Welcome Members. Peoria Camera Club Newsletter. Club Picnic. Upcoming NEWS. Letter From The President. In This Issue. Competition ENTRIES DUE

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1 Peoria Camera Club Newsletter PHOTO CHATTER VOL 63 ISSUE 1 AUGUST 2017 Club Picnic Upcoming NEWS Tuesday, August 22 6:00-9:00 pm Glen Oak Park Pavilion near the Glen Oak Zoo entrance. The Peoria Camera Club is hosting a club picnic to celebrate the beginning of the season. Join us for an evening of socializing with club members, friends, and like-minded photographers. This event is open to current and prospective members! Bring your own main entree, drink, table setting, and a side dish to share. Letter From The President Welcome Members First, I d like to thank you for allowing me to serve as President of the Peoria Camera Club for , and be part of an organization that not only gives knowledge, back but allows friendships to be created. I am following in the footsteps of some great past presidents and know I have big shoes to fill. We already have a busy fall planned. We ll kick off the new club year with our Annual Picnic at Glen Oak Park on August 22. Hopefully everyone will be able to make it, particularly after the much anticipated full eclipse on the 21 st. This year, the PCC will be hosting the CICCA Fall Salon on October with an added social element. Be watching for more information. On October 28, we ll host our annual still life workshop. I know I enjoy participating in this event each year. Hopefully, this year s still life workshop will provide you with inspiration for the President s Special Competition Macro / Close-up photography but no plants/insects/spiders. (continued p2) Competition ENTRIES DUE NATURE-1 Tuesday, August 22 OPEN-1 (Rule Changes Apply, p6) Tuesday, August 22 In This Issue Letter from the President, Crystal Johnson.. 1, 2 Letter from the Newsletter Editor, Julie Dodge..3 Peoria Camera Club s Best Photo Exhibition 4 InterClub Challenge PCC vkodaroamers vquad Cities. 5 Competitions, Rule Changes, Open & Creative...6 Macro Program, Vicki, Rich, and Ray Still-Life Photo Shoot...10 PhotoChatter 1

2 President s Letter continued CLUB INFORMATION Peoria Camera Club has been serving the Peoria area since The club s mission is to help members develop photographic skills through encouragement, mutual help, and learning opportunities. PCC is a member of Photographic Society of America and Central Illinois Camera Club Association. MONTHLY MEETINGS Unless otherwise specified, meetings are held on the first, third and fourth Tuesdays of the month at First United Methodist Church, 116 NE Perry Avenue, Peoria, IL. (downtown, near the Peoria Public Library) Meeting time 7:00 to 9:00pm MEMBERSHIP DUES Membership is yearly, Sept thru May. Dues are $20 a bargain for access to educational programs, seminars, image critiques, competitions, and fellowship for improving your photography. Dues are payable in September. Please bring cash or a check to any meeting in September and submit payment to Bill Snyder, club Treasurer. For current and prospective members, I want to assure you that my intention is to continue to grow the club. I plan to stay focused on our mission to help our members develop their photographic skills through encouragement, mutual help, and learning opportunities. I look forward to a productive and successful year and invite each of you to participate, and most importantly, become involved. Changes to Open Rules The board voted and passed to alter the rules for Open. This change will align our rules with CICCA. As a reminder, Open 1 is due on August 22, so pay close attention. New Definition for Open: The emphasis for this category is on aesthetics and creating a fine image with great impact while maintaining a natural quality. The subject matter of this category is unrestricted. Images can be a single exposure or multiple exposures blended together to create a seamless image. Examples are HDR, image stacking for depth-of-field, panoramas, etc. Combining two unrelated images are not allowed. There are NO restrictions for image enhancement as long as the image maintains a natural looking appearance. Borders and vignettes are allowed. Infrared is NOT allowed Volunteers Needed Heart of Illinois Fair. After many years of serving as Photography Chairman for the Heart of Illinois Fair, William Goad has officially retired. This means we re looking for someone to step forward to take on this key role. We need a volunteer by October 31st, or the PCC will have to let the fair board know our club will no longer be involved in the photography department. Please help us preserve our leadership at this great community event. Social Activities. We also need someone to volunteer to lead social activities and coordinate refreshments at meetings and events. Volunteers make a difference within the club and the community. Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering for either of these positions. Thank you! Crystal Johnson, President PhotoChatter 2

