Bridgewater Photographic Society

Awards 2010-2011

2011-05-25T14:32:00.005-03:00

Our year end dinner and celebration was held on May 24th at Pizza Delight in Bridgewater. The awards were given out by President Brenda Fitzgerald.
Scavenger Hunt Trophy winners Brenda Fitzgerald, Susan McDormand, and Deborah Croft: The Treasure Hunt award went to a team this year....Teresa Alexander-Arab and Sara Harley:

The Marilyn Morrison Memorial Trophy (highest points in Nature Competitions) was given to Sara Harley and Derek Johnston (a tie):The Sylvia Dorey Memorial Trophy (highest number of points in Floral competitions) was awarded to Teresa Alexander-Arab:Best Projected Image Photographer Trophy was awarded to Deborah Croft:The Fred Hay Memorial Trophy (highest total for all Print competitions) was awarded to Teresa Alexander-Arab:The Silent Essay Trophy was awarded to Sara Harley:
The Gordon McGowan Trophy (Sight and Sound Essay) was awarded to Teresa Alexander-Arab:

The New Member Trophy was awarded to Candice Croft (photo by Deborah Croft):
The Photographer of the Year Trophy was awarded to Teresa Alexander-Arab:
Congratulations everyone! Have a great summer!

Thank you to our guest photographer....John....for taking the awards photos.

2011-01-29T23:24:00.002-04:00

Well it's not summery, but it IS green :)

Colour Challenge

2011-01-28T17:57:00.004-04:00

In preparation for our upcoming Treasure Hunt at the Photo Club (photographing 10 colour themes), how about posting some of your favourite shots with the colour GREEN.

Green is not included in the Treasure Hunt challenge....and green is a little scarce around here these days, so it would be great to see some of your green pics!

Please post your photos with the labels "Green Challenge" and "Photos by Your Name".

Let's Go Green!

Whoville

2010-12-21T09:33:00.000-04:00

I love these decorative houses in Mahone Bay

Ornaments

2010-12-16T22:29:00.004-04:00

I love ornaments. I have a collection of old (over 50 years) and new ones. When I travel I try to pick up new ones. This is a shot that I took trying to figure out how to take sharp photos in low light. :)

Funky Gracie

2010-12-01T20:40:00.003-04:00

Our cat, Gracie, decided that she wants to be a present under the Christmas tree. We did, in fact, get her in December 3 years ago. She was VERY feral but is now part of the family.

Christmas Season Photos

2010-12-01T15:08:00.003-04:00

It's been a while since we had a blog challenge. 'Tis the Season, so how about posting some of your favourite Christmas Season photos?

When posting your photos:
1. put the name of your photo in the "Title" section
2. add any info you want to share about your photo
3. Select these two "labels" (click on "show all" next to the labels box at the bottom right, and then select the labels):
- Photos by Your Name
- Christmas Season

For those of you unable to post to the blog yourself, you can email me your photos (max 5) and I'll post them for you.

Ho Ho Ho!

Field Trippers

2010-11-01T11:09:00.002-03:00

Group photo from the October 31st field trip:
Front Row (left to right): Judy (South Shore Naturalist Club), James, Deborah, John, Catherine (South Shore Naturalist Club)
Back Row (left to right): Sara, Nancy, Derek, Teresa

Honour Awards-Teresa A

2010-10-30T10:49:00.002-03:00

Teresa captured four honour awards!

"Dahlia" by Teresa (category: Floral, print) "Sunflower" by Teresa (category: Floral, digital)

"Mountain and Cloud" by Teresa (category: Nature, digital)
"Banff" by Teresa (category: Nature, print)

Honour Awards-Derek J

2010-10-30T10:45:00.001-03:00

"Squirrel With Rosehip" by Derek J (category: Nature, digital)"Bald Eagle" by Derek J (category: Nature, print)

Honour Award-Deborah C

2010-10-30T10:42:00.001-03:00

"Summer Flowers" by Deborah C (category: Floral, print)

Honour Award - Gerry B

2010-10-30T08:38:00.002-03:00

"In Awe" by Gerry (category: Floral, print)

