Retzer
Nature Center
Camera
Club
April
2017 Newsletter
April Meeting – Wednesday, April 5th, 2017, 7:00 PM
Want
to learn how to create those stunning landscape photographs? Our April meeting is for you. Landscape photographer Tim Holte will show
some of his outstanding images and tell us how he created them. Tim says: “I
take photos to fulfill some kind of subconscious need to document time and
memory. I am concerned about beauty and
how it can be found all around us. I
keep things simple and enjoy the process more and more as I get older. Nice light, an interesting subject and basic
compositional elements are what I look for and try to capture.” Come to the meeting to learn techniques that
will help you to improve your images.
Note: Dues for 2017 are due at this meeting. If you have not yet paid your dues, please
see our Treasurer, Jim Edlhuber, at the meeting.
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: Linnea Matthiesen, Dave Merritt, Don Monteleone, Rick
Petersohn, Edna Pfeiffer.
Please
email your images to Rick Vollbrecht (Rvollb@wi.rr.com) by Tuesday, April 4th. This
will help to streamline the process of viewing member images. We look forward
to seeing your images.
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.
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
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 2017.
Your scavenger hunt images will be shown at our Holiday
Party in December.
The topics for our 2017 Scavenger
Hunt are:
1. Fun
2. Patina
3. Detail
4. Liquid
5. Dew
6. Fungi
7. Feather
8. Creature
9. Motion
10. Soft
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.
Tom Bamberger: Hyperphotographic – March 25 – May 21, 2017 - The
Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend is featuring an exhibit of photography by
Wisconsin photographer Tom Bamberger.
Out of Chicago, June 23-25th – A weekend in Chicago
featuring classes, photowalks, panel discussions, workshops and more. For more information go to www.outofchicago.com.
Southwest Michigan Camera Club Council (SWMCCC) Summer Weekend of
Photography and Digital Imaging, July 28-30, 2017: This annual event features three days of workshops
on many aspects of photography and digital imaging. Fieldtrips include Birds of Prey and night
shoots. For more information go to www.SWMCCC.org
Photo Contests:
WACCO Spring Competition
– Saturday, May 6th – Entry deadline is April 15th! Sponsored by Wisconsin Area Camera
Clubs Organization, this competition offers our members an opportunity to enter
images in a number of formats and categories including projected and prints in
monochrome or color. This is an easy
competition to enter and is a good way to see how your images stack up against
other Wisconsin photographers. Details are available on the WACCO website: www.wicameraclubs.org.
Wisconsin Images for
Conservation – Registration May 1, 2017 – This is a photo contest featuring images that show off
the diversity of Wisconsin wildlife, plants and landscapes. For more information see their website: www.wisconsinimagesforconservation.org.
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. The new UW Waukesha catalog is now
available. 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:
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
Club
Organization:
Annual
dues are due now!
Club dues for the 2017 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.
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Our club officers are:
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President
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Rick Vollbrecht
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Vice
President
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Tom Wright
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Treasurer
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Jim Edlhuber
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Program
Chair
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Elizabeth
Whitcomb
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Outings
Chair
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Randy
Scherkenbach
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Members should feel free to contact the officers with any
questions and suggestions they may have for the club.
