GRIPS welcomes Denise Ippolito to Canada!

We are really excited to welcome  Denise Ippolito to Canada!  Denise will be presenting  ”A Blend of Art and Nature” on Monday June 3, 2013.  For further information on the event, click here

For more information about Denise, check out her website at www.deniseippolito.com, and don’t forget to mark you calendar! Tickets for this event are $20, and are available at the following link:  Denise Ippolito – “A Blend of Art and Nature” Tickets

Round 3 In-club entries now open

Entries may now be uploaded for Round 3 In-club Competition and are due no later than April 8.

Digital photos, including digital version of prints, must be uploaded using the In-club  Competition Entry Form.  Print entries must be submitted at the club meeting on April 8.

Eggbert Competition Entries now open!

The 2013 Eggbert Competition (a friendly rivalry between GRIPS and the Brantford Camera Club) is coming soon!  We’re now accepting one or two photos per member for consideration by the Competition Committee to include as part of the GRIPS entry of 30 photos.  To enter your photos, or to find more details about the event, go to the Eggbert page.

Photolife Magazine announces “Best of Canadian Photo Clubs” competition

Here is the link to the Photolife contest for Canadian Photo Clubs.  Entry is open to all GRIPS members – for the sake of consistency, in the box for “My Photo Club”, please enter  our club name as follows: Grand River Imaging and Photographic Society (GRIPS).  The contest closes June 30, 2013 – further details are available on the Photolife magazine  website at   http://photolife.com/bestofphotoclubs.php.

Good luck, and here’s hoping for a magazine full of GRIPS entries!

Scavenger Hunt Entries are now due.

The submission form for Scavenger Hunt entries will be available until midnight on Friday, March 1.  So far, we have only received a few entries.  If you are having difficulty accessing the form, please send Gary an email at Program@gripskw.ca

We’re looking forward to seeing all your entries!

Upcoming competition entries

There are two competitions for which entries are due on January 28.

  1. If you are entering the GTCCC Inter-club competition, bring your digital and print entries to club meeting on January 28.  Details and entry forms are now available Competitions > GTCCC > GTCCC Entries.
  2. Round 2 in-club competition:  Digital photos are currently being accepted on-line using the Round 2 Entry Form.   Print entries must be submitted at the club meeting.

Christmas Social and Potluck, Monday December 12

Just a reminder that the Round 1 Competition results will be presented on Monday.  Afterward, we will enjoy our annual Christmas Social and Potluck, where we will have a chance to share some snacks and social time.

We ask that those whose last names begin with the letters M-Z  bring enough food or snacks to share with at least 4 people, and those whose last names begin with the letters A-L bring at least 4 cans of food that we will donate to  Anselma House.  We can feed ourselves and at the same time we can help those in our community who may be facing a difficult time this Christmas.  Definitely a win/win situation.    As usual, tea, coffee and juice will be provided at the meeting – please remember to bring along your own mug.

See you on Monday!

 

Help Portrait 2012

Thank you to the very enthusiastic group of GRIPS volunteers (Tim, Lynn, Len, Joel, Marty, Mischa, Tom, Bea, Mary-Lynn, Laura, Caroline, Arthika, Karen, Sandra, and Carol) who, in conjunction with the terrific people at Autism Services Waterloo Region, made this year’s Help Portrait another great success!

We photographed:

27 families…

104 people…

54 kids…

3 service dogs…

over 1000 pictures…

and one large group of Santa-hatted people!

GRIPS brings home GVIB trophy

Congratulations to GRIPS and thank you to the 18 members whose photos made up our club entry in the Grand Valley Image Battle which was held on Sunday, November 4 in Woodstock.  The entries were fantastic and the Woodstock Camera Club hosted the meet in great style!

Tulip Whimsy – Karen von Knobloch

Woodstock has kindly provided a summary of the competition and the GRIPS entries score sheet.  Congratulations Karen von Knobloch for achieving a tie for the highest score in the competition with her photo Tulip Whimsy.

Here are all 18 of GRIPS Entries in GVIB 2012

Entries open for Round 1

Update November 12.  Entries are now closed.

Entries are now being accepted for Round 1 In-Club Competition and are due no later than Monday, November 12.  Digital Competition entries are nature, pictorial and altered reality (one each).  The Theme Competition subject is “Slow Shutter Speed”. The Print competition subject is “Photographer’s Choice” and may be colour or monochrome print.

Details and the Entry Form can be found under the Competitions section.