January 11, 2012 Announcements

Thank you to Ines Roberts for a wonderful evening of image critique. It was also nice to have a little extra time for some discussion with the Judge. We will try to make time for this more often.

In February our judge will be Chris Zsarnay and the topic is Riduculous and Absurd. It should be a fun time.

Annual Banquet: Jan 25th 6pm to 9pm

Our annual banquet will start at 6pm on Wednesday January 25th at our regular location. Dinner will be served at 6:30. If you have not already given us your name and paid for your dinner it may be too late, but you can contact us at info@venturacountycameraclub.com and we can see what we can do.

If you are coming to the banquet and have new or lightly used items that you would like to donate to our raffle, please bring them in and look for Harold Epstein or Randi Siegel who will be collecting them and managing the raffle tickets.

Non Meeting Events and Workshops

Our next workshop will be held on March 28th at 7pm at our regular meeting place. Ron Matson will be demonstrating his painting with light techniques.

If you have ideas for other events or field trips, please email fieldtrips@venturacountycameraclub.com with your ideas.

Casa Pacifica Looking for Compact Digital Cameras

Kevin Charbonneau is deeply involved with Casa Pacifica, a Center for Children and their Families. He is looking to start a camera club for the kids and is looking for donations of compact digital cameras. Please contact Kevin at editor@venturacountycameraclub.com if you can help.

November 9 Announcments

Mountain Light by George "Hutch" Hutchison (Merit Winner Assigned Topic - Let There Be Light)

Announcements

Our judge this month is Anne Hutton, our Assigned Topic is The End

A reminder to bring your $40 annual dues for 2012 to the November meeting. Bringing them early allows our club leadership to better plan our 2012 operating budget and provide better service to our members. Due must be paid by the January meeting to be eligible to enter photographs for critique in January.

Also, please bring your end-of-year merit winning prints to the November meeting to allow us to organize for the December judging. There is no regular meeting in December.

We will be holding elections for President, Vice President and Treasurer at our November meeting. If you wish to serve in one of these capcities, you need to ensure that someone from the membership nominates you at the meeting and that you are present to accept the nomination. We will then hold elections open elections by voice.

A big thanks to Don Hoffman and Sharon Kolseh for providing refreshments this month.

End of Year General Business Meeting

We will hold a General Business Meeting on Monday November 14th at 6:30 pm at Coco's Bakery Restaurant in Camarillo. We have reserved the back room. The meeting is open to all interested members.

Coco's Bakery Restaurant
301 E Daily Dr.
Camarillo, CA
Map

Meeting Agenda:

• 2012 Budget - Susannah Krammer
• Membership - request to discuss limiting the membership
• Acceptance of gallery wrap for printed images
• End of year banquet
• Year-end judging procedures
• Workshop ideas - Roy Allen

Photography Opportunities in November

Nov 11 & 12: Civil War Reenactment in Moorpark

The Moorpark Rotary Club presents: The Blue & The Gray, Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. The Largest and Grandest Civil War Event in Southern California and the Largest Civil War Battle Reenactment West of the Mississippi! More Information

Nov 19 @ 2pm: A World Wide Photo Meetup in Ventura California

Lead by Mark and Holly Jansen of Jansen Photographic Exhibitions. Meet at 2:00pm at the Ventura Pier in front of Beach Tacos on Saturday, November 19. More information.

October 14, 2011 Announcements

Photo by Greg Cooper

Our judge for the evening is Christopher Brown with the topic Let There Be Light

Reminders:

• Bring your end-of-year Prints to the November meeting so that we have them for the December end-of-year judging
• No regular meeting in December
• Annual dues of $40 are due by the first meeting of 2012 - January 11th.
• November meeting nomination and election of officers: President, Vice President, and Treasurer

Up Coming Events

• Wed Oct 26 @7pm - Constructing the Photograph: Precision in Practice - a Workshop by Greg Cooper faculty in the Visual Journalism program at Brooks Institude. Admission is free for all members.
• Wed Jan 25, 2012 - Photo Banquet - SAVE THE DATE! Food, Photography, Prizes and more. estimated fee of $25/per person.

Photographic Opportunities:

• Day of the Dead at Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Saturday October 22nd - www.ladayofthedead.com
• West Hollywood Costume Carnaval - Halloween Night October 31st - www.westhollywoodhalloween.com

Workshop by Greg Cooper - Wed October 26 @ 7pm

Photography is enjoyable in any form be it, capturing on the fly as a photojournalist, capturing a snapshot of your family or capturing a pleasant scene like Ansel Adams. Regardless, taking time to "make" your photograph, will improve your images.

