Meeting at the Old City Hall, 315 Avenue A, Fort Pierce, FL (Corner of US 1 and Avenue A by parking garage) the First Wednesday of Every Month The Meeting Will Start at 6:30 PM, Wednesday, the 6th of August, 2014 http://treasurecoastphoto.photoshelter.com tcpc223@gmail.com tcpc223contest@gmail.com tcpc223newsletter@gmail.com Guest Speaker John Nelson Florida Master Naturalist Toyota TogetherGreen Audubon Fellow President - Audubon of Martin County Treasurer Florida Master Naturalists St Lucie Chapter Wildlife Videographer and owner of Florida s Wild Outdoors, video productions Contract Wildlife Videographer Florida Audubon Assistant Instructor Florida Master Naturalist Program, University of Florida John Nelson has been an avid photographer since he was 8 years old. While attending high school at Rift Valley Academy in Kijabe, Kenya, he discovered the art of wildlife and nature photography and has never looked back. John is currently the President to Audubon of Martin County. He is also a certified Florida Master Naturalist through the University of Florida s Agricultural Extension office. In 2013, John was selected as a Toyota TogetherGreen Audubon Fellow. This designation is bestowed on 40 applicants from across the county. The Toyota Together Green Audubon Fellows grant is awarded to applicants that demonstrate a clear desire to impact their community through educational programs and volunteer projects that are designed to make a difference in their environment and their community. Finally, as a wildlife videographer, John specializes in producing wildlife and nature videos for educational nonprofit organizations. He has also had footage used on National Geographic s World s Deadliest series, and he is currently working as an independent contractor for Florida Audubon. John will be speaking to the Treasure Coast Photography Club on the art of taking nature and wildlife pictures, and preparing them for juried photo competitions. John is the voice of The Audubon Moment as heard on public radio station WQCS 88.9 FM and 3 other public radio stations in Florida. For the past 4 years, John has been broadcasting The Audubon Moment as a series of 60 second public service announcements that help listeners to easily identify birds that may be found in their back yard, and their community. Monthly Theme: Event Photography Only send or bring 3 photos or less. Place the files in a folder titled like this example: FirstnameLastnameTheme Thank You
TREASURE COAST PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER, Inc. July meeting minutes Date: July 2, 2014 Time: 6:30 8:30 p.m. Location: Old City Hall 315 Avenue A Fort Pierce, FL 34950 President Mike Przekop absent. VP Robbie Sheets called meeting to order at 6:28. 43 members present. Ginger read treasury report. $3880.78. Rob read minutes of June 4 meeting. Robbie said no news, good or bad, on 501C3 application, then updated us on the From the Heart Photo show, which opened for submissions as of July 1. He then demonstrated on the computer how to go to Online Juried Show website to submit your photos. Kay said no field trip planned for July, but to send her 3 pictures depicting the 4th of July to show at the August meeting. She is planning a field trip to Palm Beach Photography Center for August. Robbie showed winning photographs from the monthly photo contest. Ron introduced our guest speaker Nellie Quiros to speak and do a slide show on Boudoir Photography. Nancy Bredemeyer discussed writing grants for our club and forming a committee for finding and writing grants. Took a short break. Showed our July theme photos for Compostion/Lines and had Dick Robertson critique. Steve did 50/50 drawing. Raised $79. Rob Schneider won. Next month s theme is Event Photography. Robbie adjourned meeting at 9:07. DOWNTOWN PHOTO WORKSHOP!!! We at Jiffy Photo have been approached by some of our manufacturers technical reps to do another seminar at Old City Hall in Downtown Ft. Pierce this fall. We have chosen Saturday, September 6th and the first session will be conducted by Canon s Drew MacCallum, the morning speaker from our last seminar. This event will feature a lunch/walkabout shooting session following the morning lecture, and will be followed by an instructional Canon printer demo in the afternoon, utilizing your images from the walkabout, with free printing for participants. Although Canon is co-sponsoring this event with us, most of what Drew and the printer reps will be covering will be universal camera and printing information and can easily be applied to other camera manufacturers equipment, such as Sony or Nikon. We are encouraging anyone who has basic camera questions or who wants to get together for a day of learning and shooting to participate! Please contact Jiffy Photo to reserve your spot! The fee for the entire day is only $30.00, with parking in the Parking Garage next door, and lunch on your own before or after the walkabout shoot. For reservations call: Jiffy Photo 772-461-0872 Ginny or Janie A friendly reminder this is a volunteer based organization we are looking for some good people to help set up and breakdown chairs and tables at the end and beginning of each meeting. Please sign up for volunteering. Thank You
July 2014 MONTHLY CONTEST 1st Place Congratulations Maria Fernandez 2nd place Anjula Smith 3rd Place Jeff Linn
