June 6 meeting notes

Hi all!

We had 11 members present this evening.

Judd opened the meeting this evening with a few segments from his CS5 training videos. They were working in Bridge, Layers and how to make a collage. These were very helpful and showed us some more things that we didn't already know. He will be showing us more of these in future meetings. These are really neat also as they are short videos and easy to do.

Next we did Show & Tell. Katie, Toni, John, Anne & Judd all had pictures to share with us. Good job to all of you!

Remember that the club will be doing a display at the Library for the month of September so be sure to get your pictures ready for that.

Next we showed our pictures from the 52 week challenge. The first was TEMPTATION and Kelley, Katie, Debbie, Anne and Judd all had pictures for this catagory. They were a motorcycle tempation for Kelley's husband Shawn, a colt for Katie, a piece of cake for Debbie, hamburgers and hot dogs for Anne and a gun for Judd.

The next challenge was LOOKING IN and Katie, Debbie, Rosalie, Judd and Anne all participated in this one.

Our challenge that we voted on this time was SELF PORTRAIT. John, Judd, Katie, Anne, Kelley & Jerry had pictures for this one. 1st place went to Katie, 2nd place went to Judd and 3rd place went to Jerry. Good job to everyone!

Be sure to print all of your pics for the next meeting as Judd will be gone and we won't have the television screen. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday June 21st and we will meet at the Library. The club challenge will be BLACK & WHITE and this is the one that we will vote on. The 52 week challenge catagories will be PARTY & FATHER.

Judd reminded us that we need to get our Spring pictures done as the first day of summer is almost upon us.

There will be a business meeting on Tuesday July 5th.

Till we meet again!

Marcia 

Meeting May 17th

A HUGE thank you goes out to Jerry for taking notes for me tonight! Thanks Jerry, I really appreciate it!

Judd opened the meeting tonight and had a special surprise for all with a big screen TV for viewing everyone's photos from Facebook. I know he had been wanting to do this as our photos just aren't being done justice on the other screen we have. Thanks go out to Judd for this; what an improvement to show off our work!

There were 9 members present and one guest, Janelle, John's daughter in law. Welcome Janelle, we hope to see you come back. (I wonder if there is a rivalry going on there; Janelle shoots with a Canon!)

The group shared memories of the trip to The Glory Hole, particularly Judd's sudden acceleration toward the hole itself! He scared us but all turned out well!

Next we had Show & Tell with John, Jerry, Anne, Katie and Judd participating. One of Katie's photos also won a 4th place ribbon at the DPC contest; congratulations Katie! A good job done by all.

The schedule for the Union Pacific train is posted on Facebook. It will arrive in Jefferson City on May 31st at 2 PM, be on display June 1st and depart on June 2nd at 8AM.

The Ava Art Guild's Spring Art Show is May 31st thru June 4th. This show is open to the public and cash prizes and ribbons will be given. There is a 3.00 per item entry fee. The entry day will be on Memorial Day, May 30, from 10 am to 4 pm. at the gallery. Arrangements can be made to enter your art before that date by calling 417-693-6413 or email at avaartguild@yahoo.com. Allow a couple of days for a reply by email. If you join the Ava Art Guild ($10.00 a year per person) you can submit pictures for sale. All pictures entered must be framed and ready to hang with wire, no saw tooth hangers!

*** Judd and I will be taking pictures to Ava on Saturday, May 28th. If anyone would like us to transport your pictures please get in touch with one of us at 933-5450.

The Ozark Empire Fair Photography contest is also coming. Check in is Saturday June 25th. You can enter online at ozarkempirefair.com.

During the month of September 2011 the club will be displaying at the Marshfield Library. We will not have use of the wall this time so be sure to bring easels for displaying your pictures.

Next we did the challenges:

MOTHER: Katie, Jerry, John, Rosalie & Judd all participated in this catagory.

UP: Katie, Jerry, John & Judd had photos for this catagory.

GOOD JOB to all of you!

Our next weekly challenges will be 'TEMPTATION' and 'LOOKING IN'.

Judd handed out the calendars for June.

Our next club challenge will be 'SELF PORTRAIT' - We will  vote on this one.

We had STREET PHOTOGRAPHY for our club challenge for this meeting. The winner was Anne and runners up were Katie & John. Good job to all of you!

Our next field trip will be to Alley Springs and Elephant Rocks State Park on Saturday, May 21, 2011. We will meet at 11am in the Wal-Mart parking lot near the gas station. Bring your cameras, tripods, drinks, snacks, lunch, etc. We will have a cooler in the car for your use.

We will have a club picnic at Judd & Marcia's house on Saturday, June 4, 2011. Bring a side dish, cameras, tri-pods, fishing pole, lawn chair, drink, etc. Hope to see you there and we will furnish the meats. We will eat at 6 pm but you are welcome to make a day and night of it if you want. Bring your family!

Our next meeting will be June 7th at the Marshfield Library.

Remember to get your Spring season photo done.

Til we meet again,

Marcia

Schedule on the Union Pacific's Great Excursion Adventure

Go to this web site and see a detailed schedule on the Union Pacific that will be going through Missouri and into Arkansas.
http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/steam/details.shtml

Many of the camera club members are planning to get pictures.

April 19th Meeting

Hi all!!

Well the weather missed us and I can't say that I was sorry; just wish it would given us some notice so we could have had the weinie roast instead!!! Oh well Judd is checking out the moon & sun calendar to see when we will have no moon so that we can reschedule the weinie roast and include some star trail pics to take that evening.

