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Members and non-members will find a lot of useful information on our site.

Berks Photographic Society is a charitable, non-profit and tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Gifts and donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
We'd like to welcome new members to our organization
Member Photo Essay Contest
October 6, 2008

The Photo Essay Contest for this year will be held on October 6, 2008.

You may select any subject that you desire for your Photo Essay entry.

Your entry may be slides or digital images.

Slides are submitted in your own carousel tray (80 capacity).

A cassette tape with background music may be included.

Digital entries are to be submitted on a CD. Background music may be included.

Digital entries must be submitted ONE WEEK PRIOR (September 29, 2008)
to the contest date.

The photo essay may not exceed ten (10) minutes in length

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Member Photo Scavenger Hunt
November 24, 2008
Would you like to join?
New members are always welcome at Berks Photographic Society. All of our programs are open to the public, so why not come out and see what we are all about.

Check out our program schedule and get directions to the club on our site.
PROGRAMS -

Programs begin at 7:30 unless otherwise noted:

JULY & AUGUST Club Closed - no meetings

September 1, 2008 Labor Day - no meeting

September 8, 2008 Auto Racing, The Digital Version by Bob Gallo

September 15, 2008 All Contests (slides, prints, digital images and assigned subject (Reflections)

September 22, 2008 Travis of B&S Frames presents Framing

September 29, 2008 Best of Users Group presented by Matt Vardjan

October 6 2008 Photo Essays

October 13, 2008 All Contests (slides, prints, digital images and assigned subject (Wild Animal(s))

October 20, 2008 Critic by judges of entrants

October 27, 2008 Black Light Photography by Dave Starke
Looking to Buy or Sell Photographic Equipment?

CLICK HERE to see a list of what otheres are either looking for or selling
CLICK HERE to view the competition rules that took effect on January 1, 2007

Subjects
1. Crowd 11. Trees
2. Graffiti 12. Fruit
3. Downtown Color 13. Unusual Architecture
4. The Color Orange 14. Wheel (s)
5. Stormy 15. Sunrise / Sunset
6. City Lights 16. Boat
7. Glowing 17. Body Parts
8. Relaxing 18. Bridge
9. Broken 19. Summer
10. Berks Photographic 20. Square (s)
Society Activity

Slides are submitted in your own carousel tray (80 capacity).
Digital Images MUST BE submitted on a CD ONE WEEK PRIOR (November 17, 2008) to the contest.
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Through the Assigned Subject contest, we see a variety of interpretations of a subject. We would like to see your interpretation of the following subjects for 2008:

Upcoming Assigned Subjects


September: Reflection(s)
October Wild Animal(s)
November: Celebration(s)
December: Statue(s)

These subjects apply to all competition categories (i.e. slides, digital images and prints)
Berks Photographic Society is a Proud Member of the

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

AND

DELAWARE COUNCIL OF CAMERA CLUBS
Berks Photographic Society ~ 40 North Noble Street ~ Reading, PA 19611
Tel: 610-373-7239