Website News... All our members are encouraged to submit pictures to be included on The Treasure Coast Photography Center s web site. If you are a new member or haven t been on the web site before here is a link. http://treasurecoastphoto. photoshelter.com/ We include pictures from our monthly contests, field trips, monthly theme s or any other subject that you want on your individual member portfolio. Please take a look at some of our galleries from over the last few years. http://treasurecoastphoto. photoshelter.com/gallery-list Member s are also encouraged to list links to their own personal websites or any contact info they wish to list such as e-mail and phone number on Our Members Page. This information is only listed if a member wants it published. http://treasurecoastphoto. photoshelter.com/page1 Please submit pictures or contact info to Tcpcwebsite@gmail.com Also if you have gone on any of our recent fieldtrips this year, please send in a couple of your pictures to be included in our galleries from the following trips... Butterfly World Civil War Reenactment in the Savannahs Saint Lucie County Fair Okeechobee civil war reenactment Horses on the Beach Gatorland
Monthly Meeting Gear Swap Photographers are always looking for the latest and greatest gear and equipment. We spend a lot of money looking for that perfect piece of equipment that is going to take our photography to the next level. And, so, over the years we all end up collecting things that we no longer want or use, i.e. camera bodies, lenses, camera bags, filters, tripods, etc., etc. We will have space/tables available for you to display your photographic related items you wish to sell, trade or give away. Your items should be marked with the usual info, i.e. name, price and any spec sheet data, etc. Also, any publications you wish to sell or share bring them. Displaying your items during the social hour will get the most exposure. The Treasure Coast Photography Center, Inc. will not be responsible for any loss or damage to any displayed items. Each member is totally responsible for their own stuff. All equipment/materials must be removed from the building by the end of the meeting. Any items not claimed by the end of the meeting will be disposed of. Okay, now, everybody dig through your closets and old camera bags and see what you ve got. What s that old saying one man s trash is another.
By Jeff Linn From the Heart Juried Photo Exhibition 2014 Our, second annual, From the Heart Juried Photo Exhibition 2014 is in full swing. Photo entries, via digital upload, are being accepted through 9 October, 2014 that s only a little over two months away. All photographers, members and non-members, over the age of 18, can enter an unlimited number of photos into all of the 5 categories: Cell Phone, Digital Darkroom, Elements of Design, Nature and People. After the initial jurying process, all images that score above the determined cutoff will be selected to hang in the Port St. Lucie Civic Center Art Gallery, for 8 weeks, beginning with an exhibition opening reception and awards ceremony on 20 November, 2014, 6-8 pm. Cash prizes totaling $1875.00 will be awarded that evening. The Best of Show winner will receive $500.00. You can view the full prospectus; all rules, entry information and important dates at: http://www.onlinejuriedshows. com/default.aspx?ojsid=310. Treasure Coast Photography Group for their support, not only in making their members aware, but also encouraging them to participate in From the Heart. It is good to know that support, for this event, is coming from all over the Treasure Coast and beyond. I also want to thank our many local business and private sponsors (23 in all), for without them, this exhibition would not be possible. I would truly love to see each and every TCPC, Inc. member participate in this year s exhibition. If you ve never entered into a photo competition before and you are looking for guidance, please ask; club members are here to help. Hence, our motto: Learn, Share, Fun. And, if by chance your work is not selected for the show, just know that you will gain competition experience and your entry fee will still help provide much needed support to Grace Way Village. If anyone has any questions about From the Heart, please do not hesitate to call me at 772-480-6608. Cheers and happy shooting..! In case you don t know, this year s recipient of the net proceeds from the exhibition is Grace Way Village, a Fort Pierce based 501(c)(3) non-profit community outreach organization whose mission is to equip under-resourced Treasure Coast families to live in total mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, and economic health. For more information on Grace Way Village, go to.www.gracewayvillage.org. There are three basic reasons why we conduct this photo exhibition: (1) it provides our members a venue to have their work displayed and recognized in a community setting to some maybe their first time; (2) to establish good relations between TCPC, Inc. and our local Treasure Coast communities; and (3) to provide much needed monetary support to one of our wonderful local non-profit organizations. Speaking of community relations, I want to personally thank the leaders of the Indian River Photography Club and the
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