Honour Awards-Sara H

2010-10-30T08:33:00.003-03:00

Fly (category: Nature, print) by Sara Plain Jane (category: Nature, digital) by Sara

Honour Awards-Cathy I

2010-10-30T08:27:00.003-03:00

Night Sky (category: Nature, digital) by Cathy Lily (category: Floral, digital) by Cathy

Group Photo & Honour Awards

2010-10-27T13:27:00.001-03:00

Group Photo - October 26

Here are the Honour Award winners from the October 26 competition:

Floral - Print
13 Gerry Black In Awe
13 Teresa Alexander-Arab Dahlia
12 Deborah Croft Summer Flowers

Nature - Print
13 Sara Harley Fly
12 Derek Johnston Bald Eagle

Floral - Digital
12 Cathy Inglis Lily
12 Teresa Alexander-Arab Sunflower

Nature - Digital
12 Teresa Alexander-Arab Mountain and Cloud
12 Teresa Alexander-Arab Banff
12 Cathy Inglis Night Sky
12 Derek Johnston Squirrel with Rosehip
12 Sara Harley Plain Jane

M.A.R.C. photos by James

2010-10-05T12:26:00.001-03:00

These photos were taken by James before our last photo club meeting. Thanks James!

2010-09-29T21:55:00.002-03:00

Whirligig Festival

2010-09-20T16:16:00.004-03:00

Poor Marie Antoinette dies a long and slow death as her head is chopped off and replaced with the turns of the blades.

First Meeting 2010/11

2010-09-13T14:27:00.000-03:00

When: Tuesday September 14 , 7:00pm (meeting starts at 7:15)
Where: M.A.R.C., 33 Leary Fraser Road, Dayspring

Agenda
Welcome: Meet, Eat & Greet
Presentation: Colin Campbell: Itchy Foot, Wandering Eye: Travel Photography
Program Overview: Nancy Johnston
Photo Evaluation Night Intro: Sara Harley

Hope to see you there!

Blue Sail Boat on Blue Water

2010-08-31T14:38:00.004-03:00

it was a lovely day for a sail

dancing against the blue sky

2010-08-28T07:36:00.002-03:00

A typical 7 yr old

2010-08-26T21:39:00.002-03:00

How to freak out your Grandpa :-(

Not so typical 7 yr old

2010-08-26T10:57:00.002-03:00

My granddaughter on the Ottawa River training for her debut in the Olympics ten years from now.

Blues Festival

2010-08-19T17:46:00.005-03:00

Photos submitted by James C. It seems James got some Summertime Blues at the Dutch Mason Blues Festival.

Summertime Blues Blog Challenge

2010-08-16T18:51:00.002-03:00

Four weeks from tomorrow night we'll be enjoying our first Photography Club meeting of the 2010-2011 season!

Our last blog challenge for the summer will be "Summertime Blues"....anything blue!

When posting your photos:
1. put the name of your photo in the "Title" section
2. add any info you want to share about your photo
3. Select these two "labels" (click on "show all" next to the labels box at the bottom right, and then select the labels):
- Photos by Your Name
- Summertime Blues

For those of you unable to post to the blog yourself, you can email me your photos (max 5) and I'll post them for you. Please resize your photos to 400 pixels (I'm still on dial up internet...but we're expecting high speed some time this century!)

See you in four weeks!

Fireworks over Bridgewater

2010-07-07T13:36:00.003-03:00

Happy Canada Day!

2010-07-02T21:13:00.000-03:00

Red and White Tatoos

2010-07-02T21:12:00.000-03:00

Yummy…

2010-07-02T21:05:00.000-03:00

My freind from Hanson's Cove

2010-07-02T18:10:00.003-03:00

Canada Day Wig

2010-07-02T09:38:00.002-03:00

A trio, including Minni the dog, won Best Dressed Canadians at the LaHave River Yacht Club.

This picture shows part of the reason why. Fun day.

Brenda

Red And White Challenge

2010-06-30T11:00:00.002-03:00

Since July 1st is Canada Day, we'll use that as the theme for our next blog challenge:
Red And White. Anything Red. Anything White. Anything Red & White.

