Retzer
Nature Center
Camera
Club
July
2017 Newsletter
July Meeting – Wednesday, July 5th, 2017, 7:00 PM
Program
– What Makes a Great Image?:
Did you ever wonder what makes a great image? What makes an award-winning image stand out
from all the rest? Sometimes it can be
the small things that can make a big difference. Elizabeth Whitcomb will show us some of the
elements and techniques that can make major improvements to our images. She will also explain how these elements can
affect how images are judged in photo competitions. Come to learn how to take your images to the
next level.
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: Bob Wickland, Milt Wilson, Tom Wright, Bob Zastrow.
Please
email your images to Rick Vollbrecht (Rvollb@wi.rr.com) by Tuesday, July 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 always
looking for ideas for future programs.
If you have any ideas for speakers or program topics, pleas forward your
ideas to Elizabeth Whitcomb (Lizannwhit@Gmail.com). We are always looking for program topics that
are of interest to our members.
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
Wisconsin PSA Club Showcase Results:
The results are in from the 2016-2017 Wisconsin PSA Club Showcase. This year fifteen clubs participated in the
Showcase. Each club submitted seven
images representing their club for a total of 105 images. The images were judged by all participating
clubs and an average image score calculated for each image.
I am pleased to report that our club finished in third place – missing
second by .07 points! Well done!!! Here are the scores (on a scale of 1-5 with 5
being best) for our member’s images:
Kevin
Thomas The Farmer’s Wife 3.9234 7th
overall
Jim
Kurovsky Patient Frog 3.8428 9th overall
Rick
Vollbrecht Look at Me 3.5683
Jim
Edlhuber Hungry Heron 3.5597
Tom
Wright Where’s Mom 3.4135
Mary
Graves Bluebird in the
Snow Storm 3.3641
Caryl
Sedushak Look What I Caught 3.1529
Congratulations to all our members for a great showing.
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.
Tentative 2017 Field Trips:
July
– Wildflowers at Retzer Nature Center
July
– Downtown Milwaukee at night
August
– Manitowoc County – Farms, barns, old cars, night sky.
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.
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:
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:
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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.
