Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
March 2014 Newsletter
March
Meeting – Wednesday March 5, 2014, 7:00 PM
Program: Portraits – How to pose and shoot great portraits.
Professional portrait photographer Noelle Youakim will gives us
tips on shooting portraits, including how to pose people for the most
interesting shots. Noelle uses primarily
natural light in outdoor settings to achieve her most interesting portraits, so
her tips will help us all to get the portraits we want without having to invest
in studio lighting equipment.
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. 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 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:
Robert Beitz, Mark Blackman, Craig
Brown, Shane Carlton, Wayne Christensen
2014
Club Programs:
We have developed a tentative program schedule for the rest of the
year. Additional information will be
provided as speakers and program details are confirmed.
April
2, 2014 – Macro and close up
photography - Terry Molter will discuss techniques and equipment for
shooting close-up images. He will include
the use of focus stacking to get better depth of field.
May
7, 2014 – Architectural photography – Photographer Paul Bialas
will discuss his experiences shooting architecture, especially old
building. He will include the process he
used to publish books of his works.
June
4, 2014 – Favorite Places – Tom Wright will talk about some of
our member’s favorite places to shoot locally and throughout the state. You don’t have to go on long trips to get
some of your best shots. Members are
requested to send Tom some of their favorite local locations, including photos
of what they shoot. This will serves as
a resources for club members.
July
2, 2014 – Presenting your Images Part I–
Rick Vollbrecht will demonstrate how to create dynamic “slide” shows from your
images.
August
6, 2014 – PSA Wisconsin Showcase Image Selection -
Members will select images for the 2014 PSA Wisconsin Showcase. We will also spend some time critiquing
member images.
September
3, 2014 – Composition – What makes a great image? The elements
of composition will be discussed.
October
1, 2014 – Internet Resources for Photographers – Tom
Wright will discuss how to find the most helpful photographic resources on the
internet and how to get them to feed automatically to your computer.
November
5, 2014 – Presenting your Images Part II
– Rick Vollbrecht will demonstrate how to cut mats and frame your
photos. There will also be a
presentation on creating canvas prints.
December
3, 2014 – Holiday Party! – We will wrap up the year with a
gathering including your spouse or guest.
We will view the results of our scavenger hunt. A program will show our guests some of our
best images from the year. More details
will follow as we get closer to the end of the year.
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.
The following field trips are being planned with specific dates
and details to be announced later:
May – Parfey’s Glen, Pewitt’s Nest and the International Crane
Foundation. Elizabeth Whicomb will
coordinate.
June – Downtown Milwaukee at night including the rooftop garden at
the MSOE Museum, downtown building details and the Milwaukee skyline from
Lakeshore State Park (Summerfest Island).
Rick Vollbrecht will coordinate.
July – Wildflowers at Retzer nature Center. Jim Edlhuber will coordinate.
Summer – Chicago including Millennium Park (The “Bean”) and Navy
Pier. Rick Vollbrecht will coordinate.
Summer – Chicago Botanical Park – Elizabeth Whitcomb will
coordinate.
Summer – Frame Park Gardens – Frank Remfrey will coordinate.
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.
Scavenger
Hunt:
Following on the success of last year’s scavenger hunt, we are
announcing the 2014 scavenger hunt topics.
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.
Thanks to Elizabeth Whitcomb for coming up with the following
topics:
1.
On the waterfront
2.
Repetition
3.
Unique
4.
Celebrate
5.
Time
6.
Reckless
7.
LOCAL landscape
8.
Challenges
9.
Framed
10. Next
to something
Start shooting and be creative!
Future
Events of Interest:
March 15, 2014
(Saturday) – Calumet Regional Photo Club 2014 Photography Clinic
The
5th annual clinic will be in Munster IN, from 9:00 AM – 4:00
PM. The program features three speakers
– James Cook, Dean Pennala and Ralph Velasco. The $60 registration fee include
a continental breakfast and lunch. For more information see the attached
registration form or visit the Calumet Photo Club web site: www.CalRegionPhoto.org
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. The registration fee is $50.00 if you
register by February 22nd ($75.00 after 2/22), including lunch. Please see the attached brochure or visit the
WACCO website www.wicameraclubs.org
for more information. WACCO has
annually brought us some great speakers at a very reasonable price. This should be one you should strongly
consider attending, not only to further your own knowledge, but to support
WACCO!
June 14th,
2014 (Saturday) - Wehr Nature Center Camera Club 2nd Annual
Seminar
Jennifer
Wu, a Canon Explorer of Light, will present “Nature’s Elusive Beauty” at the
Milwaukee Art Museum from 12:00 Noon – 5:00 PM.
The fee is $15.00 for the first 100 registrants, $25.00 after the first
100. Jennifer will cover composition and
share her techniques for getting great shots.
She will also share some of her night sky time lapse photography. Jennifer is a very dynamic and energetic
presenter. Please see the attached
information or go to www.wnccccevents.com
for more information.
Photo Contests and Exhibits:
Monona Terrace Photography Contest – Deadline September 1st,
2014
Sponsored by the Monona Terrace in Madison. The contest includes photos taken on the
grounds of the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. Please see the
attached information flyer.
Old World Wisconsin Photo Contest – Deadline October 17th, 2014
This contest is for photos taken on the grounds
of Old World Wisconsin between August 31, 2013 and October 12, 2014. Categories include Pioneer Life, People,
Agriculture, Nature and Historic Structures. For more information go to: www.friendsoww.org/photo_contest.
If you are aware of other 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 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
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/
