Slidell Photography Club members competed at the club’s October meeting in the digital categories of Nature, Pictorial and Photojournalism.

The club organizes competitions into three classes to accommodate different levels of expertise. Apprentice is for beginner photographers or those who are not comfortable with their technical skills, Journeyman is for average to advanced amateur photographers and Master for very advanced amateurs and professional photographers.

Each image is given a score from one to five points from three in-house judges. The top four images with all classes combined are forwarded to Gulf States Camera Club Council to be re-competed against winners from the thirty-five member clubs from Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

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Club meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 7p.m. at the First United Methodist Church located in Olde Town, Room 108.

Judges for the competition were David Schmit, Tess Cottage and Pete Clark.

Nature: In the Master Class, first place to David Schmit for “Dragonfly” and second place to Noel Peyton with “Autumn Reflections.” In the Journeyman Class, first place to Pat Anderson with “Follow Me,” second place to Andree Maduell’s “My Halloween Costume” and third place to Warren Lassabe with “Taking a Break.” In the Apprentice Class, Camella Dimitri’s image titled “Feed Me Ma” was awarded first place. GSCCC qualifiers are Schmit, Dimitri, Peyton and Anderson.

Photojournalism: In the Master Class, first place to David Schmit for “Set to Music,” second to Noel Peyton’s image titled, “Oozeball Hosedown” and third place to Joel Treadwell’s “Bagpipe Practice.” In the Journeyman Class, first place was given to Warren Lassabe with “Just Pray,” second place was awarded to Andree Maduell with “Pensive Moment” and third pace to Pat Anderson’s image titled, “Moose.” In the Apprentice Class, Camella Dimitri’s image titled “I’ll Just Rest Here a Moment” was awarded first place. GSCCC qualifiers are Dimitri, Lassabe, Schmit and Peyton.

Pictorial Color Prints: In the Master Class, first place went to Noel Peyton with “Reflections,” second to David Schmit’s “Flight Thru Time” and third to Joel Treadwell’s image titled “Out of Darkness.” In the Journeyman Class, first place to “Splash” by Warren Lassabe, second place to Andree Maduell’s “Old Work Shop” and third to “Red” by Pat Anderson. In the Apprentice Class first place went to “Fall Color” by Camella Dimitri. The GSCCC qualifiers were Lassabe, Peyton, Schmit and Treadwell.

Of special note were achievements by club member Joel Treadwell at GSCCC competition. He was awarded first honorable mention for his image titled “Home For the Night” and also first alternate for “Alamo by Night.”