Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
December 2014 Newsletter
December Meeting – Wednesday December 3, 2014, 7:00 PM
Program: Holiday Party – We will celebrate the end of the year with a holiday party. Please bring your spouse or a guest to enjoy our program and meet other club members. Our program will feature the results of our photo scavenger hunt. We will also share a presentation of member’s favorite image of 2014. This will be a great opportunity for our guests to see what our club members have accomplished this year. Light refreshments will be served.
If you have not yet done so, please email your scavenger hunt images and five of your favorite images on 2014 to Rick Vollbrecht (Rvollb@wi.rr.com). Please send these no later than Sunday, November 30th. Everyone is strongly encouraged to send images so we can have a good representation of our club member’s talents.
2015 Club Programs:
We are currently working on programs for 2015. All members are asked to submit ideas of programs they would like to see in 2015. A few members have done so, but we could use a lot more suggestions. This is your opportunity to have programs that will be most beneficial for you. Program suggestions should be emailed to Rick Vollbrecht
Our 2015 programs are listed below.
January 7, 2015 – Judging of the PSA Wisconsin Showcase images. We will judge images from thirteen Wisconsin camera clubs as part of the annual PSA Wisconsin Showcase. We will spend the reminder of the evening critiquing member images.
February 4, 2014 – Judging of Wisconsin Print Circuit.
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.
At this time we have no further trips planned for the year. 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:
The photo scavenger has come to an end and it is time to get your images in! We will review the images at the December meeting as noted above. Please rename your images to correspond with the topics, i.e. 01-Waterfront, 02-Repition… As a reminder, here are the topics:
1. On the waterfront
2. Repetition
3. Unique
4. Celebrate
5. Time
6. Reckless
7. LOCAL (day trip) landscape
8. Challenges
9. Framed
10. Next to something
Future Events of Interest:
Third Annual WACCO Exhibit: Now through December 5th. Closing artist reception on Friday December 5th, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Located at the Reuss Federal Building, 301 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee. Photos on display are from members of WACCO member camera clubs.
Larry Chatman Photo Exhibit: Now through December 20th at the Sharon Lynn Wilson Center Ploch Gallery. Chatman encourages us to take another look at abandoned streets, neglected facades and faded signs to recognize their beauty and distinction.
Sarah Marie Becker Photo Exhibit: January 9th – 31st, 2015 at the Sharon Lynn Wilson Center Ploch Gallery. Becker utilizes photography and self-portraiture to investigate the ways in which social media dictates contemporary human behavior.
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:
UW-Washington County Photo Contest: Deadline January 4th, 2015. Open to anyone age 15 and older living in Wisconsin. Cash prizes are awarded. For contest details go to: www.washington.uwc.edu/campus/news/releases/uw-wc-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 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/