When posting your photos:
1. put the name of your photo in the "Title" section
2. add any info you want to share about your photo
3. Select these two "labels":
- Photos by Your Name
- "Red And White Challenge"

Happy Canada Day!

Rose Trio

2010-06-20T14:22:00.003-03:00

Two Finches

2010-06-13T21:20:00.004-03:00

Two American Goldfinches waiting for a handout.

Bee in the Blossoms

2010-06-11T13:59:00.003-03:00

Well shall have blueberries!

B is For Beautiful Butterfly

2010-06-11T13:53:00.005-03:00

Nature is wonderful!

ants on my peony

2010-06-01T19:57:00.002-03:00

June Blog Challenge

2010-06-01T09:59:00.003-03:00

So sweet, so sweet the roses in their blowing,
So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see;
So blithe and gay the humming-bird a going
From flower to flower, a-hunting with the bee.
- Nora Perry, In June

Use the above poem and your imagination as inspiration for the June photo club blog challenge. (loose interpretations are most welcome!)

When posting your photos:
1. put the name of your photo in the "Title" section
2. add any info you want to share about your photo
3. Use 2 "labels": Photos by Your Name, and "June Blog Challenge"

Lupin and Bumblebee (you will have to squint and look very, very closely to see the bee!)

Year End Wrap Up

2010-05-27T10:52:00.002-03:00

The winners from the 2009-2010 year. Photo taken by John Croft. From left to right:
Derek Johnston, Deborah Croft, Sara Harley, Brenda Fitzgerald, Ralph Cook, James Campbell.

"I'm Lovin' this Stuff" by Brenda Fitzgerald

2010-05-20T20:52:00.004-03:00

Minni, our new pup, enjoying her first experience in that lovely stuff called snow. How quickly we forget when the buds are on the trees, and we are out cutting grass!

"Begonia" by Brenda Fitzgerald

2010-05-20T20:49:00.002-03:00

Love this one myself, so I'm so glad our judges did!! I love the intricate details of the begonia generally, and the lovely rich red!

"Sheena" by Brenda Fitzgerald

2010-05-20T20:43:00.003-03:00

Visiting friends in ON. who had visitors from England. Sheena is a person we've stayed with at times in Yorkshire. She is beautiful and I'm so glad she was happy to pose for me.

Champagne

2010-05-15T13:48:00.003-03:00

Pocket Watch under Water

2010-05-15T13:46:00.002-03:00

Have You Been Served?

2010-05-14T16:55:00.002-03:00

Umbrella

2010-05-14T16:54:00.001-03:00

The Collector's Cabin

2010-05-14T16:52:00.001-03:00

Quiet Cove in Queen's County

2010-05-14T16:51:00.002-03:00

Hurricane Bill

2010-05-14T16:49:00.001-03:00

Reflections

2010-05-14T16:47:00.003-03:00

Reflections

2010-05-14T16:47:00.002-03:00

Grasshopper

2010-05-14T16:46:00.001-03:00

The "Big X" Is In Town

2010-05-14T16:42:00.002-03:00

Big Red

2010-05-14T16:40:00.001-03:00

HMCS Fraser Leaves Lahave

2010-05-14T16:37:00.001-03:00

Halifax By Boat

2010-05-14T16:35:00.001-03:00

Playing Dangerouly

2010-05-14T16:33:00.001-03:00

Full Garden

2010-05-14T16:04:00.002-03:00

Nebula

2010-05-13T22:50:00.002-03:00

aka "DSC0055292"

Lambeth Bridge

2010-05-13T22:48:00.001-03:00

Lunenburg Dory Shop

2010-05-13T22:46:00.001-03:00

Oblivious

2010-05-13T22:43:00.001-03:00

And then the cat pushed the snowman over on me and that's how it got broken. Honest.

2010-05-13T22:38:00.001-03:00

Sunday Drive

2010-05-13T22:35:00.001-03:00

Implosion

2010-05-13T22:31:00.001-03:00

this started as a photo of fireworks

"Emerging Poppy"

2010-05-12T15:49:00.002-03:00

"Montreal Church"

2010-05-12T14:44:00.003-03:00

"White Tulip"

2010-05-12T14:33:00.002-03:00

"Happiness At Grandma's"

2010-05-12T14:28:00.002-03:00

"Girl"

2010-05-12T14:25:00.002-03:00

"This Is Fun!"

