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field trip 5 Spotlight on Larry Bryan 7-8 Call for

1 f/stop The Newsletter of the Camera Club of Brevard ~ SEPTEMBER 2018 Photo by George Bollis IN THIS ISSUE Notes from John 2 August meeting 3 Monthly contest themes 4 Marilyn Cook Challenge 4 Rockledge Gardens field trip 5 Spotlight on Larry Bryan 7-8 Call for photos 9 On the Calendar 9 Photo Classes 10 CCB information 10 1

John Buck President CCB Coming soon This is why we need our camera club. In the next few months we have scheduled some super speakers, field trips and a popular workshop.

2 NOTES FROM JOHN The Board of Directors is working on identifying CCB members who may be able to step in and help run the club. We need a president and a field trip coordinator for the Board in addition to a few other assistants for other directors. This is YOUR club and I hope you give some serious thought to helping out. John Buck President CCB Coming soon This is why we need our camera club. In the next few months we have scheduled some super speakers, field trips and a popular workshop. In addition, we will have our year end Annual Print Competition and Dinner. Speakers: In September we host Eau Gallie resident and Fine Art Photographer Erika Masterson. Erika s presentation is detailed on the next page and will talk about portraiture. I know Erika and am a huge fan of her creativity, fearlessness and passion in her work. You will not want to miss this program. Local professional Robert Vanelli will speak in October and in November Jack Rogers will educate us regarding photographing shorebirds. Workshop: I will be offering an environmental portraiture workshop October 13. These have proven to be popular the past two years and I will have a sign-up sheet at the September and October meetings. There will be a $20 fee for a model. Field Trips: In September we go to Dudley Farm Historic State Park to photograph a little of Florida s history. In October a fun trip to downtown Ft. Pierce, the farmer s market and the Backus Museum. I scouted this trip and highly recommend you attend. And our annual bus trip in November will find us in downtown St. Petersburg. More details to come on these events. The point is our club is awesome. We educate one another, we learn from our guest speakers, and we enjoy the bus trips and field trips together. Now I am asking each one of you to consider helping us secure the future of our dynamic club by volunteering to help. Thank you! John 2

SEPTEMBER SPEAKER ~ ERIKA MASTERSON Erika Masterson, a Fine Art photographer from Satellite Beach, will be the Camera Club of Brevard s September 4th program speaker.

She earned an advanced degree in Photography from the distinguished Southeastern Center for Photographic Studies located in Daytona Beach.

3 SEPTEMBER SPEAKER ~ ERIKA MASTERSON Erika Masterson, a Fine Art photographer from Satellite Beach, will be the Camera Club of Brevard s September 4th program speaker. Her presentation will focus on Portraiture Photography, and it will embrace the Fine Arts aspects for creating them. Erika is an amazing artist who has gained accolades from her peers worldwide. She earned an advanced degree in Photography from the distinguished Southeastern Center for Photographic Studies located in Daytona Beach. Erika s photography studio is located in the historic district of Eau Gallie where she produces her award winning imagery. The CCB is honored to have Erika Masterson present a remarkable program. If you want to know how to take awesome portraits, you have to attend the September program meeting. ERIKA MASTERSON To learn more about Erika and her photography, please visit her website at: Check out her blog page at: 3

MONTHLY CONTEST THEMES 2018 September ~ Cell phone - member vote October ~ Open + creative class November ~Portrait December ~

At the end of the July meeting, guest speaker and EFSU adjunct professor Marilyn Cook offered a challenge to our members.

special distorted effect. The photos below represent the three top winners as judged by our speaker.

2nd Place~JOHN BUCK 3rd Place~IAN JOHNSON 1st Place~NANCY GARWOOD SLIDE SHOW/AV WORKSHOP On Saturday August 18 Richard Thomson and

4 MONTHLY CONTEST THEMES 2018 September ~ Cell phone - member vote October ~ Open + creative class November ~Portrait December ~ Annual Print Competition 2019 January ~Weather February ~Glass March ~ Action April ~ Open + creative class MARILYN COOK CHALLENGE At the end of the July meeting, guest speaker and EFSU adjunct professor Marilyn Cook offered a challenge to our members. We were to create a photo that represented her presentation of using transparent and reflective surfaces to shoot through for a special distorted effect. The photos below represent the three top winners as judged by our speaker. Thank you to everyone who participated in this unique and fun challenge! 2nd Place~JOHN BUCK 3rd Place~IAN JOHNSON 1st Place~NANCY GARWOOD SLIDE SHOW/AV WORKSHOP On Saturday August 18 Richard Thomson and John Buck presented a workshop on creating effective slide shows for both Windows and Mac users. Our workshops are a great benefit for our members and are free except for the upcoming portraiture workshop which costs $20 per person for model fees. 4

5 ROCKLEDGE GARDENS FIELD TRIP ARNOLD DUBIN ARNOLD DUBIN BOB COOLEY BOB COOLEY CAROL MORGAN DENISE STANTON ARNOLD DUBIN CAROL MORGAN DENISE STANTON 5

He lives in Indialantic and has three daughters and five granddaughters, including triplets. He uses a Nikon D5500 with a Tamron 16-300mm lens and a Nikon 50mm f/ 1.8G.

