notes from last meeting

25May11

Hello Members,
The last meeting (May 18) of the 2010-2011 season started with a pot luck dinner (lots of good food). We than took care of some business. We came in second for the multiscreen contest and prizes were given to the top 3 participants to the contest. Congratulations to Carol Morocco; 1st place, Dale Anderson; 2nd place and Joe Zwerblia; 3rd place. The new list of subjects for next year are in a separate email from Joann.
We have new officers for the next season. They are Lou Swinand; president, Pat Persson; vice president, Priscilla Messinger; secretary, and Bob Persson will stay on as treasurer. Lou talked for a few minutes on some idea he has for the club. Increasing membership, improving communications with other photo groups and providing more workshops and special presentation like the one we had that night are just a few of his ideas. The club has a planning meeting in August (time, date, location will be posted later) and members are welcome to come to share ideas for the coming season.
Our guest speaker for the night was Sarah Musumeci with a program on Architectural Photography. In front of a good crowd of 7hcc members and guests from the meetup group Sarah explained with projected images what is needed to make good architectural photos. From start up to post production she clarified all that had been done to attain the shot. Although composition (including setting a table and rearranging furniture) is important she emphasized that straight vertical lines and lighting were the most important. It was a great presentation I hoped all enjoyed.
On a related subject the meetup group is having an architectural contest. The final photos chosen will hang in a gallery in the Worcester City Hall. For more info go to photo.meetup.com/22.
The technical meetings will continue through out the summer. The next meeting is June 13. And if anyone has ideas for photo shoots during the summer months please let the club know. It would be great to get together.
This is my last entry as secretary, Thank you for all your support and have a great summer.
~ Mary Freddie

FYI: • Tower hill botanical garden is open Wednesday nights till 8pm now until September.
• Mass Audubon has a “Picture This” photo contest and is offering digital photography workshops during the summer through out the state. massaudubon.org

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notes from meeting on April 25

29Apr11

Hello members,
At our last meeting a past member of the 7hcc, Casey Danek gave a presentation of his “project 52″. A commitment to himself to be creative for 52 weeks. He expressed that at times it was easy, that the creative juices would just flow and other times he wished for a magic moment where an idea any idea would come to mind. But in the end he was successful and created a body of work full of creativity in prose, poetry, music and photography. Our thanks to Casey for a great program and maybe inspiring a few of us to try such a committed project.
Tom Fama gave us a look at his BosStrap, a camera sling system that gives you a quick access to your camera when shooting and hands free support when you are not. More info can be found at www.BosStrap.com.
Our next meeting, Wednesday May 18 is the last meeting for the 7HCC season 2010-2011. We will be meeting at the Holden Senior Center for a pot luck dinner. 5:00 – 5:30 is set up, 6:00 pm we will eat and then at 7:00 pm our speaker Sarah Musumeci will present her program on architectural photography. Please contribute to the pot luck by bringing a hot/cold dish, desserts, or drinks etc. Paper products are all set.
Thank you and hope to see all of you at the last meeting.
Mary Freddie 7HCC / secretary

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Interesting Links

08Mar11

Here are some links to some interesting sites:

There are many online sites where you can have greeting cards etc. made. However, did you know that you can order blank materials from Photographer’s Edge to make your own? Take a look at this site and let your creativity happen.

Thinking about buying a new piece of camera equipment? There are many sites that review equipment. Here are a couple that I like:  dpreview or Steves Digicams .

Here are some photography basics:  Photo Basics

Here is Michael Andrew’s Blog if you want all kinds of photography information. Also look him up on YouTube … some neat videos.

Tip: Beautiful images need not be complicated. Often the simplest of subjects make the most amazing images. Everyone takes pictures at eye level standing up. Be creative … take pictures from over and under the subject and at all different angles. One exercise I was required to do in school was to find a somewhat interesting subject, and take a total of 100 images from every possible angle. Try it, then look at them on your computer monitor. I think you’ll be surprised at how many nice, creative images you have. I found that the “somewhat interesting” subject turned into a some very interesting creative images that I would be happy to show others.

As photographers, we tend to see things a little differently than others. When folks see a pond, most see the water and bordering trees or buildings … many of us  as photographers tend to see the reflections first. Food for thought.

On a clear moonlit night (especially during the winter with snow on the ground) do you see the trees or adjacent buildings … or do you see another dimension that is created by the shadows. Food for thought.

Til next time ….

Have a great week and take some fantastic pictures!

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February 2011 Club Competition

04Mar11

Here are a few pictures from our February 23rd Competition. Please note that the images you see being judged in this post do not represent the professional quality of the actual digital images and prints being shown. If you would like to see the actual print, please ask a member to help you identify the owner of the image and they may be able to bring it to the next club meeting. Have a great week! Keep on photographing. You never know when you’ll catch that next gem on film  ….. or your memory card.

Opening Remarks by Judge

Digital Competition

Print Competition 2

Print Competition 2

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Notes from Feb 23′s meeting

03Mar11

Hello Members, Our last meeting held Feb 23, was a competition night. Patrick Sullivan, a professional photographer and the organizer of the New England Photography Network was our judge. With a smaller number of photos entered in the contest than usual Patrick had more time to discuss and critique the images. His explanations of why he liked or did not like a image and suggestions to make a better photo were very helpful. Thank you Patrick. Our next meeting is on March 23 and with the multiscreen contest coming up soon we are hoping to do a photo set-up for some of the subjects for the multiscreen. So please think of some props to bring for the subjects listed below. 1- balloon(s)  2- bird(s)  3- broken  4- bug(s)  5- church  6- diner(s)  7- dune(s)  8- eye(s) 9- farm  10- field of dreams  11- funny  12- garden flowers  13- ice age  14- lights 15- motion  16- perfect storm  17- purple  18- red  19- reflection  20- shooter 21- sports action  22- stardust  23- teamwork  24- vertigo Also our end of the season meeting/banquet is in May. We are looking for a place to have the meeting. Where we meet now does not allow food in the room. So if you have ideas please let us know. Thank you Mary Freddie, 7hcc secretary

 

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