Hello Digital Image makers and picture lovers,

 DIG is 2 !

 Next week the Digital Image Group will be celebrating its SECOND BIRTHDAY with a big party. We have made some very special arrangements and the location of our meeting will be at the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce building in downtown Douglasville. The address is 6658 Church Street, Douglasville, GA 30134. The reason for this, is that the Digital Image Group has been awarded permanent gallery space throughout the Chamber Building. We would like for all of you to come enjoy some punch and cookies and look at our current show that is being installed this week.

We will set up a projector and laptop as usual and have our meeting, but it will not be quite as long as usual due to the venue. We will go from 6:30 until 9 p.m.

 If you would like to exhibit one or several of your framed pictures at the current show, I have already sent out the information to you and it also is currently on the front page of the DIG website at http://www.digitalimagegroup.org . We will be hanging photos until about noon on Friday, so if you haven’t linked up with us to get your work to us, please call me at 404-210-5985. Diane Yancey, Jerry and Madge Frost and Norma Nichols are all working hard over at the Chamber building right now and tomorrow to get all the pictures installed on the walls.

Friday evening at the Taste of the Grape event at the Chamber of Commerce here in Douglasville, the Digital Image Group’s Exhibit will be seen by the general public for the first time.

 In the meantime, whether you can exhibit anything for this show, please plan to attend our birthday party on Thursday, May 20^th beginning at 6:30 p.m. Kali Boatright, the president of the Douglas Chamber extends her heartfelt thanks to all of you who are providing visuals for one of our city and county’s most important organizations. She hopes you will be inspired to create work for future exhibits there. We plan on having at least 4 exhibits a year and possibly as many as 6 depending upon participation and volunteer time.

 What is truly unique about this opportunity is that we, the members of the Digital Image Group are now designated the “Permanent” exhibitors at the Chamber, and all proceeds from any image sales go directly and totally to you, the photographer. No percentage fee, nor commission is required, no rental fees, etc. If someone passing through the Chamber likes your image and calls you, you keep all the money. There is plenty of wall space available. However, once this little secret really gets out and people realize what the opportunity actually is, those who are most active will be the ones who benefit most. I’m not promising anyone that he or she will sell their work here, but the opportunity to display your work, to perfect your exhibition skills, to at least get a chance to sell something—those opportunities are definitely available to you.

 Although we are hanging work this week in anticipation of the Taste of the Grape event on Friday evening, you may also bring more images to us next week and beyond. All I am saying is, Please Pay Attention. This opportunity is for real for those of you who are interested!