoto.org/pom-gallery/monogallery.htm
Wes Odell In October received a Green Eagle Certificate from PSA for his Black and White image, "The Survivor." This is part of the PSA Pictorial Print Division's Portfolio Study Group program. click here to view image
Special congratulations to Wes Odell for being the only PSA Pictorial Print Division Study Group member to win a ribbon in both B&W and Color categories of the GE (Green Eagle Certificate) Competition for 2007/2008. The Photographic Society of America has many groups and venues to develop and challenge one's artistic skills. Wes continues to master his art form participating the PSA PPD Study Group. Wes's images "Above the Fog", "Dignity" and "A Quiet Morning in an Alpine Village" can be viewed on the Membership Gallery of our website. click here.
Wes Odell had two Honorable Mentions in the Photographic Society of America's Photograph of the Month Competition for July 2008. One for Black & White and one for color. Check out the PSA website for some great information and images.
Marlene Sloan has been chosen as the cover shot on megapixel.net the week of August 11th, 2008. The image was taken during the sunrise over Lake Huron in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Jim Bilbro had his photo, "Abstract", accepted for exhibit in the next Carol Watson Gallery Exhibit - "Abstract Expressions". The exhibit opens July 26, 2008 in Johnson City, TX. This exhibition will celebrate the beauty found in the abstract representation of the visible world. (click her for his image and e-postcard for the exhibit.)
Jim Bilbro has his photo, "Cabin Door at Sunset," Jackson, Wyoming , accepted on the megapixel.net website. http://www.megapixel.net/html/galleries/macros/macro01.php
Wes Odell won an Honorable Mention in the Photographic Society of America's Pictorial Picture of the Month contest in April 2008 for his color picture, "My Orchids." Each
month a PSA member may submit up to two color and two monochrome images in the monthly contest.
Jim Bilbro has his photo, Purple Poppy, accepted on the megapixel.net website. Look at the link, macros and close-up gallery/image 4.
Jim Bilbro has his photo, Raindrops on Outdoor Table, accepted on the megapixel.net website. Look at the link, macros and close-up gallery/page 4.
http://www.megapixel.net/html/galleries/macros/macro04.php
Wes Odell received an Honorable Mention for his Color Print, Snake River at the Tetons, in the March 2008 PSA Picture of the month.
April 2008 from Watson Studio Gallery in Johnson City, TX - The jurors have completed judging all of the images for the Urban Ambience Exhibition. There were over 170 images submitted from all over the US, Canada and Europe. Wes Odell and Mark Holly were among those selected. e-Postcard for the upcoming Urban Ambience exhibition You can view the selected images on the gallery website here: http://watsonstudiogallery.com/exhibitions/urban/
Wes Odell won Picture of the Month in the February 2008 PSA competition. Wes Odell also won a Third Place for B&W prints and Marge Odell won a Third Place for Color prints. http://www.psaphoto.org/pom-gallery/
Don Stephens scored another "acceptance" in PSA competition at the 39th Greater Lynn International (Massachusetts). Winners of this year's competition have not been posted to the Internet yet, but last years winners can be viewed at http://greaterlynnphoto.org/InternationalPhotos.html .
In the
January PSA "Photograph of the Month" Contest,
Wes Odell
won a Certificate of Award for a
Third Place in Color Prints with his "Park City Barn." In the same
month he won another Certificate of Award for his Second Place in
Monochrome Prints for his picture, "The Survivor." His photograph
of monk at prayer, "Dignity," won an Honorable Mention in Monochrome
Prints. Each month members may submit two images in Color and two in
Monochrome.
Jim Bilbro is one of nineteen artists accepted into the Menage a Trois Exhibition at the Watson Studio Gallery in Johnson City, TX. In addition to being accepted among the 63 entrants, Jim won an honorable mention for his trio of images. The Exhibition will be on display thru April 13, 2008.
Jim Bilbro also has another image posted on megapixel.net. The images are usually posted for 2 weeks.
http://www.megapixel.net/html/galleries/macros/macro01.php
Don Stephens scored an "acceptance" in the PSA sponsored 75th Wilmington (DE) International Exhibition of Photography. Award winners can be viewed at http://delawarephotographicsociety.org/wiep/archives.html
Vickie Martin, Mark Holly and Marlene Sloan had images accepted for the City of Richardson Photography Contest Exhibit at the City of Richardson Public Library thru February 26, 2008. Vickie Martin received a 2nd place for Waterscape/color. Mark Holly received a 2nd place for Flora & Fauna/color and a 2nd place for Scenic/color. Marlene Sloan received a 2nd place for Scenic /black & white and honorable mention for Cityscape/color.
Marge Odell was awarded an Honorable Mention by the Photographic Society of America Monthly “Picture of the Month” contest in January in the Color Division for her “An Olympic Venue.”
Wes Odell, has prints in the Water: Metaphor, Myth, and Meaning exhibition at the Walkers' Gallery of the San Marcos Activity Center from January 11 to February 29, 2008. The exhibition is sponsored by the San Marcos Arts Area Council and the City of San Marcos with support from the San Marcos Arts Commission.
Ben Farmer had images accepted by the Walkers' Gallery of the San Marcos Activity Center for the "Water: Metaphor, Myth, and Meaning" exhibition that is on display through February 29.
Tillie Farmer had images accepted by the Walkers' Gallery of the San Marcos Activity Center for the "Water: Metaphor, Myth, and Meaning" exhibition that is on display through February 29.
Wes Odell had prints accepted for "High and Dry: A photographic exhibition of landscapes and people of the world's dry lands" sponsored by the International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University's Office of International Affairs. The exhibit will be on display from December 7, 2007 - January 17, 2007.
Wes Odell was awarded two Honorable Mentions by the Photographic Society of America’s (PSA) Monthly “Picture of the Month” Contest in November. In the Color Division, it was his “On the Way to Vespers,” and it was “Shrimp Boats Ready to Sail” in the Monochrome Division.
Marge and Wes Odell were invited to hold a two-person exhibit of 65 photographs at the Healing Arts Gallery of the St. David’s/Georgetown Hospital for the month of October.
Wes Odell had work accepted for the Skies & Travel Over Central Texas exhibit at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The exhibition runs from October 24, 2007 to January 22, 2008.
Wes Odell had work represented at the Third annual Naturescapes contest and exhibition sponsored by the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance. The exhibition will be at the San Marcos Activity Center through October 26, 2007.
A First Place Rosette and cash prize were awarded to Wes Odell in the Photography Division at the Bartlett Texas Annual Town Festival and Fair with his Black and White picture of “The Loneliest Tree” from Zion National Park.
Photography Club Members have received the following Acceptances and Awards
