Education

May Technical Night -Macro/Close Up Photo Contest and Celebrity Judge – TBCC Members Only

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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.

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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!

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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

 

Saturday video series and other info

Happy New Year to everyone! Here is a rundown of some of what’s happening in our club right now:

Please join us on Saturday morning at 10:00 am for the next video presentation. This time the topic will be intimate landscape photography with photographer Bill Fortney.

The assigned category for the January photo competition is Travel. Remember the cutoff time for entries on the meeting night is 6:45 pm and that you must have your dues paid to be eligible. If you wish to pay your dues at the meeting please fill out this form and bring it with you. Your current ranking, based on the final scores from 2011, can be viewed on the new score sheet.

The next SDL workshop that Robert and Jim are doing will be at tRG studio on Saturday the 21st. The topic is food photography. If you are interested please go to the SDL website to find out more information and register.

P.S. Thanks to everyone for making the holiday party a success. The food and the company were terrific. Here are a few snapshots from the event:

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.

Correction: Camera Club Day

At last Friday’s meeting someone made an announcement that registration was full for camera club day. I spoke to the organizer, Jim Swallow over the weekend and he wants everyone to know that the Saturday workshop is full but the actual camera club day on Sunday still has plenty of spaces available and he encourages everyone to sign up. Jim also asked me to give a brief presentation on macro photography inside the building on Sunday. Hope to see members there on Sunday!

http://www.photographicartsociety.org/html/camera-club-day-register-2011.html

Discounted Admission To Sandy Puc’ Workshop for TBCC Members – March 7

Allow me to introduce myself: My name is Sandy Puc’ and I am a photographer with a studio in Littleton, Colorado. Currently, I am embarking on my fourth national photography tour, The Power of Passion Tour (http://powerofpassion.sandypuctours.com), and I would like to personally extend the invitation to you and your club members when I visit the Tampa Bay vicinity!
I fell in love with photography from the very first image I captured and, as a result, I’ve spent my entire adult life learning the craft. I started out as a member of a local photography club and I cherish the experience I gained from that involvement. Today, I’ve been honored to work with some of the most exceptional leaders in the industry and have been able to truly follow my dreams.
The tour will be coming to Tampa on March 7, 2011 and will take place at the Carrollwood Cultural Center at 5 p.m. Jerry Ghionis, a worldwide leader in wedding photography, will be my special guest. Ghionis and I will share our passion and knowledge for our trade ranging from technical tips such as lighting and posing techniques, to how to effectively market any photography business!
I want to invite all of your members who have a passion for photography and an eagerness to learn about this amazing industry! Because I know the value of having local clubs that support those who want to learn and explore the world of photography, I’d also like to offer you and your members a discount to attend my event! You can order your tickets online at http://powerofpassion.sandypuctours.com and make sure to use the code CLU11 in order to receive a $50 ticket per person- that’s a total savings of $49 per person!
I hope to see you this weekend!
Sandy “Sam” Puc’

Allow me to introduce myself: My name is Sandy Puc’ and I am a photographer with a studio in Littleton, Colorado. Currently, I am embarking on my fourth national photography tour, The Power of Passion Tour (http://powerofpassion.sandypuctours.com), and I would like to personally extend the invitation to you and your club members when I visit the Tampa Bay vicinity!
I fell in love with photography from the very first image I captured and, as a result, I’ve spent my entire adult life learning the craft. I started out as a member of a local photography club and I cherish the experience I gained from that involvement. Today, I’ve been honored to work with some of the most exceptional leaders in the industry and have been able to truly follow my dreams.
The tour will be coming to Tampa on March 7, 2011 and will take place at the Carrollwood Cultural Center at 5 p.m. Jerry Ghionis, a worldwide leader in wedding photography, will be my special guest. Ghionis and I will share our passion and knowledge for our trade ranging from technical tips such as lighting and posing techniques, to how to effectively market any photography business!
I want to invite all of your members who have a passion for photography and an eagerness to learn about this amazing industry! Because I know the value of having local clubs that support those who want to learn and explore the world of photography, I’d also like to offer you and your members a discount to attend my event! You can order your tickets online at http://powerofpassion.sandypuctours.com and make sure to use the code CLU11 in order to receive a $50 ticket per person- that’s a total savings of $49 per person!
I hope to see you this weekend!
Sandy “Sam” Puc’Allow me to introduce myself: My name is Sandy Puc’ and I am a photographer with a studio in Littleton, Colorado. Currently, I am embarking on my fourth national photography tour, The Power of Passion Tour (http://powerofpassion.sandypuctours.com), and I would like to personally extend the invitation to you and your club members when I visit the Tampa Bay vicinity!
I fell in love with photography from the very first image I captured and, as a result, I’ve spent my entire adult life learning the craft. I started out as a member of a local photography club and I cherish the experience I gained from that involvement. Today, I’ve been honored to work with some of the most exceptional leaders in the industry and have been able to truly follow my dreams.
The tour will be coming to Tampa on March 7, 2011 and will take place at the Carrollwood Cultural Center at 5 p.m. Jerry Ghionis, a worldwide leader in wedding photography, will be my special guest. Ghionis and I will share our passion and knowledge for our trade ranging from technical tips such as lighting and posing techniques, to how to effectively market any photography business!
I want to invite all of your members who have a passion for photography and an eagerness to learn about this amazing industry! Because I know the value of having local clubs that support those who want to learn and explore the world of photography, I’d also like to offer you and your members a discount to attend my event! You can order your tickets online at http://powerofpassion.sandypuctours.com and make sure to use the code CLU11 in order to receive a $50 ticket per person- that’s a total savings of $49 per person!
I hope to see you this weekend!
Sandy “Sam” Puc’

Photgraphy Clubs Day 2011

Bay area camera clubs are getting together on Sunday March 27th for a day of fun, education and photography. All the bay area clubs will be there. We will have mini workshops, photo scavenger hunt,100 photos in 90 minutes and much more. If you are not part of a camera club in your area this is the place to meet someone from each club so that you can decide which club is best for you.

If you would like to bring something to share with everyone we are looking for some deserts for the group. Cost only $35.00 includes lunch if registered by March 1st. After March 1st Registration will be $49.00
Time: 8:45 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

No Refunds for cancellations after March 15th
Entrance to the Gardens and Lunch is included
Place: Sunken Gardens in Saint Petersburg
Special Saturday March 26th Workshop
$49.00 Registration before February 28th $59.00 after March 1st
Full Day Workshop with Rick Sammon

Spend the day creating HDR images with Author, Speaker and NAPP Educator Rick Sammon. Locations will be revealed after registration. This is a great opportunity to spend some quality time.

Register Here for the Saturday Workshop
Space is limited to 30 people