Retzer
Nature Center
Camera
Club
December
Newsletter
December Meeting – Wednesday, December 5th,
2018, 7:00 PM
Program –
Annual Holiday Party
Our
December meeting will be our annual Holiday Party. We want to give you some information to help
you get ready:
1. Your spouse
/ guest is invited to the Holiday Party!
This is an opportunity for them to meet the club members with whom you
spend one night a month. They will also
get a chance to see some of the great images our club members create. So, invite them now! Make sure your spouse / guest gets the date
on their calendar.
2.
At the Holiday Party we will show the
results of the 2018 Scavenger Hunt. See
details below. Check to make sure you
have taken images for all the topics and get those last-minute shots. If you don’t have all ten images, send in
what you do have. You can send them to
Rick Vollbrecht (rvollb@wi.rr.com) any time
you have all of them ready. Please
rename the images to have your name, image # and the topic in the file
name. For example…RickV-1-Angle,
RickV-2-Awakening, etc.
3.
We are also asking members to send in five
of their best or favorite images from 2018.
We will put these images into a program to share with our guests,
highlighting our member’s “Best of 2018”.
This program has been very well received by our guests in the past. So, start getting your images ready and send
them to Rick Vollbrecht. Again, please
rename each image to start with your name.
We are looking forward to seeing some great images again this year!
This is your last call for images! Images must be in to Rick Vollbrecht by
Friday, November 30th. The more images we get from members, the
better the program will be.
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 2018.
The topics for our 2018 Scavenger
Hunt are:
1.
Angle
2.
Awakening
3.
Close encounters
4.
Delicious
5.
Depth
6.
Electric
7.
Eyes
8.
Patience
9.
Play
10. Work
Member Image
Sharing:
There
will be no individual image sharing this month.
Since our Holiday Party will include showing member Scavenger Hunt and
Best of 2018 images, members are encouraged to submit images for those events.
2019 Club Programs:
Our 2019 programs and meeting
dates are listed below. Our program chairman, Randy
Scherkenbach, is looking for your ideas for programs for 2019. If you have a topic you would like to see
presented, please let Randy know now.
Please forward your ideas to Randy (rscherkenbach@gmail.com ).
2019 Program Schedule:
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January 2, 2019 – Chris Collins – 365 Projects
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February 6, 2019 – Geri Laehn - Astrophotography
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March 6, 2019 - PSA Wisconsin Showcase judging
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April 3, 2019
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May 1, 2019
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June 5, 2019
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July 3, 2019
– No meeting
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August 7, 2019
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September 4, 2019
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October 2, 2019
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November 6, 2019
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December 4, 2019
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.
2019 Field Trips: No trips are
planned at this time.
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!
Annual Dues:
Dues for the 2019 club year are $15.00 for an individual and $25.00 for
a couple. You can pay your dues to our
Treasurer, Jim Edlhuber, at the next meeting.
Our dues help to pay for guest speaker honorariums and club expenses.
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.
WACCO Photography Seminar and
Workshop - Saturday, March 2, 2019. WACCO’s
annual seminar features professional photographer Colleen Miniuk-Sperry. She will be speaking on topics including
Finding Your Creative Voice, Composition: No More Rules, Seeing the Light in
Outdoor Photography and Ebb and Flow: Riding the Waves of Creative Energy. An optional workshop will be held on Sunday,
March 3rd. For more
information and registration, go to the WACCO website: http://www.wicameraclubs.org/programs/
.
Photo Contests
and Exhibits:
Garden Expo Photography Contest – Application deadline: December 15, 2018. Sponsored by Wisconsin Public Television, this is the
inaugural year for the contest. It is
designed to bring another form of art, imagery and perspective to the Garden
Expo. Additional information is
available at: www.wigardenexpo.com/photocontest .
If you are aware of any photo
contests or exhibits, please forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com
Equipment for
Sale:
Our member Mary
Margaret Wacker, has a relative who is a freelance photographer and is selling
some of her unused equipment. She has
for sale a Fuji X100 (from 2011) with the original box, lens hood, filter and
two batteries. The equipment is well
cared for. If you are interested,
contact Mary Margaret at 414-587-6008, or jwacker@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 (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.
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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Tom Wright
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Vice
President
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Jim Hobbick
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Treasurer
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Jim Edlhuber
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Program
Chair
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Randy
Scherkenbach
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Outings
Chair
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Elizabeth Whitcomb,
Caryl Sedushak
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Members should feel free to contact the officers with any
questions and suggestions they may have for the club.
