January 6th - Monday at 11:59 PM - January Competition Deadline - Color Prints and Black & White Prints
January 9th - Church & Zoom - Competition - Digital Open, Color Prints and Black & White Prints
January 16th - Church & Zoom - Image Study
January 23rd - Zoom - Craft, Vision, and Finish of Nature Photography Images with Nic Stover
Join professional landscape photographer, Nic Stover, for this session about the Craft, Vision, and Finish of Nature Photography Images. As nature photographers we all strive to create impactful images that express who or why we photograph. This presentation focuses on the craft or techniques Nic uses to capture some of his more impactful images, what the vision was for the scene, and how he goes about finishing the image in post processing.
Through this presentation you will learn ways to help you to discover how you could look at your own work differently, see some simple ways to discover new places, and have greater confidence to express yourself in new ways.
Tune in to see some of the following information
- Best practices for in field capture.
- Special considerations for scene specific captures.
- Review how to overcome some of the challenges in fainter light and higher detail scenes.
- Dive into case studies on some of Nic’s most iconic images.
- Discover some takeaways for working a scene to bring your vision to life.
Additional information about Nic can be found at https://www.naturephotographyclasses.com/ or to view his Portfolio at https://www.stoverphoto.com/Portfolio
January 30th - Church & Zoom - "Oregon" presented by Dan Gyves et all
Silvana DellaCamera, Ginny Castro, Vishnu Thalanka, and Dan Gyves will present about their photo tour to the Oregon coast. They'll discuss their itinerary for the trip, which covered the Columbia River Gorge, Cannon Beach and Bandon Beach sea stacks, many of the state parks, and most of the lighthouses. They will take turns presenting some of their images slideshow style.
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
Saturday, Jan 18, 2025 from 9 am - noon $15 per member
Registration opens on 12/26/24 5 pm 14 slots available
Does Photoshop scare you? Does the thought of layers leave you in a cold sweat but do you want to move beyond Lightroom or more basic photo editing tools? This workshop is designed to explain the basics of Photoshop. We will focus on layers, what they are, how they work, and how they can be used to transform your image. We will also discuss some basic tools and how to access them. Join me on a small journey into the wonderful world of Photoshop and see how it can transform your images.
Register by clicking here: Stony Brook Camera Club - Event Details
Black and White Photography with Mike Schaffner
Saturday, February 8, 2025 from 9 am -noon $15 per member
Registration opens on January 16, 2025 at 5 pm 15 slots available
We’ll be discussing black and white, and monochrome photography.
Some of the topics we'll discuss include:
- The characteristics of a good B&W image
- What kind of subjects make good B&W shots
- How to visualize that the shot would work as a B&W before you take the shot
- The role of color when taking B&W shots
- Processing B&W for maximum effect
- Various B&W editing methods
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 members can join the SBCC Meetup group for free. We schedule photo walks and field trips via Meetup.
This is the LINK to Meetup. How to schedule a Meetup - click HERE
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
EMAIL
Donna’s
EMAIL
Need suggestions for places to go out and shoot?
Check out our information on Photo Shoot Locations at /d/b56444bf-9b6e-4ac3-a22d-b3e2f5f766be or Click on the “Resources & Links” tab and then Click on “Photo Shoot Locations”.
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Rob DeRobertis Retrospective and Chat File
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Through Your Eyes Invitation - Highlighting Some of Our Members
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SBCC COVID-19 Policy
1. Face masks are optional.
2. SBCC is pleased to offer a hybrid format for those meetings that will be held in-person this season.
Any members not comfortable attending will always have the option of joining remotely via Zoom or a similar streaming format.
- We will keep current with trends and regulations and may change our policy as needed.
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