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by graham | May 14, 2020

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Some of Our Previous Speakers

 John Barclay

“Dream • Believe • Create”

 

Nikhil Bahl

“Landscape adventures”

 

Ceilia Pearson

Finding Artistic Development

 

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Getting in touch

with Our Club Officers

Mark Nelson – President

David Blecman – Vice-President

Sharon Lee – Treasurer

Trish Kotzen – Secretary

 

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SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

March 8, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Members only Virtual Meeting.  Zoom Link available from the Members Area https://tidewatercameraclub.org/member-area/ Virtual image discussion / review scheduled. For more information contact Wayne

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SIG Meeting — Post Processing

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

March 15, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing instruction prior to the regular club meeting Topic: “Plugins and Stand Alone Programs other than Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop” David Blecman Presenting

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SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

March 29, 2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Virtual image review scheduled. Details to follow. Contact Joe or Norman

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SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

March 29, 2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Virtual image review scheduled. Details to follow. Contact Joe or Norman

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SIG Meeting — Post Processing

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

April 5, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing Instruction prior to Speaker Meeting Topic: “Continue from where we left off” David Blecman Presenting

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Sig Outing – Wildlife and Landscape

Sig Outing – Wildlife and Landscape

April 7, 2021 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Details of upcoming outings are to be discussed during the image review meetings. Details to follow. Contact Joe or Norman

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SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

April 12, 2021 8:00 am - 5:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Members only Virtual Meeting.  Zoom Link available from the Members Area https://tidewatercameraclub.org/member-area/ Virtual image discussion / review scheduled. For more information contact Wayne

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SIG Meeting –Post Processing

SIG Meeting –Post Processing

April 19, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing instruction prior to the regular club meeting Topic: “Post Processing Digital Workflow- round trips from Lightroom or Photoshop to Plugins” David Blecman Presenting

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SIG Meeting — Post Processing

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

May 3, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing Instruction prior to Speaker Meeting Topic: “Continue from where we left off” David Blecman Presenting

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SIG Outing – Wildlife and Landscape

SIG Outing – Wildlife and Landscape

May 5, 2021 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Details of upcoming outings are to be discussed during the image review meetings. Details to follow. Contact Joe or Norman

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SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

May 10, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Members only Virtual Meeting.  Zoom Link available from the Members Area https://tidewatercameraclub.org/member-area/ Virtual image discussion / review scheduled. For more information contact Wayne

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SIG Meeting — Post Processing

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

May 17, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing instruction prior to the regular club meeting Topic: “Review of Stand Alone Software other than Adobe products” David Blecman Presenting

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SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

May 31, 2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

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Why join the Club

TCC MEMBERS SAY THEY JOINED TO LEARN…

 

        •  about Technical aspects and image processing.
        •  more about taking Landscape and Architecture photos.
        • about print processing and how to shoot the night sky.
        •  more about different lenses, more about exposure techniques.
        • more about shooting motion in low- light situations.
        •  more about portrait taking, lighting, posing and using camera mounted flash.
        • more about everything.
        • more about natural lighting.
        •  more about advanced Lightroom and Photoshop.
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Special Interest Groups

The Club supports a number of Special Interest Groups (SIG’s) to address varied photographic interests of the members.  Currently the club recognizes SIGs for Wildlife Photography, Landscape Photography, Travel Photography and Post Processing. 

Club members are welcome to “join” any SIG and meet for photo outings, reviewing prints and whatever else supports their common photographic interests.  Scheduled SIG activity is published on the club calendar.  Interested TCC members may contact the SIG leader for more information.

SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

March 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm at ZOOM MEETING

Members only Virtual Meeting.  Zoom Link available from the Members Area https://tidewatercamer...

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

March 15, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm at ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing instruction prior to the regular club meeting Topic: “Plugins and Stand Alone Prog...

Competition Meeting March 2021

Competition Meeting March 2021

March 15, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at ZOOM MEETING

Theme – “Vice-President’s Choice” — “An Interesting Perspective” I...

SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

March 29, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at ZOOM MEETING

Virtual image review scheduled. Details to follow. Contact Joe or Norman

SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

SIG Meeting — Wildlife and Landscape

March 29, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at ZOOM MEETING

Virtual image review scheduled. Details to follow. Contact Joe or Norman

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

April 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm at ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing Instruction prior to Speaker Meeting Topic: “Continue from where we left off” Da...

Speaker Meeting April 2021

Speaker Meeting April 2021

April 5, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at ZOOM MEETING

Speaker: Valérie Jardin Topic: “Street photography: First Steps and Beyond” Speaker Bio / Backg...

Sig Outing – Wildlife and Landscape

Sig Outing – Wildlife and Landscape

April 7, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Details of upcoming outings are to be discussed during the image review meetings. Details to follow....

Competition Images Due

Competition Images Due

April 7, 2021 @ 11:30 pm

Theme: “Open with time limit” Deadline: April 7, 2021 11:45 pm Image Time Limit – Capt...

SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

SIG Meeting — Travel Virtual Meeting

April 12, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm at ZOOM MEETING

Members only Virtual Meeting.  Zoom Link available from the Members Area https://tidewatercamer...

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Competition Meeting March 2021

Competition Meeting March 2021

March 15, 2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Theme – “Vice-President’s Choice” — “An Interesting Perspective” Image Time Limit – Capture Date January 18, 2021 or after Submission Deadline: March 3, 2021 11:45pm Click to Submit Entries text

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Competition Images Due

Competition Images Due

April 7, 2021 11:30 pm

Theme: “Open with time limit” Deadline: April 7, 2021 11:45 pm Image Time Limit – Capture Date April 1, 2020 or after Click to Submit –> Submit My Entries  

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SIG Meeting –Post Processing

SIG Meeting –Post Processing

April 19, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing instruction prior to the regular club meeting Topic: “Post Processing Digital Workflow- round trips from Lightroom or Photoshop to Plugins” David Blecman Presenting

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Competition Meeting April 2021

Competition Meeting April 2021

April 19, 2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Theme – “Open with time limit” Image Time Limit – Capture Date April 1, 2020 or after Submission Deadline: April 7, 2021 11:45pm Click to Submit Entries text –> Submit

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Competition Image Selection Due

Competition Image Selection Due

May 5, 2021 11:30 pm

Theme: “Digital Photo of the Year” Deadline: May 5, 2021 11:45 pm Limited to  images submitted for club competitions in the current club year Click to Submit –> Submit Choices

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SIG Meeting — Post Processing

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

May 17, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing instruction prior to the regular club meeting Topic: “Review of Stand Alone Software other than Adobe products” David Blecman Presenting

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Competition Meeting May 2021

Competition Meeting May 2021

May 17, 2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Use this link from your computer to Join a Zoom Meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81441767866?pwd=MFlkbWc0K0FqV0Y1bnhKYklaenFjQT09 Meeting ID: 814 4176 7866 Passcode: 764249 You can call into hear any meeting using this information: Phone

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SIG Meeting — Post Processing

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

April 5, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing Instruction prior to Speaker Meeting Topic: “Continue from where we left off” David Blecman Presenting

More Info

Speaker Meeting April 2021

Speaker Meeting April 2021

April 5, 2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Speaker: Valérie Jardin Topic: “Street photography: First Steps and Beyond” Speaker Bio / Background: Chasing Light.  The camera is an extension of my vision. It captures what I see. Images

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SIG Meeting — Post Processing

SIG Meeting — Post Processing

May 3, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Post Processing Instruction prior to Speaker Meeting Topic: “Continue from where we left off” David Blecman Presenting

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Speaker Meeting May 2021

Speaker Meeting May 2021

May 3, 2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ZOOM MEETING

Speaker: Steve Hardy  Topic: “Marketing Your Photographs” Use this link from your computer to Join a Zoom Meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81441767866?pwd=MFlkbWc0K0FqV0Y1bnhKYklaenFjQT09 Meeting ID: 814 4176 7866 Passcode: 764249 You can call into

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Themes Descriptions for this year

 

 

 

 

Abstract

For this assignment, a successful image’s content will NOT be immediately recognizable as figurative, landscape, architectural, plant or animal. Instead, shape, line, texture, pattern, and/or color are dominant.

