Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
September 2015 Newsletter
September
Meeting – Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 7:00 PM
Have you ever been faced with a photo opportunity where there were
extreme lighting conditions – very bright and very dark elements in the same
picture? How did you shoot it? Expose for the bright spots and the shadows
are too dark. Expose for the shadows and
the bright spots are blown out. HDR
(High Dynamic Range) may be your answer.
Randy Scherkenbach will tell us how to use the HDR process to get great
images, following the process from capturing the images through processing them
in the computer. Join us and see how
this is done.
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:
Katie Farber, Karen Geisel, Dale
Graves, Mary Graves, Mike Gray
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 2015 programs are listed below:
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.
If you have some ideas of where you would like to see us go, please let us
know. 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:
Summer –
Evanston, Illinois lighthouse and Bahai Temple
Summer – Anderson
Japanese Gardens in Rockford
Summer – Tiffany
Bridge and Beckman Mill in Beloit
Photo
Scavenger Hunt:
We will once again be conducting a photo scavenger hunt! 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!Here are the topics for our 2015 Scavenger Hunt:
- Delicate
- Decay
- I can’t believe I captured that!
- Graffiti
- Doorway
- Bloomin’ Beautiful
- Stormy
- Shadow
- Bridge
- At night
Future
Events of Interest:
John
& Barbara Gerlach Photographic Seminar – Saturday, October 24th,
Midway Hotel, Brookfield. Sponsored
by Unlimited Vision Photo Club. This is an all day, intensive photo
seminar from which you will come away with new tools and ideas to improve
your photographic skills. It is appropriate for all skill levels from
beginner to advanced. The Gerlachs are well known in the photographic
community and present a very informative program. This is an opportunity
not to be missed! A brochure with
registration information is attached.
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:
Old World Wisconsin 2015 Photo Contest – Due date: October 16, 2015. Photos must be taken
at Old World Wisconsin. Categories
include: Pionee Life, People, Ariculture, Nature, historic Structures. For more information go to: http://www.friendsoww.org/photo_contest.htm
Friends of Retzer Nature Center Annual Photography Contest – Due date: October 28th, 2015 Photos must be taken
at Retzer Natue Center. Categories
include: People and Activities, Plants, Scenery, Wildlife, and Black &
White. There will be a reception on
Sunday, November 1st to view the photographs and awards prizes to
the winners.
WACCO Fall Competition –
November 2015. Watch for further details
at the WACCO web site: www.wicameraclubs.org.
5th Annual WACCO Exhibit – January 16 – March 12, 2016 at the Reuss Federal Building
in Milwaukee. Deadline is December 19, 2015. See the WACCO web site to see a catalog of
past entrants. Details will be posted at
the WACCO website (www.wicameraclubs.org)
in the future.
If you are aware of any 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/
