InFocus Newsletter November 2018 Photos in this issue are from last month's 'Open' competition. Winding down the year... The last Program and Competition of the year happen this month. Make sure you attend both, and get your best work in the competition so you can bump your yearly average. December will have us celebrating with the Annual Dinner, which should be announced soon. As you prepare for the upcoming holidays, consider keeping the camera gear in the closet (okay, have a P&S handy for grab shots) and enjoy the time with family and friends. Doing your Part This time of year we are looking for members to run the club for 2019. Can YOU do your part for the Club? Read more here ... In This Issue Doing your Part ...................................... 2 Program & Competition Meetings .3 October ‘Open’ Competition Results ........................................................4 Photo Contests .......................................5 Local Photo Opps & Events ............... 6 Frame #37 .................................................6 For Sale .......................................................7 Focus Camera Club Offcers and Committee members Officers President: Joe Bonita Vice President: Clint Dunham Treasurer: Alicia Glassmeyer Secretary: Laura Moran Committee Chairs & Members Executive: Joe Bonita, Clint Dunham, Alicia Glassmeyer, Laura Moran, and the Committee chairs listed below Competitions: Larry Hartlaub Programs: Dick York Membership: Kim Ross Our Mission The purpose of the Focus Camera Club is to further its members’ enjoyment, knowledge and mastery of photographic skills through cooperative efforts and fellowship. Focus Camera Club Monthly Meetings Meetings are held the Second Friday & Fourth Wednesday of each month. Our meeting place is Lone Tree Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Pkwy, in Lone Tree. Meetings start promptly at 6:30 PM and will end by 9:00 PM after we breakdown the chairs and tables in the room. Get a Google Map by clicking here . Evening Lovers Walk by Lucius Ashby
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InFocus NewsletterNovember 2018
Photos in this issue are from last month's 'Open' competition.
Winding down the year...
The last Program and Competition of the year happen this month. Make sure you attend both, and get your best work in the competition so you can bump your yearly average.
December will have us celebrating with the Annual Dinner, which should be announced soon.
As you prepare for the upcoming holidays, consider keeping the camera gear in the closet (okay, have a P&S handy for grab shots) and enjoy the time with family and friends.
Doing your Part
This time of year we are looking for members to run the club for 2019. Can YOU do your part for the Club? Read more here...
In This IssueDoing your Part......................................2
Program & Competition Meetings. 3
October ‘Open’ Competition Results........................................................4
For Sale.......................................................7
Focus Camera Club Offcers and Committee members
Officers
President: Joe Bonita
Vice President: Clint Dunham
Treasurer: Alicia Glassmeyer
Secretary: Laura Moran
Committee Chairs & Members
Executive: Joe Bonita, Clint Dunham, Alicia Glassmeyer, Laura Moran, and the Committee chairs listed below
Competitions: Larry Hartlaub
Programs: Dick York
Membership: Kim Ross
Our MissionThe purpose of the Focus Camera Club is to further its members’ enjoyment, knowledge and mastery of photographic skills through cooperative efforts and fellowship.
Focus Camera Club Monthly MeetingsMeetings are held the Second Friday & Fourth Wednesday of each month. Our meeting place is Lone Tree Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Pkwy, in Lone Tree. Meetings start promptly at 6:30 PM and will end by 9:00 PM after we breakdown the chairs and tables in the room. Get a Google Map by clicking here.
InFocus – The monthly newsletter of the Focus Camera Club November 2018
Doing your Part
By Karl Peschel
(I wrote this a few years ago, but it’s certainly pertinent this year too)
Focus Camera Club has been around for over30 years. And during that time hundreds of people have
stepped up and volunteered their time, expertise, and talents to run the club.
Now is the time of the year where the club is seeking the Executive Board and Committee chairs to run the club in 2019. But, there are many other positions available.
There are many roles necessary for an effcient and active club. From leadership and decision making,
coordination of the Programs and Competitions, organizing outside events (wish there were more of
those), organizing and increasing membership, to seemingly mundane tasks like making sure snacks are
available for meetings.
There are MANY jobs, both big and small, but all equally important to the club running smoothly.
Where can YOU lend a hand?
In the last few years we have had a decent infux of new members. So, this is for you new folks. Where
can YOU lend a hand in the monthly operations of the club? Let someone on the Exec board know of
your interest to present a Program, or be a committee member, or lead a photo excursion, or anything
else you have a talent for to help move the club forward.
(The Special Projects and Education positions have been vacant for 4 or more years. Is that something
you can see yourself doing? Step up and do your part.)
New people bring with them new ideas. Let your new ideas help guide the club for the future. Part of the
reason the club has survived for 30 years is change – progress – and not doing the same things since its
inception (though some would say the last few years we’ve become “stagnant”).
What’s that saying about “It Takes a Village…?”
Okay, admittedly we are not raising a child. But the club IS raising the photographic skills of its members.
The mission statement says it, and the last bit “...cooperative efforts and fellowship” should stick in ev-
eryone’s mind. Working together, helping each other, supporting the club, we can achieve the goal.
The 2018 Focus Execs and Committee members deserve a pat on the back
When you see any of these folks at the Annual Dinner, or at any club meeting, please take a moment to
Thank them for helping to run the club. And don’t neglect the others who run digital projections, or
coordinate snacks for meetings, or anything else. Without them the club would fall apart…
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InFocus – The monthly newsletter of the Focus Camera Club November 2018
Program & Competition Meetings
Program Schedule Competition Schedule
11/09/18 Program – Process & Feedback by Mark Osler
11/28/18 Subject – Doors and Doorknobs
12/?/18 Annual Dinner (date TBA)
November 9 Program with Mark Osler
Great pictures are rarely the result of pointing your camera at a subject, making one picture, then mov-ing on. Portfolio and presentation-worthy photographs are most often the result of a process of explo-ration and discovery.
