March meeting minutes

April 1, 2011
Greetings!

Here are the minutes for the March meeting and info for upcoming meetings.




"Water"



Camden Photo Club

March 21, 2011 Meeting



Dear Friends



Thanks to all who attended the meeting, and to those of you who were not able to attend, we hope to see you at the next meeting. We will be meeting Mon April 18th at the Bassett Bldg. in the Fine Arts Center....Lyttleton St. Camden SC

Mike's cell # 803-422-5894



Please let your friends know about the club and invite them along.




Meeting Minutes



Thanks to all who attended. We had 14 members present and I think we all enjoyed the photographs and information presented, as well as the camaraderie. As this is a non profit group, it would be nice if we could rotate bringing water and snacks. Volunteers can get in touch with Mike so we only have one person doing it per meeting.



Financial Report. To date 14 members have paid their 2011 dues. We have a checking account established at Carolina First Bank on Dekalb Street in Camden. We have not received our first bank statement at this writing.



Displaying Photographs in the Fine Arts Center. The Fine Arts Center has been gracious enough to allow us to hang our photographs on the left wall as you come in the front door of the Center. Each member may hang 2 photographs at a time, and should rotate them at least every 2-3 months to stay seasonal. Photo size should be 8x10 (matted and framed ok).

We discussed having Colt Shirley make a small sign to hang on the wall above the photographs, identifying them as Camden Photo Club photographs.



Publicity. Several ideas were addressed. Mike sent emails to the local papers and members were asked to spread the word through their various social organizations, such as churches. Please do the same in your local or personal groups.



Website. Karin Martin set up our website - www.camdenphotoclub.com. If you wish to post photographs, you may email them to her at camdenphotoclub@gmail.com. Mike and Karin asked that we support both the website and our flickr site with more photographs.



Speakers. Mike has spoken with Daniel Stainer www.danstainer.com about speaking to our club and perhaps doing a weekend instructional outing. At this announcement Dan is excited about the possibility of the weekend in May before our next meeting and also having him speak to the club for the May meeting.



Presentation. Ray demonstrated the difference between flash photography using the flash on the camera and studio flash equipment. Ray did a wonderful job and we were surprised to see the difference between the two types of lighting on our "subject". You were good Ray, but I am afraid Callie stole the show. Thanks to Peggy McKoy for sharing her adorable dog with us.



Members Photos. The subject of this month's photographs was black and white. We were delighted to see how many talented photographers we have in our club. Each of the photographs presented had very interesting and unique qualities. Make sure to send you photos as jpegs to Mike at saddleguy@gmail.com



Walk-Abouts. Several areas of interest were discussed. These included Swan Lake, Liberty Hill, and Flat Rock, again. Mike was able to talk to one land owner in Flat Rock, who agreed to let us visit his land.



Summary of the Questionnaire. Mike briefly discussed the results of the questionnaire that was handed out at the March meeting. As expected, club members use a variety of cameras, and are interested in many different subjects - flowers & birds, action, architecture, pets, nature, etc. Some of the topics the members would like to learn more about include reverse lenses, photoshop, different types of lenses and lightroom.



April's Photograph. The category for the April photograph is "water". Please submit only one photograph. Remember, you can also submit one photograph in the "random" category for each month. One for each category = 2 photos.



Next Meeting. Our next meeting will be on April 18th at 7:00. Peggy McKoy will give us a presentation on texturing. After seeing her black and white photograph, we are anxious to learn more about this process.



Thank you all for your support and enthusiasm. As a new club, we have already accomplished much and I look forward to our continued growth, learning opportunities and photographic adventures.





Mike Scott

President

803-422-5894

The Camden Photo Club

Tips ans tidbits

This website, http://www.homephotog.com , offers a lot of little tips and explanations on a lot of things and issue such as Aperture and Photoshop quickmask- check it out, there are lots of basic questions answered!
click on the title to access the website.

Photographs posted on Flickr

Everyone, please don't forget to check out posted photographs on our Flickr page! Members can post two picture per day!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/camdenphotoclub/

March 12th Walk about

The March 12th walk about led us to the Revolutionary war site and also the Quaker cemetery which offered plenty of photographic opportunities. Many more local and some non-local trips are planned to explore the endless possibilities of picture taking, may it be Art or just for fun and the learning experiences. Please join us!

Member Photos- this one has been submitted by Roger Stranc

Female house finch on a feeder hanging outside my sliding glass deck door, Red Bank Farm, Boykin. Canon T-50, Canon FD 35-105, Kodak Gold 400. Comments welcome."

Next photo Club meeting

Don't forget !

Camden Photo Club Meeting

Mon. March 21st, 2010



We are looking forward to seeing you and a friend at the 

Camden Photo Club meeting this Mon. March 21st, 2010

at the Fine Arts Center located on Lyttleton St.


                                       7 P.M.



Pull in the lot on Lyttleton St.  park and enter the Bassett Bldg 

from the side entrance. Once in the bldg. turn right into the 

meeting room.

