Retzer Camera Club: February 2022

Retzer Nature Center

Camera Club

March 2022 Newsletter

March Meeting – Wednesday, March 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 – Judging Wisconsin PSA Club Showcase.

Each year the Wisconsin PSA Chapter hosts the Club Showcase where member clubs each submit seven images in a friendly competition. This year thirteen clubs have submitted images which are judged by all participating clubs. We will be judging the images at our meeting. Please join us for an opportunity to see some of the best images from photographers around Wisconsin.

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: .

· April 6, 2022 – Light Painting – Don Rosenberger

· 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: Kim Hiller, Jim Hobbick, Kurt Huebner, Terry Hughes, Karen Jeske, Michael Jeske.

Please email your images to Elizabeth Whitcomb Lizannwhit@gmail.com ) by Tuesday, March 1st. This will help to streamline the process of viewing member images. We look forward to seeing your 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 Chairperson, Caryl Seduskak (Caryl.Sedushak@me.com) is 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 Caryl. 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.

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: $20

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:

WACCO Spring 2022 Competition - May 7, 2022. Deadline for entry: April 17, 2022

The competition offers an opportunity to enter your images in eight divisions, three images per division. Divisions include Nature and Open, Color and Monochrome, with Special Themes of Wisconsin Landscapes and Tabletop / Still Life. For detailed information on the divisions and instructions for entering your images, go to www.wicameraclubs.org and select “Competition” and then “Competition Uploader.” This is a great way for you to enter a competition and see how your images compare to other Wisconsin photographers.

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