Greg Cooper will present a method of 'making' pictures using a recipe, which can improve any photographer's work; showing you how to photograph in a whole new way. Greg Cooper is faculty in the Visual Journalism program at Brooks Institute in Ventura, Calif. Greg Cooper is a Ventura County native and a regular contributor to the local camera clubs.

Photo by Greg Cooper

Support our club for 2012

Please take a few moments to help the club

Volunteer to help the club!

We are looking to fill the following positions

• Vice President
• Judge Coordinator
• Room setup committee members
• Website editing and maintenance
• Newsletter and Website contributor

Tell us how you can help by filling out this Survey

Help us pick our 2012 assigned topics.

Vote for your favorites here. The survey will close on October 9th.

September 14, 2011 - Announcements

Regular Meeting: Our judge for the evening is Anne Hutton, a Professional Photographers of America Master of Photography. Our topic is Botanic. You can learn more about Anne on her website. Remember to send your images for digital projection by Monday at 6pm to digitalentries@venturacountycameraclub.com. Please read our Image Entry Guide to ensure that you have them named and sized correctly.

Next Workshop: There will be no workshop in September in respect of the Jewish New Year which starts on Wednesday the 28th. We will, however have a workshop on October 26th with either Gregg Cooper or Ron Matson.

Eastern Sierras Fieldtrip Oct 7-9: Bryan McCall and Ed Pinsky are organizing a group to hit the Eastern Sierras October 7-9. Please speak with them or contact them at fieldtrips@venturacountycameraclub.com if you are interested in joining. There will be signup sheets at the meeting.

In general, it is a busy time for the club as we prepare for next year and our end of year judging and banquet. Here are some things you need to know.

End of Year Banquet - Our end of year banquet, honoring our club's photographs and photographers, will be held the third Wednesday in January 2012 - January 25th. The general consensus is that, although pot-luck is much less expensive, it is much more work and the Poinsettia Pavilion is not well suited to accommodate the required kitchen activities. General consensus among the leadership team and previous banquet volunteers is that we will pursue a catered dinner, held in the small room at the Poinsettia Pavilion. The cost will be determined based on the final cost of the catering, but we expect to keep the cost to under $30 per person with the club picking up the cost of the room. In addition, we will hold a raffle of donated photography and non-photography related items and local services.  The money raised will be used in 2012 to provide a small budget cushion for any needed club equipment repairs and to subsidize speakers, workshops and/or the banquet for next year. We are looking for volunteers to help with the Banquet Coordination and pulling together a nice set of raffle prizes. If you have other fundraising ideas, please speak to me at the meeting.

Elections for President, Vice President, and Treasurer will be held at our November meeting by a voice count. Our current nominations are Nancy Lehrer, President; Susannah Kramer Treasurer. If you are interested in running for any of these positions, please let us know.

In addition we are looking for members who are willing to help in any of the following areas for 2012:

• Vice President - works closely with the President and Treasurer to keep the club running smoothly. Develop recommendations for changes requiring approval by the full Leadership Team or for presentation to the full club membership. Provides back up for the President when needed.
• Judge Coordinator - works with the President and Vice President to identify and invite judges. Responsible for communicating with the judge with reminders, thank yous, and orientation to our procedures. This is a great opportunity to get to know our judges a little better.
• Room setup committee - Allyson Barnes has graciously volunteered to lead the Room setup committee but she needs help. The job entails working with Allyson before and after the meetings to bring out our easels, power cords, and microphone. We start the setup 1/2 hour before each meeting.
• Website editing, and/or maintenance - rudimentary knowledge of HTML is a plus, but not required. Our website is primarily maintained with easy to use tools.
• Newsletter and Website contributor - if you like to write articles, tutorials - please let us know and we will get your contributions into our Newsletter and on our website.

Please come speak to me at the meeting if you are interested in any of these positions.
And a big, big THANK YOU to all who have volunteered their time in 2011 and those who will continue in their jobs in 2012: Allyson Barnes, Susannah Kramer, Joyce Schoppe, Anne Allen, Bernie Goldstein, Kevin Charbonneau, Bob Murtha, John Ferritto, Ed Pinsky, Bryan McCall, Roy Allen, and general advisors Hutch Hutchison and Don Hoffman.