This month we will be treated to a presentation on flash photography and lighting from Ray Zilembo. View his site at  www.apoochinpixels.com

"Bring your own camera"



We will also discuss new and exciting happenings with the club, our new website, our walkabout that was held on Sat. March 12th, where we will meet for a walkabout next month and many other things.



Please don't forget to send your photos for the month.

1  (ONE) will be the assignment of the month...Black and White

1 (ONE) will be a random for the month



Please label each so they go in the correct division.



send in jpeg. to:   saddleguy@gmail.com





*** Please sign in as soon as you enter so we don't forget. Also, please don't forget dues will be collected at the beginning and end of the meeting by treasurer "Billie". 





Looking forward to seeing you!


803-422-5894

This and that

Camden Photo Club

January, 2011
Greetings!

Hello.

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Read below this paragraph to see what transpired at our first meeting.

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The first meeting of the Camden Camera Club (Kershaw County Photography Club) took place on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at the Garden Gate Gallery and Frameshop.


Items discussed and decided upon were as follows:

President, Mike Scott
Vice Presidents, Teri Carter and Steve Hewitt
Secretary/ Treasurer, Billie Schreck

Subsequent meetings will be held on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Fine Arts Center, from 7:00 - 8:30. The next meeting will be on February 21st. We will meet in the building which houses the auditorium.

Annual dues will be $25.00 payable at any meeting. Dues for members joining after July 1st, will be prorated.

Individuals interested in joining the club will be allowed 2 "free" visits before dues will be considered due.

Members are invited to email a new photograph to Mike before each meeting and to bring a printed copy of the photograph to each meeting. Please send them in jpg. format to saddleguy@gmail.com by at least the Friday before the meeting. The purpose is to create a learning environment as the members make suggestions on how to enhance the photographs. The subjects for the next 6 months are as follows:

February - four legs
March - black and white
April - water
May - birding
June - macro
July - weather

The first order of business at the February meeting will be to name the camera club, discuss a website and email address.



PLEASE NOTE !

There were several photographs that were hung at the Police Station in Lugoff. They have been returned to the Fine Arts for pick up.
I have in my possession photos that I will return to Stoney and Sandra Hilton and Steve Hewitt.

Other photos that need to be returned follow.
If you know any of these folks, please ask them to contact Diane at the Fine Arts :
Lee Korn
Shelly Schultz
Julie Jackson
MB Tyson
AJN

Thank you,
The Camden Photo Club

February meeting minutes

Meeting Happenings:

During this meeting we hope to cover some cool things.

~ A questionnaire to help us find a direction that will appeal to all levels of photographers.

~ Ideas of how to impress the public with our club and let them know of our existence. So far we have talked about the Chronicle's weekly happenings section, the Fine Arts website, getting a flickr page and getting a blog up and running.

Flickr Page is up and running!

You can post 2 images a day

http://www.flickr.com/groups/camdenphotoclub

Outings:

~ Walkabouts... some that were mentioned among some members were a tour of Flatrock Rd. (old houses and barns etc). Rimini SC, the Zoo, The Revolutionary War Park and any ideas you might have.

~ horses, sheep and any other animals and locations always prove interesting.

~ night photography....shooting cityscapes, lighted old ruins, cars etc. can be fun. Light painting for those that have not done this, can be a blast.

~ photo scavenger hunt...Teri will share ideas on this.

~ Cowassee basin... where we live. Tons of photo opps. and possible publishing of your work.

Educational Workshops :

~ Our dues may not allow for too many paid professionals to appear but discussions are welcomed for suggestions of people you know that might speak or if you'd like to share something yourself.

Print displays and show? :

We are in discussion with the Fine Arts Ctr. to see about posting our photos on the wall and we can try to set a date to have a juries show for the club.

Presentation:

This months presentation will be on Macro Photography and some inexpensive ways to achieve this. Mike and Peggy will also share what they know about their macro lenses, lens baby, diopters, diffusers and Raynox.

Teri will briefly share moments from the CNPA, Carolina Nature Photographers Assoc. annual meeting.

Hopefully, we will get to view Catherine French's exhibit and who knows? maybe she will come. An invite has been sent to her.

This months assignment:

"4 legs"

Don't forget to get your photos to Mike before Sun. eve to have them shown from the projector.

Please send them in Med. size jpegs

to:

saddleguy@gmail.com

Title this months assignment.... 4legs_your nameFeb

Random photo submission.... Random_your nameFeb

Examples:

4legs_mikescottFeb

Random_mikescottFeb

This will allow me to make folders

March Meeting Date will be Mon. March 21st, 2011:

Presentation will be by Ray Zilembo. The topic will be pet portraiture and lighting.

Thank you all and PLEASE forward this to your friends and have them join our club!

Thank you and looking forward to seeing you!

Mission statement

Camden Photo Club

Mission Statement:

To offer a space to exchange information and interaction between photographers