Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
February 2015 Newsletter
February
Meeting – Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 7:00 PM
Our January meeting was cancelled due to bad weather. As a result, we will have the program
originally scheduled for January.
Program:
PSA Wisconsin Showcase Judging – This month we will be
judging the images submitted for the PSA Wisconsin Showcase. We will have images from about thirteen clubs
from Wisconsin to judge. All clubs are
in the process of judging these images and the results will be available in Spring. Our club has done well in this competition
over the years, finishing 2nd last year. As usual, we will see some great images from
some fine Wisconsin photographer. Please bring along a pen or pencil and a
small flashlight to help you to see the scoring sheets.
In addition, we will judge prints from the Wisconsin Print
Circuit. This is the first year that our
club is participating in this event.
Following the judging, we will use some of the competition images
to start a discussion on what makes a good images. We will also provide critiques for member
images (see below).
Member
Image Sharing:
Members are encouraged to submit several (up to five) images to
share with the club for gentle critique.
This is a great way to get suggestions for improving your images and
developing your photographic skills. In order to give everyone a chance to
share their images during the year, we will select several individuals who will
be featured at each meeting. Other
individuals may also provide images which will be shared as time permits
The
following members will be featured this month: Roy Schneider, John Seals, Caryl
Sedushak, Judy Stowell
Please email your images to Rick Vollbrecht (Rvollb@wi.rr.com ) by next
Tuesday. This will help to streamline the process of viewing member images. We
look forward to seeing your images
2015
Club Programs:
Our program planning group has net recently to develop our 2015
program schedule. We have a great lineup
of guest speaker and some interactive experiences. Thanks the members who provided program ideas
and to Elizabeth Whitcomb, Frank Remfrey, Katie Farber, Karen Geisel and Rick
Vollbrecht for their work in developing the schedule.
Our 2015 programs are listed below.
February
4, 2014 – Judging of the PSA Wisconsin Showcase images and Wisconsin Print
Circuit. We
will judge images from thirteen Wisconsin camera clubs as part of the annual
PSA Wisconsin Showcase. We will also
judge prints submitted by individuals as part of the Wisconsin Print Circuit.
We will spend the reminder of the evening critiquing member images.
March
4, 2015 – Guest speaker: Abe Van Dyke, photojournalist
April
1, 2015 – Guest speaker: Ram Pai, macro photography
May
6, 2015 – Tabletop photography.
Members will have an opportunity to shoot various tabletop arrangements
June
3, 2015 – Guest speaker: Brian Havican, forensic photography
July
1, 2015 – Shooting and creating panoramic images
August
5, 2015 – Selecting images for Wisconsin PSA Showcase.
September
2, 2015 – Creating images using HDR
October
7, 2015 – Creating digital slide shows with Lightroom.
Creating photo
books
Creating photo
montages
November
4, 2015 – Shooting the night sky, painting with light (outdoor shoot at
Retzer)
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.
Frank Remfrey has agreed to coordinate field trips for the club. If you have some ideas of where you would
like to see us go, please let Frank know (FRemfrey@wi.rr.com). 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.
The tentative schedule for photo outings:
June – Bike races
in Waukesha
Spring –
Evanston, Illinois lighthouse and Bahai Temple
Summer – Downtown
Milwaukee night shoot
Summer – Anderson
Japanese Gardens in Rockford
Summer – Tiffany
Bridge and Beckman Mill in Beloit
Summer – Chicago
Botanical Gardens
July –
Wildflowers at Retzer
August – Frame
Park flower gardens
August 15-16 –
Midwest Freestyle Kayak Championship in Wausau
Future
Events of Interest:
Cedarburg
Winter Fest Photo Walk: Saturday, February 21st
12:00 noon until 4:00PM. Meet at
Historic Interurban Depot (N57W6406).
For more details go to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1514965265444127/
Adam
Jones Photography Seminar:
Saturday, March 21st 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Mequon Nature
Preserve. Sponsored by WACCO. Jones is a Canon “Explorer of Light”. His talk will cover workflow, RAW capture,
macro techniques, wildlife, composition and travel strategies, and other
topics.
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:
If you are aware of 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: 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/