6 SPOTLIGHT ON LARRY BRYAN Larry was born in Hannibal, MO and raised in Paducah, Western Kentucky. An MBA graduate from the University of KY, he joined IBM s Data Processing Division in Lexington in After a 25-year career in sales, marketing, and executive management he retired in He lives in Indialantic and has three daughters and five granddaughters, including triplets. He uses a Nikon D5500 with a Tamron mm lens and a Nikon 50mm f/ 1.8G. He relies on Windows Photo Editor for any post-processing of his photos and will soon add Adobe Lightroom as another editing tool. Larry has long been interested in photography. A serious hobbyist, he seeks to improve his technical skills through the education courses, workshops, meetings, and competitions available to members of the Camera Club of Brevard. He marvels at how many skilled photographers he meets at the club, all of whom provide Larry with generous and inspirational support which has helped him become a better photographer. At club events, Larry likes to see photographs taken by other members, and learn how they shape their view of the world. He regards life as a series of pictures, and believes that every picture tells a story. For Larry, the story behind each image makes it vastly more interesting. To tell his own stories, Larry likes to travel both at home and abroad. Travel allows him to create captivating images of people, events, landscapes, and especially architecture. He favors Europe s historical cities, especially the opportunities they provide for a photographer, as do America s National parks and Civil War Battlefields and Civil War Cemeteries. Larry would like his photographs to inspire people and stir their emotions, perhaps even motivate them to put them up on their walls. 6

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8 CALL FOR PHOTOSNEWS OF NOTE Space Coast Office of Tourism call for nature based photos The Space Coast Office of Tourism is looking for nature based photos for their 2019 vacation planner. Photographers would be given photo credit inside the publication, which 125,000 copies are due to be printed next year. The type of photos they are looking for specifically would be nature items likely spotted in Titusville. For example: birds, fauna, wildlife refuge, trails, etc. While the pictures of birds/fauna do not have to be taken in Titusville, they do request that they were taken here in Brevard County. These photos need to be high-resolution, 300 DPI since they will be used in a print medium. If you have any questions, or wish to submit photos please get in touch with: Jeanna Wood Content Manager Jeanna.Wood@visitspacecoast.com Florida s Space Coast Office of Tourism 430 Brevard Avenue Suite 150 Cocoa, FL p: f: tf: BEACH ON THE CALENDAR MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS September 4- Erika Masterson: Portraiture October 2- Robert Vanelli- Program TBD November 6- Jack Rogers: Photographing Shorebirds of Florida December 1- Annual Print Competition 2019 January 8- AV Slideshow Extravaganza FIELD TRIPS Saturday, September 8- Dudley Farm Historic State Park, Newberry FL Saturday, October 6, Backus Museum, Ft Pierce Saturday, November 3- Annual Bus Trip to St. Petersburg, FL WORKSHOPS Saturday, October 13- Natural Portraiture- John Buck- Sign up required. $20 fee for model We are also looking into the following subjects for workshops: Botanical oriented photo walk Travel photography Photo walks 8

9 PHOTO CLASSES NEWS OF NOTE Introduction to Digital Photography ~ FOTO.101 Sunday afternoon from September 23-October 28. This is a 6 week class for photo enthusiasts who want to learn beyond the AUTO setting to make your photos more interesting and creative. Classes will be held at Decorativa at he Avenue shopping center. We will meet from 2pm - 5pm. Contact John Buck at tourfoto@gmail.com Intermediate Digital Photography ~ FOTO.201 This is a more advanced photo class. This class will be conducted 90% on location so feedback is immediate. Locations will vary each week. Classes on Sundays from 10am-2pm September 23-October 28.. Contact John Buck at tourfoto@gmail.com CCB EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS The Executive Board meeting will be held 6:30 pm Thursday, September 13. All club members are invited and welcome to attend. Location is at Panera Bread, 275 E Eau Gallie Blvd in Indian Harbour Beach. By attending, you ll see it takes a team effort to make the club successful. We would like your help to make it even better. CONTACT INFORMATION Camera Club of Brevard, Inc. PO Box 542 Melbourne, FL WEBSITE: info@ccbrevard.com NEWSLETTER INFORMATION Editor: John Buck MEETINGS The CCB meets the first Tuesday each month at 6:30-9pm at the Eau Gallie Civic Center, 1551 Highland Avenue in Melbourne. 9

f/stop The Newsletter of the Camera Club of Brevard ~ JULY 2018

f/stop The Newsletter of the Camera Club of Brevard ~ JULY 2018 Class A First Place July 2018 ~ Photo by Patricia Indorf IN THIS ISSUE July meeting 2 Monthly contest themes 2 McKee Garden field trip 3-