Retzer Nature Center
Camera Club
February 2013 Newsletter
February
Meeting - February 6, 2013, 7:00 PM
Program:
You have taken your pictures and downloaded them to
your computer. Now what do you do to make them look their best? At our February
meeting Shawn Hibbard will discuss how a good workflow can help you bring out
the best in your images. Her program will cover RAW conversion, saving files
and backup, color correction, cropping for printing and archiving images. Shawn
will use Lightroom and Photoshop to demonstrate her workflow, but the concepts
can be applied to any software.
Member Image Sharing:
Members are also 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. We
would like to encourage members to submit images for sharing in advance by
email to Rick Vollbrecht at Rvollb@wi.rr.com.
This will help to streamline the process of viewing member images. We
look forward to seeing your images.
In order to give everyone a chance to share their images during
the year, we have decided to provide a schedule listing individuals who will be
given priority at each meeting. Other
individuals may also provide images which will be shared as time permits.
The following
members should provide images to share at the February 6th meeting:
Mark Blackman, Craig Brown, Peggy
Christopherson, Carl Courtois, Jim & Debby Donner
2013
Club Programs:
The following is a list of programs that are planned for
2013.
March 6, 2013 -
Wildlife Photography - Birds - Isolating the Background Tom Wright and Jim Edlhuber will discuss how the background can
make or break a wildlife image.
April 3, 2012 -
Flash Photography Chris Jourdan will
discuss various aspects of flash photography and how to use flash to enhance
images.
May 1, 2012 - TBD
June 5, 2013 -
Wildflower Photography Rick Vollbrecht will
discuss equipment, techniques and locations for getting great wildflower photographs.
July 3, 2013 - No
Meeting
August 7, 2013 - PSA
Region 21 Image Selection We will select
member images to submit to the annual PSA Region 21 inter-club
competition. We will also spend
additional time on member image critiques.
September 4, 2013 - Landscape
Photography Terry Molter will
present landscape photography with an emphasis on Fall colors.
October 2, 2013 -
Miscellaneous Topics This will be a
meeting dedicated to a number of smaller topics:
Roy Schneider will
talk about packing your photo gear for travel.
Jim Edlhuber will
tell us how to keep our lens clean.
Rick Vollbrecht
will cover resizing images for digital projection and competitions and how to
transfer images to a thumb drive.
Tom Wright will
discuss offsite image backup and cloud storage.
Terry Molter will
discuss procedures for photographing the moon.
November 6, 2013 -
Simple Steps to Improve Images Roy Schneider will
discuss simple steps to improve your images in image editing software.
December 4, 2013 -
TBD
Special
Note on April Meeting on Flash Photography:
As noted above, Chris Jourdan will be discussing flash photography
at our April meeting. If you have any
particular questions or issues relating to the use of flash that you would like
to have addressed, please forward them to John Hasse at J3hasse@hotmail.com. We will ask Chris to include them in his
program.
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.
Frank Remfrey has agreed to again coordinate some field trips for the
club. If you have some ideas of where
you would like to see us go, please let Frank know (FRemfrey@wi.rr.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.
Future
Events of Interest:
February 10, 2013 (Rescheduled
from January 27th) - PSA Wisconsin Chapter Meeting 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Waukesha State Bank, Lower Level. Take I-94 West, exit 282. Go North on Hwy 67. The bank is on the left
Showing
of 2012 PSA Chapters Showcase
Selection
of 12 images for 2012 PSA Chapters Showcase.
Each member may bring 2 digital images.
Members
may bring images for a Bring-Your-Own show
Afternoon
program - John Rummel and Mark Weiter will discuss their methods of
photographing the Milky Way and lighthouses at the Apostle Islands National
Lakeshore.
March 9, 2013 - WACCO
Photography Seminar Door County Photographer Dan Anderson
will be the featured speaker. A brochure
is attached. For more information about
Dan, check his web site: www.danielandersonphotography.com Early registration deadline is February 9th.
March 10, 2013 - PSA Wisconsin
Chapter Meeting 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Waukesha State Bank, Oconomowoc, Lower Level. Take I-94 West, exit 282. Go North on Hwy 67.
Business
meeting and election of officers.
Region
21 Individual Showcase - PSA members may bring two images (print or projected)
for consideration for the Showcase.
Members
may bring images for a Bring-Your-Own show,
The
afternoon program will feature Jim Cowell with a program on Natural Element
Photography.
May 4, 2013 - WACCO Photography
Seminar Fuzzy Duenkel, a well known
local portrait photographer, will conduct an afternoon program. A registration brochure will be available
soon. Check the WACCO web site for further updates. To see some of Fuzzy's work, check his web
site: www.duenkel.com
May 17 - 19, 2013 - PSA Wisconsin
Chapter Photo Outing to Door County. PSA
members will meet in Door County for a weekend of photography
August 1-4, 2013 - Southwestern
Michigan Council of Camera Clubs (SWMCCC) Summer Weekend of Photography The Southwestern
Michigan Council of Camera Clubs invites you to attend the 39th annual SWMCCC
Summer Weekend of Photography and Digital Imaging. Whether a beginner or an
advanced photographer, you will find instructional opportunities and shooting
sessions designed to enhance your creative skills and knowledge of photographic
tools. Join us for a weekend of photographic learning, fun and fellowship. A number of our members have attended this
event in the past and have found it very educational and enjoyable.
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 them to
Rick Vollbrecht 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. Check their web sites for more
information.
WCTC: www.wctc.edu
UW Waukesha: www.waukesha.uwc.edu
If you are aware of other photography classes or seminars, please
forward the information to Rick Vollbrecht
Photo Contests:
Wisconsin
Great Lakes Photo Contest - Deadline
February 1st, 2013
Looking for photos of Lake Michigan or Lake
Superior taken from Wisconsin. Topics
include shorleines, people enjoying the lake, cultural and historic
features. For more information check the
Wisconsin DNR website: www.DNR.wi.gov/topic/greatlakes/contestrules
Dane
County Humane Society Four Lakes Wildlife Center 1st Annual Focus on Wildlife Photo
Contest - Deadline
February 16, 2013
Looking for original and beautiful
wildlife photographs that reveal the natural character and beauty of Wisconsin
wildlife. For more information check
their website: www.giveshelter.org
Old
World Wisconsin Foundation 2013 Photo Contest - Deadline August 30, 2013
For more information go to the Foundation web
site: www.friendsofoww.org
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
Comments
on the Newsletter: We have been using
this newsletter format for the last several months as a way to provide you with
more information about the club activities and other opportunities related to
photography. What do you think? Are you finding this useful? Is there too much/too little
information? Is there something else you
would like to see? If you have any
comments about the newsletter, please forward them to Rick Vollbrecht
(Rvollb@wi.rr.com).