3 Letter From The Newsletter Editor Club Officers President - Crystal Johnson Vice-President - Jim Burnham Past President - Dave Bowers Treasurer - Bill Snyder Secretary - Jean Johnson Digital Processing - OPEN Membership - Dave Clark Competition - Carl Close Club Support Newsletter - Julie Dodge Webmaster - Jim Burnham Club Documents - Rich Seeman Records Retention - Carl Close Seminar - Crystal Johnson Outings - Carl Close Portrait & Still Life Workshops - Carl Close Social Activities - OPEN Addresses General Questions - clj7181@gmail.com Program Suggestions - james@burnhamweb.com Activities - carlwclose@mchsi.com Membership - msgtclarksphotos@yahoo.com Newsletter Contributions - thedodgelodge@gmail.com Web & Social Media peoriacameraclub/ New Look, New Content Hi everyone. I volunteered to serve as this year s editor of the club newsletter PhotoChatter. I hope you like the new look, which complements our recently updated logo. In addition to the new look, I plan to add two new sections and include more shared content from members. Upcoming Events & Photo Opportunities is the first new section, which I will include information on local and regional festivals, car shows, motorcycle races, zoo events, raptor days, eagles on the river, flowers in bloom, Facebook groups, gallery shows, opportunities to display your photos, and photo workshops and tours. I can make sure everyone is informed, but I ll need your help to submit the details, like 1) Name of Event/Opp, 2) Location, 3) Website, and 4) brief one or two sentence description of event/opp in your own words and anything photographically interesting. Members Favorites is the second section I d like to add. This can be anything from a tip on how you photographed a bird, a feature on your camera you love, favorite software, a new editing technique, photo resources on the web, links to online learning, video tutorials, a cool place you recently visited, best place to buy mounting/framing supplies, favorite photo tour, and worthy workshops. Also briefly offer why it s your fav and how it impacted your photography. You can also submit favorite photographic helper in your bag; something you can t live without. For instance, favorite tool in my bag I won t leave home without my Hoodman Loupe. I ordered it from B&H for $79 and it s worth every penny. I can view/examine images in the field close-up and without glare so I know I got the shot! We don t often get a chance to share in the meetings, so this would be a great opportunity to be heard and share your ideas. All members will be credited for their submission. I'm looking forward to a year filled with great ideas and gems to share to help everyone improve their photography. Thank You, Julie Dodge PhotoChatter 3

4 Club Opportunity Member Print Exhibition Key Dates & Event Information Entry Deadline - Sept. 30, Rich before or on the 30th with photo title(s), your name, phone number, selling price, or indicate Not For Sale (NFS). Turn-in - Oct. 17 Prints may be turned it at any PCC meeting on or before the deadline. Contact Rich to turn in prints any time other than a meeting. Hang Prints - Nov. 2, Peoria Public Library. Exhibitor s Reception - Sat Nov. 4, 2:00-5:00pm. Exhibitors, please attend the reception. Print Pick-Up - Nov. 29, before 2:00 pm at the library. Afterwards, pick up at the club meeting on Dec. 5. After that, contact Rich. Exhibition Committee & Contacts Jeanette Kosier JMkosier@comcast.net or Rich Seeman RLS1940@hotmail.com or Peoria Camera Club s Best Photographic Print Exhibition Peoria Camera Club and Peoria Public Library will host a Photographic Print Exhibition on November 3-28, This exhibition, titled Peoria Camera Club s Best is an opportunity for PCC members to display (and possibly sell) some of your best photographic work and promote our club. Print Specifications & Preparation Each PCC member may display up to 3 prints. If not enough, or too many prints are turned in, the committee may ask for more entries or return entries at the discretion of the Exhibition Committee. All subject matter is appropriate, may be taken anywhere, at any time and must be in good taste as judged by the Exhibition Committee. Prints must be mounted, matted and framed. Minimum overall frame size is 11 x 14 inches. Maximum overall frame size is 26 x 26 inches. Panoramas are acceptable - length must be between 14 & 26 inches. Metal prints and canvas wraps are permitted. They do not need to be framed. The overall size must fall within 11 x 14 and 26 x 26 inches. All prints must be ready to hang with hanging wire. If you have a print that you want to exhibit which does not meet these specifications, contact Rich. Attach a completed form (on website) to the back side of each print. If you desire to sell a print, enter the selling price in space provided; otherwise enter NFS (Not For Sale). Wrap your prints in heavy paper or bubble wrap to protect them during transportation. Label your wrappings so they can be used to return your items in good condition. Peoria Camera Club and Peoria Public Library are not responsible for damaged or lost items. PhotoChatter 4

