November 21st - Zoom - "Create Compelling Images at Events" - present by Ray Schneider
Whether it’s a family gathering, a music event, a street parade, or a flower show, this presentation will explore strategies and techniques for taking more compelling and memorable event pictures. Sometimes we get lucky and grab a fabulous shot. But with just a hand-full of important compositional and perceptual ideas in mind, our hit rate should go way up! Ray will share ideas he has come to depend on, many of which come from the world of art and composition, Gestalt, evolutionary, and photographic psychology, for creating more interesting and memorable works.
The strategies Ray will discuss include:
· Capturing the Main Subject and its Essence
· Connecting with the Viewer
· Telling a Story
· Anticipating Motion and Capturing the Moment (including shutter speed)
· Recognizing Where's the Light
Bio: Ray Schneider is a freelance photographer whose images span numerous genres including portrait, street, landscape, animals, and events. An avid traveler, his images come from over 30 countries. He has published a book entitled What the Photographer Sees, available on Amazon and has also recently received a Portfolio Merit Award from Black and White Magazine. Ray teaches photography workshops, exhibits his work, shoots community events, and is a speaker at camera clubs across the country. Prior to becoming a professional photographer, Ray travelled the country as a Chemical Engineer and operations management consultant.
For Ray, seeing like a photographer is to perceive well. It’s creating images that are more than pretty pictures -- hopefully -- and that trigger the viewer’s inner-voice, that suggest a story, that evolve in the consciousness as they’re viewed, that invite a sense of curiosity, that cause one to pause and maybe take a closer look.
You can view Ray’s images at www.rayschneiderphotography.com
November 22nd - Competition Deadline - Friday at 11:59PM - Black & White, Digital Nature, People & Portraits
November 28th - No Meeting - Happy Thanksgiving
December 5th - Zoom - Competition - Black & White, Digital Nature, People & Portraits
Norfolk Library Exhibit is OPEN
EXHIBIT IS NOW OPEN! The Norfolk Library will be showcasing the diverse talents and perspectives of SBCC members through the month of November. This exhibit has been a popular art event since it was started by club members prior to 2008. Visitors to the library will also have an opportunity to comment and/or vote on their favorite images by way of ballot. Images on display may be purchased by contacting the named artists directly. The photo exhibit, which is free, will be open during library hours.
Fall Hours:
Monday: 10am-7:30pm
Tuesday: 10am-7:30pm
Wednesday: 10am-7:30pm
Thursday: 10am-7:30pm
Friday: 10am-4:00pm
Saturday: 10am-2:00pm
Sunday: CLOSED
Artist Reception: Thanks to all who came out to support this exhibit.
Women vs Men Photo Challenge is back!!!
Sign up using the appropriate link below to participate in the SBCC Women vs Men Photo Challenge.
Registration opens 11/14/24 at 10 PM and will continue until either all 23 slots for each gender are filled or 1/10/25
In January, each woman’s name will randomly be paired with a male club member, and the two of you will be randomly assigned a category. You may interpret the category as you wish, and you can use images taken at any date.
Images must be submitted by May 30, 2025 at midnight (submission instructions will be sent out before then).
The Challenge will be held on June 5, 2025 both at the Church and on Zoom. Each woman’s image will be shown side-by-side with their male counterpart, where 2 judges (one female, one male) will evaluate and pronounce the winner. The overall Women vs Men winner will be tabulated and announced at the end of the evening.
Upcoming Workshops
Photoshop Layers Demystified with Hali Sowle
6th Annual Multi-Club Competition Categories
1. Birds in the Human Environment
2. Clouds
3. Environmental Portrait
4. Night Photography – People and Places
5. Perspective
6. Selective Focus
7. The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Defeat
8. Trees
Complete definitions are here>>> /d/ff3f0c75-b134-4e39-86dd-2d819bd1e3e9
Each club member may choose to submit digital photographic images in any or all of the eight categories listed above. Members may submit up to 2 images for each category. Categories have been chosen both to ensure members do not need any special skills to compete, and to provide a group of categories that provide a means to express some individualism.
SBCC Reflections is back! In case you aren't familiar with the newsletter, you can check out past issues
HERE.
Donna Parker and Tom Amsterburg are now the editors of Reflections and they would like to solicit articles from members for the newsletter, such as travelogues, how-to articles, review of favorite editing software, "how I made this image", and so forth. They want to hear from YOU, our members, so please reach out to them with your images and article ideas. Below are the links to their email addresses.
Tom's
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Donna’s
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