There is a new page on our website that will contain the archived video meetings. If you miss a meeting in real-time you can watch later here:
The April 17, 2020 meeting is now available for viewing.
Month: April 2020
Camera Club Competition Meeting 04/17/2020
Hi everyone,
Here is the info for the upcoming competition meeting to be held online on 04/17/2020 at 7:00 pm:
The competition subject is “The Unknown”. Present an image that engages the viewer in a mystery. Ideally your image should tell a story or part of a story that leaves the viewer with some question(s) in mind. Just to be clear, this is quite different from an abstract photo. An abstract photo can stand on it’s own as a pleasing visual arrangement of colors and/or patterns without necessarily telling a story or leaving questions in the viewers mind.
Please observe the submission deadline of midnight, Wednesday April 15th so that we have time to prepare everything in advance for the meeting on Friday.
For technical details on using the Zoom video platform or submitting images click here.
We are making a few improvements to our virtual meetings for members. First, we are increasing the number of submissions that you can make. You are now allowed to enter up to a maximum of 3 digital entries. Here is how that breaks down: If you enter only one image it may either assigned or general. If you enter two images they may both be assigned, or they may both be general, or they can be split as one assigned and one general. If you enter three images they must be split as either two assigned and one general, or two general and one assigned.
Second, since no one needs to drive home from the meeting we are extending our targeted ending time to 9:30 to accommodate the additional entries. Anyone is welcome to exit the meeting at any time they wish as this will not pose a distraction or cause an interruption to the proceedings. We don’t want to rush through the critiques.
Third, board members are being given moderator privileges during the meeting. Please observe our typical meeting etiquette. You are always free to comment and participate but please keep it on topic if possible and avoid creating visual video distractions or unnecessary audio distractions if possible. Please be aware that we can all hear extraneous noise in your environment such as other people, nearby televisions, you typing on your keyboard etc. Any board member can now anonymously mute your audio or blank your video temporarily if they deem it necessary to maintain the flow of the meeting.
Lynn recommends the following short video from Larry Becker for anyone that is interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeJ17CX_wbg
Looking forward to seeing everyone online! – Jim Sykes
May Technical Night -Macro/Close Up Photo Contest and Celebrity Judge – TBCC Members Only
PLEASE READ ENTIRE POST FOR ALL THE DETAILS!
During our forced stay at home time, macro and close up photography has become a way to keep from being totally bored and keeping our photography skills honed! So with that in mind, we are opening up a special Macro/Closeup Photo Contest for our 2020 paid TBCC members.
Renown macro/closeup photographer, Mike Moats, has agreed to be our celebrity judge and he will be awarding a lifetime membership to his Macro Photo Club to the winning entry. This is a $99 value.
Mike will join our May 22, 2020 Technical Night meeting via Zoom and talk about some of the entries (based on the number of entries), announce the winners and give us an overview of what he has to offer in regard to the Macro Photo Club and his other educational offerings.
Mike’s Bio:
Mike Moats is an international award-winning, professional macro photographer from Sterling Heights, Michigan. Mike’s love of photography, which started out as a hobby in 2001, has since evolved into a full-time business. In addition to creating his own images, Mike added “Close-up/Macro Photography” workshops into the mix in 2006, and he now also makes speaking appearances at photo conferences nationwide, leads intensive Macro Boot Camps around the country, and now has an online Macro Photo Club to assist photographers with their macro goals.
Recruited as a member of the Fuji Pro Talent Team in 2006, Mike is also honored to be a Tamron “Image Master” and a Vanguard Pro. He has won numerous local, national, and international awards. Mike’s first book, Tiny Landscapes, was released in 2008, and his images and how-to articles have been published in various magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, Nature’s Best Photography, Shutterbug, PC Photo, Nature Photographer, Photo Life, Whisper in the Woods, and Michigan Fish and Game Finder; in photography collections such as the North American Nature Photography Association’s (NANPA’s) Expressions book and the Pure Michigan tourism companion; and in various corporate collateral, including on the Tamron USA blog and in Fujifilm newsletters.
Examples of Mike’s work:
Contest Details:
We will accept only 2 entries of a macro/closeup image from each paid member (if you have not paid your 2020 membership dues please pay here , Paypal).
We will only be accepting entries via email, lynnwiezycki@gmail.com, from April 15th up to midnight May 15th, 2020.
Please follow the instructions below for configuring your JPEG image in Lightroom as I will be sending the images up to Mike to judge.
Cost:
Free to paid 2020 TBCC members.
Awards:
1st Place – Lifetime Membership – Mike Moats Macro Photo Club and a 13 X 19 print of your image printed by JRS Photos (Jim Sykes)
2nd Place – 13 X 19 print of your image printed by JRS Photos (Jim Sykes)
Questions?
If you have any questions, please email Lynn at lynnwiezycki@gmail.com.
Technical Night Meeting:
Jim will send out a Zoom invitation just prior to the May 22nd Technical Night meeting to all members.
We are looking forward to hearing from Mike and seeing everyone’s macro/closeup images!
Stay well!
Lynn Wiezycki
Vice President TBCC
Special Speaker at April Technical Night – 04/24/2020
In these difficult times, we still need to keep learning and sharing. We are very fortunate to have Jackie Kramer of Phlorography and Luvblooms.com as our speaker at 7PM on April 24, 2020.
Jackie’s Bio:
Jackie has been passionate about photography since her dad gave her a camera in high school. Orchids, hibiscus, and bromeliads at Selby Gardens and wading birds at Lido Beach and Longboat Key became Jackie’s favorite subjects. Although her photography has expanded to include weddings and portraiture, she remains an avid floral photographer. Jackie teaches individual and group workshops and also maintains an active online group, Phlorography – Artistic Floral Photography, with thousands of passionate floral photographers from around the world.
Jackie will be speaking via Zoom about the artistic side of flower photography. She will also tell us about Phlorography, her new online educational offerings, and her upcoming workshops.
Here are some examples of her beautiful work!
Please join us at our Zoom meeting on April 24, 2020, and learn from this nationally known photographer.
Jim will send the Zoom invitation out and post it on the website just prior to this meeting.
Looking forward to seeing all of you at the meeting.
Stay well!
Lynn Wiezycki
mytbcc.com 