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The Santa Clarita Valley Photographers Association is a group of dedicated photographers both amateur and professional that meets monthly to learn about photography and share images. Our members are from Santa Clarita and adjoining communities. Besides our monthly meetings the group takes field trips such as the Death Valley excursion, the Cambria excursion and participates in expositions at the Valencia Town Center and City Hall. Print and digital image competitions are held at least twice a year. The majority of our members are amateurs at all skill levels of photography however some members belong to the Professional Photographers of America, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and other organizations.Whether you are just starting out with your first camera or are a seasoned professional, SCVPA has much to offer.

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:45pm until 9:00pm (or so.)

We meet at:

Sierra Hills Clubhouse

28616 Kenroy Ave.

Canyon Country, Ca. 91387

Guests are always welcome, come to a meeting and check us out!

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4. Under notifications, click the "All On" selection.

2019 Digital Image Comp

Message from the President

What a night! We held our annual fall Digital Image Competition Tuesday evening, 31 stunning images. First of all I’d like to thank the judges, Robin Swanson, Jim Paliungas and Tim Meyer! You guys were spot on! Awesome comments and suggestions on how to improve the images. If you missed it, you missed a huge learning opportunity! People pay big bucks to learn at workshops and the information that was given out last night was priceless!

The night started out with the Animals category and a stunning image by Mel Carll which was of a dragonfly titled “Ready For My Closeup” and it scored an 85, it was followed a few images later by an image titled “Blue Dragon” by Chris Hoefflin which scored an 87! And the night was on! Chris won the category (and a Judge’s Choice Award) and Tom Spanos won the Novice Division.

Jeff Barlow came away winning the Architecture category in the Masters Division, there were no novice entries.

Kevin Karzin won the Masters Division in the Event & Editorial category and Tom Spanos won the Novice Division.

The Fine Art category went to Henri Lajer with a stunning image titled “The French Horn” it scored a whopping 89 and a Judges Choice Award! There were no novice entries.

The Landscape category was our biggest category of the night and the winning Masters Division entries went to Henri Later and Jeff Barlow who both tied with an score of 81. The top four images were separated by .33 of a point so they were very close. Tom Spanos again won the Novice Division and I think he will graduate to the Masters Division!

Chris Hoefflin won the Masters Division in Macro & Close up and Cathy Gero took first in the Novice Division.

Mel Carll and Cathy Gero took first place in the Nature category with Mel winning the Masters and Cathy the Novice.

Bob Messina was the big winner in the Photojournalism category winning the category with his image “Play At The Plate” which scored an 82.

The big winner of the night belonged to Kevin Karzin with his Portrait entry titled “An Afternoon Stroll.” The image won, First Place, Judges Choice and Best of Show with a score of 90!

Next month we will have our Christmas Party. Again, we will have a pot-luck type of dinner, with a year in review slide show, photo booth and a lot of Holiday cheer. Please sign up on the website so we know how many to expect. Each member is allowed to bring 1 guest. We are also collecting for the SCV Food Pantry so please bring canned or non-perishable goods to the party and we will deliver them.

So awesome job everybody, as I’ve said before and I’ll say again, the work that comes out of our club is among the best in the State! I mean that because I’ve seen the work of other clubs and we rock!

Keep shooting my friends and I’ll see you next month at the Christmas Party!

Kevin

Details and Announcements

Sports Photography Workshop with Kevin Karzen
Kevin is teaching a workshop on January 4, 2020, through the PPC. Non-PPC members are welcome to participate.Click here for more info.

Are Photo Competitions Good for Your Soul?
Click here for an interesting article on photo competitions.

City Hall Exhibit
The exhibit of print competition images is up for viewing at City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd. Please come to the reception, Wednesday, December 11, from 6-8pm. For more info, click here.

Fall Color Updates
For the latest updates on Fall colors in the Eastern Sierra, click Here!

