Alabama Shutterbugs http://www.alphoto.org A photography group for Calhoun, and the surrounding counties! Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:49:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 June 2009 Photo Contest http://www.alphoto.org/archives/576 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/576#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:25:50 +0000 Michael Heston http://www.alphoto.org/?p=576 Congratulations to our winner of the June 2009 Contest. The theme was Yourself.

The Winning Photograph is Me with Rolleiflex in Hasselblad by Surgeon24hrs. The July theme will be Pictures Of People Taking Pictures. Please go to alphoto.org contest page to check out the Rules and Themes.

  • 1st Remy Fauxtog with 295 pts
  • 2nd Michael Heston with 200 pts
  • 3rd Sepiabillo with 132 pts
  • Dview.us with 95 pts
  • Surgeon24hrs with 82 pts
  • Flossy 0506 with 69 pts
  • MXManiac with 67 pts
  • Jimbentree with 57 pts
  • Photographer1940 with 54 pts
  • Evantravers with 27 pts
  • David Abbott with 26 pts
  • Astrogrl with 25 pts
  • Bwaggo with 20 pts
  • Bluejay106 with 19 pts
  • SusanD300 with 9 pts
  • The Waterfallhunter aka Hoganfann with 8 pts
  • Jamesrw30 with 7 pts
  • Pamiknows with 6 pts
]]> http://www.alphoto.org/archives/576/feed 1 May 2009 Contest http://www.alphoto.org/archives/569 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/569#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:16:19 +0000 Michael Heston http://www.alphoto.org/?p=569 Congratulations to our winner of the May 2009 Contest. The theme was Flowers or Insects.

The Winning Photograph is Little Bee by Sepiabillo. The June theme will be Yourself. Please go to alphoto.org contest page to check out the Rules and Themes.

  • 1st Remy Fauxtog with 266 pts
  • 2nd Michael Heston with 200 pts
  • 3rd Sepiabillo with 132 pts
  • Dview.us with 75 pts
  • Flossy 0506 with 69 pts
  • Photographer1940 with 51 pts
  • Jimbentree with 46 pts
  • MXManiac with 41 pts
  • Evantravers with 27 pts
  • David Abbott with 26 pts
  • Bwaggo with 20 pts
  • Surgeon24hrs with 17 pts
  • The Waterfallhunter aka Hoganfann with 8 pts
  • SusanD300 with 9 pts
  • Jamesrw30 with 7 pts
  • Pamiknows with 6 pts
]]> http://www.alphoto.org/archives/569/feed 1 April Contest http://www.alphoto.org/archives/552 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/552#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 16:54:35 +0000 Michael Heston http://www.alphoto.org/?p=552 Congratulations to our winner of the April 2009 Contest. The theme was Birds.

The Winning Photograph is Great Egret In Flight By Michael Heston. The May theme will be Flowers & Insects. Please go to alphoto.org contest page to check out the Rules and Themes.

  • 1st Remy Fauxtog with 250 pts
  • 2nd Michael Heston with 200 pts
  • 3rd Sepiabillo with 116 pts
  • Dview.us with 75 pts
  • Flossy 0506 with 69 pts
  • Photographer1940 with 51 pts
  • Jimbentree with 46 pts
  • MXManiac with 41 pts
  • Evantravers with 27 pts
  • David Abbott with 26 pts
  • Bwaggo with 20 pts
  • Surgeon24hrs with 17 pts
  • The Waterfallhunter aka Hoganfann with 8 pts
  • Jamesrw30 with 7 pts
  • Pamiknows with 6 pts
]]> http://www.alphoto.org/archives/552/feed 2 Sunny King Criterium May 2, 2009 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/540 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/540#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:30:45 +0000 Michael Heston http://www.alphoto.org/?p=540 Photograph by dview.us

Well the Criterium is just around the corner, in fact it is this Saturday. So we are hoping to be able to meet up with alot of you A.S. members or anyone else that stumbles upon this and enjoys photography. Check out the Sunny King Criterium for more details about the event hope to see you there.

Photograph bt Jimbenttree

]]> http://www.alphoto.org/archives/540/feed 1 March Contest Winner http://www.alphoto.org/archives/529 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/529#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:04:31 +0000 Michael Heston http://www.alphoto.org/?p=529 Congratulations to our winner of the March 2009 Contest. The theme was Planes, Trains or Automobiles.

The Winning Photograph is Dauphin Island Trip By Jay Williams AKA dview.us. The April theme will be Birds. Please go to alphoto.org contest page to check out the Rules and Themes.

