Retzer Camera Club: Favorite Images on Display at December Gathering

Retzer Nature Center

Camera Club

December 2021 Newsletter

December Meeting – Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 7:00 PM

Club Meeting Covid Safety Procedures: Masks are optional at our meetings. Chairs will continue to be spread out to allow for social distancing. The room is large enough that if you feel uncomfortable being too close to others there is room to spread out and wear a mask as you feel necessary. And, as always, if you are not feeling well or are experiencing symptoms of Covid-19, please stay home. We will miss you, but it is better to remain safe.

We encourage you to come to the in-person meeting as that is the best way for us to get to know each other better and to get the most out of the meetings. We will however continue to offer Zoom as an option for those who cannot attend in person.

Program – Member Favorite Images.

We will close the year with a presentation of our member’s favorite images. Each member is asked to submit 5-10 of their favorite images from the last several years. These images will be put into a program to share with the club. This is a time to show off some of your best images. Members should also invite spouses / guest to enjoy the program. Images should be sent to Rick Vollbrecht (Rvollb@wi.rr.com) as soon as possible (no later than 11/28) to allow enough time to create the program.

2022 Club Programs:

We need your help! Our Program Chair, Randy Scherkenbach, has done a great job finding interesting and informative speakers for our monthly meetings. But he can use your help. We want to provide programs that are interesting to you! Please let Randy know what topics would interest you for future meetings. If you are aware of any speakers that might be of general interest to club members, let Randy know that too. Any input you can provide to Randy will help our future meetings be interesting for all members. Please forward your ideas to Randy (rscherkenbach@gmail.com).

Our future programs and meeting dates are listed below.

2022 Program Schedule:

· January 5, 2022 – Jim Kurovsky – Processing Photos

· February 2, 2022 – Kevin Thomas – Travel Photography.

· March 2, 2022 – Judging of Wisconsin PSA Club Showcase images.

· April 6, 2022

· May 4, 2022

· June 1, 2022

· July 6, 2022

Field Trips:

We have not had a good photo field trip in some time. If any members have any locations that would provide us some good photo opportunities, please let Caryl (Caryl.Sedushak@me.com) know.

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:

Garden & Landscape Expo; Entry deadline December 15,2021. Categories include Plants & Flowers, Landscapes, Macro and Abstract. For more information and entry information, go to www.wigardenexpo.com/photo-competition/ .

If you are aware of any photo contests or exhibits, please forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com

Facebook:

Our camera club 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!

Photographic Society of America (PSA): PSA is an international organization providing abundant resources for photographers, from the novice to the professional. PSA offers on-line learning, webinars, study groups, competitions, mentors, and consultants. Membership is open to individual members and camera clubs. Our club and many of our members are members of PSA. There is also a Wisconsin chapter which has quarterly meetings and an annual weekend outing.

PSA membership is available for $45/year. There is a small additional dues charge for the Wisconsin Chapter. You can check out the PSA at www.psa-photo.org. Contact Linnea Matthiesen

(trekkielaw@aol.com) for additional information

Retzer Club Page on WACCO Website: The WACCO website (www.wicameraclubs.org) has pages for each member club to display photographs from club members. Check it out to see what our members and other clubs are shooting. If you would like to see some of your images on our club page, please send several of your images to Caryl Sedushak ( caryl.sedushak@me.com ). The images should be 2100 pixels on the long side and no larger than 1 mb. Let’s see some of our great member photos on the WACCO site!

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.