Travel Photography Highlights April Meeting Agenda

Retzer Nature Center 

Camera Club 

April Newsletter 

April Meeting – Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, 7:00 PM

Program – Travel Photography – Kevin Thomas:

Kevin will share with us some tips on how to increase our chances and opportunities to get great travel shots.  He will show many of his travel images and describe how they came about, along with some advise based on what he has learned over the years.

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: Dave Merritt, Don Monteleone, Walt Panasiuk, Rick Petersohn, Frank Remfrey, Jonelle Ritger

Please email your images to Tom Wright ( TomWrightwi@gmail.com ) by Tuesday, April 3rd. This will help to streamline the process of viewing member images. We look forward to seeing your images.

2018 Club Programs:

Our 2018 programs and meeting dates are listed below.  We are always looking for ideas for future programs that are of interest to our members.  If you have any ideas for speakers or program topics, please forward your ideas to Randy Scherkenbach ( rscherkenbach@gmail.com ).

2018 Program Schedule:  ​

• May 2, 2018 – Suvi Tory – Natural Light Portraits

• June 6, 2018 – Sunil Gopalan – Wildlife Photography

• July 4, 2018 – No Meeting

• August 1, 2018 – Ed Deiro – Water Drop Photography

• September 5, 2018 – Kurt Huebner – Macrophotography: Hunting and Imaging Dragonflies and Damselflies

Selection of images for PSA Wisconsin Showcase.

• October 3, 2018 – Jim Kurovsky – Mirrorless Cameras

• November 7, 2018 – Caryl Sedushak – Photographing with Lensbaby

• December 5, 2018 – Holiday Party - Member Scavenger Hunt and Best of 2018 Images.

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 Co-chairs, Elizabeth Whitcomb and Caryl Sedushak, are working on a schedule that will include some of our traditional outings plus a few new ones. They are always looking for your ideas of some places you would find interesting for a club outing.  If you have any ideas of places you would like to have us shoot, please send your ideas to our Outings Chairperson, Elizabeth Whitcomb (lizannwhit@gmail.com)  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.  Perhaps you have a favorite place for fall colors or winter scenery.  

2018 Field Trips:

• May 12, 2018 – Manitowoc – Led by Kevin Thomas, we will photograph old buildings, farms and a junk yard filled with old cars.

• May (TBD) – Chicago Botanic Garden – Led by Caryl Sedushak, we will photograph tulips and other spring flowers.

Facebook: Our camera club now has a Facebook page!  If you are on Facebook, simply put Retzer Nature Center Camera Club in the search box and you will find us.  Click on the Join button and Elizabeth or Randy will approve you.  This is a Closed Group and open only to club members.  This means that anything posted here can only be seen by members of the group.  You can feel free to share your work here without fear that someone outside the club will have access to it.  Anything posted here is private, so feel free to ask questions – don’t be embarrassed or shy about it.  The monthly Newsletter, meeting topics and outings will also be posted here.  Check it out!

​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 or exhibits, please forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com

WACCO Spring Competition:  Saturday, May 5th.  Deadline for entry: April 14, 2018.  Images may be submitted is several categories – Projected and Prints, Open and Nature, Color and Monochrome.  Special categories are Projected Nature – Water, and Projected Open – Winter Scene.  For more information and instructions for submitting your entries, go to:  http://www.wicameraclubs.org/artists/#/competition-info-uploader-1/   

Lake Country Photo Contest:  Deadline June 16, 2018.  Images must be taken of the natural lakes, rivers, streams, ponds and waterways in Waukesha Lake Country between June 17, 2017 and June 16, 2018.  For more information, go to the Pewaukee Area Arts Council: http://www.pewaukeearts.org/photo-contest

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 (Rvollb@wi.rr.com) 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.  

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/  

Club Organization:  

Our club officers are:
​President ​	Tom Wright
​Vice President	Jim Hobbick
​Treasurer ​	Jim Edlhuber
​Program Chair	Randy Scherkenbach
​Outings Chair	Elizabeth Whitcomb, Caryl Sedushak

Members should feel free to contact the officers with any questions and suggestions they may have for the club.