Thursday, November 28, 2013
December Meeting Info.
Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
December 2013 Newsletter
December Meeting – Wednesday December 4, 2013, 7:00 PM
Program: Scavenger Hunt Image Review
For most of this year members have been challenged to capture images for the Scavenger Hunt. At the December meeting we will get a chance to see how successful and creative our members were! A number of members have submitted their images and from what I have seen so far, we do have some creative and imaginative photographers. If you have not yet submitted your images, please so now. Even if you have not been able to get all twelve images, we would still like to see what you did capture. So email your images to Rick Vollbrecht now. Remember to name your images “01-Cars”, “02-Fence” etc, so that they will display in the proper order.
In case you don’t have the Scavenger Hunt image list handy, here it is one more time:
Scavenger Hunt Topics
1. Car(s)
2. Fence
3. Funny
4. Hands
5. Kitchen item
6. Old
7. Self-portrait
8. Smooth
9. Storefront
10. Tall
11. Texture
12. Wildcard - what is it?
Used Equipment Sale: Do you have old photography equipment that you no longer use and is collecting dust? Don’t we all? At our December meeting we are offering you an opportunity to bring it along and see if anyone else can use it. We will have a table where you can display any equipment you would like to sell and see if anyone else can use it. Please put your name on the gear so members know who to contact. If you wish, you may also list a price. This can be a good opportunity to find a new home for some of your old but still usable gear.
Member Image Sharing:
Members are also 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. We would like to encourage members to submit images for sharing in advance by email to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com. This will help to streamline the process of viewing member images. We look forward to seeing your images. In order to give everyone a chance to share their images during the year, we have decided to provide a schedule listing individuals who will be given priority at each meeting. Other individuals may also provide images which will be shared as time permits
The following members should provide images to share at the December 4th meeting:
Kevin Thomas, Rick Vollbrecht, Elizabeth Whitcomb
2014 Club Programs:
We are still looking for more suggestions for our 2014 program topics. This is your chance to suggest topics you would like to have us discuss during the year. Please get you ideas to Rick Vollbrecht as soon as possible.
January 1, 2014 – Happy New Year! No Meeting
February 5, 2014 – Judging Wisconsin PSA Showcase
March 5, 2014 – Portrait Photography – Posing and shooting portraits presented by professional photographer Noelle Youakim.
April 2, 2014 – TBA
May 7, 2014 – TBA
June 4, 2014 – TBA
July 2, 2014 – TBA
August 6, 2014 – TBA
September 3, 2014 – TBA
October 1, 2014 – TBA
November 5, 2014 – TBA
December 3, 2014 – TBA
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 again coordinate some field trips for the club.
At this time we do not have any further scheduled field trips.
We could use some volunteers to coordinate future trips. If you are interested please let Frank know. If you have some additional 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.
Future Events of Interest:
March 22, 2014 (Saturday) – WACCO Nature Photography Seminar with Joe LeFevre.
This seminar will be at the Midway Hotel, Brookfield from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Joe is a landscape photographer from upstate New York. His program will cover making dynamic landscape images from conception to capture to computer optimization. Visit the WACCO websitewww.wicameraclubs.org for more information.
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 them 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!
