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We will have an exciting year full of photographic opportunities planned for 2011.
When we take a trip that calls for carpooling or vanpooling, we will meet behind the Cultural Arts Center, 8652 Campbellton Street, at the specified time. You should make your own arrangement.
Check back a couple of days prior to event for any changes or updates. Please keep in mind some plans are subject to change with little notice due to weather, cancellations, and/or unforeseen circumstances.
2011 Field Trips
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Date
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Time
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Subject
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Cost
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Location
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Information
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Sunday
February 27th |
1:15 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. |
Shootout |
Free |
Douglas County Library Douglasville, GA |
Be given 5 topics; shoot those topics between 1:15 and 4:30; turn in digital images to be judged by Dominique Chaponot. |
Sunday
March 20th |
1:30 p.m. |
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Free |
Marietta, GA |
Sunday afternoon, March 20th, at 1:30 p.m. we will make pictures at the Marietta Confederate Cemetery (known officially as the Marietta National Cemetery). The Cemetery is located at 500 Washington Avenue, Marietta, GA 30060. You can find a map from Douglasville to the cemetery at http://tinyurl.com/6abw8kl Admission is free. If you need transportation, please send an email to
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for carpooling information.
You can find more information about this cemetery at http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/marietta
_confederate_cemetery.html or at http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/marietta.asp Our contest topic for April is “Graveyard – a photo taken in a cemetery.” |
Saturday
March 26th |
10:00 a.m. |
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$8
Senior $6
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Duluth, GA |
Saturday Morning, March 26th, at 10 a.m. we will meet at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia. 3595 Buford Hwy, NW, Duluth, GA 30096. Here is a map with directions from Douglasville: http://tinyurl.com/4qnseve . The cost is $8 per person, $6.00 for senior citizens. If 12 or more of us show up, we get a $2 discount. This museum’s website is located at http://www.srmduluth.org/default.shtml. The website says: “The Southeastern Railway Museum occupies a 35-acre site in Duluth, Georgia, in northeast suburban Atlanta. In operation since 1970, SRM features about 90 items of rolling stock including historic Pullman cars and classic steam locomotives.”
If you need transportation, please send an email to
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for carpooling information. |
Saturday
April 16th |
10:00 a.m. |
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Free |
Conyers, GA |
Saturday Morning, April 16th at 10 a.m. A visit to Arabia Mountain State Park at Davidson-Arabia Mountain just outside of Conyers GA. The Arabia Mountain park has walking trails and 2000 acres of granite outcrop, wetlands, pine and oak forests, streams and a lake. More information will be provided as the date draws near. Here is a map with directions from Douglasville: http://tinyurl.com/4z5y2qk . Close by you will find the Davidson-Arabia Nature Preserve, 3787 Klondike Road, Lithonia, GA 30038. http://www.arabiaalliance.org/index.html |
Saturday
May 14th |
11:00 a.m. |
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Free |
Douglasville, GA |
Saturday, all day, May 14th beginning at 11 a.m. TASTE OF DOUGLASVILLE ARTS: Food & Fun, Outdoor Arts Exhibition, Crafts, Kids Korner & Entertainment, O’Neal Plaza in Historic Downtown Douglasville. Free and open to the public. The Sweetwater Camera Club will have a booth—in fact, quite a large booth where we will be photographing visitors to the TASTE event. Proceeds will go to support the Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County. We will need volunteers to make pictures, print pictures, handle the portrait sittings and especially to reach out to people in the crowds and suggest that they have their portraits made. |
Sunday
May 22nd |
1 p.m. to
4 p.m.
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Shootout
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Free |
Douglas County Library Douglasville, GA |
Be given 5 topics; shoot those topics between 1:15 and 4:30; turn in digital images to be judged by Erik Peterson. |
Saturday
June 25th |
5 p.m.to 10 p.m. |
Georgia Classic Cars |
Free |
Dallas, GA |
You may find more information at http://www.georgiaclassicrides.com . If you like refurbished and mint condition classic automobiles and trucks, this will give you plenty to enjoy.
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Sunday
July 24th |
1 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. |
Shootout |
Free |
Douglas County Library Douglasville, GA |
Be given 5 topics; shoot those topics between 1:00 and 4:30; turn in digital images to be judged by Rob Hainer. |
Saturday
August 20th |
9 a.m. |
Smith- Gilbert Gardens |
$7 adults
$6 seniors
$5 children |
Kennesaw, GA |
The Gardens are located at 2382 Pine Mountain Road, Kennesaw, GA 30152, off of Cobb Parkway. http://www.smithgilbertgardens.com/at-the-gardens/points-of-interest-in-the-gardens/ |
Sunday
September 18th |
2p.m. |
Shootout |
Free |
Cartersville, GA |
This is a practice for the big Shootout coming up October 1st. - 5 topics; shoot for 2.5 hours; turn in images to Richard Nichols |
Sunday
October 1st |
7a.m.
to
5p.m.
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NG3C
Shootout |
Free for Members |
Cartersville,
GA |
North Georgia Camera Club Council Shootout - Booth Museum;
compete with 11 other camera clubs.
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Saturday
October 22nd |
12noon
to
6p.m. |
Little 5 Points Halloween Parade & Festival |
Free |
Near Moreland Avenue in Atlanta |
It is a gigantic costume party in the form of a parade and an outdoor festival. |
| Friday December 2nd |
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Annual Christmas Parade, Concert and Tree Lighting |
Free |
Downtown Douglasville O'Neal Plaza |
http://www.ci.douglasville.ga.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=150 |
| Wednesday December 14th |
5p.m. to 10p.m. |
$5.00 |
$5
$2 for students
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Alexander High School |
Douglas County Duals Wrestling Championships |
More to come.
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Field Trips