5 INTERCLUB CHALLENGE PHOTO COMPETITIONS Mark your calendars for the upcoming competition due dates. PCC Turn-Ins 8/22 Open 1, Nature 1 9/5 Photojournalism 1 9/19 Open 2 9/26 Creative1 10/3 City Landscape 10/17 Nature 2 11/7 Open 3 11/21 Print 1 12/5 Nature /9 Open 4 1/23 Print 2 1/30 Creative 2 2/6 Smartphone 2/20 PJ 2, Nature 4 3/20 Print 3 4/3 Presidents Special 5/1 EOY Special Turn-Ins 9/23 Insect Salon 9/26 CICCA Fall Salon 12/7 InterClub Challenge /? CICCA Spring Salon Annual InterClub Challenge Peoria Camera Club vs Quad Cities vs KodaRoamers The Quad Cities Photography Club (QCPC) is the host for the annual photography challenge between Peoria Camera Club, KodaRoamers, and QCPC. Quad Cities won last year, so this year, it s our turn to show our challengers which club can take the best Macro images in the region! Get out early and start looking for some great close-up opportunities. Competition Rules and Image Specifications The theme is macro and close-up images of subjects. All subject matter is acceptable. Images must have been exposed after Jan 15, Image submissions must be digital. Image size limits are 1400 pixels wide by 1050 pixels high. File naming convention is: image# your competition number - title -.jpg Example: Steam Engine.jpg If you don t have a competition number contact Carl Close; carlwclose@mchsi.com or Turn-in is Nov 15. to Dec 7 Send up to 8 images to Rich Seeman. From all images submitted, a PCC team will select 50 for this challenge. Judging will be Saturday Jan. 13; location TBD. Contact and Image Handler Information: For questions, contact Rich Seeman; RLS1940@hotmail.com or PhotoChatter 5

6 COMPETITION CHANGES COMPETITION PERSONNEL Image Handlers OPEN Bill Snyder NATURE Jim Burnham CREATIVE Tom Ruhland PHOTOJOURNALISM / CITY LANDSCAPE Tom Oelkers toelkers@mtco.com SMARTPHONE/TABLET Ray Keithley rayk25@yahoo.com PRINTS Denise Romersberger denise.romersberger@gmail.com Administration Competition Director Carl Close carlwclose@mchsi.com Competition Chairperson Tom Ruhland tomr@peoriacameraclub.com Judge Procurer Jeanette Kosier jmkosier@comcast.net New Changes to Creative and Open Digital Competitions Effective immediately, Peoria Camera Club has made the following changes to two competition categories to be better aligned with Central Illinois Camera Club Association (CICCA). Creative Images New Rules Creative Definition. An image in this category represents a creative expression of the image maker s vision. The emphasis for this category is on creativity with no restrictions for enhancement of the image(s) used to create the final product. Creative Rules. The image may use any creative techniques such as (but not limited to) photo manipulation, creative lighting, and camera movement combined with long exposure (motion blurs, slap zooms) Abstract images also are appropriate for this category. The image must have a photographic base. All photographic elements must be made by the maker. Borders, Vignettes, infrared images are allowed. Combining parts from different images is also permissible. Open Images New Rules Open Definition. The emphasis for this category is on aesthetics and creating an image with great impact while maintaining a realistic quality. The subject matter of this category is unrestricted. Open Manipulation Rules. There are no restrictions for image enhancement provided that the resulting image: Maintains a realistic-looking appearance Appears to have been made in a single exposure Has a photographic base Open Additional Rules All photographic elements must be made by the maker Blended multiple exposures are allowed HDR processing is allowed Image stacking for depth of field is allowed Panoramas are allowed Borders and vignettes are allowed Infrared images are NOT allowed PhotoChatter 6