CP Railway Holiday Train in Hartland – December 4th 8:45 PM – 9:45 PM
Here is a chance to photograph the CP Railway train decorated with holiday lights as it makes a stop in Hartland. For more information, visit the City of Hartland web site at: http://hartlandchamber.chambermaster.com/Events/details/holiday-train-visit-for-food-pantry-donations-2013-132771
Chicago Botanic Garden Wonderland Express – November 29th–January 5th
An amazing holiday display featuring a garden scale model railroad running through a miniature replica of Chicago landmarks made from all natural materials. The display features 750,000 lights and indoor “snow”. This is a great display to get you in the holiday spirit. For more information and to purchase tickets (strongly recommended) visit their website:
http://www.chicagobotanic.org/wonderland?utm_source=Chicago+Botanic+Garden&utm_campaign=1c10abac38-Wonderland_11_26_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f8c61d87c3-1c10abac38-42324757
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
Photo Contests and Exhibits:
UW Washington County “Give Us Your Best Shot” Photo Contest
Open to Wisconsin amatuer photographers. Deadline is January 5th, 2014. Winning photos will be on display during their Festival of the Arts on Saturday Aprils 5, 2014. For more information visit their web site: http://washington.uwc.edu/news/releases/2014-photo-contest-deadline-jan-5-2014
If you are aware of other photo contests, please forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com
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/
Saturday, November 2, 2013
November Meeting to Focus on Quality Images
Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
November 2013 Newsletter
November Meeting – November 6, 2013, 7:00 PM
Program: Simple Steps to Improve Your Images
Roy Schneider will discuss simple steps to improve your images in image editing software. He will be using Lightroom, but the techniques he will discuss can be applied to any image editing software. Learn how easy it can be to make some simple image improvements
Image resizing and transferring image to a thumb drive. Last month we ran out of time to cover several topics, so we will get them in this month. Rick Vollbrecht will show how to resize images for digital projection and competition and how to transfer images to a thumb drive.
Member Image Sharing:
Members are also 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. We would like to encourage members to submit images for sharing in advance by email to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com. This will help to streamline the process of viewing member images. We look forward to seeing your images.
In order to give everyone a chance to share their images during the year, we have decided to provide a schedule listing individuals who will be given priority at each meeting. Other individuals may also provide images which will be shared as time permits. Again, since we ran out of time last month, we will review images from our featured image sharers from October.
2013 Club Programs:
The following is a list of programs that are planned for the remainder of 2013.
December 4, 2013 - Scavenger Hunt Images We will view member images from the Scavenger Hunt. See the details below. This should be a fun way to end the year as we review member creativity! If you have your images ready, you can email them to Rick Vollbrecht any time before the December meeting. Please re-title your images to correspond with the scavenger hunt categories. For example, titles should be: 01-Cars, 02-Fence, etc. Please get them in as soon as you have them ready!
Photo Scavenger Hunt: Photo scavenger hunts are a fun and challenging way to get your imagination and creative juices flowing! The rules are simple:
1. Submit one image of each topic.
2. Be creative - think of a unique way to express the topic.
3. Images should be taken between now and December 1st.
4. Have fun.
Tom Wright has developed the list for this scavenger hunt. Thanks Tom! Images will be viewed at the December meeting. So start shooting! Here is your list:
Scavenger Hunt Topics
1. Car(s)
2. Fence
3. Funny
4. Hands
5. Kitchen item
6. Old
7. Self-portrait
8. Smooth
9. Storefront
10. Tall
11. Texture
12. Wildcard - what is it?
2014 Club Programs:
We are still looking for more suggestions for our 2014 program topics. This is your chance to suggest topics you would like to have us discuss during the year. Please get you ideas to Rick Vollbrecht as soon as possible.
January 1, 2014 – Happy New Year! No Meeting
February 5, 2014 – Judging Wisconsin PSA Showcase
March 5, 2014 – Portrait Photography – Posing and shooting portraits presented by professional photographer Noelle Youakim.
April 2, 2014 – TBA
May 7, 2014 – TBA
June 4, 2014 – TBA
July 2, 2014 – TBA
August 6, 2014 – TBA
September 3, 2014 – TBA
October 1, 2014 – TBA
November 5, 2014 – TBA
December 3, 2014 – TBA
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 again coordinate some field trips for the club.
At this time we do not have any further scheduled field trips. Would anyone like to lead one for fall colors? If you have a favorite place to shoot fall colors and are willing to lead a field trip, please contact Frank.
We could use some volunteers to coordinate future trips. If you are interested please let Frank know. If you have some additional 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.
Future Events of Interest:
November 17, 2013 (Sunday) – Chicago Photography School presented by the Chicago Area Camera Club Association (CACCA)
This seminar will be held at the Elgin (IL) Community college. It features a presentation by Roman Kurycwak Photographing the Nighttime Landscape. There are also a number of classes on digital and nature photography. Please visit the CACCA website http://caps.caccaweb.com for more details.