Judd opened the meeting with 5 members present; a small meeting but effective just the same; we missed all who couldn't make it tonight.

Judd handed out the May calendars with our new challenges on them. It's good to see some spring projects. I'm so tired of winter!

We did Show & Tell with John, Rosalie & Marcia all sharing pictures they had taken.

Next we did the Challenge pictures. The first was 'Excitement' with Judd & Marcia sharing pics.

The next one was 'Work' with Rosalie, John, Marcia & Judd all having pics.

The next challenge was 'Water' and Rosalie, John, Marcia & Judd all had a picture or two to share. GOOD JOB to all!

The next meeting will be at the Marshfield Library on May 3rd. The challenge subjects will be 'GROWTH', 'TREES' & 'FLOWERS'. Hoping to see some really pretty pics with these subjects.

Judd had a handout for us this evening about how to get the full circle on star trails. (I wish we had had this information when we were in Arizona) We were thinking you got the full circle by the amount of time you set on the camera, well nooooo, it goes by the North star! Imagine that! Of course you still need your tri-pod and remote trigger. I can't wait to try another picture of this. I think that makes for a really cool pic!

Judd reminded us to be sure to take our 'Spring' picture for our seasons project.

Next we discussed setting up a Facebook account for the club that we might share our pics on there. Also maybe putting some of our challenge pics there too. I am going to check on that and get back to you at the next meeting.

We talked about having our challenge pics voted on also. We decided to do just that and also to talk about why we decided on that particular shot, how we took it, what settings we used, discuss our technique, etc. Rosalie gave me a sheet that she uses to record the info and I am going to have some made up to give to everyone.

We also discussed having Jerry talk to us in depth about how he prints his photos using Power Point. This seems to be something a lot of us want to learn and maybe? Jerry will share his expertise with us. Hint, hint Jerry.

Tom had a question tonight about scanning slides. He said that when he does this he doesn't have trouble printing when he has a jpeg but he does have trouble printing when his picture is tiff. The answer that we came up with was that the tiff file is too big and maybe his computer needs to be updated also. Thanks Tom!!!

Well that is about all I have for now but remember to bring your challenge pics for the next meeting with the info (metadata) from your camera about the picture. (setting, lens, focal length, exposure mode, shutter speed, f-stop, did you use flash, white balance, did you use a tri-pod, etc.

Til we meet again,

Marcia

April 5th Meeting

Hi to all!

Judd opened the meeting this evening with 10 members present and 2 guests. Dalton Perryman and Jim Blanchard stayed for the meeting and we were very glad to have them.

Judd asked for any Show & Tell pics and Rosalie, Anne, Marty & Judd all had pics to share with us.

A question was raised about whether or not the Missouri State University's observatory on Hillcrest Road would let photographer's come in and take pictures. Judd said he would check on this and get back to us.

One of our challenges for this week was FOOLS and Jerry and Judd both had pics. This was a hard catagory, or so I thought, and I was impressed with Jerry's photo. He had set up a statue of a jester and set up two mirrors and the effect looked like a carousel. VERY NICE!

Our next challenge was PLANNING and Marty, Katie & Judd had pics to share for this catagory. Everyone did a great job! Thank you.

Judd let us know of an educational opportunity at lynda.com. At this site you can learn about almost anything computer or Photoshop related that you want. There is a monthly fee for this but check it out and see what you think. Judd is studying CS5 and learning SO much and is really excited about it.

Judd also told us of a site for flash photography techniques. neilvn.com is where he got the information for the flash deflector that he made for all of us. Katie actually used her deflector for her 'PLANNING" challege this week.

Judd had a couple of handouts for us this week. One was on 'recovering images from a damaged SD card' and the other was on 'waterfall digital photography'. I don't know about the rest of you but these handouts help me and I am very glad for the information.

We decided on a field trip to Dogwood Canyon to take place on Saturday, April 16th. We will meet at the Wal-Mart parking lot at 8 am and carpool. Pack a lunch and for some a late snack also as I heard talk of some staying until late to get the late afternoon light. You can walk, take a tram, rent a bicycle or rent a stroller. (tram is 24.87, stroller is $6.00, not sure of the charge for the bicycle or bicycle built for two) When we were there on Sunday we walked but I still haven't been able to get all the way around (6-7 miles total) so I am planning on the tram as I would love to get to see the animals on the Arkansas side of this route. Also, if you walk it you can only go as far as the trapper's cabin so if you want to see the animals the tram is the way to go. Rosalie says the tram gets up close and personal with the wildlife.  If you want to go and weren't at the meeting just give Judd a call (933-5450) and he will put you on the list.

Our highlight of the evening was a tour of Rosalie's studio, computer and printing room and framing room. She and Dalton gave us a guided tour and explained how they use everything. It was so much fun and very informative!!! Thank you to Rosalie and Dalton!!!!

Tom got a schedule of the events for the train and is going to put it on Facebook. Be sure to look at it if he is your "friend" otherwise I will get it and share. If you are not on facebook then take a look at this web site.

http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/heritage_and_steam/2011/0325_little-rock-express_844.shtml?print    Thanks, Tom.

Jerry and Judd shared their '10 shots of the same subject' with us. Jerry's was of a tractor and Judd's was of a waterfall. Very nice to both of you!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 19th and will be held in a picnic type form at Judd & Marcia's house. Bring your cameras and tri-pods for star trails and night photography. Also, bring a dish to pass, drink and a lawn chair would be helpful. Hope to see you all there and if you need directions just give us a call at 933-5450.

Till we meet again,

Marcia