GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 1

GULF STATES CAMERA CLUB COUNCIL States of Oklahoma, Texas, Louis iana, Miss iss ippi & Flor ida

VOLUME L NUMBER 4 APRIL-MAY 2016

GSCCC NEWSLETTER

Special Thanks to our Hosts:

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E

The Best of 2015—2016 …………….2—9

Top Performance Clubs …………….10

2016—2017 Competition Schedule …………….11

Meet our Board Members …………….12

2016 GSCCC Convention Highlights…………….13-16

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 2

Judged by:

William Innis

Steve Kozak

Doug Box

Hosted by:

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 3

Place Title / Maker / Club Score

2nd

HM

Heat of the Day by Kathy

Reeves from Louisiana PS

14

1st

HM

Mask and Pearls by John

Lehman from Plano PC

14

3rd Caddo Lake Rainbow by

Dennis Fritsche from Plano

14

2nd Lake Fosse Pointe by Mark

LaGrange from GNOCC

14

1st 15 Decisive Moment from Ron

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 4

Place Title / Maker / Club Score

2nd

HM

Finger Messaging by Kaye

Hargis from Dallas CC

13

1st Light Me Up by Jay 13

3rd Golden Stallions by Kathy

Reeves from Louisiana PS

13

2nd Agua by Jan Dreskin-Haig 14

1st 15 Louisiana Herons from Pat

Leger from Lafayette PS

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 5

Place Title / Maker / Club Score

2nd

HM

Pencil Triangles by Wayland

Threadgill from Dallas CC

14

1st

HM

Rock Solid in Turbulent

Water by Carmen Mowrer

from Cowtown CC

14

3rd Streetscape by Colleen

Schneider from GNOCC

14

2nd One Still Missing by Reagan

Ferguson from Cowtown CC

15

1st 15 Pondering Primate from

Andy Lay from Cowtown CC

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 6

Place Title / Maker / Club Score

2nd

HM

We Hungry Too by Pat

Leger from Lafayette PS

14

1st

HM

Sitting Owl by Mark

Lagrange from GNOCC

14

3rd Leap of Faith by Kathy

Reeves from Louisiana PS

14

2nd Shaking by Tom Savage

from Cowtown CC

15

1st 15 Nest Full of Hungry Chicks

from George Williams from

Oklahoma CC

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 7

Place Title / Maker / Club Score

2nd

HM

13

1st

HM

13

3rd 13

2nd 13

1st 13

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 8

Place Title / Maker / Club Score

2nd

HM

13

1st

HM

14

3rd 14

2nd 15

1st 15

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 9

Place Title / Maker / Club Score

2nd

HM

12

1st

HM

12

3rd 12

2nd 12

1st 13

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 10

Top Performance Club per Category

Category Top 5 Clubs

1. Plano Photography Club

2. Lafayette Photographic Society

3. Beaumont Camera Club

4. Greater New Orleans Camera Club

5. West Bank Camera Club

1. Cowtown Camera Club

2. Oklahoma Camera Club

3. Lafayette Photographic Society

4. Dallas Camera Club

5. Louisiana Photographic Society

1. Cowtown Camera Club

2. Louisiana Photographic Society

3. Oklahoma Camera Club

4. Lafayette Photographic Society

5. Beaumont Camera Club

1. Cowtown Camera Club

2. Oklahoma Camera Club

3. Lafayette Photographic Society

4. Louisiana Photographic Society

5. Greater New Orleans Camera Club

Category Top 5 Clubs

1. Plano Photography Club

2. Louisiana Photographic Society

3. Oklahoma CC

4. Cowtown CC

5. Lafayette Photographic Society

1. Cowtown Camera Club

2. Louisiana Photographic Society

3. Oklahoma Camera Club

4. Lafayette Photographic Society

5. Greater New Orleans Camera Club

1. Louisiana Photographic Society

2. Heard Nature Photography Club

3. Cowtown Camera Club

4. Houston Photochrome Club

5. Plano Camera Club

Starting immediately, we now have two

separate category for Pictorial Projected—

Color and Monochromatic images.

First competition in June 2016

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 11

Month Competition Judging Club / Send Entries to:

MAY Pictorial Prints Color &

B&W

Oklahoma Camera Club

Carol & Tom McCreary

425 SW 53rd Street, Oklahoma City, Ok. 73109

405 - 634 - 1817

tcmccreary@cox.net

Nature Projected

Digital & Prints

Plano Photography Club

c/o Larry Blackwell

6208 Wolf Run Dr., Plano, TX 75024

larryblackwell@sbcglobal.net

JUNE Pictorial Projected

Digital Color & B&W

Houston Photochrome Club

Carmen Sewell, csewell3@comcast.net

Photojournalism

Projected Digital &

Prints

Lafayette Photographic Society

Kris Smith

1603 Montagne St., New Iberia, LA 70560

337-367-7894

iunlock@cox.com

JULY Pictorial Prints Color &

B&W

Slidell Photography Club

Tess Cottage

26032 Pichon Rd., Lacombe LA, 70445

Tc01hm@aol.com

Nature

Projected Digital &

Prints

Heard Nature Photographers Club

c/o Larry Petterborg

12531 Wharton, Dallas, TX, 75243

lpetterborg@tx.rr.com

972—235—0849

AUGUST Pictorial Projected

Digital Color & B&W

Jackson Photo Society

c/o Fred Wiggins

425 Cumberland CT, Madison, MS, 39110

mrhonkytonk1948@yahoo.com

601 –421—8909

Photojournalism Pro-

jected Digital & Prints

Greater New Orleans Camera Club

Rose Parker

300 Valencia Dr., Luling, LA 70070

985-785-8158

parker52@cox.net

SEPTEMBER Pictorial Prints Color &

B&W

Dallas Camera Club

Jan Dreskin-Haig

9323 Guernsey Ln., Dallas, TX 75220

janhaig@gmail.com

214-244-5469

Nature—Projected

Digital

Houston Photochrome Club

Carmen Sewell

csewell3@comcast.net

Nature—Prints Houston Photochrome Club

Jane Ashley

8613 Cedarspur, Houston, TX, 77055

mjashley2@comcast.net

713—984—2125

Month Competition Judging Club / Send Entries to:

OCTOBER Pictorial Projected

Digital Color & B&W

Lafayette Photographic Society

Nancy Crays

101 Crescent Ridge Place, Lafayette, LA 70503

337-981-2617

craysnancy@yahoo.com

Photojournalism

Projected Digital &

Prints

Jackson Photo Society

c/o Fred Wiggins

425 Cumberland CT, Madison, MS, 39110

mrhonkytonk1948@yahoo.com

601 –421—8909

NOVEMBER Pictorial Prints Color &

B&W

Cowtown Camera Club

Brenda Smith

908 Shady Grove Drive, Granbury, Tx 76049

817 279-3919 cell

817 390-2053 work

brendas@colonialsavings.com

Nature Projected

Digital & Prints

Oklahoma Camera Club

Carol & Tom McCreary

425 SW 53rd Street, Oklahoma City, Ok. 73109

405 - 634 - 1817

tcmccreary@cox.net

JANUARY Pictorial Projected

Digital Color & B&W

Houston Camera Club

Leslie Niemand

4003 Ashton Villa Court, Sugar Land, Texas 77479

(281) 242-4717

lniemand@windstream.net

Photojournalism Pro-

jected Digital & Prints

Dallas Camera Club

Jan Dreskin-Haig

9323 Guernsey Ln., Dallas, TX 75220

janhaig@gmail.com

214-244-5469

FEBRUARY Pictorial Prints Color &

B&W

Louisiana Photographic Society

Gene Bachman

1443 Westchester Drive, Baton Rouge, La 70810

225 - 766 - 3377 home

gbachman@cox.net

Nature Projected

Digital & Prints

Lafayette Photographic Society

Pat Leger

414 Steeple Chase, Lafayette, LA 70506

337-789-1420

pleger5@cox.net

MARCH Pictorial Projected

Digital

Cowtown Camera Club

Tom Savage

savagetom@charter.net

817-229-7655

Photojournalism Pro-

jected Digital & Prints

Slidell Photography Club

Tess Cottage

26032 Pichon Rd

Lacombe LA, 70445

Tc01hm@aol.com

GSCCC Competition Schedule for 2016—2017

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 12

President Gene Bachman

1443 Westchester Drive

Baton Rouge, La 70810

225 - 766 - 3377

gbachman@cox.net

Competitions Vice President Gregory Daley, PPSA

PO Box 3826

Lafayette, LA 70502

+1 (337) 456-5661 - office

+1 (310) 463-6626 - cell

photography@captaingreg.net

Secretary – Treasurer Rose Parker

300 Valencia Drive

Luling, La 70070

985 - 785 - 8158

parker52@cox.net

Newsletter Editor Sandra Gaitan

3906 Covington Crossing Dr.

Corpus Christi, TX, 78414

361-331-1607

sgaitan52@gmail.com

Past President

Buddy Delahoussaye

1602 Center St.,

New Iberia, LA 70560

337 - 380 – 0383

buddydbug@yahoo.com

Directors

Carol McCreary

425 S.W. 53rd St.

Oklahoma, OK 73109

405 - 634 - 1817

tcmccreary@cox.net

Tess Cottage

26032 Pichon Rd

Lacombe, La. 70445

985- 882- 3877

home; 504-616-7086 cell

Tc01hm@aol.com

Tim McDonald

8205 Canterbury Drive

Orange, TX 77632

409-670-8741

Timmc@gt.rr.com

Meet our

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 13

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 14

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 15

GSCCC Newsletter Volume L Issue 4 Page 16