Ted Dayton in the News
Former SCVPA Prez Ted Dayton has an exhibit coming up, October 17 through November 19, at The Main in Newhall! Click image below for the event flyer:

Congratulations Hit Me with Your Best Shot winners!
Kelvin Pulker Great Horned Owlet

1st - Kelvin Pulker, Great Horned Owlet
2nd - Bill Boehm, El Matador Beach
3rd - Tim Berreth, Hecuba Blinds Polydoros
Great job to everyone who entered; Henri Lajer, Chris Hoefflin, Jayme Sun Thomas, Mel Carll, Dusty Stiles, Larry Kushner, Robert Mosier and Cathy Gero. Wonderful photos, Ed had a tough time choosing his favorites.

2019 Helen Henry Sweepstakes Award AV Fair

Congratulations!
Helen Henry won the Sweepstakes award at the 2019 AV Fair. The Sweepstakes award is given to the exhibitor accumulating the highest number of points based on total ribbon won in the Photography Competition.

Mel Carll Exhibit, The Ground Beneath Me; Not Above Me, So Enjoy Life . . .
Now through December 2nd at the Canyon Country Library. The images in this display were created by Mel Carll who had radiation treatments for his cancer, but did not let that stop him from making art. Through the difficult ordeal, Carll continued to photograph, continued to create art, continued to appreciate nature and to live and love life. This exhibit hopes to remind everyone to stay positive, have a good attitude, and continue to love life.

Ted Dayton
Great article in the Santa Clarita Valley Signal about our member Ted Dayton.
In October, Dayton will have a month-long solo exhibition, “Three Projects: Small, Medium & Large.” The show will be at The Main, on Main Street in downtown Newhall and will open Oct. 17.
“I am an artist at heart, a creative person at heart and I have a need to use this craft of photography to create images that are different in some way,” he said. “I also want my work to be interesting to look at.”
Ted Dayton, Artist in Action

Holiday Party, December 10th
Signup as a volunteer, to RSVP and/or to bring a side dish, appetizer or desert to share.
2019 Holiday Party

Image Share - Members only

Please ensure to email any images you want to share at the monthly meeting to Kevin by 5pm the Friday before the meeting.
kkarzin@aol.com

Please note that in order to save as much time as possible for our guest speakers, no images will be shown in July, August and November. There will be a "Year in Review" slideshow during the Holiday Party so send in any images you want included.

(It'd be great if you included your name and image title in the file name, but not required.)

Photo Opportunities

Many local and regional photo opportunities are listed on the Event Calendar, highlighted in light brown. Upcoming SCVPA member activities are listed here and on the Event Calendar.

The SCVPA Board is requesting that members & guests sign up for field trips and workshops so we can prepare for the correct number of participants. Sign-ups are done by clicking on the registration button and then selecting the Sign-Up options.

If there are no registered participants by the Wednesday before the field trip or workshop, the event will be canceled.

Future Club Field Trips

Field Trips July 2019 to June 2020

Speaker Links

Additional links are posted on the "Useful Links" page.

Dusty Stiles, Dusty Stiles Photography

Kevin Karzin: http://kevinkarzinphotography.com/

Mel Carll: http://www.melandcophotography.com/ http://www.scvphotocenter.com/?tag=mel-carll

SCVPA Upcoming Activities

General Meeting, November 12th
Digital Image Competition

Vasquez Rocks, November 16th
Register

Holiday Party, December 10th
Confirm Attendance and Volunteer

Holiday Lights, December 15th, Self-Directed
Holiday Lights Information

Events Calendar

Competition Events

November 12th - 2019 Fall Digital Image Competition

Members only

Submit by November 4th, 5pm
Photos within 2 years
Categories: Animals, Architecture, Digital Manipulation, Event & Editorial, Fine Art, Freestyle, Landscape, Macro & Close-up, Nature, Photojournalism and Portrait
2019 Annual Digital Image Competition

2020 Spring Print Competition, date TBD

Open to the public
Submit by TBD

Photos within 1 year

Categories: Animals, Architecture, Digital Manipulation, Event & Editorial, Fine Art, Freestyle, Landscape, Macro & Close-up, Nature, Photojournalism and Portrait

August 11, 2020 - "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Competition

Members only

Submit at August 11th meeting between 6pm and 6:25pm

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