Macro competition results

By Rex Dolby

As expected, the macro theme produced a wide variety of blossoms, flowers and critters for competition in prints and slides when the Wassenberg Camera Club met on Thursday, April 12, at the Wassenberg Art Center.

Voting on prints produced a two-way tie for first, but Will Hawkins wasn’t worried, they were both his. On the re-vote, his picture of a katydid on a tiger lily was picked for first place and the picture of a snowflake was second. Virginia Thatcher’s photo of blossoms in her back yard was a clear winner in the slide category.

President Heckler reported that the suggested list of photography competition categories has been presented to the Van Wert County Fair Board. He also said that the Wassenberg Art Center plans to offer a one-day Beginning Photoshop Workshop on May 15 and that each student must have a laptop to use during the session. He also announced that when the club acquires a new laptop and files are transferred to it from the present one, the old laptop will be sold to reduce the cost of the new one.

In response to a member’s request to see how various pieces of equipment donated to the club for an exhibit might be handled, the club voted to allow pieces to checked out as

long as the member reports: who will borrow it, a description of the piece being borrowed, and the dates out and back, to the vice president and the Wassenberg Art Center office.

Acting treasurer Karl Gribler gave a progress report on the club’s $5 Discount Card sales.  He said that although not many members have turned in money yet, sales still appear to be about on a par with previous years at this point in time.  He stressed that the cards provide good savings till April 1 of 2013 at 20 area businesses.  To obtain information about the card, or to order cards, call any club member, the club’s secretary at 419.238.4545, or the Wassenberg Art Center at 419.238.6837.

The club’s next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 26, at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center.