March 22, 2014 (Saturday) – WACCO Nature Photography Seminar with Joe LeFevre.
This seminar will be at the Midway Hotel, Brookfield from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Joe is a landscape photographer from upstate New York. His program will cover making dynamic landscape images from conception to capture to computer optimization. Visit the WACCO websitewww.wicameraclubs.org for more information.
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 them 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
Photo Contests and Exhibits:
WACCO Fall Competition – November2, 2013
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Area Camera Clubs Organization, this competition offers a variety of categories for projected and print images. Categories include Open and Nature with special categories of Flowers and Urbanscapes for projected images.
The deadline has passed, but you may want to attend the judging. This is a wonderful opportunity to see some great images and how the judges select the winners, especially if you have entered images. The judging will take place on Saturday, November 2nd at the Waukesha State Bank, 1227 Corporate Center Dr, (I-94 and Hwy 67, Exit 282), Oconomowoc, lower level. The judging starts at 11:30 AM.
Friends of Retzer Nature Center Annual Photography Contest
Pictures must be taken at Retzer. Categories include People, Activities & Events; Plants, Flowers & Trees; Scenery; Wildlife outdoors; Digitally Enhanced and Black & White
The deadline has passed, but there is a reception on Sunday, November 3rd from 1:00 – 3:30 PM at Retzer. Awards will be presented at this time and all photos will be available for viewing.
UWM School of Continuing Education Thrid Annual Photo Contest
Categories include: Animals, Portrait, Nature and Buildings/Architecture
Check the web site for more information: http://www4.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=26223
If you are aware of other photo contests, please forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com
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/
Camera Club
November 2013 Newsletter
November Meeting – November 6, 2013, 7:00 PM
Program: Simple Steps to Improve Your Images
Roy Schneider will discuss simple steps to improve your images in image editing software. He will be using Lightroom, but the techniques he will discuss can be applied to any image editing software. Learn how easy it can be to make some simple image improvements
Image resizing and transferring image to a thumb drive. Last month we ran out of time to cover several topics, so we will get them in this month. Rick Vollbrecht will show how to resize images for digital projection and competition and how to transfer images to a thumb drive.
Member Image Sharing:
Members are also 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. We would like to encourage members to submit images for sharing in advance by email to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com. This will help to streamline the process of viewing member images. We look forward to seeing your images.
In order to give everyone a chance to share their images during the year, we have decided to provide a schedule listing individuals who will be given priority at each meeting. Other individuals may also provide images which will be shared as time permits. Again, since we ran out of time last month, we will review images from our featured image sharers from October.
2013 Club Programs:
The following is a list of programs that are planned for the remainder of 2013.
December 4, 2013 - Scavenger Hunt Images We will view member images from the Scavenger Hunt. See the details below. This should be a fun way to end the year as we review member creativity! If you have your images ready, you can email them to Rick Vollbrecht any time before the December meeting. Please re-title your images to correspond with the scavenger hunt categories. For example, titles should be: 01-Cars, 02-Fence, etc. Please get them in as soon as you have them ready!
Photo Scavenger Hunt: Photo scavenger hunts are a fun and challenging way to get your imagination and creative juices flowing! The rules are simple:
1. Submit one image of each topic.
2. Be creative - think of a unique way to express the topic.
3. Images should be taken between now and December 1st.
4. Have fun.
Tom Wright has developed the list for this scavenger hunt. Thanks Tom! Images will be viewed at the December meeting. So start shooting! Here is your list:
Scavenger Hunt Topics
1. Car(s)
2. Fence
3. Funny
4. Hands
5. Kitchen item
6. Old
7. Self-portrait
8. Smooth
9. Storefront
10. Tall
11. Texture
12. Wildcard - what is it?
2014 Club Programs:
We are still looking for more suggestions for our 2014 program topics. This is your chance to suggest topics you would like to have us discuss during the year. Please get you ideas to Rick Vollbrecht as soon as possible.
January 1, 2014 – Happy New Year! No Meeting
February 5, 2014 – Judging Wisconsin PSA Showcase
March 5, 2014 – Portrait Photography – Posing and shooting portraits presented by professional photographer Noelle Youakim.
