Shreveport Photographic Society

10/17/2026

Check out the Shreveport Photographic Society booth today at the LSU Ag Center’s Homesteader Conference until 6:00. Prints available.
Location: Red River Research Station on Hwy. 71 South

10/13/2026

Shreveport Photographic Society will be at the event. Come visit and find out about our camera club. We will have some of our members photography on display to look at or buy.

NEW AT THE 2026 LOUISIANA HOMESTEADER CONFERENCE & EXPO

Free Admission!

Step into the Corn Maze Adventure and discover one of our most exciting additions yet!

Explore, learn, and enjoy a one-of-a-kind fall experience designed for families, students, gardeners, homesteaders, and agriculture enthusiasts of all ages.

October 16 & 17

LSU AgCenter Red River Research Station
262 Research Station Drive
Bossier City, LA 71112

10/04/2026

Dear SPS Members and Friends,

📅 Our October Print and Digital Competition Meeting has been moved to Thursday, October 22, at 6:30 PM, taking the place of our usual fourth-Thursday program night. We will not hold a competition meeting on October 8.

We apologize for another schedule change following last month’s adjustment, and we appreciate your understanding. October is our final monthly competition of the year, so let’s make it a wonderful evening of photography!

📍 Meeting Location
Red River Research Station
262 Research Station Dr.
Bossier City, LA 71112

Why the change?
Cindy Circu and Joshua Gaude will both be out of town on our usual competition date. They are currently the only two members trained to operate our new digital competition program.

A special thank-you goes to Joshua, a programmer by trade, who has gone above and beyond by designing the professional program recently introduced at our competition meetings. We are grateful for his time, expertise, and dedication—and for Cindy’s continued work coordinating our competitions!

🙋 We need one or two volunteers!
Would you be willing to meet with Cindy and Joshua in the near future to learn the program and help with the digital competition? Having additional trained volunteers will help keep our meetings running smoothly when either of them is unavailable. Please reply to this email if you’re interested, and we’ll help coordinate the training.

⏰ New Digital Submission Deadline
Beginning this month, Cindy must receive digital competition files no later than 5:00 PM on the Monday before the meeting.

For October, that means Monday, October 19, at 5:00 PM. Files received after the deadline cannot be accepted. This gives Cindy the time needed to prepare the digital competition.

🖼️ Print entries are due by 6:30 PM on meeting night. Please review the current competition rules on the SPS website before preparing your entries.

Thank you for your flexibility, your participation, and everything you contribute to our club. We look forward to seeing your images on October 22!

Sincerely,
Jeannie Varuso
Secretary/Treasurer
Shreveport Photographic Society

You are receiving this message as a member of Shreveport Photographic Society. You may unsubscribe to messages by updating your member profile here.

09/06/2026

Hello SPS Members and Friends,

We have an important—and exciting—schedule change for September!

🏛️ Artist Reception – Thursday, September 10

Our usual second-Thursday competition meeting will not be held because the artist reception for our SPS photography exhibit at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum takes place that evening from 4:00–7:00 PM.

We hope everyone will attend the reception, celebrate this wonderful exhibit, and invite family and friends to join us!

📷 September Competition – Thursday, September 24

Our print and digital competition will move to our usual fourth-Thursday program date. The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM at:

Red River Research Station
262 Research Station Drive
Bossier City, LA 71112

This change gives everyone two extra weeks to gather, edit, and prepare images for the September competition! After September, we will have only one more regular competition before it is time to select images for our Annual Competition. If you are new to SPS, don’t worry—we will explain more about the Annual Competition at the meeting.

💻 Digital Competition Reminders

Please email your high-resolution JPEG files directly to our Competition Chair, Cindy Circu, no later than Tuesday, September 22—two days before the meeting.

Cindy Circu
📧 [email protected]
📞 318-505-7288

Please remember that submissions received after Tuesday may require Cindy to redo the competition presentation. Sending images by the deadline helps her tremendously and allows everything to run smoothly.

Please visit the SPS website and review all current competition rules before submitting your images:

🌐 https://www.spsclub.org

🖼️ Print Competition Reminder

All competition prints must be submitted at the meeting no later than 6:30 PM so the competition can begin on time and the meeting can proceed smoothly.

We are especially grateful for the opportunity to meet at the Red River Research Station this year. It is a lovely, comfortable facility with plenty of room for our members and all of our competition equipment.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the artist reception on September 10 and again for our September competition on September 24. Guests are always welcome!

Sincerely,
Jeannie Varuso
Secretary/Treasurer
Shreveport Photographic Society

Photo Club Website

09/02/2026

05/22/2026

We are so proud of our members who scored a 15 at the May digital and print competition. Bill, Jeannie and Larry did exceptional with their skills. Photographing, editing and for Jeannie Printing. Thank you all so much.

04/22/2026

Hello SPS Members,

📷 A Quick Update from Shreveport Photographic Society

We hope everyone is doing well and finding a little time to get out with your camera and enjoy making photographs.

📍 Field Trip Update

Rickey Scroggins asked me to pass along that, unfortunately, there will not be a photo field trip this month. What had been planned did not work out, but we hope to try again next month.

As Rickey said with his usual good humor, “Y’all can throw rocks at me at the next meeting. See you then!”

We appreciate all the effort that goes into putting these outings together and look forward to the next opportunity.

🖼️ A Different Critique Format for May Competition

For our May competition, Rickey is proposing that we try something a little different.

Some of you may remember that in January we did not have one of our regular critiquers available, so those attending the meeting stepped in and participated in an impromptu critique of each image submitted in both the print and digital competitions. Many members enjoyed hearing several different viewpoints, and it gave everyone a chance to learn from the discussion.

At the same time, there were also members who were concerned that the meeting ran longer than normal, but there was no survey taken at that time about whether this kind of peer critique should be allowed on an as-needed basis whenever one of our critiquers not available.

Because of the interest in that format, Rickey would like to try it again in May and get a better sense of how members feel about it.

If members respond favorably, he plans to put together a proposed rule change for our annual business meeting in November so the club can officially consider whether occasional peer critiques should be permitted when needed.

If anyone has questions or concerns about this idea, please feel free to let Rickey know.

⚠️ Important Note for Competition Participants

Club president Larry Phillips has advised that if any competition participant would prefer not to have their image critiqued during this members-led session, they may simply let us know before submitting their image(s).

This gives everyone the opportunity to participate at their own comfort level.

🤝 Looking Ahead

One of the nicest things about SPS is the willingness of members to share, encourage, and learn from one another. Whether this critique format becomes something we use again from time to time or not, it is always good to see members engaged and helping make the club a friendly and educational place for everyone.

We look forward to seeing everyone in May.

Sincerely,
Jeannie Varuso
Secretary/Treasurer
Shreveport Photographic Society