November 7th - Zoom/Franklin - Competition - Black & White Prints, Color Prints, Digital Open
November 14th - Zoom/Franklin - Image Study - Ray Guillette
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 28th - No Meeting - Happy Thanksgiving
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: Saturday, November 16, 2024 from 4:30pm - 7:00pm.
Upcoming Workshops
Architecture Photo Walk in Woonsocket Part 2 with Chuck Noel
This workshop is FULL.
Saturday, November 9, 2024 from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM $15 per member
The first walk was extremely well received and enjoyed by all. Chuck will take you to some new places that were not seen on the last walk like the Main St area, and nearby historic and beautiful Precious Blood Cemetery just to mention a few.
For more info and to register use this link: /club/Events_view.aspx?Eventid=d35a06b3-fe10-449a-a0f5-43ce63c312d0
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.
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
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.
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
Check out more videos HERE
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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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