April 2, 2014 – TBA
May 7, 2014 – TBA
June 4, 2014 – TBA
July 2, 2014 – TBA
August 6, 2014 – TBA
September 3, 2014 – TBA
October 1, 2014 – TBA
November 5, 2014 – TBA
December 3, 2014 – TBA
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 again coordinate some field trips for the club.
At this time we do not have any further scheduled field trips. Would anyone like to lead one for fall colors? If you have a favorite place to shoot fall colors and are willing to lead a field trip, please contact Frank.
We could use some volunteers to coordinate future trips. If you are interested please let Frank know. If you have some additional 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.
Future Events of Interest:
November 17, 2013 (Sunday) – Chicago Photography School presented by the Chicago Area Camera Club Association (CACCA)
This seminar will be held at the Elgin (IL) Community college. It features a presentation by Roman Kurycwak Photographing the Nighttime Landscape. There are also a number of classes on digital and nature photography. Please visit the CACCA website http://caps.caccaweb.com for more details.
March 22, 2014 (Saturday) – WACCO Nature Photography Seminar with Joe LeFevre.
This seminar will be at the Midway Hotel, Brookfield from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Joe is a landscape photographer from upstate New York. His program will cover making dynamic landscape images from conception to capture to computer optimization. Visit the WACCO websitewww.wicameraclubs.org for more information.
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 them 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
Photo Contests and Exhibits:
WACCO Fall Competition – November2, 2013
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Area Camera Clubs Organization, this competition offers a variety of categories for projected and print images. Categories include Open and Nature with special categories of Flowers and Urbanscapes for projected images.
The deadline has passed, but you may want to attend the judging. This is a wonderful opportunity to see some great images and how the judges select the winners, especially if you have entered images. The judging will take place on Saturday, November 2nd at the Waukesha State Bank, 1227 Corporate Center Dr, (I-94 and Hwy 67, Exit 282), Oconomowoc, lower level. The judging starts at 11:30 AM.
Friends of Retzer Nature Center Annual Photography Contest
Pictures must be taken at Retzer. Categories include People, Activities & Events; Plants, Flowers & Trees; Scenery; Wildlife outdoors; Digitally Enhanced and Black & White
The deadline has passed, but there is a reception on Sunday, November 3rd from 1:00 – 3:30 PM at Retzer. Awards will be presented at this time and all photos will be available for viewing.
UWM School of Continuing Education Thrid Annual Photo Contest
Categories include: Animals, Portrait, Nature and Buildings/Architecture
Check the web site for more information: http://www4.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=26223
If you are aware of other photo contests, please forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com
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/
Sunday, September 1, 2013
September Meeting Slated for the 4th!
Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
September 2013 Newsletter
September
Meeting – September 4, 2013, 7:00 PM
Program: Landscape
Photography
What should you look for when you create landscape
pictures? Terry Molter will use this
question to lead a discussion on what goes into making good landscape
pictures. He will use member photos as
example to show what works (or doesn’t work) for successful images. A major part of this program will involve
input from members, so please come ready to share you ideas and comments on the
photos Terry will be showing
Since we will be looking at a lot of member images
during this program, there will not be a separate member sharing at this
meeting.
2013
Club Programs:
The following is a list of programs that are planned for the
remainder of 2013.
October 2, 2013 -
Miscellaneous Topics This will be a
meeting dedicated to a number of smaller topics:
Rick Vollbrecht
will talk about packing your photo gear for travel.
Jim Edlhuber will
tell us how to keep our lens clean.
Rick Vollbrecht will cover resizing images for digital projection
and competitions and how to transfer
images to a thumb drive.
Tom Wright will
discuss offsite image backup and cloud storage.
Terry Molter will
discuss procedures for photographing the moon.
November 6, 2013 -
Simple Steps to Improve Images Roy Schneider will
discuss simple steps to improve your images in image editing software.
