Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
January 2017 Newsletter
January
Meeting – Wednesday, January 4th, 2017, 7:00 PM
Annual Holiday Party – Please read
carefully!
Our January
meeting will be our annual Holiday
Party. Your spouse / guest is invited and encouraged to
attend. This will be an opportunity for them to see what we do at our
meetings and to meet other club members. Make sure to extend an
invitation to your spouse / guest so they can get the date on their calendar.
We will be sharing our Scavenger
Hunt images. Now is the time to get any of those last minute
shots you need to complete the scavenger hunt list. Please email your ten
images as jpeg attachments to Rick Vollbrecht as soon as possible (Rvollb@wi.rr.com). It would be helpful
if you would rename the images to correspond to the category – i.e. 01-Music,
02-Happiness, etc. We are looking forward to seeing your creativity! For further information on the Scavenger
Hunt, please see the next section of the Newsletter.
As in past years we will also be sharing your “Best of 2016” images.
This is a great way to show our guests and fellow club members some of the
interesting images you captured this year. Please email five of your best images taken in
2016 to Rick Vollbrecht.
We would also like to have some light refreshments to share
at the party. If you can provide something, please let me know by email
what you will provide. Please keep it simple.
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 in 2016.
The topics for our 2016 Scavenger Hunt are:
- Music
- Happiness
- Flavor
- Wind
- America
- Backlit
- Geometric
- Contrast
- Sparkle
- Texture
2017
Club Programs:
Our 2017 programs and meeting dates are listed below. We are still working to firm up some of the speakers,
so the schedule is subject to change.
February
1, 2017 – Judging PSA Wisconsin Club Showcase.
March
1, 2017 – Image editing - correction and enhancement presented by Tom
Wright. Members will receive images in
advance and given an opportunity to show how they would improve them.
April
5, 2017 – Landscape Photography
May
3, 2017 – Marketing Photographs
June
7, 2017 – Architecture Photography (inside and outside)
July
5, 2017 – What makes a good image?
How to evaluate and judge photographs.
August
2, 2017 – Selection of images for PSA Wisconsin Showcase.
September
6, 2017 – Street Photography
October
4, 2017 – Daytime long exposure photography
November
1, 2017 – Portrait Photography
December
6, 2017 – Annual Holiday Party
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, will be organizing more outing
for 2017. 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.
Future
Events of Interest:
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:
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.
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:
Friends of Retzer Nature Center: www.FriendsofRetzer.org
Club
Organization:
Annual dues will be due starting the first of
the year.
Club dues for the 2016 club year are:
Individual -
$15.00
Couple / Family -
$25.00
Student (16-25) -
$10.00
Please see our Treasurer, Jim Edlhuber, to pay your dues.
Our club officers are:
President Rick Vollbrecht
Vice President Tom Wright
Treasurer Jim Edlhuber
Program Chair Elizabeth Whitcomb
Outings Chair Randy Scherkenbach
Members should feel free to contact the officers with any
questions and suggestions they may have for the club.
