2024 Annual Awards and Holiday Party – Sunday, December 8, 2024

On behalf of your TBCC Board of Directors, you are cordially invited to the TBCC Annual Awards and Holiday Party that will be held on Sunday, December 8th, at Philippe Park in Safety Harbor (map below).

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The fun gets started at 1 PM in Pavilion #8 and will go on until about 4 PM.

There are many big picnic tables in the pavilion, but you are welcome to bring your own chairs if you prefer. The club will supply grills, hand sanitizer, ice, plates, cups, silverware, napkins, and some basic drinks. There is no electricity so plan accordingly. There is a restroom nearby.

We are counting on all of you to bring all that wonderful food and drink that TBCC is famous for!

The food/drink signup form is below.

Story Display image! Please bring one photo that is at least 8X10 (so everyone can see it). It should be on a piece of foam core or matted for rigidity while hanging from our photo lineup! This is not a competition but a chance for you to get up and tell everyone the story behind your image. So keep that in mind when making your image choice. Please, only bring an image we have not seen before.

This year, we are having a 50/50 Raffle! $4 per ticket or 5 tickets for $15. The winner will get 50% of whatever amount we take in and the other 50% will go toward the club’s educational endeavors.

Annual Photography Gift Raffle – Be sure to get your one free ticket, when you arrive.

Our end-of-year Awards Ceremony will be for those who qualified in our monthly Exhibits.

Please join us for an afternoon of fun, food, fellowship, and photo sharing!

If you have any questions, please let me know at mytbcc@gmail.com

Lynn Wiezycki

PLEASE CHECK THIS LIST OF FOOD AND DRINKS TO SEE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDED:

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SIGN-UP FORM BELOW FOR FOOD AND DRINKS (be sure to hit submit when completed).

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Pier & Beer! Our August 2024 Education Night is at St Pete Pier!

Please join your fellow TBCC members at St Pete Pier for an evening of sunset, skyline, and whatever, shooting. You can top it off with beer, wine, or whatever.

Instead of a Zoom Education Night, we are getting together, in person, to enjoy an evening in St Petersburg. On Thursday, August 22, 2024, we will meet at Benoist Plaza (the Bi-Plane Statue next to the Pelican Parking Lot – Map Below) out on The Pier at 6:30 PM. You can drive out onto the pier and park in the Pelican Lot (it has solar panels as a roof).

Please remember to pay for parking! You can use the ParkMobile app.

We will shoot around the pier until after sunset and then go for a drink and some food up at the top of the pier. Hopefully, there will be some storm clouds out over the Gulf with The St Pete skyline and the pier in the foreground!

Bring your tripod and lens(es) for wide to telephoto zoom. Bring water to keep hydrated until we get up on the upper level of the pier where they have drinks and bar food. Bring a raincoat, just in case.

Here are some images from a couple of years ago!

I hope to see everyone out there! The last time we did this we had a great time, and great drinks and food up at the top of the Pier! The view was amazing!

Any questions, please email me at mytbcc@gmail.com.

Lynn W.

July Outing – Chihuly Collection in Downtown St Petersburg

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Mark your calendar as we have scheduled an indoor outing for Saturday, July 27th at 10:30 AM at the Chihuly Collection (part of the Morean Art Center). See the Map below.

If you are unfamiliar with Dale Chihuly, he is an amazing glass artist. We are lucky to have a large collection of his work right here in St Petersburg.

This is a camera-friendly museum as long as you are very careful…it is glass.

The glass pieces are great for detail/abstract images and especially, for ICM and Multiple Exposure creations.

But mostly it is an air-conditioned place where we can have some photo fun. We plan to go to one of the restaurants in the area near the museum right afterward, for lunch. Our meals are always a great place to get to spend some time with our fellow members and enjoy some great food!

The admission includes a show at the Morean’s hot shop, which is across the street. They demonstrate glass blowing, which is a great photo opportunity, as well, but it is open-air and is extremely HOT!

Free Parking is available in the Publix parking garage (same block/building as the Chihuly). The parking garage entrance is on 8th St S.

We will meet in the Chihuly lobby at 10:30 AM. Admission is $20 or $15 for seniors (65 +) and free if you are a Morean Arts Center member. We will spend about 60-90 minutes in the museum and then head to lunch.

Here are some sample images I made in the Chihuly Collection previously.

I hope to see you there!

Any questions, please email me at mytbcc@gmail.com or ask at our two July Zoom meetings.

Lynn W.