Award winning photos from St Marys County Camera Club End of Year Competition

 Advanced First Place Ballerinas Ballet Caliente at the River Concert Series

 Advanced Second Place Cactus

 Advanced Third Place Newfound Gap Great Smoky Ntl Park

Advanced Honorable Mention Abbott Lake Virginia

 Advanced Honorable Mention Odd Turtle

 Theme First Place (Industrial) Sewing Mabry Mill

 Theme Second Place (Wet) Wet Dog B

Theme Third Place (Blue) Blue Curves

 Theme Honorable Mention (Blue) Blue Bubbles

Also see page B1 of the December 28th Enterprise Newspaper in St. Mary's County for more details about this year's competition.  There were intermediate winners and more honorable mentions.

Mexico Travelogue November 7, 2018

St. Mary's County Camera Club is celebrating its' 20th Anniversary this Wednesday at the Southern Maryland Higher Education, California ,MD, 7 PM, room posted inside entrances.  Jim and I are the presenters for a Mexico travelogue of photographs taken mostly from the Yucatan, also Mexico City, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and more.  Join us for our free presentation, approximately 20-30 minutes including lots of variety (art, music, wildlife, culture, history, architecture, people, beaches, etc.). Bring a friend and pass the word!

                 Ek Balam ancient ruins

                  Flamingo dispute

St Marys County Fair Photo Exhibit Winners

I was just at the County Fairgrounds with the St Mary's County Camera Club.  The club supports the Fair photography exhibit.  We are always excited to see all the talent from our neighbors.  Thank you to all participants and all helpers from the club.

This year's top purple ribbons went to:

Childrens ribbon Lillian Johnston for ballet shoes photo

Junior ribbon Jillian Waxman a colorful  peppers photo

Adult ribbon Lew Kosich for a Celtics photo

Last years County Fair Barbara Sue Nelson for flower exhibit photo

Life in St Marys County by ? for an Amish plow photo

(We made a judge's corner for those of us who don't get to share our photos)

St. Mary's County Fair Photography Exhibit Sep 20-23, 2018

Please enter the St. Mary's County Fair Photography Competition this year.  We love to see your photos!  The St. Mary's County Camera Club supports the exhibit.

Take your entries to the Fairgrounds on  September 19th, 2018 1-8 PM  Pick up your exhibitor number first at the Old Fair stage Auditorium.

Find out more from the County Fair catalog at 

http://www.smcfair.somd.com/resources/printversioncatalog.pdf

St Marys County Camera Club Photo Exhibit

Information about the Camera Club's new local exhibit at the Patuxent River Air Museum

https://www.facebook.com/CalmReflectionsPhotography/posts/10154758283951572

Winning Photos for July from Camera Club

I had two honor photos from July 2017 at the St Marys County Camera Club.  The special theme was Destruction.  I'm not too keen on photos of destroyed cars and buildings, so I used a little creative thinking.  I asked Jim to make me some huge bubbles with a bubble wand.  Using a fast shutter and my hand holding a gadget to pop the bubble, I finally caught a half popped bubble.  It won first theme digital.

I also got Advanced second place for a sunset reflection in my new neighbors window.  The judge liked the interrupted pattern.

January winning pictures at Camera Club

I forgot to post last month's St.Mary's County Camera Club Winners.  

Longwood Gazebo 1st Advanced

Itch 3rd Advanced

Congratulations to Sandy Robbins for winning 1st Advanced and 1st Theme for February.  

Congratulations to the End of the Year St Marys County Camera Club 2016 Winners

All of the monthly winners for the year are competed in a final yearly contest.  Here are the results.  

Digital – Novice

1^st – Leon Smith – “St. Mary's Chapel"

2^nd – Leon Smith  - "Sunset over Potomac"

3^rd – Leon Smith – “Cardinal In Snow"

Digital – Intermediate

1^st – Katherine Norris – “Locomotion”

2^nd – Kimberly Tomlinson - "Factory Graffiti"

3^rd – Kimberly Tomlinson - "Flower on the High Line"

Digital – Advanced

1^st – Joanna Macaulay - "Michigan Sunset"

2^nd – Joanna Macaulay – “Gerbera"

3^rd – Joanna Macaulay - "Eagle Pair Flying"

HM - Kathy Weigel - "Sculpture Close Up"

HM - Warren Salmon - "Blue"

HM - Warren Salmon - "Life Boat"

HM - Warren Salmon - "Rusty"

Digital – Theme

1^st – Joanna Macaulay - "RoseWine"

2^nd – Scott Cote - "Train Arriving"

3^rd – Warren Salmon - "Old Glory"

HM – Warren Salmon - "Smashing"

HM – Warren Salmon - "Selfie"

HM - Roger Strickler - "No Worries"

HM - Emily Baldwin - "Scottish Squat"

Print – All

1^st –  Kathy Weigel - "Colorful Copenhagen"

2^nd – Kathy Weigel - " Two Sleepy Heads"

3^rd –  Leon Smith - "Eiffel Tower"

Photographer of the Year

*Determined by total 2016 points accumulated

Novice - Leon Smith

Intermediate - Katherine Norris

Advanced - Warren Salmon