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The Aperture JOHNSON COUNTY CAMERA CLUB
EST. 1963
MEETING
May 13, 2019
(Second Monday)
TIME
6:30 PM – Chat Time
7:00 PM – Meeting Begins
LOCATION
Asbury United Methodist
Church, Music Room
75th Street & Nall Ave
Prairie Village, Kansas
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Welcome to the May Meeting! Agenda
Business Meeting Welcome
Recap of April Meeting
Treasurer's Report – Ernie Lowden
Election of Officers We will be voting on nominations for the offices of
President and Vice-President
Micro Brew 3 Results
Next Year’s Contest Categories Reveal!
National and State Parks Show & Tell Special Show & Tell of images from National or State
parks and other notable vacations
Member Show & Tell
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“The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the
years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed.”
– Anne Geddes
Note: For security purposes, the church is asking us to please use
the main entrance when arriving for meetings rather than using the
MSR doors. You can go out those doors and let other people in
through that door but it needs to remain locked. There is an
elevator located to the right of the main entrance that can be
used.
The “Main Entrance” is the entrance just East of the Music Room
entrance across the small parking lot.
However, we will have someone manning the Music Room Door to
let people in this month.
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Notice Elections for club officers will be held a the May meeting. Please consider running
as a club officer. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Fries
Microbrew Contest #3
The category for Microbrew Contest #3 is “Circles".
Results will be presented at the May Meeting
2017-18 Contest, Texture, First Place – Kathy Connors
2018-19 Year End Photo Competition
Categories
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Enter up to 3 Images per category for a maximum of 12 total images. Subject Categories with Interpretations:
The interpretations are not intended to limit your creativity, but to give you a starting point.
Alone (ALONE) – 1) Without anyone or anything else, separate from other people or things.
By oneself, on one’s own, solitary, single, solo, unaccompanied; 2) Depicting a feeling of
isolation or desolation.
At Night (NIGHT) – Photographs taken outdoors between dusk and dawn.
“Critter(s) Large or Small (CRIT) – An informal word for any living creature, from a wolf to a
spider.
Here it is in Black & White (B&W) – Photographs including only shades of gray tone that
generally go from dark (black) to light (white).
Leading Line(s) (LINE) – A compositional technique whereby the viewer’s eye is attracted to
lines that lead directly to the principle subject in the image. A leading line paves an easy
path for the eye to follow through different elements of a photo. Usually they start at the
bottom of the frame and guide the eye upwards and inwards, from the foreground of the
image to the background, typically leading toward the main subject.
National or State Park (PARK) – Photographs taken within a national or state park.
Seven (SEVEN) – A numeral, 7, VII, etc. A group or unit of seven people or things. Anything
representing, represented by, or consisting of seven units.
Silhouette (SIL) – A dark shape and/or outline of someone or something visible against a
lighter background, especially in dim light. The outline or general shape of something, which
makes it easily recognized.
Sunbeams, Sun Flare & Starbursts (SUN) – 1) Rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from
the point in the sky where the sun is located. These rays, which stream through gaps in
clouds or between other objects, are columns or shafts of sunlight; 2) A phenomenon
wherein light is scattered or flared in a lens system, in response to sunlight, and appears as a
haze that washes out the image and reduces contrast; 3) A pattern of lines or rays radiating
from a central object or source of light.
Entries due at the May Meeting
Deadlines & Opportunities
Opportunities to submit your images for exhibitions and juried shows through Call For Entry
(www.callforentry.org) Sign up to receive their emails with updates for how you can submit your
work. Go to the website for more details.
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Around Town The National Juried Art Exhibition
Tomahawk ridge Community Center, 119th & Hardy,
Opens Friday, April 5th, 5:30-7. Marla Craven has one piece in it.
NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART
Anthony Hernandez - L.A. Landscapes. April 19 – August 18
SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART, KU Campus, Lawrence, Kansas
• Politics, Race, Celebrity: Photographs from the Esquire Collection
MARCH 16, 2019 – JULY 7, 2019
• Power of Place
FEBRUARY 16, 2019 – JUNE 30, 2019
KU Alumni including Terry Evans and Larry Schwarm
2010 GALLERY 9415 Nall
The Photographer's Journey
work of 10 photographers
opening reception - May 9 - 5 , 8pm
BUTTONWOOD ART SPACE -3013 Main
Kansas City - Benefit for Parks and Boulevards. Members Kathy Connors, Michelle Schwartz, and Crystal
Nederman have images in this show.
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, 2012 Baltimore Ave, KCMO.
Focus On The World Photography Exhibition.
Carol Barlau has five prints in this show. Prints will be sold to benefit Operation Breakthrough &
panAFRICAproject. Exhibit runs May 3 - July 6, 2019. First Friday showings on June 7 & July 6.
CALL FOR ENTRY
Buttonwood Art Space ButtonwoodArtSpace.com
Beautiful Light, Images of Hope and Healing
Benefit for Council of Community Health Centers
Open until June 3
Annual Flint Hills Exhibition
Open until August
.
Workshops
Mike Jensen Workshops:
Photoshop Compositing In this six hour interactive class, Mike Jensen helps add to your SKILLS and CONFIDENCE by teaching Background Replacements, Moon Compositing, Fireworks Blending, Fine-Tuned Selections, Reflection Creation as well as building your skills in Adjustment & Blending Layers, Smart Objects. PLUS an intro into Luminosity Masking.
Previous Lightroom/Photoshop students save! If you’ve taken a previous Lightroom or Photoshop workshop from Mike Jensen Workshops, this is your opportunity to save! More info/sign up at https://mikejensenphotographyworkshops.com
KC Fountains Night Photography SIGN UP EARLY AS ALL SESSIONS SOLD OUT LAST YEAR! A GREAT PHOTO WORKSHOP FOR ALL LEVELS!
This was a fan favorite last year with many participants in multiple sessions throughout early Summer. Learn how to shoot water and fountains from one of the most skilled night photographers in Kansas City, Master Pro Mike Jensen. This workshop should be a fun one for ALL skill levels from beginner to advanced/professional. Affordably priced for Kansas City camera club & gallery members this workshop offers interactive field instruction in technical, composition AND that all important editing step! More info/sign up at https://mikejensenphotographyworkshops.com
Sunflower Light Painting – Late August First we start with attempts to create that ICONIC Kansas Sunflower photo with the sunrays beaming as it sets behind the sunflower field. Then during blue hour and afterwards we light paint the fields with all types of sources of light including a few special effects for some really cool photos! Affordably priced, and for all levels of photographers! • Technical knowledge for capturing sunbursts/starbursts • Astro Photography with Light Painting! • ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture • Compositional insight • Mike’s key methods for blending tonal values • Importance of White Balance in photographing with light painting • Use of various filters to help with exposure at night
More info/sign up at https://mikejensenphotographyworkshops.com
Photographers Craig McCord and Jane Palmer have joined to form Creative Light Photography. They offer seminars and workshops to help students form an artistic vision in addition to the capture of a beautiful image. Creative Light Photography Workshops creativelightphotographyworkshops.com
The Central Kansas Photography Club Presents: A Digital Photography Seminar! – The Four Seasons of Bird Photography, By Ellen Nelson. Saturday May 18, 2019 9:00am – 4:00 pm. The Kansas Wetlands Education Center.
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Texture, Second Place – Kevin Anderson
Texture, Third Place – Kevin Anderson
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Texture, Honorable Mention – Dale Jamieson
Club Calendar of Events (subject to change)
September 10, 2018
Business Meeting
Presentation on upcoming show including
printing and framing
Microbrew #1 Contest Category
Announcement
Recap of 2017-2018 Year End Contest
Entries & Winners
Member Show & Tell: What I did this
Summer”
October 8, 2018
Business Meeting
Guest Speaker: Adam Finkleston, KC Artist –
Cyanotype images and other hand processes
Member Show & Tell
November 12, 2018
Business Meeting
Microbrew #1 contest results & Microbrew
#2 Contest Category Announcement
Bart from Overland Photo - latest in photo
equipment
Ernie Lowden - Topaz
December 10, 2018
Brief Business Meeting
Holiday Party – Potluck
(appetizers/desserts/goodies)
Member Print Exchange
January 14, 2019
Business Meeting
Guest Speaker: Jim Mathis, KC
photographer and writer – Report on
Photokina, the world’s largest photo and
imaging trade fair and expo.