2010-05-12T14:12:00.002-03:00

"Why Walk When You Can Be Carried?"

2010-05-12T14:02:00.001-03:00

"Now That's What I Call Good Grass"

2010-05-12T13:55:00.002-03:00

"Partly Submerged"

2010-05-12T13:47:00.003-03:00

"Squirrel"

2010-05-12T13:43:00.001-03:00

"Squirrel" By Derek

2010-05-12T13:22:00.005-03:00

New Members Competition - James

2010-04-29T15:22:00.002-03:00

These photos were submitted to the New Members Competition by James.

New Member Entries

2010-04-28T22:47:00.005-03:00

Please feel free to leave comments on these (good and bad). Feedback is important for growth :)

Photos by Nancy

2010-04-10T12:55:00.004-03:00

These photos were taken by Nancy on the March field trip in Lunenburg & area

Photos by Randy

2010-04-09T11:51:00.002-03:00

These photos were taken by Randy on the Lunenburg field trip

Photos by Richard

2010-04-09T11:42:00.002-03:00

A couple of photos from the March 27th field trip, taken by Richard

Photos by James C.

2010-04-09T11:28:00.004-03:00

These photos were taken by James on the recent early morning field trip to Lunenburg & surrounding area.

Photos by Derek

2010-03-30T14:00:00.003-03:00

These images were taken by Derek J, while on the March 27th Photo Club field trip.

Ice at Stonehurst

2010-03-30T13:27:00.004-03:00

This photo was taken by our club president, Grant Dixon. To see some more of Grant's photos from the Lunenburg field trip on March 27th, you can visit here.

Snow Pics

2010-01-23T09:33:00.002-04:00

This shot was taken late afternoon on the old trunk 3 back road at Upper LaHave. We'd been to Dartmouth and couldn't believe how much more snow/ice we'd had here on our return. I actually took this shot through the car window, like several others that day.

Snow Covered Tree Lot

2010-01-23T00:17:00.005-04:00

This tree lot is near our home in Oakhill.

Winter Stream

2010-01-18T23:12:00.002-04:00

Snow Bunny!

2010-01-18T23:10:00.002-04:00

Snow Seating Area

2010-01-18T09:19:00.002-04:00

2010-01-18T09:16:00.004-04:00

Strolling

Snow pics

2010-01-17T17:44:00.001-04:00

"I'm Dreamin' of a White Christmas"

Snow pics

2010-01-17T17:02:00.003-04:00

The snow on top is almost as tall as the trailer itself. And still it snows ....

Snow pics

2010-01-17T16:55:00.002-04:00

"Boy, am I glad they cleared out a path or two for me!"

Winter on the Ferry

2010-01-17T09:25:00.005-04:00

When you live near Lahave

you ride the ferry year round.

In winter when it is windy

and cold the river water

freezes on gear on ferry deck.

January 2010 Cat tracks

2010-01-17T09:22:00.004-04:00

We each had

our turn making

tracks in the new snow.

The tiny ones were

made by our cat,

he was racing

back to the warm house!

January Snow Removal

2010-01-17T09:18:00.005-04:00

How to remove snow

in our neighbourhood:

Here in Dublin Shore

you shovel some snow .

Then you chat for a time!

January 2010

2010-01-17T09:08:00.003-04:00

This is the birdfeeder

outside the front window.

Even the birds did not want to visit!

Looking for Pictures of SNOW!!!

2010-01-17T00:32:00.001-04:00

Wow, there was some great pictures posted. Now it is time to post your pictures of snow. We had some great snow storms to kick off 2010 and the beginning of a whole new decade. I would encourage everyone to post something and more importantly to leave feedback....

2010-01-06T09:11:00.004-04:00

I enjoy photographing dogs in places they are happy. This dog loved the beach on a sunny cool winter day. Feb, 2005

Horses In Winter

2010-01-06T09:03:00.004-04:00

Ember is racing away

from the snow flakes!

This action pick is from Dec 2005.
I have little success at action
but this one gives
action and attitude.