CRESTVIEW PHOTO CLUB Crest Viewfinder Newsletter May 2015 Member Print Competition The Crestview Photo Club’s member judged print competition occurred in April 2015. The judges have been busy scoring the entries. Winners will be announced at the next club meeting held on May 11th. Field Trips April 4, 2015-full moon night shoot at the Twin Hills Park in Crestview. Attendees had a great time learning or honing their night time photography skills. Photos are on page 4. April 25, 2015-St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. The earlier field trip was cancelled due to inclement weather. Only a handful of members were able to attend the newly scheduled date. Photos are on page 5. May Photo Challenge “I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” Diane Arbus The May photo challenge for club members is...a secret! That’s right, no one knows what the challenge topic is because each member present at the April meeting drew their secret challenge from the bucket. Up to three May challenge photographs are due by May 6, 2015. Please email your selections to [email protected]. In This Issue Member Facebook Photos Po10tial© Magazine Photo Submissions and Power Of Photography® Show & Exhibit April Meeting Minutes Member Field Trip Photos Photographing Rays of Light About the Crestview Photo Club Photo by Sandy Baer Connor Photo Submissions Photo by Steve Duke Member Postings on Facebook Photos reflect member postings to the Facebook closed group or personal page. Hope to get you excited about photography! . Alone in a Crowd Po10tial© Magazine has devoted several pages in each issue to submissions from CPC. It is a major benefit for club members to have their work displayed in a high quality publication. Deadline for submitting images is the 6th of each month. Images should be 300 PPI at largest size possible, RGB color mode with no profiles embedded. Email to [email protected]. Include the following information: title, date, time, camera, f-stop, exposure time, ISO, and lens in the email. You may also include a sentence or two about the image. Photography by Stuart Fraser The Power of Photography® Show & Exhibit is the annual show organized by the Wide Angle Photo Club, Inc. of Pensacola. POP 2015 is scheduled for the weekend of August 21-23 at the Pensacola Cultural Center. Dotted Lines Nature photography of a jaguar by Bryan Hughes Entry forms, rules, categories, and other documents are available on their website at wideanglephotoclub.org. Start shooting! Florida State Parks has posted its 2015 photo contest rules. Check them out at floridastateparks.org. Board of Directors April Meeting Minutes April 13, 2015 Terry Maloney President Brian Hughes VP & Treasurer Huge crowd! Our featured speaker was Rob from Calagaz Photo in Pensacola. He brought Richard Weaver from the Wide Angle Photo Club in Pensacola. The primary focus of Rob’s presentation was on the subject of lenses, all types, from fisheye to prime to macro to extreme to telephoto. He also delved into tripods, camera bodies, lens hoods, diopters, and youtube tutorials. His shop can help us with prints and matting for the upcoming POP show in Pensacola. He topped off his presentation with door prizes. Some items he shared with us: The best aperture for portraits is 1.8. Steve Duke 12-24 is the best mm for landscapes. Secretary 100-400 is the best mm for wildlife. Steve Maloney Webmaster Jim Wright Club photographer Elaine Lowry Public Relations Newsletter Editor Connie Sweetland Challenge coordinator Rob advocated the use of a “walk around” lens, Tamron 18-270 mm, 3.5-6.3 ($390.00). May 6, 2015 will be a Tamron Tailgate Party in the parking lot of Calagaz from 12:00-4:00. May 16, 2015 is a photo shoot with beach theme. It is $179.00 for the day. Use “wideangle” as the promocode and get $20.00 off. Richard Weaver announced that the dates for this year’s Power of Photography (POP) would be Aug 21, 22 and 23. Entries may be submitted July 1-25 (8x10 matted). He also stated that the Wide Angle Photo Club meets on the 2 nd Monday of the month at 6 pm at the Asbury Center located behind Cokesbury Methodist Church on 9th Ave in Pensacola. April photo challenge photos were presented by Connie Sweetland. The challenges were monuments and vibrant splash of color. The advanced challenge was angular shots. Members present drew their own challenge for May. Surprises await at the next meeting on May 11th to find out what each person’s challenge will be. Meeting adjourned at 8:15pm. Dr. Clark Barrow Wallis Mayo Field trip coordinators Steve Duke Recording Secretary . Full Moon Photo Shoot Twin Hills Park By Deborah Laird By Connie Sweetland By Debbie Bottenfield By Steve Maloney By Elaine Lowry By Wallis Mayo St Mark’s National Wildlife Refuge By Connie Sweetland By Wallis Mayo By Steve Maloney By Connie Sweetland By Wallis Mayo By Stuart Fraser Photographing Rays of Light Post by: Darlene Hildebrandt Source: Digital Photography School Mail Look for a foggy day or condition Crestview Photo Club Go out to shoot in the early morning and look for mist that is P.O. Box 1573 laying low over the land with the sun coming through it Contact Us Find a dusty old dirt road and drive up and down it a few Crestview FL 32539-9998 times, then get out and start shooting Go to a historic site or museum and see if you can shoot Email inside some of the old musty buildings, look for light coming in [email protected] the windows Sheer curtains or blinds over a window can help, too So get out and look for the light! Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ CrestviewPhotoClub Join Us! Professional Equipment Not Needed! Crestview Photo Club (CPC) membership consists of many different levels of interest from advanced and professional photographers to beginners who have just picked up their first point and shoot camera. The club is maintained by a group of board members who vote and advocate for the club members. The club is not governed by any single authority but rather by votes and new ideas from its club members. Club membership is open to residents of Crestview and surrounding areas. There are no dues to attend CPC meetings. However, a customary donation of $2.00 per meeting per member is greatly appreciated. The donation box is a red bucket that usually sits on the end of the first table. Crestview Photo Club meeting agenda includes workshops, tutorials, and presentations on selected photo topics, showcase members’ monthly assignments with a discussion, provide feedback on photos, etc. Club also organizes quarterly field trips and participates in local events. Meetings are conducted on the second Monday of each month at A Scrap in Time, located at 151 South Brock Avenue in Crestview. Come join us and watch us grow. Happy Shooting!! . Action shot at the Baker Pro Rodeo Photo by Clark Barrow
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