Retzer
Nature Center
Camera
Club
August
2017 Newsletter
August Meeting – Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017, 7:00 PM
Program
– Wisconsin PSA Club Showcase Image Selection
At our August meeting, members will select our club’s
entries for the 2017 PSA Wisconsin Club Showcase. This is an annual competition between all
camera clubs in Wisconsin. Each club
submits seven images. The images from
all clubs are then judged by each club with the cumulative scores determining
the top clubs. Last year our club
finished in 3rd place, missing 2nd by a slim margin!
Each member is
strongly encouraged to submit one of his or her best images! Images may be of any subject. Digital enhancement is allowed. Images should be in a JPEG format, less than
1MB file size, a maximum of 1024 W x 768 H, 100 PPI. Please size your images accordingly, but if
you are uncertain how to do this, do not let this stop you. Send your image in and if it is selected we
will get it resized for you. The
important thing is we want your best image!
Images should be sent as soon as possible, but no later that Tuesday,
August 1st, to Rick at Rvollb@wi.rr.com
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After we have selected our entries, we will use member
images for a discussion of what makes a good image. This will be an opportunity
to see some of the best images from our club members.
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: Jill Arth, Mark Blackman, Deb Bloede, Craig Brown, Dick
Clark. Also, if you have some
images from the July wildflower shoot, please feel free to share those too.
Please
email your images to Rick Vollbrecht (Rvollb@wi.rr.com) by Tuesday, August 1st. 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.
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.
Tentative 2017 Field Trips:
July
26th – Downtown Milwaukee at night
August
18th -19th – 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.
August 21st, 2017 – Total Solar Eclipse. On Monday, August 21st we will be
treated to a rare total eclipse of the sun.
While it will be partially visible in our area, to see the total eclipse
you will need to travel to places like St Louis, MO, Paducah, KY, or southern
Illinois. It should be worth the trip!
Photo Contests:
If you are aware of any photo
contests, please forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com
UW – Waukesha Field Station – Deadline September 1st,
2017 The UW-Waukesha Field station is
hosting a photo contest to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. All images must be taken at the UW-Waukesha
Field Station. Categories include
People, Buildings, Plants, Scenery and Wildlife. For more information and an entry form go
to: www.http://waukesha.uwc.edu/campus/resources/facilities/field-station.
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.
