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/
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