| Judy Switt |
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I became a camera club member around 1966 when I was invited to join the Lansing Camera Club in Michigan. There were so many photographic experts in this club that it was hard not to pick up the basics of fine black & white printing as well as the competitive itch with slide film. It was here that I became a PSA member and competitor. I eventually became President of the club before moving back to my home state of Maryland. Even before I got settled, I looked up local camera clubs in my area through the PSA listings. I have been a member of The North Bethesda Camera Club since 1972. There is no better way to enjoy and get involved with a club than to share your time and abilities by becoming a member of the Board or its committees. I believe that I have been on the Board in one position or another, including President, since 1973. In Michigan, I met Larry West and John Shaw for the first time. They, along with Freeman Paterson and Andre' Gallant have shaped my love for photography. And, of course, Joe Miller has taught me all the do's and don'ts of visual design. Along with my long-time photo partner, Gordie Corbin, we have written articles for national magazines such as Popular Photography and Petersen’s Photographic. Our photographs have been published and exhibited throughout the area. We have both been judges in Camera Club competitions and PSA International Salons. We have both been top winners in Popular Photography and Nature's Best competitions. Gordie and I have presented programs throughout Maryland and Virginia as well as in neighboring states. We have presented programs at PSA Regionals, the New England Council of Camera Clubs Conference, the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs, the Delaware Valley Council, the "Kodak Teach In" in Rochester, NY, Berks Camera Club Photographic Conference and at the Greater Washington Council of Camera Clubs Seminar. *** We still have a passion for blacklight photography which seems to have made a small come-back in the past few years. While we used to enjoy putting together and sharing slide shows with two projectors and dissolve, we are now converting these shows to digital CDs and DVDs. Now that we are both finally shooting with digital cameras, we are creating new shows using the ProShow Gold program. We are not yet ready to go "on the road" with digital presentations as we used to do with our slide shows. We still have much to learn about this new field of photography.
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