Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
November 2015 Newsletter
November
Meeting – Wednesday, November 4, 2015, 7:00 PM
Our November meeting will feature shooting the night sky and light
painting. We will venture outside to
photograph the moon and stars. Light
painting will involve techniques to paint scenes with alternate light
sources. Of course, this is dependent on
the weather, so we will need to be flexible.
If the weather does not cooperate, we will experiment with light painting
inside. Bring your camera, tripod and a
cable release or wireless remote. Also
bring a small flashlight to help you see the controls on your camera, and a
more powerful flashlight for the light painting. You should also familiarize yourself
with how to get long exposures with your camera. The “bulb” setting is handy for what we will
be doing. If you are not familiar with
this function on your camera, it may be time to dust off the manual! This will
be a night of creating some interesting images!
Member
Image Sharing:
Because the program this month will keep us busy, we will not have
any image sharing.
2015
Club Programs:
Our 2015 programs are listed below:
December
2, 2015 – Holiday Party. Review
Scavenger Hunt images and member’s favorite 2015 images. Spouses and guests are invited.
Field
Trips:
Photo field trips are a great way for us to share our common
enjoyment of photography, learn some new techniques and share in camaraderie
while getting to know our fellow club members.
If you have some ideas of where you would like to see us go, please let us
know. Better yet, why not offer to
coordinate a field trip. It's not hard -
find a place you would like to go, pick a date and we can announce it to the
club.
We do not have any further outing scheduled for this year. If you would be willing to organize a Fall or
Winter outing, please let us know.
Photo
Scavenger Hunt:
UPDATE: We will be viewing member
scavenger hunt images as part of our December program. You may begin to email your images to Rick
Vollbrecht (Rvollb@wi.rr.com) as soon as
you have them ready. The images should
be named with the appropriate number and name (i.e. 01-Delicate, 02-Decay,
etc.) This will allow them to be
projected in the proper order. Please
send your images all at one time. You
may need to send them in several emails because of file size. Images should be sent as JPEG
attachments. We look forward to seeing
your creativity at the December meeting.
We will once again be conducting a photo scavenger hunt! Photo scavenger hunts are a fun and
challenging way to get your imagination and creative juices flowing! The rules
are simple:
- Capture one image of each topic.
- Be creative - think of a unique way to express the topic.
- Images should be taken between now and December 1st. We will review them at our December meeting
- Have fun!Here are the topics for our 2015 Scavenger Hunt:
- Delicate
- Decay
- I can’t believe I captured that!
- Graffiti
- Doorway
- Bloomin’ Beautiful
- Stormy
- Shadow
- Bridge
- At night
Future
Events of Interest:
The Chicago Area Photographic School – The Chicago Area
Camera Club Association is sponsoring a two day program November 21-22 in Elgin
Illinois. Featured speakers are Tim Grey
and Jennifer Wu. Various programs will
be held during the two days. For more
information go to www.caps.caccaweb.com
.
If you are aware of any events of general interest, please let us
know so we can share them with the club.
Photo Contests and Exhibits:
Friends of Retzer Nature Center Annual Photography Contest – The deadline for contest submissions has passed, but you
may still be interested in attending a reception on Sunday,
November 1st 1:00 – 3:30PM to view
the photographs and hear the announcement of the winning photos.
WACCO Fall Competition – The deadline has passed for contest submissions, but
you should consider attending the competiton judging on Saturday, November 7th at
11:30 AM. The
judging will take place at the Waukesha State Bank, Lower Level, I-94 and Hwy
67, exit 282 ( turn north) Oconomowoc, starting at 11:30. This will be an opportunity to see many
excellent photographs from
Wisconsin photographers. You will also
be able to see how the judging takes place.
This year our club is also expected to provide several members to assist
in the preparation and showing of the images for judging. If you are willing to help, please let me
know.
5th Annual WACCO Exhibit – January 16 – March 12, 2016 at the Reuss Federal Building
in Milwaukee. Deadline is December 19,
2015. See the
WACCO web site to see a catalog of past entrants. Details will be posted at the WACCO website (www.wicameraclubs.org) in the future.
If you are aware of any photo contests, please
forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com
Photo
Ops:
As a club, our members have a wide variety of subjects that we
enjoy photographing. This newsletter can
serve as an excellent way to share various photo opportunities with club
members. If you know of interesting
subjects or events that may interest other club members, please forward those to
Rick Vollbrecht so they can be included in future newsletters. If you are interested in having others join
you, that information can also be included.
It is fun to shoot with a group.
Photography
Classes:
A variety of non-credit, reasonably priced classes on photography
and Photoshop are available at Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) and UW
Waukesha. Check their web sites for more
information. WCTC Spring
2016 classes have just been announced and registration starts November 17th.
WCTC: www.wctc.edu
UW Waukesha: www.waukesha.uwc.edu
Art’s Cameras Plus has an extensive list of classes covering
everything from camera basics to photographing in a variety of situations and
use of Photoshop Elements. Check out
their web site: www.Artscameras.com . If you are aware of other photography classes
or seminars, please forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht
Websites
of Interest:
Retzer Camera Club blog: www.RetzerCameraClub.blogspot.com
WACCO (Wisconsin Area Camera Clubs Organization): www.wicameraclubs.org
PSA (Photographic Association of America): www.PSA-photo.org PSA Wisconsin: www.PSA.wisconsin.org
Friends of Retzer Nature Center: www.FriendsofRetzer.org
Jim Edlhuber’s blog: http://www.windowtowildlife.com/
