Flagpole Photographers Announce

First Meeting For The New Year

The Flagpole Photographers Club will begin the new year on Thursday, January 21, with a program that will highlight both club and personal achievement at the Fall New England Camera Club Council competition. The noteworthy awards will highlight  the meeting at C.H. Booth Library scheduled to start at 7:30 pm.

Guests are always welcome to Flagpole Photographers Club meetings. The monthly competitions (details below) are open to members only, however.

The club placed first in the Black and White division among the 80 New England clubs and Dr Robert Berthier’s “Frozen Cottonwoods” photograph was awarded first place in the individual competition. The photograph was taken at Yellowstone National Park, where Dr Berthier has made many trips. Several of his nature photographs are included in the Dave Kreiger Award permanent display on the third floor of the library.

The Flagpole photographers scored a 93 in the club competition, ten points in front of the second place club, Monadnock Camera Club of Greenfield, N.H. In addition to Dr Berthier’s first place, Rick Tyrseck’s “Sailing around Marshall Point” won second place and Sheila Silvernail’s “Battle Tent” placed as an honorable mention.

Additionally, Ms Silvernail’s “Blue Dome” won an honorable mention in the color division. Also in the color division, the club placed tenth, with only five points separating it from the first place winner, New Haven Camera Club.

Also during the January program, Rick Tyrseck will present a program on digital color management. Mr Tyrseck, a member of the club for the past several years, is a noted expert in the digital field and will illustrate his methods of managing files and color corrections made in software. His photographs have consistently won honors in NECCC competitions, as well as from Candlewood Camera Club in Danbury and the Flagpole Club.

“Self Portrait” is the theme for the January competition. Members must have taken their competition photograph, either color or black and white, within the past two years. In addition, members will also compete in an “open” color and a “open” black and white division.  Winners will be chosen by three out of town judges from neighboring camera clubs.

For additional information about the club and the upcoming meeting, members and the public can visit FlagpolePhotographers.com or call 203-270-9469.