Retzer Camera Club: January 2022

Retzer Nature Center

Camera Club

February 2022 Newsletter

February Meeting – Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 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 – Travel Photography – Kevin Thomas

Kevin spent three months working at a summer camp in New Mexico last year. He will share some of experience and pictures he took over his three months in the west.

2022 Club Programs:

We need your help! We are looking for one or several members to step up and help us coordinate future programs. This does not mean you have to present the programs but coordinate outside speakers and club members who are willing to give us programs on various diverse topics. If you are willing to help, please contact our club president Elizabeth Whitcomb (Lizannwhit@gmail.com)

We want to provide programs that are interesting to you! Please let us 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 us know that too. Any input you can provide will help our future meetings be interesting for all members.

Our future programs and meeting dates are listed below.

2022 Program Schedule:

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

· April 6, 2022

· May 4, 2022

· June 1, 2022

· July 6, 2022

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. 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: Lisa Conley, Wally Ekart, Jim Edlhuber, John Hasse, Jim Hayes.

Please email your images to Elizabeth Whitcomb Lizannwhit@gmail.com ) by Tuesday, February 1st. This will help to streamline the process of viewing member images. We look forward to seeing your images.

Field Trips:

Lake Geneva Winterfest, Friday, February 4^th. We have received an invitation from the Unlimited Vision Photo Club to join them in an outing to the Lake Geneva Winterfest. Caryl Sedushak has provided the following information:

Some members of Unlimited Vision Photo Club are going to Lake Geneva’s Winterfest on Friday, February 4. Members will meet at the Walmart parking lot in Waukesha on West Street and Hwy 59 at 1:30 pm and leave at 1:45 pm. We'll carpool from there and should arrive in Lake Geneva by 2:30 pm. There will be time to go around the area and get shots of the sculptures. Some might not be quite finished, but we can either get shots of the works in progress or key in on some of the sculpture highlights. Sunset that night is at 5:08 pm, and we will be at the east end of the lake so there may be some good sunset shots. Then if anyone is interested, we could eat there and afterwards make one more trip around to see if any sculptures are lighted.

If you want to carpool, please let David Kielpinski know at davidk10013@gmail.com or call 815-575-6926.

It has been a while since we have had a field trip. 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:

WACCO Presents: Jason Odell Seminar – March 5, 2022, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

The Wisconsin Area Camera Clubs Organization (WACCO) is presenting a Zoom Webinar with professional photographer Jason Odell. Jason will discuss two topics- 1) Capturing

Fine-art Landscapes. 2) Stretching Time: creative long exposure photography.

Cost: $15 until February 11, $20 after February 11^th.

For more information and to register, go to: http://www.wicameraclubs.org/programs.

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

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.

Photography Classes:

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 Elizabeth Whitcomb Lizannwhit@gmail.com