As such, the real value is not the review and critique of a photographer’s “winners,” but of the process they rely on to generate those winners. If you can improve your process you can increase the number of winners you produce in any given situation.
The core of this program will be looking at members’ COMPLETE TAKES (no editing or post-processing) from a situation they photographed. That could be a trip to the zoo or botanic gardens, a family event or vacation, an excursion for a given purpose, or any collection of pictures from one situation or event.
Atlantic Storm A'brewin by Bill Dickson
Iceland Coastline by Kim Ross
This Month's Competition is Doors and Doorknobs
A very specifc subject this month!! Accept the challenge and go wander around town.
“Photos of any kind of doors or doorknobs, from normal to quirky. The doors or doorknobs must be the primary subject of the photo. If humans or animals are included, they must not be prominent.”
Judge will be John Kiefer
If you need the Competition Entry forms or the template for the stick-on labels, you can get both from the Focus website on the Competition Rules page.
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InFocus – The monthly newsletter of the Focus Camera Club November 2018
f16 Digital Brian Donovan Walking Through Sacred Arches 10
Dan Greenberg León Dormido at Sunset 10
Butch Mazzuca Double Strike 10
Butch Mazzuca Piercing eyes 10
Oz Pfenninger No Vacancy 10
Monochrome Travis Broxton Kicks 9
Judges for this competition were Joe, Gary & Oz. See all the winning images in the Online Gallery.
Remember to send your winning Print images to [email protected] for the online galleries. And please use the same naming conventions as we do for Digital Submissions.
Photo Contests
Outdoor Photographer of the Year
Deadline: December 6, 2018
Once again we have teamed up with legendary outdoor gear specialists Fjällräven, but this time we’ve got exciting new prizes on offer, includ-ing Fjällräven Awards of £500 for each of the category winners, which will allow you to select a set of ultimate outdoor equipment to suit your photography needs, and a brand new Overall Winner prize of £2,000 cash.
Visit their website for all the details, prize info, and to enter.
International Mountain, Nature and Adventure Photo Contest
Deadline: December 1, 2018
The Maria Luisa Memorial is calling the twenty-ninth edition of its photo and video contest, with the purpose of continuing with the promotion of the artistic, and at the same time, continue with the diffusion of the natural environment and with its necessary pro-tection.
Mountain, nature, wildlife, mountaineering, climbing, landscape, underwater world, biodiversity, fora, extreme and adventure sports, etc. will be the reference of the edition in this contest.
Visit the Maria Luisa website for the list of categories (14 of them) and entry info.
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InFocus – The monthly newsletter of the Focus Camera Club November 2018
Local Photo Opps & Events
Russ Burden Photo Tours www. R uss B urden P hotography.com 303.791.9997
2018 Upcoming Tours and Dates
Dec 1 – 7, Bosque Del Apache / White Sands
2019 Upcoming Tours and Dates
Feb 23 - Mar 1, Birds of Florida
April 4 – 17, Tanzania safari #1
Apr 18 – May 1, Tanzania Safari #2
Member Show
Pleased to Meet You: Portraits from Places Near & Far by Ron Cooper
Currently on view at Gallery MFC in Denver through November 17, 2018.
We're delighted to introduce Ron Cooper, CPAC's newest Featured Member. Ron began exploring photography ten years ago after retiring early from a corporate career. Today, he travels extensively in pursuit of images that reflect local cultures and people. Read his full story here at the CPAC website.
Frame #37
A collection of extra tidbits I've discovered during the past few weeks.
— Dis you know a Beer Helmet is an essential piece of lighting gear? This guy knows the value.
— Google’s attempt at a social network – Google+ - will be shut down. Many photographers loved the platform and will need to mi-grate to Instagram or Facebook.
— Go raid the kids’ toybox (or grab your Matchbox or Hot Wheels collection from the attic) and brush up your Photoshop skills. Have some fun photographing toy cars.
— Do you store photos on Flickr? If so, I’m sure you’re aware of the new 1000 image limit. Is this just a money grab to push people to the paid Pro level service? Opinions vary.
A lot of my work has doors in it, or the suggestion of doors. We all open the same door many times over and over and each time we open it new light comes in, different air, a fresh experience, an old experience slips out and gets loose in the room.
– Stephanie Torbert
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I have the following items for sale: (note I am selling because my arthritic thumbs and wrists are not allowing me to do long zoom lens photography If you shoot wildlife photography or want to shoot the moon the Sigma Lens is awesome (used twice) is great. Note that the 2.0 teleconverter does not work with the Sigma lens
Photos, use and prices below: 1) Sigma 50-500 f4.5 Canon Mount Lens. Purchased in Sept 2017 and used twice - pristine condition. Image stabilizer, lens hood with Ultra Optics 95mm Lens UV flter - no scratches on either flter or lens surface. Lens mounts to std tripod mount. Includes Black padded lens bag. Cost = $1250 - Selling for $550
2) Canon 2.0 Extender for Canon Telephoto lenses (EF 2x x version III) - In box, used once with canon zoom telephoto lens. Comes with small bag and in box. Selling because I cant do heavy telephoto lens work with my hands anymore. This is great for wildlife and when you are far away from your subject and you are maxed out on the zoom with your telephoto lens. Cost= $549 - selling for $250
