The event was fantastic for many reasons but three stand out:
1. We had a wonderful time.
2. We had a chance to share knowledge and take pictures together.
3. Dick Weddle won 1st place in the PJ yearly competition.
Mac Temple won 2nd honorable mention in PJ yearly competition.

Fantastic news for us all.

President – Jack Hourguettes
Vice President – Don Porter
Treasurer – Richard Weddle
Secretary – Charlene Dunaway
Past President – David Gulledge
At Large Member -

Congratulations to each of you and everyone please support them throughout the year.

Banquet in Progress

Well by now everyone knows what a huge success the “End of the Year Banquet” was. Food was great, fellowship was great, speaker was great, friends were great, all that equals a great time.

Evening started off at 6:30 PM when people started showing up to look at all the images that placed during 2011. There are so many good images in our group. Then we all ate, the meal was so good I watched food and conversation shared by all. Then we got down to business. We was honored by the presence of Walt Grayson of “Mississippi Roads” fame, WLBT fame, DVD fame and books amany. Walt was our guest speaker and talked about photography and stories around his adventures. After Walt Mike Hataway spoke, Mike is a photography professor and graphics professor at Mississippi College. Mike, Guy Strickland and Dr. Miley were the judges for the year end competition and they had a tough job and pulled through so many good images to come up with the winners in each catagory. Next Guy Strickland a graduate student at Mississippi College spoke about the judging. By the way Guy had learned that day that he had been awarded top honors as a graduate student for the year. He is now teaching some at Mississippi College.

After the speeches it was awards time.
2011 Year End Competition Placements

Digital Projected – Color
1^st – Banjo and Bricks – Mary Fitzgerald
2^nd – Frosty Rose – Richard Weddle
3^rd – Running Water – David Gulledge
1^st HM – Through the Window – Norma Woodward
2^nd HM – Over the Brink – Richard Weddle

Digital Projected – Monochrome
1^st – Don’s House – Richard Weddle
2^nd – Snowy Cranes – Becky Harris
3^rd – Morning – David Gulledge
1^st HM – Drops – Kevin Williams
2^nd HM – Museum Tryst – Mary Fitzgerald

Print – Color
1^st – Life is Fragile – David Temple
2^nd – Tender Moments – Becky Harris
3^rd – Flowering Quince – Richard Weddle
1^st HM – Sultry Solitude – Mary Fitzgerald
2^nd HM – Two Hours Late – Aaron Purvis

Print – Monochrome
1^st – Down Town – David Gulledge
2^nd – Spinning Lights – Terri Corley
3^rd – The Spud Drive in Theater – Terri Corley
1^st HM – Abandoned – Terri Corley
2^nd HM – Edward – David Gulledge

Congrats to everyone.
We ended the banquet with door prizes. Everyone got something.

Anyone with any pictures from the banquet send them to David G. he plans on putting them in a gallery on the web site.

Her photograph “The Stairway” was accepted in Monochrome division in which there were 2967 entries, from 752 photographers from 62 countries. 742 out of the almost 3000 entries were accepted.

Congratulations Norma.

The photo is of the stairway in the Old Capitol in Jackson MS.

Discussion on themes came up with three themes for this year (2012 competition) 1 print and 2 projected. List will go out in email for voting.

Discussion on one person shows at meetings to give members chance to show up to 10 images so everyone can see what that person is doing and make comments and the maker can explain their work. It was also brought up to have everyone that wanted to bring images one night to fill the main room so we can have a number of members showing their work in specific spaces. A multi member show. This is a wonderful idea so those that do not compete can show their work.

An award was given Tommy Dobbins for placing in a Gulf States Camera Club Council Competition:

Tommy Dobbins (left) receives Gulf States Award from David Gulledge

Competition was held for projected, here is a list of placements:
Color Projected:
1st – Dick Weddle – In the Rain
2nd – Clint Campbell – Help
3rd – Becky Harris – Riverboat Reflections at Sunset
4th – Dick Weddle – Columbia Ground Squirrel
5th – Kevin Williams – Cypress Reflections
Monochrome Projected:
1st – Terri Corley – Swamp Gator
2nd – Terri Corley – You Looking at Me?
3rd – Dick Weddle – Big Sky 2
4th – Dick Weddle – Big Sky 1
5th – Becky Harris – Orangatang in Thought.

Congrats to everyone.

1. Macro (Nature) Close up photography – flora, fauna and mineral
2. Near and Far Object(s) in the image appear near (close to viewer as well as an object(s) that appear far away.
3. Moving Water, sense of movement with water such as a water fall, flowing river, crashing waves, water droplets, etc.
4. Night Photography, anything shot at night, indoors or out.
5. Public Lands (Nature) images from public lands, including senic flora and fauna.
6. Abandoned, abandoned buildings, cars, etc in rural or urban setting.
7. Wind, Weather and Storms, image demonstrating wind, clouds and weather.
8. Out of place, anything that is, well, out of place.
9. Different Point of view, self explanatory.
10. Multiple exposure photos done mostly or all in camera (no Photoshop layering). Some of the best that I’ve seen are from Dan Mountford.It’s unbelievable what he can do in camera.
11. Photo contest using a disposable single use camera. Everyone could get one of the cheap disposable cameras and shot whatever they want. Then pick your best 5-10 shots and judge them like the club did the scavenger hunt photos. It would be a great way to do basic photography and also challenging at the same time.
12. Macro photography of items that we see or use everyday, but through the use of macro photography you change the perception of what that item is or make it more interesting.
13. People of interest.
14. What ever you like. (This way everyone can submit something.)
15. Portraits which would include one self Portrait 
16. Still Life