December 4, 2013 - Scavenger
Hunt Images We will view member images
2014
Club Programs:
It is time to begin planning our program schedule for 2014! An email was sent to all members requesting
suggestions for program topics and for help in putting together the
schedule. Please respond to Rick
Vollbrecht in the next several weeks.
This is the best way to make sure that the club continues to meet your
needs.
Photo
Scavenger Hunt: Photo scavenger hunts are a fun and challenging way to get your
imagination and creative juices flowing! The rules are simple:
1. Submit one image of each topic.
2. Be creative -
think of a unique way to express the topic.
3. Images should be
taken between now and December 1st.
4. Have fun.
Tom Wright has developed the list for this scavenger hunt. Thanks Tom!
Images will be viewed at the December meeting. So start shooting! Here is your list:
Scavenger
Hunt Topics
1. Car(s)
2. Fence
3. Funny
4. Hands
5. Kitchen item
6. Old
7. Self-portrait
8. Smooth
9. Storefront
10. Tall
11. Texture
12. Wildcard - what is it
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 again coordinate some field trips for the club.
At this time we do not have any further scheduled field
trips. Would anyone like to lead one for
fall colors? If you have a favorite
place to shoot fall colors and are willing to lead a field trip, please contact
Frank.
We could use some volunteers to coordinate future trips. If you are interested please let Frank
know. If you have some additional 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.
Future
Events of Interest:
None to
reports at this time.
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 them 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
Photo Contests and Exhibits:
Friends
of Retzer Nature Center Annual Photography Contest
Pictures
must be taken at Retzer
Categories include People, Activities &
Events; Plants, Flowers & Trees; Scenery; Wildlife outdoors; Digitally
Enhanced and Black & White
Deadline is October 30, 2013
Reception November 3, 1:00 – 3:30 PM
UWM
School of Continuing Education Thrid Annual Photo Contest
Categories
include: Animals, Portrait, Nature and Buildings/Architecture
Check
the web site for more information: http://www4.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=26223
If you are aware of other photo contests, please
forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com
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/
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Wings Over Waukesha Coming Soon!
The planned field trip to the Lancaster Drive park to view the Wings Over Waukesha airshow has been cancelled. For best viewing, please go to the Waukesha County Airport on either Saturday or Sunday, August 24-25. By attending the event at the airport, you will get to see numerous exhibits and vintage airplanes on display in addition to having excellent views of the airshow. Several of our members have attended in the past and enjoyed the experience.
For information about admission prices and the schedule, visit the link below:
http://www.wingsoverwaukesha.com/
For information about admission prices and the schedule, visit the link below:
http://www.wingsoverwaukesha.com/
Monday, July 29, 2013
August Meeting to Feature Contest Image Selections
Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
August 2013 Newsletter
August
Meeting – August 7, 2013, 7:00 PM
Program: PSA
Wisconsin State Showcase Image Selection and Member Image Critiques
It is time to select our images for the 2013 PSA
Wisconsin Chapter Club Showcase. This is
the annual competition between Wisconsin Camera Clubs that are members of
PSA. Our club has an outstanding record
in past Showcases. (See information on
the 2012 Showcase results below). Each
club is allowed to submit seven images – each image must be from a different
maker. Images can be of any subject and
digital manipulation is allowed. So…find
your best image and submit it for consideration. We will use the first part of
our meeting to select the seven images to submit for the competition.
Please email your image to Rick Vollbrecht
(Rvollb@wi.rr.com) by Tuesday, August 6th. Images must be in JPEG format. Please provide a title for your image. If possible, size your image to no larger
than 1024 W x 768 H, 100 Res. File size
should not exceed 800KB. If you do not
know how to size your image, please do not let that stop you from submitting an
image. The important thing is that
everyone submits an image so we have a lot of images from which to select our
seven entries and that everyone is able to compete. We can always size your image later if it is
select. We are looking forward to seeing
some wonderful images!
We will then spend the remainder of the evening viewing
member images. In addition to the
members listed below, all members are invited to submit images they would like
to have critiqued by fellow club members.
