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July 2016 Newsletter of the Lakewood Ranch Digital Photography Club

Please note that the July Meeting has

been cancelled.

August Speaker - Barbara Banks

Our August Speaker is

local photographer,

Barbara Banks. Banks acts

on curiosity about our

world – minute,

expansive, intimate,

breathtaking, gritty,

illusive, provocative,

impermanent. She

investigates our

surroundings – human,

natural, constructed. Via

the lens and using the

magnificence of light, color, shadow, form, visual intimacy

and vulnerability, subjects are viewed/experienced, yet not

objectified. Banks is well-known and respected in southwest

Florida and her current residence, Sarasota, Florida. While

her focus is editorial assignment work and environmental

portraiture, Banks is also widely sought after for her

beauty/fashion and striking real-time wedding photography.

Personal projects with the smart phone and 35mm digital

cameras incorporate the tradition of film and fixed lens

cameras, without manipulation, and range from street

photography/cultural activism, to observations of our

relationships to the natural environs.

To read more, visit our website.

July Field Trip

Upcoming Events

July 12 - 12:30pm

Field Trip to Morean ArtCenter and Hot Shop

July 21

General Meeting -CANCELLED

July 23 - 2 Sessions

9am-12pm1pm-4pmMike Matthews, Frogand Reptile Macro

July 30 - 9-12

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President

Bill Mills

Past President

LB Blanchard

Vice President

Mindy Towns

Secretary and

Internal

Communications

Morag Reid

Treasurer

Jim Eicken

Information

Technology Director

Tim Wahl

Competitions Director

Moean Art Center and Hot ShopTuesday, July 12, 2016, 12:30PM

Our monthly field trip on

July 12 will be to�visit the

Morean Art Center and

Hot Shop in St Petersburg,

FL.

At the Hot Shop, we will

photograph the glass studio and we�will be given�a

fascinating demonstration�of glassblowing. Afterwards�we

will travel a mile down the road to the Morean Art Center

to photograph the works of art by artist Dale Chihuly.

Tripods will not be allowed on this field trip.�

Meet us at Town Hall at 12:30 to sign forms and get

directions. We will not be stopping for lunch so please eat

before hand. This will allow us plenty of time to see both

locations.� For more information on�The Chihuly Collection

and The Morean Art Center visit

www.moreanartscenter.org��

Please email Carolyn and Roxana at fieldtrips@lwrdpc.com�

if you would like�to participate.

Field trips are for members only.

June Meeting RecapMacro photographer kept

us enthralled for a good

hour talking about his

critters, flowers and how

to photograph them. He

talked about indoor vs.

outdoor macro, the use of

flash and the set up for a

simple home studio that

any of us could do.

He discussed the use of

macro lenses and his

specialty lens the Canon

Super Macro MP E 65, and surprisingly, mentioned his use of

Larry George

Membership Director

Stacy White

Social Director

Frank Kane

Learning and

Individual

Development

Director

Tim Nerenz

Marketing and

External

Communications

Director

Cas Bruniany

Hospitality

Frank Kane and his

group of Cookie

Monsters will have soda

and water available for

$1 each, cookies for

25¢ and assorted snack

bags for 50¢. If you

would like to be a

Cookie Monster and

donate a batch (2

dozen) cookies or other

home baked items for a

meeting please CLICK

HERE to volunteer

50/50 Drawing

Tickets for our popular

50/50 drawing are

$1.00 each or 6 for

$5.00 – remember all

proceeds from

refreshments and 50/50

go to support club

activities.

the Canon 100-400mm lens.

He also mentioned a number of good locations including

Butterfly World on Floridas east coast (road trip anyone?)

and Corkscrew Swamp near Naples, FL.

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Focus Group Focus

Each month we will look at the work from our Focus

Groups. This month we featured work from our Characters

focus group.

50/50 WinnerThe 50/50 winner

this month was

Stacy White who

took home the first

prize of $114.� A

spot in Maike

Matthews Workshop

was won by Sam

Samarasinghe. Lynn

Flood won a $25

Hunts Gift

Certificate. TJ

Magnuson won a

light meter. Hats

where also won by

Susan Beausang and

Don Seger.

Focus Groups Blogs

Check out what the Focus Groups have been up to by visiting their Blogs. Those currently set up are:

Birds Blog

Closeup-Macro Blog

Happenings Blog

Landscape Blog

Mike Matthews

Frog and Reptile Macro Workshop

Theere are a few places left in the afternoon session of Mike

Matthews workshop on Saturday, July 23rd . You will have

the opportunity to photograph 15-20 different species of

exotic reptiles and amphibians such as the red eyed tree

frog, brightly colored poison dart frogs, and numerous lizards

and snakes along with some beautiful still lifes. All animals

will be set up in natural settings in a controlled environment

with live plants, flowers, leaves and bark to produce some of the most stunning photographs that

would be hard to duplicate even in the wild. You may recognize Mike’s tree frogs from the many

award winning FCCC photos that were taken at his workshops.

If you are interested in more information, please go to the listing on our website

The print of the month theme was "Around Lakewood Ranch".

The winners were 1st Place - Sue Sanborn, 2nd Place - Tom Kim, 3rd Place - Roxana Walters.

The judges were Lou Newman, Sam Samarasinghe and Larry Dietch.

Congratulations to all the ribbon winners for the 2016 2nd Triannual Digital Competition .

Our members won a a total of 41 ribbons. Well done everyone.

Morag Reid won a yellow ribbon for her creative entry "Riding the Curve"

June Field Trip

Ringling Museum with a Crystal Ball

Photo By Patricia Reed

A ton of fun was had by large group of members on our trip to the Ringling Museum. Some of us

brought our crystal balls... no we weren't trying to see into the future, but we did take some

interesting photos as a result. To see more images visit the gallery here.

Next MeetingOur next meeting will take place on August 18, 2016, 6-8:30pm

at the Woodlands Community Church

9607 SR 70, Bradenton, Florida.

The 8×10 Print-Of-The-Month Contest (members only) theme is

“Sunrise/Sunset”

One print per person.

Don’t Forget

Hats and visors with our logo are available

for sale at each meeting for $15 each.

Don’t you think that it is time to treat

yourself? You can visit EmbroidMe at

www.embroidme.com or, call David

McIntire (941) 312-5494 for personal

service. You can buy the hat or shirt from

them or bring your own to get the coveted

LWRDPC logo!

Share Your Work

A perennial favorite of our members, is the

Share Your Work segment of the meeting,

remember to submit your digital images (a

maximum of 5), to Tim at

shareyourwork@lwrdpc.com by the

Monday before the meeting

We can't do it without you! The board is looking for

volunteers with all types of skills to help with various

aspects of the club operations. If you would like to

volunteer please contact a board member or reply to this

email - newsletter@lwrdpc.com

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