Author: jrsphotos

Friday, August 26 Meeting

Remember that the Friday night meeting will take place on location, not at tRg studios. We will meet at 7 pm and shoot at Curtis Hixon Park in downtown Tampa. The address of the park is 600 N. Ashley Dr. Tampa, FL 33602.
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Street parking north of Kennedy Blvd. is free after 6 pm. If you park on the street and are unsure about the enforcement hours go to the nearest parking payment kiosk and enter your parking space number. The kiosk will inform you of the hours of enforcement for your space.

It is recommended that you bring a tripod if you have one.

Important Updates

Please be aware that effective at our next competition meeting we will be enforcing a cutoff time for entries. We have been receiving large numbers of entries for competition and many of the submissions are arriving at the last minute. This is causing the meetings to start late and run long. From now on entries must be at the submission table or the projector with all paperwork completed no later than 6:45 pm on competition night. If you have a digital submission you can email the file to me in advance if you wish. That will help speed up the process of getting digital files loaded into the computer ahead of the start of the meeting. Make sure that  you drop your paperwork off on time though. Hand delivered prints, digital files, or paperwork arriving after 6:45  pm will not be entered into competition. Use this link to access my email: http://tinyurl.com/2czl4u6

For your convenience you can download a printable copy of the entry form here: http://www.jrsphotos.com/tbcc/TBCC_ENTRY_FORM.pdf

We have member badges for you to pick up at the start of meetings now. Please leave your badge when you go home. If you take it with you and lose it there will be a $5 replacement fee.

We are now in the planning stages for our annual holiday party. We have chosen 3 possible dates to have the party and we are allowing members to vote for the date. Only one vote is allowed from each paid member. You can access the voting form here: Holiday Party Vote

Macro Photography Tips, Techniques, and Gear

Since our next competition subject is macro photography I will be hosting a get-together to cover all sorts of methods, techniques, and gear that you can use to create macro photos. You might be surprised to find out that you don’t necessarily need specialized equipment to come up with some interesting macro photos.

The Spaghetti Warehouse is located at 1911 N 13th St, Tampa, FL 33605

We will meet at the Spaghetti Warehouse in Ybor City on Tuesday night, August 2nd, at 7:00 p.m. You can get some dinner to eat while you take in the presentation. Please leave a reply below if you wish to attend so that I can give the restaurant an idea of how many people to expect that evening.

Let me clarify a few things. It’s not a workshop, I’m giving a presentation for the benefit of any of our members who may need some guidance with respect to equipment and techniques that can be used to take macro photos for our next competition. I will give my presentation at 7:00 pm. People can arrive anytime up until then and may order food if they wish and can eat while watching the presentation if they want to. If anyone wishes to do any shooting before or after they are on their own and welcome to do so.

Get Ready For Your Close-Up!

At tomorrow night’s meeting  we will taking headshots and putting ID badges together for members.

The July competition results have been posted and are available to view here: http://www.jrsphotos.com/tbcc/TBCC-July.pdf

We had 75 images entered in July, possibly a record for the club. I am working on the images for posting in our gallery and hope to have them up by next week. I will announce it here when they are up.

The August competition subject is macro. Very soon I will try to schedule and announce a macro tips and techniques session for any members who would like some technical insight on this fascinating genre of photography.

July Meeting / June Update

The June competition results have been posted:
http://www.jrsphotos.com/tbcc/TBCC-June.pdf
Congratulations to Patty Kavanaugh for advancing to AA ranking.
I apologize for not posting the June images on the web site. I have not had a day off in over 3 months and simply have not had the time to keep up with everything in the manner that I would like to.

The July 15th meeting competition subject is people.

For the month of July only the video series date has been changed from its usual time. This month only the video series will be presented on Saturdy, July 30 at tRg studio.

Updates

The May competition results have been posted:
http://www.jrsphotos.com/tbcc/TBCC-May.pdf

The May images are in a gallery on our Competition Images page.

Congratulations to Dawn Riddle and Leslie Williams. They have advanced to AA level. June’s competition subject is local landmarks. We will consider images taken within the state as local for judging purposes.

The meeting on May 27 will present an opportunity to have a critique on up to 3 of your images. This not a competition and there will be no scoring. It is an opportunity get soome insight and advice on your work. Remember, images submitted during this event are not eligible to be entered in future TBCC competitions.

Bill Gerhes

On Saturday, April 23rd our Vice President Bill Gerhes passed away. He genuinely cared about the welfare of our organization and its members and was a good personal friend to many. His service, dedication, friendliness, and his photography will be missed. Our prayers and condolences go out to his wife Diane and the rest of his family.

A Note From Jim

I’m back in town and caught up now after being in Orlando for a week covering Photoshop World for Kelby Media, NAPP, and Scott Kelby’s blog. Being there for a week and then having to edit thousands of shots upon returning while keeping up with my regular teaching and shooting schedule certainly put me behind in doing some work for the club. As I mentioned though, I am caught up now and have posted several updates here on our site including the current competition standings.

I also want to take a moment to thank all of the TBCC members who came out to Camera Club Day. I was proud of the fact that we were the most well-represented club in attendance at the event.

That’s all for now, I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at our meeting next week – Jim