Abstract photos typically do not tell a story in the traditional way. Instead, they are almost always subjective and personal, and their impact comes from their composition, balance and mood.

You may prepare your image

  • by capturing a “found abstract,” that is, isolating a part of a scene or object that has an interesting composition of shape, line, texture, pattern, and/or color;
  • with in-camera techniques, like multiple exposures, intentional camera motion, over/under exposure to remove details, etc..; and/or
  • in post-processing with, for example, filters, distortions, blurring, colorization, over/under exposure of all or part of an image, etc.

Check out:  40 Beautiful Examples of Abstract Photography or 35 Abstract Photography Tips and Ideas or A Google Search for Abstract Photography Images

 

Eyes

For this assignment, a successful image will have the eyes as the primary focus of the image.

The eye(s) can be

  • living (eg, human, animal),
  • a representation (eg, anatomical model, in a painting)
  •  metaphorical “eyes” (eg, peacock’s tail feathers, potato),
  • a created or manipulated impression intended  to represent or suggest the appearance of an eye.

The image may contain other relevant elements (eg, a group of faces), but the eyes must be the primary focus of the image.

 

Little Things / Small World

For this assignment, a successful image will play with perspective and scale to make large objects look small or small subjects appear large.

For example,

  • Showing a key/essential detail of a subject up to life-size – close-ups or macro type shots of  insects, flowers, droplets, coins etc.
  • Make normal, life size subjects appear small or toy-like.
  • Capture everything in a small area, like the world a child creates with his toys on a tabletop, or the landscape inside one square yard in your garden.

Check out: A Google Search for Little Things Photography Images or  A Google Search for Small World Photography Images

 

Low-Key / Low Light Photography

For this assignment, a successful image will emphasize one or more illuminated elements on a mostly dark or shadowy background.

The lit element is the subject here. The role of the darkness or shadows is to create striking contrast to set off the subject, and to help add atmosphere, mood, and mystery to the image.

Control the illumination of your subject, and eliminate the unnecessary with darkness and shadow.

Check out: Low Key Photography for Beginners – Enter the Dark Side or https://www.iphotography.com/blog/low-key-photography/ or A Google Search for Low-Key Photography Images

 

President’s Choice  – “The Fall Garden”

For this assignment, a successful image will capture

1) a garden, defined as

  • a plot of ground where herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables are cultivated;
  • a rich well-cultivated region, like a farm;
  • a container (such as a window box) planted with usually a variety of small plants; or
  • a public recreation area or park usually ornamented with plants and trees.

2) in close up or with a wider view,

3) to show its plants, and their shapes and textures, maybe it’s harvest or produce, maybe getting it ready for winter, maybe including its other inhabitants like birds and insects,

4) with the colors, light and mood of the season.

This is not a fall foliage assignment

 

Vice President’s Choice – ” An Interesting Perspective”

Dave Blecman describes the theme this way: “What we are looking for, more specifically, are images that were taken from an unusual vantage point or perspective. We’re not looking for abstracts or unrecognizable subject matter, but subjects that were photographed from a different, unusual, non-traditional, or uncommon perspective.

This could include, but is not limited to, looking down, looking up, shot from a very low perspective, or from a high perch, maybe through a tunnel or something different that frames the image unusually. The more thought that you put into it, the more unusual the perspective, the more creative you get, will all increase your score.”

 

Wabi-sabi: Transience, Imperfection, Decay

For this assignment, a successful image will capture the Japanese aesthetic of acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”.

This idea can be applied to both natural and human-made objects – the impermanence of a faded flower at the end of Spring, the elegance and imperfection of a hand-made garment, the transience of Fall foliage, the weathering and decay of an abandoned building, the imperfection in an aged face.

Check out: Wabi-Sabi Photography – The art of the imperfect or Wabi-Sabi For Photographers or A Google Search for Wabi-Sabi Photography Images