7 INSECT SALON 2017 National Insect Salon COMPETITION PERSONNEL Special Competitions Heart of Illinois Fair OPEN CICCA Representative & Competitions Crystal Johnson PSA Representative & Competitions Pete Anderton National Insect Salon Joe Virbickis The Peoria Camera Club is hosting the 2017 National Insect Salon, a Photographic Society of Americasanctioned Nature competition. Images must be submitted no later than Sept. 23, so, get out your macro gear and start hunting for small creatures like insects, spiders and related arthropods. PCC members have a reduced entry fee of $2.00, so ignore payment instructions and give your entry fee to Joe Virbickis, Insect Salon Club Chair. Join us on Sept. 30 at First United Methodist Church to view the judging and see spectacular images from around the world. Competition Rules and Entry Portal are available on the Peoria Camera Club website under Competitions, or by clicking on this link. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Heart of Illinois Fair Chairman Position is open to manage the HOI Fair Print Competition, which involves communications, coordinating judges, volunteers, and managing prints and awards. Social Chairman We need someone to be in charge of coordinating snacks for club meetings, snack and beverage set-up, and coordinate food, volunteers, and table sets-ups for club banquets and seminar. Contact Crystal Johnson for questions and to volunteer. PhotoChatter 7

8 CONGRATULATIONS HOI FAIR WINNERS HEART OF ILLINOIS FAIR RESULTS Large Black & White Print 2nd - Crystal Johnson HM - Joe Virbickis HM - Crystal Johnson Large Color Print 1st - Crystal Johnson 2nd - Julie Dodge 3rd - Tom Ruhland HM - Crystal Johnson HM - Tom Ruhland HM - Andrea Monninger Small Black & White Print 2nd - Crystal Johnson HM - Julie Dodge HM - Andrea Monninger HM - Scott Dunham Small Color Print 1st - Julie Dodge HM - Andrea Monninger HM - Crystal Johnson HM - Crystal Johnson HM - Rich Seeman Theme "Pets" Julie Dodge Theme Panoramic Jim Walker Smartphone Images Julie Dodge People's Choice B&W Tom Ruhland PhotoChatter 8

9 GENERAL PROGRAM PREVIEW SEPTEMBER 19 Topic: Close-Up / Macro Photography Close-up and Macro Photography seem to be the theme this year for the club s special competitions. Club members Vicki Padesky, Ray Keithley and Rich Seeman will present a program on Close-Up / Macro Photography on Sept. 19, to help members learn more about this unique genre of photography. Vicki, Ray, and Rich will: 1) define close-up / macro photography; 2) identify some of the special equipment needed; and 3) demonstrate useful techniques to address the unique composition, lighting and focus challenges encountered when doing this style of photography. At the end of the presentation, the team will have a variety of lenses, cameras and close-up equipment set up so members can experience for themselves the various ways to approach close-up and macro imaging. This presentation will be valuable in helping members enter our club s upcoming President s Special Competition and the KodaRoamer Challenge. It will also discuss applying techniques at the upcoming Still Life workshop Oct. 28. PhotoChatter 9

10 PROGRAM PREVIEW: STILL LIFE PHOTO SHOOT OCTOBER 28 Event Information Still-Life Photo Shoot October 28 9:00 am - 4:00 pm First United Methodist Church, 2nd Floor 116 NE Perry Ave (Corner of Main and Perry) Peoria, IL Use the church entrance on Perry. Parking is across the street in designated church parking area. Food/Beverage Refreshments will be provided in the morning. Lunch break is 12 noon. Many restaurants are nearby for lunch. Still-Life Contact Carl Close carlwclose@mchsi.com Set-Up We ll be setting up on Friday 27th starting at 10 AM so feel free to stop by. We will break for lunch on the 27th at noon, then finish setting up in the afternoon. Still-Life Photo Shoot Featuring Tabletop Set-ups, Props, Macro & Close-ups, and More The annual still life photo shoot will provide you with an opportunity to photograph a variety of still-life set ups. Some set ups will give you a chance to shoot macro and close-up photos. We ll provide the set ups and a variety of props. You can bring your own items to photograph if you choose. Expert members will be available to answer your questions about using the set-ups, but no formal instruction will be offered. The workshop is open to Peoria Camera Club and KodaRoamer club members only. The workshop is free but we ask for a maximum donation of $10 per person to help cover room rental and refreshment costs. Recommended equipment Camera with memory cards or film, camera instruction manual, normal to short telephoto lens, macro lens, tripod, shutter/cable release. You also may want to use your own flash for a setup. PhotoChatter 10