  • 1st Remy Fauxtog with 213 pts
  • 2nd Michael Heston with 125 pts
  • 3rd Sepiabillo with 116 pts
  • Dview.us with 67 pts
  • Jimbentree with 46 pts
  • Photographer1940 with 44 pts
  • MXManiac with 35 pts
  • Evantravers with 27 pts
  • David Abbott with 26 pts
  • Bwaggo with 14 pts
  • Flossy 0506 with 12 pts
  • Surgeon24hrs with 10 pts
  • Jamesrw30 with 7 pts
  • Pamiknows with 6 pts
]]> http://www.alphoto.org/archives/529/feed 5 February Contest Winner http://www.alphoto.org/archives/515 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/515#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:33:16 +0000 Jay Williams http://www.alphoto.org/?p=515 Remy Fuaxtog does it again this month with another first place photo. He’s really on a roll, I wonder if anyone is going to be able to pass his impressive 179 points he’s earned so far. Also of note, The Waterfallhunter aka Hoganfann, went from zero points to 46 points in one contest, which is quite a feat, and shows that even new contestants can move up the ladder quite quickly.

And without further ado, here is the winning contest photo for February 2009:

Drive Time Reflections by Remy Fuaxtog.

Don’t forget about this month’s contest, Planes, Trains or Automobiles. So get your thinking caps on, go out and see what kind of great photos you can come up with. And for those of you who like to keep tabs on how many points each photographer has, here is the list:

  • 1st Remy Fauxtog with 179 pts
  • 2nd Michael Heston with 102 pts
  • 3rd Sepiabillo with 79 pts
  • Jimbentree with 46 pts
  • The Waterfallhunter aka Hoganfann 41 pts
  • Evantravers with 36 pts
  • Photographer1940 30 pts
  • David Abbott with 26 pts
  • Acousticseagull 15 pts
  • Bwaggo with 14 pts
  • Tyler P 14 pts
  • Flossy 0506 with 12 pts
  • Surgeon24hrs with 10 pts
  • Dview.us with 8 pts
  • Pamiknows with 6 pts

Also don’t forget about our monthly meetings. Our next meeting will be on Thursday March 19th at 6:30pm at Ron’s BBQ in Alexandria.

]]> http://www.alphoto.org/archives/515/feed 2 January Contest Winner http://www.alphoto.org/archives/500 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/500#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:49:05 +0000 Michael Heston http://www.alphoto.org/?p=500 Congratulations to our winner of the January 2009 Contest. the theme was Old,Rusty & Corroded.

The Winning Photograph is Hemmed In by Remy Fuaxtog. The February theme will be Reflections. Please go to alphoto.org contest page to check out the Rules and Themes.

  • 1st Remy Fauxtog with 128 pts
  • 2nd Michael Heston with 102 pts
  • 3rd Sepiabillo with 47 pts
  • Jimbentree with 46 pts
  • Evantravers with 27 pts
  • David Abbott with 26 pts
  • Bwaggo with 14 pts
  • Flossy 0506 with 12 pts
  • Surgeon24hrs with 10 pts
  • Dview.us with 8 pts
  • Pamiknows with 6 pts

Also don’t forget about our monthly meetings. Our next meeting will be on Thursday January 15th at 6:30pm at Ron’s BBQ in Alexandria.

]]> http://www.alphoto.org/archives/500/feed 1 Guntersville Tip & Photo Contest Deadline http://www.alphoto.org/archives/495 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/495#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:47:44 +0000 Michael Heston http://www.alphoto.org/?p=495 Well we made it through the cold weather up in Guntersville Al. Besides the the lack of eagles I believe we had a good trip. I was very glad to finally put some photographs with faces.

The Photo Contest for this month is about to end so get out and take a picture. The Theme is Old, Rusty & Corroded and the deadline for entries is the 28th.

]]> http://www.alphoto.org/archives/495/feed 1 Alabama Shutterbug Field Trip http://www.alphoto.org/archives/481 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/481#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:09:25 +0000 Michael Heston http://www.alphoto.org/?p=481

We are heading to Guntersville Al on Jan. 17th to photograph eagles. Time to clear your calendar, clean your gear and charge your batteries. Go to the A.S. Discussion forum for more information.

]]> http://www.alphoto.org/archives/481/feed 0 Happy New Year http://www.alphoto.org/archives/470 http://www.alphoto.org/archives/470#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:49:05 +0000 Michael Heston http://www.alphoto.org/?p=470

Well Alabama Shutterbugs is ringing in a New Year. Glad to see all the people that have joined our little group.

We have a lot of hopes for 2009, to start off with we have went back to a scheduled meeting date, 6:30 at Rons BBQ in Alexandria on the 3rd Thursday of each month. With this scheduled meeting hopefully more people will be able to make it with knowing the time and place in advance.

The next thing is we are going to work on is photographic outings or a workshop every 3 months. The 1st one is scheduled for January 17th at Guntersville State Park in hopes of catching America’s pride in action, the Bald Eagle. Check the Discussion Forum for more information.

Finally we have redone our photo contest and hopefully is more flexible so everyone can join in. Check out the Contest page for all the details.

Oh Yeah I almost forgot about the Calendar, I have updated it with events for 2009 that should be photo friendly. If you have any information on events or something you would like updated to the Calendar email me at mheston@alphoto.org

Happy Picture Taking

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