This is a great way to learn how to improve your images. Submit images that you think are pretty good
and see if there are suggestions on how they could be improved, or perhaps you
have an image that you know you has a problem and you are looking for
suggestions on what you could have been done to make it better. Since our last
meeting we have had three field trips – Milwaukee County Zoo, West of the Lake
Gardens, and Retzer Wildflowers. Please
bring images from these event to share with the club. Please limit yourself to five images so we
have time to look at all the images. Images should be emailed to Rick
Vollbrecht prior to the meeting.
As
part of our regular monthly member image sharing, the following members should
provide images to share at the August 7th meeting:
Shirley Putschoegl, Barb Rasmussen,
Joe Recer, Frank Remfrey
2013
Club Programs:
The following is a list of programs that are planned for
2013.
September 4, 2013 -
Landscape Photography Terry Molter will
present landscape photography with an emphasis on Fall colors.
October 2, 2013 -
Miscellaneous Topics This will be a
meeting dedicated to a number of smaller topics:
Rick Vollbrecht
will talk about packing your photo gear for travel.
Jim Edlhuber will
tell us how to keep our lens clean.
Rick Vollbrecht will cover resizing images for digital projection
and competitions and how to transfer
images to a thumb drive.
Tom Wright will
discuss offsite image backup and cloud storage.
Terry Molter will
discuss procedures for photographing the moon.
November 6, 2013 -
Simple Steps to Improve Images Roy Schneider will
discuss simple steps to improve your images in image editing software.
December 4, 2013 - Scavenger
Hunt Images We will view member images
PSA
Wisconsin Chapter Club Showcase Results:
The results are in for the 2012 PSA Wisconsin Chapter Club
Showcase, and Retzer Nature Center Camera Club has done well again! We placed 3rd out of twelve
clubs! Well done! Four of our members placed in the top 25
images:
#12 – Nadya
Romanova Still Life with June
Flowers
#13 – Jim Edlhuber Free Ride
#17 – Jim Donner Mother’s Load
#22 – Rudy Willis Here’s Looking at You
Congratulations!
Photo
Scavenger Hunt: Photo scavenger hunts are a fun and challenging way to get your
imagination and creative juices flowing! The rules are simple:
1. Submit one image of each topic.
2. Be creative -
think of a unique way to express the topic.
3. Images should be
taken between now and December 1st.
4. Have fun.
Tom Wright has developed the list for this scavenger hunt. Thanks Tom!
Images will be viewed at the December meeting. So start shooting! Here is your list:
Scavenger
Hunt Topics
1. Car(s)
2. Fence
3. Funny
4. Hands
5. Kitchen item
6. Old
7. Self-portrait
8. Smooth
9. Storefront
10. Tall
11. Texture
12. Wildcard - what is it
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 again coordinate some field trips for the
club. Frank has scheduled the following
tentative field trips:
Milwaukee River Walk: Tuesday, August 6th. Join us for our annual outing to capture some
great pictures of downtown Milwaukee at night!
Meet near the Vogel Hall entrance of Marcus Center for the Performing
Arts at 7:00 PM. Or if you are
interested in car pooling, gather at the Hwy G Park & Ride lot (exit 291)
at 6:30PM. We will leave promptly!
.
Wings Over Waukesha: Saturday, August
24th. Air Show begins at 1:00
PM. We will meet at the east end of
Lancaster Drive, City of Waukesha. We
will be able to view the show from the park located in the subdivision. There is a small playground nearby. Frank Remfrey and Rudy Willis will be
co-hosts.
We could use some volunteers to coordinate some of these
trips. If you are interested please let
Frank know. If you have some additional 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.
Future
Events of Interest:
None to
reports at this time.
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 them 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
If you are aware of other photography classes or seminars, please
forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht
Photo Contests and Exhibits:
Old
World Wisconsin Foundation 2013 Photo Contest - Deadline August 30, 2013
For more information go to the Foundation web
site: www.friendsofoww.org
Capture
Wisconsin - Capture Wisconsin is looking for images of Door
County and additional images for a 2014 wall calendar. This may be an opportunity for you to get
some of your Wisconsin images publised.
Check out these links for more information:
If you are aware of other photo contests, please
forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com
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/
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