Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
February 2016 Newsletter
February
Meeting – Wednesday, February 3, 2016, 7:00 PM
Every year brings new cameras, lenses and other photo
equipment. For our February meeting a
representative from Art’s Camera Plus will bring us up to date of what’s new in
photography. Join us for this
opportunity to see what is happening in the photographic world.
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: John Marrari, Terry Molter, Edna
Pfeiffer, Frank Remfrey, and John Seals
Please email your images to Rick Vollbrecht ( Rvollb@wi.rr.com ) by
Tuesday, February 3rd. This will help to streamline the process of viewing
member images. We look forward to seeing your images.
Club
Organization:
Our club has experienced a steady growth in membership over the
years. We have now reached the point
where it is necessary to have a more organized structure so that we can
continue to grow and provide quality meetings, programs and other photo
opportunity to our members. Last year we
asked for members who would volunteer to fill the positions of club officers
and serve as a board to direct our club.
Members have stepped forward to fill the club officer positions as
follows:
President Rick Vollbrecht
Vice President Tom Wright
Treasurer Jim Edlhuber
Program Chair Elizabeth Whitcomb
Outings Chair Randy Scherkenbach
At our February meeting we will introduce these officers, explain
their duties, and discuss some other changes we will be implementing. This is an exciting time for our club. Please join us at the February meeting to
hear more it.
2016
Club Programs:
Our Program Chairperson, Elizabeth Whitcomb, met recently with a
number of members to review program topic suggestions. A tentative program schedule has been
developed and will be announced as soon as some dates and speakers are
confirmed. Thanks to the members who offered
suggestions and to the members who met and helped develop our programs for
2016. If you have any topics you would
like to see presented at future meetings, please let Elizabeth know.
Our 2016 programs and meeting dates are listed below:
February
3, 2016
March
2, 2016
April
6, 2016
May
4, 2016
June
1, 2016
July
6, 2016
August
3, 2016
September
7, 2016
October
5, 2016
November
2, 2016
December
7, 2016
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.
Our Outings Chairperson, Randy Scherkenbach, is working on some outings
for this year. Sure to return are our
popular wildflower shoot at Retzer and the downtown Milwaukee at night
shoot. If you have some ideas of where
you would like to see us go, please let Randy 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.
Photo
Scavenger Hunt:
Our Photo Scavenger Hunt has become a popular annual event which
we will be doing again this year. Photo
scavenger hunts are a fun and challenging way to get your imagination and
creative juices flowing! The rules are simple:
1.
Capture 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. We will review them at our December meeting
4.
Have fun!
Thanks to Jill Arth for providing us with these topics for our
2016 Scavenger Hunt:
- Music
- Happiness
- Flavor
- Wind
- America
- Backlit
- Geometric
- Contrast
- Sparkle
- Texture
Future
Events of Interest:
Creating
Art with Macro Seminar and Workshop with Mike Moat – March 5, 2016 Sponsored
by WACCO, this event brings Mike Moats, a well known macro photographer, for an
all day event. The seminar is scheduled
for 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM. The hands on
workshop will run from 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
The event will be at the Midway Hotel and Suites in Brookfield. For more information, go to www.wicameraclubs.org
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:
5th Annual WACCO Exhibit – January 16 – March 12, 2016 at the Reuss Federal Building
in Milwaukee. This exhibit features
photos from members of camera clubs in the Milwaukee area, including several of
our members.
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/