February 11, 2019
Business Meeting
Guest Speaker: Edward Robison, former KC
photographer now living in Arkansas – Video
capture and production.
Member Show & Tell (if time allows)
March 11, 2019
Business Meeting
Guest Speaker: Kirk Decker, KC
photographer – presentation on film, black
& white, and infrared photography
Microbrew #2 contest results & Microbrew
#3 Contest Category Announcement
Member Show & Tell
April 8, 2019
Business Meeting
Speaker: Mike Jensen, club member –
Creating the Decisive Moment of Impact in
Photography.
Member Mini: Alex Aye – Myanmar photos
Member Show & Tell
May 13, 2019
Business Meeting & Election of Board
Members
2018-19 Year End Photo Contest Image
Submissions Due
Reveal 2019-20 Year End Photo Contest
Categories
Member slideshow of National and State
Parks
Microbrew #3 Contest Results
Member Show & Tell
June 10, 2018
Brief Business Meeting
Year End Party – Potluck
(appetizers/desserts/goodies)
2018-2019 Year End Contest Winners
Announced
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Image Guidelines for Member Show & Tell, Microbrew, Club Website and Year End Contest
There is always a possibility at all of our meetings (if time permits) for member images to be
shown and discussed. Please limit your submissions to 5 IMAGES OR LESS, unless the show and tell
is identified as “Super”, which then you may submit up to 10 images.
All images should be sized for 1920 pixels on the longest dimension, resolution of 132 dpi,
and saved as jpeg. Images should be renamed to include the artist’s last name in the first
characters of the title.
Check your image, if it looks blurry or pixilated (unintentionally), you may have started with a low
resolution or highly cropped image. In this case, you may need to increase the setting in the
resolution box to improve the image; but be sure to retain 1920 on the longest side.
Submit JPG files on a flash drive tagged with your name. Drives will be returned after the
images have been loaded into the computer for projection.
The Aperture, newsletter of the Johnson County Camera Club, is published monthly. Meetings are held the second Monday of each month, unless otherwise announced, at the Asbury United Methodist Church. Membership dues of $40.00 for one year are to be paid during the month of September, which is the beginning of the club year. Anyone who joins the club after March 1st. will not be required to pay dues and will not be eligible to participate in the year-end competition.
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Membership Update: Please pay your membership dues--$40 for one year—for the 2018-2019 membership season to be eligible to participate in the Microbrew contests and the Year End Contest. Ernie Lowden will be at the meetings to collect your dues! Remember… any of us can recruit. Please see Patty Fries to obtain some of our club business cards to hand out to potential new members.
For additional information or questions about the Johnson County Camera Club, activities, meetings, and membership please contact the following members:
BOARD MEMBERS:
President: Patty Fries (816) 830-2634 [email protected]
Vice-President/Program Committee Chair: Kathleen Connors (816) 520-5572
Secretary/Newsletter Editor: Paul Douglas (913) 707-7028 [email protected]
Treasurer: Ernie Lowden
PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Carol Henderson, Ernie Lowden, Crystal Nederman,
Kathleen Connors, Patty Fries, Shari Stanbury
SOCAL MEDIA COORDINATOR: Mike Jensen (913) 304-0495 [email protected]
CLUB WEBSITE: Paul Douglas [email protected]
“The objective of this organization shall be to develop a better understanding
and appreciation for the medium of photography, photography equipment,
and the "art" of photography.”
~from the By-Laws of the Johnson County Camera Club